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Edgar Winter smoked on the water

Just got back from the show at Ruth Eckerd Hall. Although I have been around long enough to remember when Hush came out, this was my first Deep Purple concert. Edgar Winter started the show and kicked the night off with an excellent set, including, ot course, Frankenstein, Free Ride, and Tobacco Road . Hard […]

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Orlando went Space Truckin’

Orlando went Space truckin’ Orlando: While I realize people are reading this website because of their interest in Deep Purple, I don’t think it would be fair to begin my review of last Friday’s show without some mention of Edgar Winter. The show started off slowly. EW doing his thing…. especially on Frankenstein, but when […]

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Wine and cheese, beer and cheer [long]

We captured the rapture! Our heroes were finally going to make back to our home town. FLORIDA! YES! We arrived at the very quaint and posh venue, The Chastain Park Amphitheatre just in time to see Steppenwolf begin to play. We’ve seen them a couple of times lately and I must admit, they weren’t why […]

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Oh-my-gosh-I’m-seeing-Deep-Purple

It was a special night in Clearwater. Purple gave us another amazing show with a cherry on top: a DP/Edgar Winter (sax) jam on Smoke! Ruth Eckerd Hall is a Frank Lloyd Wright inspired auditorium that has a reputation for ‘quality sound.’ Of course, quality doesn’t just happen given interesting architecture (‘we’re going to take […]

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That European Purple feel

Orlando: The venue was packed. Every inch of the house: in front of the stage, up the stairs, on the balconies, and overflowing into the backstage area was heaped with enthusiastic people. It was a truly amazing show, with a very European feel. The audience had a quality response to Black Night, unusual for North […]

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Play more never material

I loved the show. They all looked and sounded great. Good light show for a small facility like House Of Blues. I have been a fan of Deep Purple since the early 70’s and have bought all their albums up to and including Rapture of the deep. I wish they would have played more of […]

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Smiling, consumate professionals

To me Deep Purple never got as much recognition as Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath and it’s a shame. I grew up as a HUGE Ritchie Blackmore fan. I loved Made In Japan when all my peers were into the music of the 80’s. When I found out that one of the three axis of […]

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Slow beginner, then winner

HOB was packed. Don’t know if it sold out, but it looked like it. Show was good, not great. Edgar Winter was the opener and that’s all that needs to be said about that, now on to Purple. The mix was good except that the keyboards were louder than Morse and we could hardly hear […]

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Crisp and clean and professional

Orlando: Had to stand through Edgar Winter…. oh well. DP hit at about 9pm and set sail. Non stop for the first four with a little talk. Very crisp and clean and professional. No frills if you get my meaning. Nice to see a band actually look like they are enjoying themselves. I have a […]

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Purpling with intensity

Deep Purple’s 2007 summer tour supporting “Rapture of the Deep” made it to the States this week, opening with a show July 12 in Atlanta. And at Chastain Park Amphitheatre – a spot known for drawing crowds sometimes more interested in picnicking and socializing than in the music coming from the stage – Deep Purple […]

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