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Unresolved issues

Glenn Hughes was the guest on That Jamieson Show (on the air January 19), promoting the latest Dead Daisies release. For reasons better known to himself, the host decided to ask a question the answer to which seems plainly obvious to everybody who’s been following the matter.

DJ: [Suppose] you get a phone call, and it’s the Deep Purple camp, and they’re saying “Hey, you know! Not for nothing, maybe just for one time around the world we get Mark 2 and the Mark 3 singers together.” So, Ian Gillan, Glenn Hughes, and David Coverdale all out on the road. Do you consider it?

GH: I would not consider it.

DJ: Wow, breaking news! Would you like to elaborate on that at all?

GH: Because I’m way past that now. It was such a long time ago. Let’s just say that there are some unresolved problems from the past. And for me, the time I have left to do my work on this planet, I need to keep making new music and plowing on forward. Yes, I have done some shows in respect to Deep Purple music, but as far as re-engaging with them chaps again in the live form, I can’t see it happening.

Here is the complete chat:

Thanks to Blabbermouth and Gary Poronovich for the heads up.

Another Dead Daisies album in the works

Glenn Hughes spoke to the Neil Jones Rock Show and said that another Dead Daisies album is in the works:

I’ve just been given the go-ahead to tell media — so you’re getting kind of an exclusive today — I have written a whole new Daisies album, a new one, between May and August. And we are going to get into that in the next three or four months. So the good news is for people that are enjoying ‘Holy Ground’ — the old Dead Daisies fans and the new ones, and the Glenn fans — there’s gonna be a follow-up. And if I can say this to you, it’s fucking mega — I’m so happy with it.

Neil Jones Rock Show is on the air on TotalRock radio Wednesdays at 6 p.m. U.K. time. The quoted bit is from the interview teaser aired on January 27, 2021. The interview in full is scheduled for the February 3 slot. TotalRock broadcasts online worldwide. Past interviews (eventually) find their way to the online archive.

In other Daisies related news, here is a behind-the-scenes video from sessions for their recently released Holy Ground album:

[Update Jan 29] The whole Holy Ground album is now streaming:

Thanks to Blabbermouth and BraveWords for the info.

Speed king Yoyoka

Another Purple cover from the 11 year old Japanese drum prodigy Yoyoka Continue Reading »

New Blackmore’s Night single released

As we told you last year there’s a new Blackmore’s Night release on the horizon — and you can hear the first single now.

From the press release:

RELEASE BRAND NEW SINGLE
“FOUR WINDS”
taken from their forthcoming studio album “Nature’s Light”

New York, NY (January 22, 2021)–Today, January 22nd, internationally renowned Renaissance folk rock band Blackmore’s Night release their new single “Four Winds”. It is the second song taken from their highly anticipated new studio album Nature’s Light, the first in six years, and eleventh studio album overall.

Blackmore’s Night have crafted a 20+ year legacy of merging medieval melodies with rock elements. Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Candice Night seamlessly blends her ethereal vocals and lyrics, along with a command of numerous classic woodwinds. With Ritchie Blackmore traversing all matter of six-string instruments, from acoustic and electric guitar to mandola, hurdy-gurdy and nyckelharpa and their wonderful band of minstrels, the result is a truly unique listening experience.

Their new single is another remarkable song and foretaste of their forthcoming album.

Says Candice Night,

“‘Four Winds’ is the story of two girls, actually inspired by two of my oldest friendships. One who left Long Island and moved to California and one who left to move to Virginia. Going to across the country to California and living on the water was where the first girl felt the call to her soul, being able to watch the dolphins in the water and living the life by the ocean, while the other one took a very different path and felt the call to the woods inspired by wolves and other woodland creatures. They both have equal importance in this storyline and are ultimately a part of me and perhaps of everyone, being pulled away from the stress of their current surroundings and looking for escape. If you feel stagnant or repressed in your surroundings, it’s important to take a break from the mundane and go where your heart leads you. It allows you to recharge and begin again with fresh and renewed energy. For some it is the ocean, for some the woods, for some feeling the sun on your face, others need to immerse in moonlight. Ultimately, we are all a part of the same story, the same picture and as the song says, “we’re all part of the trees and part of the seas and ready to start again…”

‘Four Winds’ is available for immediate Streaming and Download: https://blackmoresnight.lnk.to/FourWinds

The corresponding official lyric video will be released on Blackmore’s Night Official YouTube channel on January 29th, 2021.

