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Before We Forget: A deep dive in Richmond
Books on the Rise are hosting a Jon Lord “Before We Forget” launch evening on Thursday 25th June at 7pm in Richmond, London TW10, UK.
Author Naqvi Ovais will do a deep dive into the career and life of Jon Lord with his book ‘Before We Forget: A Work in Eight Movements’.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
A wonderful book it is too. Full of so much information and so many recordings from Jon Lord himself and also so many other musicians from the different eras that we are familiar with. Whether it be the Hammond organ itself or the other organs from a bygone era and also the Moogs and many other synthesisers. I am currently revisiting Naqvi’s superb book, so much information, so much music. Excellent. Cheers.
June 22nd, 2026 at 09:47Definitely worth reading because we learn new bits and details, even us who have been following JL since the beginning. Go for it.
June 22nd, 2026 at 12:30Thanks to all who attended tonight’s event. We had a great turnout and sold all the copies of “Before We Forget” that Book on the Rise in Richmond had in stock. Some great questions and a lot of discussion centred around what it was in Britain in the mid- and post-war era that led to the birth of such an explosion of musical talent. If you take 1940/41 to 1950/1, the period spanning the birth of John Lennon, Jon Lord and Charlie Watts, to the birth of Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins, its hard to think of a country that’s produced that intense an array of talent, one that ended up dominating a single global industry. There’s a lot to winge about these days, but there’s also a hell of a lot to still be proud of! Thanks to Rasmus and team and Nate at Deep Purple Podcast for plugging the launch event.
June 26th, 2026 at 01:48Nice to hear the event went well. Yes indeed, that explosive era of talent. I was only thinking about that yesterday, as I was revisiting Ovais’s book and also while viewing a few live performance of Hendrix and his band. Wasn’t that one of the reasons that Jimi Hendrix was hanging around in England and Europe at that time. Cheers.
June 26th, 2026 at 23:43