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The Jon Lord for BBC Proms petition that Elinor started about a month ago is still open. As of this writing, it has collected 1,582 signatures with a goal of 5,000.
C’mon! We know that more people on THS alone have read that message. With Jon now struggling with cancer (and even if he didn’t), you know it’s the right thing to do. Go and sign it now.
Read more »The long awaited biography of former Deep Purple and Rainbow tour manager Colin Hart finally dropped onto my doorstep the other day. Although very much looking forward to it, I was however slightly nervous as to the content. After all, despite his many years of service, the parting of the ways between Colin and DP […]
Read more »The Perfect Strangers of Finland will hold it’s 4th Purple Night on January 14, 2012. The party is dubbed All Night Long and will be dedicated this time to Rainbow. Rainbow music from 1975 to 1995 will be performed by a house band and guest musicians. The house band consists of musicians who have played […]
Read more »40 years ago, on December 4, 1971, Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention played a gig at the Casino de Montreux. You know the rest. In case you don’t, read on at the Darker Than Blue blog. MontreuxMusic.com has videos, pictures, and press clippings from the event that changed music history. Check them out. […]
Read more »Can a lady at the piano sound just as badass as messrs. Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord and Paice did back in 1972? Judge for yourself.
Read more »The official Deep Purple video channel has posted a brief interview with Colin Hart (see inside). Colin’s new book A Hart Life is out (well, almost) on Wymer Publishing in the UK.
Read more »A 48 minute edit of this year Deep Purple’s appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival apparently has been shown on the Swiss channel TSR2. The complete show will be released on DVD and blue-ray on November 7 via Eagle Rock. Meanwhile, here’s a preview:
Read more »Rick Freeman offered us for publication an interview with Doogie White that he did recently. Rick: How did the solo album come about? Hard to believe that this is your first! Doogie: Well I had a great many songs kicking around that I had written over the years and during the down time after parting […]
Read more »Trevor Morris, a student at Ravensbourne College, is working on a research project and is hoping to gain some insight from the Deep Purple fan community. He looking for your views on the following: When attending a concert, what are the main issues with finding your way to the event? How do you tend to […]
Read more »While the fans are still hoping and waiting for a new DEEP PURPLE studio album, most of the current band members release solo stuff or team up with other musicians for album projects: Ian Gillan joined forces with Tony Iommi to record two songs under the “Who Cares”-banner, Steve Morse teamed up with singer/songwriter Sarah […]
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