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Of flesh, blood and bone
Another week, another classic Gillan video. Trouble from Rock Goes To College, February 23, 1981.
Read more »Steve’s go-to ideas
Guitar Player magazine publishes an online tutorial from Steve Morse My 5 go-to ideas for playing and writing. In this exclusive video lesson, Steve showcases five conceptual and technical approaches that he employs when improvising or arranging guitar parts. These include melodic arpeggios, 16th-note patterns, sextuplet-based picking, melody with ostinato bass and rhythmic variations. To […]
Read more »Ain’t no easy way
Another Friday, another classic Gillan video — No Easy Way off the Rock Goes To College show from February 23, 1981.
Read more »We’ll raise a glass, maybe two
Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night were inducted into the Long Island Music And Entertainment Hall Of Fame, with the ceremony that took place on May 13, 2025. It was a low-key affair with minimal glitz and glamour. Nevertheless, Ritchie decided not to show up, for one reason or another. Here is a video. A couple […]
Read more »King of Dreams director passes away
Filmmaker James Foley, who directed the King of Dreams video off Slaves and Masters, has passed away at the age of 71 following a year-long battle with brain cancer. His work included acclaimed films and shows, such as Glengarry Glen Ross, House of Cards, Billions, Twin Peaks, as well as numerous music videos — mostly […]
Read more »Bubble in your beer
Them restored classic Gillan clips, they’re still coming! Here is Mr. Universe as performed on the BBC show Rock Goes To College on February 23, 1981, and complete with Bernie Tormé’s guitar solo. Now all cleaned up and restored by the latest wonders of technology.
Read more »Earth was shaking, they stood and stared
There’s a new, very unofficial remaster of California Jam. The video was cleaned up and upscaled, which is laudable, but the audio stays pretty much the same. Which is regrettable, as in our humble opinion it is the sound that’s the weakest link of the recording.
Read more »Good to see you vertical
Some time in 2019 Ian Paice visited his colleague Lee Kerslake, who was filming a documentary about his musical career and battle with cancer. Lee passed away in 2020.
Read more »One big bang
An addendum to the recent series of classic Gillan clips, all restored and upscaled. This time it is M.A.D. as mimed on the Top of the Pops
Read more »She was a weird one in the setting sun
Vincent Price the other day seemingly opened a floodgate, and a generous helping of live clips from 2013 got posted today. We are talking, of course, about From The Setting Sun (Live In Wacken), which was a sibling release for To The Rising Sun (In Tokyo).
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Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing