Classic Rock has an interview with Coverdale entirely devoted to his short lived collaboration with Jimmy Page:
Whose idea was it was to make a record together?
David Coverdale: The synchronicity was rather special. I’d spoken to a mutual acquaintance, my friend and agent, Rod MacSween, and said that I was taking some time off to recover from four years of non-stop hard work. Around the same time, Jimmy told Rod he wanted to get back to work and could he recommend any singers. That was all the energy that was needed.
What are your memories of making the album?
DC: Working with Jimmy was an utter treat. He was, and still, is a hero of mine. The album took longer than we’d hoped, but I treasure every aspect. The hardest part for me was losing my mam during the recording, but Jimmy was very gracious and supportive and we put the work on hold so I could be with her. Nothing else came near to being as hard as that time for me.
Glenn Hughes will be the guest on an upcoming episode of US cable That Metal Show. He will be joining them via their “Metal Modem” segment. The episode will premiere on VH1 Classic on Saturday, March 15 at 10pm EDT and will be repeated throughout the following week.
Thames Talent has announced the North American tour schedule for August this year. The grand tour of county fairs and casinos will start on August 5 in Ventura, California, and finish on August 31 in Hollywood, Florida.
Full details in our calendar. Apart from the Casino Rama show there is no ticket information at this point in time.
Smoke on the Water is in the quarterfinals of the Ultimate Classic Rock’s March Riff Madness playoffs. It’s pitted against the Ace of Spades and so far is losing 2:1. Final whistle will blow on Sunday, March 16 at 11:59PM EDT. One can vote multiple times once an hour. You know what to do.
Tickets for a Deep Purple show at Casino Rama (just north of Toronto) on August 22 go on sale this week. There appears to be no information at this point about any further North American dates, although I’m pretty sure they should start surfacing soon. Please report by email or in the comments.
Deep Purple (Overseas) has posted on YouTube a teaser for The Rise of Deep Purple MK II documentary (which, from this teaser, actually sounds more like The Fall of Deep Purple MK II 😉 ). The full documentary will be included on the DVD part of 4CD+DVD Made in Japan edition due out on May 19 together with many other formats.
Updated (March 5): Artwork and track listing for Glenn Hughes’ new project California Breed self-titled debut album have been released. The album is due out on May 19 (in the UK) via Frontiers Records. It was produced by Dave Cobb (Jamey Johnson, Rival Sons, Lindi Ortega, Shooter Jennings).
The Way
Sweet Tea
Chemical Rain
Midnight Oil
All Falls Down
The Grey
Days They Come
Spit You Out
Strong
Invisible
Scars
Breathe
Solo *
Solo is a bonus track that will appear on deluxe edition of the album, which will also include a DVD with 2 video clips for The Way and Sweet Tea, plus a documentary.
No release date has been specified at this point.
In a related promo feature in Classic Rock, Glenn tells his prospective on the demise of Black Country Communion:
For whatever reason, Joe and his manager [Roy Weisman] wanted to own the name, even though Jason and I came up with it. They just weren’t interested in leasing it to us. So I’ve moved on with California Breed.
Joe and I are talking again – everything is fine. I should’ve listened better when he said that he is a solo artist; Black Country were [just] a project for him. I’ve absolutely no regrets about being in Black Country Communion because it made me a rock artist again, which is something I should’ve done as long ago as 1983.
Nobody really knows this but I resigned on September 21st, 2012 – the night before the Jim Marshall 50th anniversary concert. I did that because there was no hope of touring. Jason [Bonham] and I did want to continue as Black Country, and we spoke to some very famous friends such as Zakk [Wylde], Steve Vai and Joe Satriani who were all interested but couldn’t commit to touring – so it was back to the Joe Bonamassa scenario.
Listen to a track from Don Airey’s new solo album Keyed Up. The track is called Mini Suite and features contribution from the late Gary Moore (hint: guitar on the first two sections is actually by Simon McBride).
About a month ago Brian May appeared on UK’s Planet Rock radio with an interview. When they asked him to pick his favourite guitar track, his answer was Since You’ve Been Gone. He proceeded showering praise on both Cozy Powell and Ritchie Blackmore:
I suppose you’d call it ‘pop rock’ in a sense, but it’s uncompromising, you know?
You know, people don’t talk about Ritchie Blackmore enough. I don’t know why, but he was such a trail blazer and technically incredible — unpredictable in every possible way. It’s great. That’s what you love, isn’t it? You go to a gig and you want to see something which is not predictable, which is not like just reproducing. So you never knew what you were gonna see when you went to see Purple, when Blackmore was in it, but also Rainbow. You know, this was his own thing and it was wild and dangerous.
The relevant bit of the interview starts at 5:38 (skip automagically). There does not appear anything else purple related, apart from him talking about Queen also having an intimate connection with this sleepy (for most of the time) little Swiss town of Montreux. But if you’re also a Queen fan, the whole thing is rather entertaining and well worth half an hour of your time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQeJjhanpmk?t=5m38s
Ah, and before the flame war starts, he concludes the interview talking about importance of working with people whom you are comfortable to be with.
Thanks to Yvonne Osthausen and Something Else! for the info.
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