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Guitar heroes and guilty pleasures
Classic Rock online has a short, but informative interview with Simon McBride. From the first music he remembers, to the song he’d want to play at his funeral, it’s all there.
The best record I’ve made
The Deep Purple record [2024’s =1]. It’s not every day you get to be a part of history. For me, doing that record was incredible, because at the minute with the guys in the band they’re just mates. But these guys are icons. I stand back in awe and go: “That’s me, that’s Ian Gillan, that’s Ian Paice… Jesus, why is my name in there?!”
Read more in Louder Sound
In other Simon news, he will be playing a string of European dates as a solo artist this summer. They are a combination of festival appearances and support slots for Lynyrd Skynyrd. The dates are so far unconfirmed on the artist side, but whatever we managed to collect from promoters and ticket vendors is in our calendar.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
Aww man, he is a good guy!
Fascinating banjo-player and a personality that highlights the other members in the band ☺️
It’s like when you’re mixing something up in the kitchen, and finally end the preparation with a touch of salvie (or whatever herb you like) and then the whole dish is alive and tasteful!
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May 2nd, 2025 at 05:24What the Danish girl said, very nicely put!
There is – like with Coverdale – also a romantic rags to riches component to Simon’s story with the Purps, I like that.
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Financially, Steve joining DP was of course similar, but he had unlike Simon all those guitar mag and prog instrumental music credentials so those hardly filled any bank accounts.
May 2nd, 2025 at 13:02I like Simon’s taste in music (let’s not dwell on Gary Moore too much!), especially Toto. Loved Gorgy Porgy on the debut (that is the wonderful Sisters Sledge singing background on it!), somehow I never imagined that it was the lead guitarist who sang it (I always get confused about who sings what on Toto albums).
Simon was/is a good choice for DP. Very musicianly (as was Steve, but he was more the scholarly guitar player).
May 2nd, 2025 at 13:24