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Lucifer, Isaac Asimov, and Ringo Starr

Classic Rock has an article on the intriguing story behind The Mule, with multiple quotes from the star of the hour himself — Paicey. As with the majority of compositions by the Mk II Purple line-up, The Mule is credited equally to the classic quintet of Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Jon Lord, Roger Glover and […]

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Nothing at All

Another single — Nothing at All — from the upcoming Deep Purple album Whoosh was released today, July 10.

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26 if you count

A lengthy (over an hour) and thus very interesting chat with Steve Morse, courtesy of Sea of Tranquility. Dig in!

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In Rock Lick Library

In Rock is a new addition to the LickLibrary stable of instructional videos. In this course, LickLibrary veteran, Danny Gill walks you through the many highlights of each song from this classic rock gem one phrase at a time, including all of Ritchie Blackmore’s legendary guitar parts from the tracks; “Black Night,” “Speed King,” and […]

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It worked out okay at the end

Paicey publishes another drumcam track — I Got Your Number from Bananas sessions.

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Lesson from a hard loving man

The mysterious single released for the Record Store Day in Germany on June 20th turned out to be interesting for two reasons. First, besides the already familiar tracks Throw My Bones and Man Alive it contains a new one from the upcoming album — The Power of the Moon. The single is available now through […]

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Strange Kind of Women

There is a terrific cover band out in Italy which also happens to be an all-girl band. They are fittingly called Strange Kind of Women. Ian Paice did a guest gig with them in March 2019 and now is giving them a shoutout on his DrumTribe channel: Strange Kind of Women are: Alteria – vocals […]

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And blend with the keyboard!

Steve Morse explains some of the intricacies and subtleties of his guitar playing on Man Alive — track from the upcoming Deep Purple album Whoosh. Thanks to Blabbermouth for the info.

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Whoosh — first impressions

Deep Purple’s new album Whoosh was supposed to come out on June 12 this year. But then the coronavirus struck and record company pushed release date back to August 7. Apparently not everybody got the memo, and on June 12 the album went on sale through at least one online retailer (and was soon removed). […]

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Tracking Out of Hand

Another gem from Paicey’s private video stash — the band tracking Out of Hand for their 2013 album Now What?!

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