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Blackmore Music Bar
Did you know there’s a bar in São Paulo called Blackmore Music Bar?
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Concerto for Group and Orchestra in Italy
Jon Lord’s “Concert for Group and Orchestra” will be performed live in Italy by an Italian jazz trio and the “Arturo Toscanini Foundation” orchestra. The jazz band’s members are Vito Di Modugno (organ) , Mimmo Campanale (drums) and Massimo Sutera (bass). Special guests will be guitarist Ricky Portera and popular Italian singer Alberto Fortis. The […]
Read more »A Cold Evening In Hell
I’m back home from Hell Blues Festival in Norway. Last friday 22.05, Deep Purple went on stage. It was an outdoor concert and it was quite cold. Deep Purple made a solid concert with a mixture of old and new songs. Pictures Of Home Things I Never Said Strange Kind Of Woman Rapture Of The […]
Read more »Another bit of DP history passes on
It has come to our attention that producer Drafi Deutscher, one of the people who worked on Perfect Strangers (the recording that launched the reunion era) passed away on Jun 9th, at the age of 60. You can read his long and extensive biography (in German, please note) at http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drafi_Deutscher
Read more »An evening with Ritchie Blackmore
The latest issue of Sweden Rock Magazine contains a very funny report from the release party for Blackmore’s Night’s new album “The Village Lanterne” at the restaurant Cartouche in Prague. The reporter is flown to Prague from Sweden only to see Blackmore chatting away most of the night with a Polish tv team. Finally the […]
Read more »What will happen in Montreux this year?
Something seem to be up in connection with Deep Purple’s appearance at this year’s Montreux Jazz Festival. The other day, festival founder “Funky” Claude Nobs said this to Billboard: Speaking of casino burning and fire in the sky, you are closing this year with Deep Purple, whose classic “Smoke On The Water,” was inspired by […]
Read more »Erik Thomsen RIP
Erik Thomsen was a legendary Danish promoter who over his 40 years in the music business became close friends to lots of bands, including Deep Purple and Rainbow. There are lots of funny stories from ET’s meetings with both bands, many involving Ritchie Blackmore and his unusual sense of humour. Erik passed away on May […]
Read more »Video of Dream Theater doing “Highway Star”
As we reported earlier, Dream Theater covered the entire “Made in Japan” album at some of their concerts in Asia in January. Here is a video of “Highway Star” as performed in Seoul.
Read more »Jon Lord in royal company
Jon Lord was in Stockholm last Monday to be involved in the Polar Prize Ceremony. He read the citation to one of the recipients, Led Zeppelin. At the dinner, Jon sat with the Swedish crown princess Victoria and Led Zeppelin guitar player Jimmy Page, as seen on this picture. Jon can also be spotted in […]
Read more »Nick Simper concert in Austria
Nick Simper and his band The Good Old Boys make their first(?) trip outside the UK in September when they go to Austria to play the Planet Music Club in Vienna on September 9. Don’t go there expecting any Deep Purple Mk. I songs though. This band is about even older rock classics. A track […]
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