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It has become a good tradition during Steve Morse’s tenure in the band to invite other musicians to jam on stage with Deep Purple. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. Hey, it’s only a jam after all! Here is an example where it worked beautifully. On February 11, 2004 Deep Purple played a gig at […]
Read more »Here are seven excerpts of Gillan singing that illustrate his vocal range:
Read more »“Telstar”, a movie about the famous 60-s music producer Joe Meek (with a Purple connection), began filming in London this month. Both Meek’s studio and Mrs. Shenton’s shop were recreated further along Holloway Road, complete with the neighbouring bank. The movie is directed by Nick Moran with Con O’Neill (who reportedly was very impressive in […]
Read more »A mimed playback of St. Theresa done on a morning TV show on August 16. Blackmore barely pretends he’s actually playing guitar ;). Backing singers are from the support band Gothien, as the Sisters of the Moon have been given the Spanish Archer following the last show of the German tour.
Read more »We have no means to test Gillan’s theory that there are a lot of 18-year old fans at the DP concerts, but let’s find out how old are The Highway Star readers. The poll is anonymous, absolutely no personal data will be published. To participate you’ll need cookies and JavaScript enabled in your browser. Poll […]
Read more »The business model of the so-called “classic rock” FM radio is well known — milk fans of the older bands for everything they can by putting them on a nostalgia trip. This results in predictable playlists that are put together by marketing people of a big faceless corporation. Play greatest hits and nothing else. In […]
Read more »Gillian Glover has confirmed a number of live dates in the coming months. Back in the studio, Gillian will record a follow-up album to her debut solo album ‘Red Handed’ in the New Year, and this should be released in July 2008 with Gillian performing through next summer at festivals. Sim Jones, who has previously […]
Read more »I have written before about the hidden treasure of reviews in the Music Street Journal. Their excellent recent review of Montreux’2006 DVD got me thinking. (Thinking is a difficult thing to do. Good thing that from now on, computers will do all the thinking for us.) For my money, I could have lived without “Smoke […]
Read more »Video footage of Glenn Hughes performing Don’t Let Me Bleed with Chad Smith at the Whisky A Go Go this past June was posted on YouTube:
Read more »As we have reported previously, July 23 show in Chicago was cancelled. Fans were given the option of using already purchased tickets for July 22 show at the same venue, or getting a refund at the point of purchase. We didn’t invent the refund clause or pull it from the thin air. We copied it […]
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