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A brilliant emulator
In these two episodes, the banjo player talks about banjo strings and the genius of Jon Lord.
Read more »Fastest music you’ll ever hear
A new instalment of Ritchie Blackmore reminiscing abut his early days.
Read more »Let’s try ending on the four chord
Music Radar has an interview with Steve Morse. It is apparently published on the occasion of the recent album, but deals with his Purple years. Steve particularly fondly talks about Jon Lord: During one writing session for 1996’s Purpendicular, Morse’s debut on a Deep Purple record, a tea break was called, and Morse played on […]
Read more »One for the bookworms
Martin Popoff talks to the Now Spinning Magazine podcast host Phil Aston. The occasion is Martin’s new book Seven Decades of Deep Purple, but the conversation went way beyond that. Updated Dec 1 with a link to book review.
Read more »They come in threes
Here’s the latest triplet of snippets from that Ritchie Blackmore interview, talking about days long passed, Don Arden, Jerry Lee lewis, the other Man in Black, earning hemorrhoids with Screaming Lord Sutch, and taking the blame for Gene Vincent.
Read more »Secret of a happy household
The second instalment of Ritchie Blackmore interview snippets talking about the olden days, going back to Charles Dickens.
Read more »The teacher didn’t look like Buddy Holly
In this undated interview, Ritchie Blackmore tells that the original motivation to play guitar was basically his desire to impress his school teacher.
Read more »Rather get screwed by you
Wendy Dio was a guest on The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan podcast (and Billy is a huge fan of Deep Purple, Rainbow, and Dio himself). Here is their long and interesting conversation. In this powerful and emotional conversation, Wendy Dio joins Billy Corgan to share the brilliance of her late husband, Ronnie James Dio […]
Read more »Loosely tight
Another online outfit Sleaze Roxx pays tribute to Come Taste the Band on the occasion of its roughly 50th anniversary. While featuring a loosely tight Deep Purple from start to finish, it could be said that Come Taste The Band is a tale of two album sides. Side A is a funk fortified groove fest […]
Read more »Where angels fear to tread
Noise11 celebrates the 50th anniversary of Come Taste the Band, which was released on November 7, 1975. (Updated Nov 11)
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