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Across the divide

Ian Gillan sends a message about Deep Purple in Cyprus scheduled in May: Dear Friends There’s a bit of a hoo-ha going on about our forthcoming show in Cyprus, so here are some thoughts on the issue. As it says in the Caramba disclaimer, my views are not necessarily those of the rest of the […]

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Rambling on

Enjoying a brief lull from the touring schedule, Roger Glover writes about his experience at the London Bass Guitar Show, as well as a few other random things: In case youʼre interested Iʼve just made a fresh coffee and am ensconced before my computer, wanting to post something on the website, and wondering what it […]

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Hughes’ studio report

Glenn Hughes is in the studio in Nashville, working on a new album throughout December. Read his studio reports on GlennHughes.com: [December 11th, 2013] Today is the first day of the new album… I’m ready. Full of glorious passion and fire ~ wish you were here!! It’s all going splendid here @ the Studio. Reckless… […]

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40 years ago today…

David Coverdale writes on his webstite: It was 40 years ago this very day, December 9, 1973, when I had the indescribable honour of walking onstage with the extraordinary talents of Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, Ian Paice & Glenn Hughes at the KB Halle in Copenhagen, Denmark for the very first time.The ‘Burn’ album had […]

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Now what’s so funny?!

Roger Glover’s message to the fans, the band, the crew, the management, the record company, and generally to the world: 2013 is almost over. And what a banner year it has been – Now What?! has made its mark and stormed up many a chart around the world giving the band a positive springboard for […]

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Here’s to the next one!

A message from Don Airey: It was a great boost to the band to tour behind a hit album and very gratifying to hear audiences singing along to Vincent Price, All The Time in The World and the rest as enthusiastically as they did to Smoke or Black Night. It has also been a tremendous […]

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Still Life

Proud father Roger writes: My daughter Gillian Glover has a new CD out. It’s called Still Life With Music. If you’ve heard any of my last two solo recordings then you will know what an original voice she has. If you’ve heard her debut album, Red Handed, then you will also know that she has […]

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It’s been fifteen months…

A message from Roger Glover: It’s fifteen months since that day in the studio when we heard the bad news about Jon. Strangely enough, although he left the band eleven years ago, his presence in the band has deepened since last year. Apart from the fact that his spirit seemed to pervade the recording sessions […]

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Stormbringer coming

Roger Glover sends a message recalling (what once seemed to be) the ill-fated gig in Slavkov u Brna, Czech Republic, on August 4: On a tour full of remarkable events, the festival gig outside Brno in the Czech Republic stands out. As we arrived at the venue, we were told that there would be a […]

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J.J. Cale RIP

J.J. Cale has passed away on July 26. Roger Glover posts a personal eulogy: One evening in the early 70s, I was at my friend Kent’s place, down by the canal in Uxbridge, with Roger Brewer and Ron Quinten. We were relaxing, smoking some weed and listening to music, when I heard something that blew […]

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