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Slipped Disc reports that Moray McMillin, Deep Purple’s front-of-the-house sound engineer between 1995 and 2004, has passed away. He died of lung cancer. I had the privilege of meeting Moray on his last tour with Purple in 2004. A lovely man and a consummate professional. Anyone who wishes to pay final respects via a donation, […]
Read more »Here are a couple of videos from the Black Country Communion gig in Copenhagen on July 12 (the one that Svante was tweeting live): Man in the Middle and a very fiery rendition of Burn, with Søren Andersen guesting.
Read more »It struck me the other day that we at THS have seen Deep Purple an awful lot of times throughout the years, but at each concert there are people there seeing the band for the very first time. Have you just been to see Purple for the first time? We’d like to hear about your […]
Read more »Urban Outfitters (shock! horror!) has a Deep Purple t-shirt for sale in Europe. The Chaos At A Concert male tee sports the infamous picture of the concert hall ravaged by fans after a gig on the Mark 2’s last Japanese tour in 1973. And at €12.00/ÂŁ10.00 it’s a steal. We have reports of this piece […]
Read more »For all of us who could not be at the Royal Albert Hall on Friday, Youtube to the rescue.
Read more »Amazing, but true. Geoff Barton writes in the Classic Rock Magazine blog: Steve Morse has become the longest-running guitarist for Deep Purple, having joined the band in 1994. Morse’s unbroken 17-year tenure beats founding guitarist Ritchie Blackmore’s stints with the band from 1968-1975 and 1984-1993 (we make that 16 years). While Geoff didn’t quite get […]
Read more »The budding anthropologist in me (with no thanks to Dr. Brennan) says — here’s a fine specimen of the infamously dry British humour.
Read more »Automobile magazine reports that Nissan is introducing a new minivan to the Japanese market: Chances are when Deep Purple wrote the song “Highway Star” back in 1971, the “driving power” they sang about wasn’t a family-friendly minivan. Nevertheless, Nissan’s used the same title on its latest minivan, the Lafesta Highway Star — which, for all […]
Read more »Jon Lord is turning 70 today. Not resting on his laurels, Lord is busy recording the definitive version of Concerto for Group and Orchestra and priming Jon Lord Blues Project for a string of shows in Germany, Austria, Hungary and Holland later this year. Wish the Maestro Happy Birthday on JonLord.org’s birthday page. Photo: Daniel […]
Read more »As we hear from reliable sources, long time THS contributor Axel D. has managed to make his dream come true. He talked Jon Lord into performing Concerto at his hometown of Wiesbaden, Germany. The papers have been signed and the show will take place on November 6th, 2011. They chose the beautiful historic Kurhaus of […]
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