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The rubble moved
In this collection of bite-sized memoirs, Ritchie Blackmore talks about the earliest days of Deep Purple: meeting Derek Lawrence, signing an unfavourable contract, covering Hush, and 16 telegrams from Chris Curtis.
Read more »Purpendicular at 30
Purpendicular holds a special place in our hearts, as its release and events leading to it coincided with the formation of the online community that had founded this website and still runs it to this day. It is also one of the seminal albums in the history of the band — alongside with In Rock, […]
Read more »Artwoods: Live at Klooks Kleek
From the letters to our better-late-then-never desk, we are glad to present you an actually pretty decent quality recording of the two early Artwoods performances from 1964, featuring Jon Lord. It apparently came out a few years ago: in 2016 on vinyl, and in 2023 on CD and digital. The latter are available via Amazon, […]
Read more »The horse that wasn’t iron
Back in 2024, an outfit called Defenders of the Faith published an interview with Nick Simper on the occasion of the two Warhorse studio albums being reissued. That interview completely slipped under our radar, until now. Warhorse’s self titled debut was significantly heavier than anything you had done with Deep Purple. In the same breath, […]
Read more »An interview in eight movements
Ovais Naqvi, the author of the new Jon Lord book Before We Forget – A Work in Eight Movements, was interviewed for the Booked On Rock podcast. The conversation is over an hour long, so pour yourself your favourite beverage, kick back, and enjoy.
Read more »Die with your boots on
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 »You have to slow down
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 »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 […]
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