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We welcome a new Steve Morse fan site to the family. It is run by Katya Hast-Ekström of Katya Arts, Steve’s official jeweller, and Marije Essink, admin of the Steve Morse Fan Page group on Facebook. Katya got the original idea for this fan site and created the web design and technical stuff, Marije provided […]
Read more »Steve Morse was interviewed by the Guitar Interactive Magazine. Steve talks about the importance of jamming, influence of John McLaughlin, praises John Petrucci, reflects on his years in Deep Purple, and shares thoughts on why he prefers the album format for his music.
Read more »Ritchie Blackmore reminisces about the dress code with the Nero and The Gladiators, and the perils he had to endure as a hired hand. [updated]
Read more »Another box set is in the works — Rainbow The Temple of The King 1975 – 1976. It comprises the first two albums, remastered, the three German 1976 live shows: Köln, Düsseldorf, and Nurnberg (all three previously available both separately and as the Deutschland Tournee 1976 6CD box), and a disc of “rarities”.
Read more »An 8CD box set of Ian Gillan Band remasters and rarities is being prepared for release. It is titled Down The Road: The Complete Ian Gillan Band Story and includes the three studio albums, alternative mix of Clear Air Turbulence, backing tracks, demos, and 3 live shows. The promo blurb reads: 8-CD Box Set – […]
Read more »In this latest microdose of his video memoirs, Ritchie Blackmore talks about discovering for himself Eric Clapton, and playing fast vs playing slow.
Read more »[Updated Dec 11] A pro shot of a complete Whitesnake show from June 2, 2022, in Hamar, Norway, was posted to them intertubes. It is described to be the video wall production with front-of-the-house soundboard sound. It is one of the last Whitesnake live performances (if not THE last one) that was professionally recorded.
Read more »Music Radar has an interview with Steve Morse that appears to be a revised and expanded version of the one we reported a couple of weeks ago. Is there any style or technique that you find hardest to get under your fingertips? Anything that’s written on keyboards is gonna have some difficult stretches in them. […]
Read more »In these two episodes, the banjo player talks about banjo strings and the genius of Jon Lord.
Read more »A new instalment of Ritchie Blackmore reminiscing abut his early days.
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