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Rainbow performing Eyes of the World at the Capitol Theater in Passaic, NJ, on December 1, 1979. The sound is rough around the edges as the mix is still being “finalized”, but the performance is smokin’. (watch inside)
Read more »Classic Rock is running a poll for best songs of 2013, and Vincent Price is in the running. Vote for it.
Read more »Jon Lord’s estate has release a track As Tears Go Passing By performed by the Jon Lord Blues Project. (listen inside)
Read more »David Coverdale writes on his webstite: It was 40 years ago this very day, December 9, 1973, when I had the indescribable honour of walking onstage with the extraordinary talents of Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, Ian Paice & Glenn Hughes at the KB Halle in Copenhagen, Denmark for the very first time.The ‘Burn’ album had […]
Read more »Stormbringer cover art looks like hand drawn (because it is), but it is actually based on one of the most famous photos in the history of storm chasing. The dramatic picture (shown above) was taken on July 8th, 1927 (or 1928, depending on whom you believe), near Jasper, Minnesota, by a schoolgirl called Lucille Handberg. […]
Read more »This may look like yet another cover band, but what’s interesting about this one, is that it is made of students and teachers of a school in Oskarshamn, Sweden. They played a concert last Friday, November 22, which included Burn, The Mule, Space Truckin’ and Smoke On The Water. The core of the band consists […]
Read more »Concerto for Group and Orchestra got a name check in an episode of a British soap opera Coronation Street that aired on November 11.
Read more »Proud father Roger writes: My daughter Gillian Glover has a new CD out. It’s called Still Life With Music. If you’ve heard any of my last two solo recordings then you will know what an original voice she has. If you’ve heard her debut album, Red Handed, then you will also know that she has […]
Read more »St.Petersburg based Sobaka.ru took a slightly unorthodox approach to the photo report of a Deep Purple concert. In its dead tree incarnation Sobaka.ru is a glossy ‘lifestyle’ magazine, so they concentrated on people in the audience instead of exclusivity of what’s happening on stage. And you know what — the result kinda sorta lends some […]
Read more »Many of you who attended the recent shows have been wondering why Big Ian keeps disappearing behind the curtains during the unusually lengthy instrumental breaks, what he’s been up to, and generally if he’s in good health. Caramba TV offers us a unique behind the scenes look at his (potentially NSFW) emergency treatment:
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