Nature’s Light will become available on multiple formats and can be pre-ordered here:
https://blackmoresnight.lnk.to/NaturesLight

That to Carole Kane for the information

Shake the devil

bolin shake the devil cover; image courtesy of cleopatra records

A collection of demos, outtakes, and alternate versions from the recording sessions that produced Tommy Bolin’s album Private Eyes will be released on February 12, 2021, via Cleopatra Records. It will be available on CD and as a gatefold album pressed on coloured vinyl (purple, white, and red to chose from). Both editions will feature the same tracklist:

Shake the Devil – The Lost Sessions
  1. Shake The Devil (Alternate Mix)
  2. Bustin’ Out For Rosey (Alternate Version)
  3. Hello Again (Outtake, No Strings)
  4. Gypsy Soul (Outtake)
  5. Sweet Burgundy (Alternate Version)
  6. Someday We’ll Bring Our Love Home (Instrumental Demo)
  7. You Told Me That You Loved Me (Instrumental Demo)
  8. Post Toastee (Acoustic Demo)
  9. Tommy’s Instrumental (Outtake)
  10. Gypsy Soul (Acoustic Demo)
  11. Gypsy Soul (Rehearsal Demo)
  12. Someday We’ll Bring Our Love Home (Instrumental Demo)

Preview clip for Bustin’ Out For Rosey:

The album can be preordered from the label or other sources.

Thanks to BraveWords for the heads up.

One instead of one

Another TMZ moment involving another two Rainbow vocalists. For a number of years, Joe Lynn Turner was the singer in the Sunstorm project, a brainchild of Frontier Records president Serafino Perugino. Since 2006 they have released five albums with JLT on vocals, however in December he announced on Facebook that he is leaving the project, and a few days ago Frontiers announced that the new album will feature another Rainbow man Ronnie Romero, and is due out in March 2021. For whatever reasons, JLT is not happy about it and let the world know about it with a carefully worded rant:

Dear Fans,

Thank you for your attention and concern, as I felt it is necessary to release this second statement to further clarify and explain my position… I believe, the true facts of my personal decisions must be stated more directly.

I made an original statement in December where I kindly and respectfully to all parties involved, tried to explain the reasons for my departure from the Sunstorm Project. My statement was very clear, however, with the Frontiers official media release of the new Sunstorm and the accompanying statements, in my opinion, I see a definite attempt to twist my words to justify the effort to promote this new release of Sunstorm, show their autonomous power for any and all creative and business endeavours and prove the fact that no moral or ethical considerations exist as long as the corporation holds the legal trademark…

Etc, etc.

So there you have it, another little tempest in a teapot.

Oh, yeah, and there’s a clip from the new Sunstorm album with Ronnie Romero:

Thanks to BraveWords for the info.

Live performance is the only thing that matters

A vintage interview with our ever so thoughtful Roger Glover, originally published in New Musical Express on October 14, 1972. Roger talks about some side project with Big Ian he’s working on (wonder what had happened to it), the impending release of Made in Japan, and wonders why the British press and radio do not like rock bands. In his opinion, this has the unintended consequences of:

You’ve either got to go for music that Radio One will play, which means producing drivel. Or you’re gonna say, ‘Forget it, we’re just gonna do what we really want to do’. And that’s why the English bands who make that choice are completely unrestrained. They’re very exciting. They don’t care — they don’t care about anything. The live performance is the only thing that matters because it’s the only thing they’ve got. That’s the only thing that’s gonna sell their records. That’s how Deep Purple made it.

Sounds familiar in certain ways, eh?

Read the whole thing here.

Thanks to Geir Myklebust for all his hard work of scanning and posting this.

Without Speed King there would be no Motorcycle Man

Saxon is putting out an album of covers called Inspirations. Here they cover the bands that influenced them in the early years, from The Beatles, to Motörhead, and everything in between. One of the tracks (and a newly released single for the album) is Speed King. Continue Reading »

A little more careful with the planet

A marathon-length interview with Ian Paice that we’ve announced a few days ago, has now been posted online. Listen if you have missed it the first time around. The interview itself starts at around 20 minute mark into the show. But hey, why skip? There are no annoying commercials and a good chunk of the new album was played on the air.

Stone cold crazy

guitar player issue 704 cover ritchie blackmore

Ritchie Blackmore is on the cover of Guitar Player magazine issue #704 (February 2021), with an article inside starting with a ’73 vintage photo spread on pages 38-39. He is also featured in the reader’s poll of the 40 greatest hard rock guitarists. The publisher does not appear to be selling individual issues, just subscriptions, so a trip to one of them newsstands (remember those?) might be in order.

Thanks to Gary H. for the info.

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