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Showbiz oriented website Pollstar tells the story behind Deep Purple saving the night at the Rock am See festival: Waking to a 2 a.m. phone call telling him Oasis wouldn’t appear at that day’s Rock Am See, it took Dieter Boes only a couple of hours to bring in Deep Purple as a replacement headliner. […]
Read more »‘It isn’t me – so it isn’t the others.’ Jon Lord confirms that the socalled channel mixes of Hush recently uploaded to Youtube are fakes and do not feature Deep Purple. Jon Lord writes: ‘Just thought you’d like to know that it isn’t me – so it isn’t the others – on those Hush separate […]
Read more »Listen to just bass, just guitar or just organ, drums, and vocals on a studio recording of Hush. New on Youtube, three clips purporting to offer these instruments played by Deep Purple in separate channels.
Read more »The Highway Star reader Craig Neely caught Dream Theater in Philadelphia recently – and came away with some interesting thoughts about Deep Purple. Read on … My friend, Dave, and I saw Dream Theater for the first time on July 31, in Philadelphia, PA, USA. I was first turned on to them a few years […]
Read more »On June 13 Deep Purple played at the Great Wide Open festival in a small picturesque town on Mühldorf in Bavaria, about an hour or so outside of Munich. It was a very enjoyable show, I’d even dare to say one of the best ones that I have seen (and I’ve seen my fair share). […]
Read more »In the latest installment of Caramba TV, Big Ian reports from his undressing room in Baalbeck.
Read more »Gary Moore, Ian Paice, Don Airey, Neil Murray, Cozy Powell, Jack Bruce, Max Middleton, Clem Clempson, Graham Bonnet, Micky Moody, Cozy Powell and Jon Lord — see them all here.
Read more »Dream Theater are releasing their new studio album called Black Clouds & Silver Linings on June 23. The special edition of the album will include a bonus CD of covers, with Rainbow’s Stargazer and Dixie Dregs’ Odyssey among them. Drummer Mike Portnoy talks about the decision to cover Rainbow: The album is given an elaborate […]
Read more »We received an email from one of the teeming millions (an apt term, borrowed from Cecil Adams of The Straight Dope), and it deserved a guest editorial spot: Although I didn’t know it at the time I’ve been a Deep Purple fan since 1968. That’s when, at nine years of age, I heard this amazing […]
Read more »Over the years, it’s been fun to try to figure out various quotes that Jon Lord and Ritchie Blackmore threw into their lengthy improvisations in the 70’s. A bunch of the classical ones has been covered in Janell Duxbury’s list in this site. There is one quote I have been trying to locate for years. […]
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