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The Rainbow Fanclan has a new interview with Graham Bonnet where he delves into some historical anecdotage: – You recorded “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” before you were in Rainbow, so I assume it was your idea to do it live. No, not at all [laughs] – Did Ritchie hear you sang it before. […]
Read more »Ronnie James Dio, who is undergoing treatment for his cancer at a Houston hospital, sends his thanks for all the words of your support and encouragement: I’d like to take the time to thank everyone for the most wonderful gift I have ever received — your good wishes, your prayers, your support, your tears and […]
Read more »Is Glenn Hughes going to be part of a new supergroup? Recent Twitter comments from Hughes suggest something is in the works: “In Newport Beach havin’ lunch…on my way to Malibu to work with possibly the greatest hard rock producer on the planet…? Love….GH” (November 16) “I’ll be writin’ Lyrics to Brand new songs for […]
Read more »Several days ago it was announced that all Dio’s European tour dates are cancelled and refunds are being issued, with Ronnie himself being in a hospital for unspecified reasons. Today his wife and manager Wendy has released more details: Ronnie has been diagnosed with the early stages of stomach cancer. We are starting treatment immediately […]
Read more »Don Airey has contributed some Hammond to the recording of Fly Free — a tribute to the legendary Scottish race driver Jackie Stewart. The song was written by Jackie’s son Paul as a gift for his 70th birthday. Eric Clapton contributed his guitar playing (Sir Eric is apparently a close friend of Sir Jackie). Other […]
Read more »Graphic artist Ioannis has more than 165 record covers under his proverbial belt, including some that you might know very well. He kindly agreed to answer our questions. THS: Your work with Deep Purple included cover art for Abandon (1998) and Rapture of the Deep (2005), and graphic design for Bananas (2003). Anything else? Ioannis: […]
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October this year saw both banjo players touring the Eastern part of the North American continent with their respective bands. Which gave some of us the opportunity to see Blackmore’s Night and Steve Morse Band within a matter of days.
David ‘Rock’ Feinstein told Classic Rock magazine a story of Blackmore the weatherman causing a riot by refusing to go on stage: It happened when I was in Elf in the early 1970s. We supported Deep Purple at an outdoor show in the grounds of Cornell University, in Ithaca, Upstate New York. It was a […]
Read more »The following feature may contain references to sex, drugs and rock’n’roll. Oh, and some bad language too. Dig in!
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