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Leading up to the 44th Montreux Jazz Festival (which will be held in July), MontreuxJazz.com started a weekly column of ‘behind the scenes’ reminiscences. This week Claude Nobs recalls the events of the Casino fire in December 1971. Nothing really new in his story, but there are photos of the fire that I’ve never seen […]
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Swiss banker Stefan Jemetta’s “private” Deep Purple gig on December 18, 2007 at Zürich Kongresshaus is due to be released on DVD, “with the approval of Thames Records, Bruce Payne.” A basic website to promote the release has been set up at www.deeppurple.ch and a promo clip was posted to Youtube (see inside).
Set list didn’t had much surprises but as always a strong one. The intro – Is an unreleased track from Don Airey, at least that’s what I heard. Nice bombastic and imo better then the jazzy jump intro. Highway star – Ah, what can you say about that one except that it’s an excellent song. […]
Read more »We have a whole lot of new and confirmed European tour dates. Deep Purple’s itinerary now looks like this: end of August / Early September they play a couple of open air festivals in Switzerland, then Fête de l’Humanité near Paris, followed by arenas in Barcelona and Madrid. Then off until the British dates in […]
Read more »This deserves promotion to a separate post. Some historical TV footage have appeared on YouTube. Montreux, April 1971, live and interview…
Read more »Back in 2006 Deep Purple were booked to play at the Baalbeck International Festival in Lebanon. The show had to be cancelled due to war that broke out in that country. The band were still committed to play up until the last moment when escalating violence forced the organizers to cancel the event. This year […]
Read more »I think, I am not the only one when I say: Yes, Deep Purple is really the best band ever! 😉 Well, I am 16 and I was with my friends and my dad in Basel at the Deep Purple concert. It was the second gig this year for me. But before the show started, […]
Read more »Steve Morse will hold a signing session in Basel in the afternoon of November 18. The session is organized by Engl to promote their Steve Morse Signature E656 amplifier. Admission is free, but interested parties are required to register beforehand (click on ‘zum Anmeldeformular‘ to get to the registration form and enter your name, address […]
Read more »Jon Lord has published a new piece of music on his website. Titled Air on the Blue String, the piece – which is a work in progress – was partly inspired by classical musicians’ ability to improvise and blends blue(s) notes with a classical theme. Air on the Blue String was first performed and filmed […]
Read more »Just home from a trip to Montreux where me and my wife got to witness an incredible performance by Deep Purple at the closing of the 42nd Jazz Festival. The set list already given by others. What struck me was how heavy they sounded all the way through. Highlights for me were several. Into the […]
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