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Paicey reminisces about his first time meeting Ritchie Blackmore and then a year later joining a nascent band Ritchie was forming with Jon Lord and Nick Simper.
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Paicey reminisces about his first time meeting Ritchie Blackmore and then a year later joining a nascent band Ritchie was forming with Jon Lord and Nick Simper.
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Great story, I never heard that before.
November 9th, 2021 at 16:44Very similar scenario to Keith Moon getting the Who gig, although that was at a concert in front of all & sundry & probably a little more physical etc. Didn’t Ringo get the Beatles gig stealing it from another drummer? Well it would depend on who’s side of the story is being told. Drummers eh, a dastardly lot indeed! Cheers.
November 9th, 2021 at 21:51Great Story! The MK I Line up is still my second favorite Line up after MK II. Those first 3 albums still get a lot of playing in my house.
November 10th, 2021 at 13:58@Leslie > Ian Gillan’s, too. He loved the Mark I lineup.
November 10th, 2021 at 23:32It’s too bad that Rod Evans disappeared from the music scene 40 years ago. He had a magnificent voice, albeit it in a very narrow range. If he had played bass or another instrument, perhaps he would’ve been retained and used by Purple much in the same way Glenn Hughes had a dual role.
November 11th, 2021 at 19:31It’s unclear to me, was Ritchie by himself when he picked up Little Ian? He really can’t have been because he didn’t have a driver’s license back then to ride Nick’s Jag. AFAIK, Ritchie only learned to drive once he lived in the US.
November 16th, 2021 at 22:17I still cannot imagine Blackmore driving today. Didn’t driving freak him out or something along those lines. Still, we can change & he may very well be driving today. I imagine Nick Simper would have been driving back then when Paice was picked up. Didn’t Paice say Nick Simper’s Jag? Well at least I presumed he meant that. Cheers.
November 17th, 2021 at 07:00It was Nicky Simper’s Jaguar. Ritchie didn’t get a car til around the recording of Perfect Strangers and it was a black Mercedes Benz.
November 17th, 2021 at 08:43