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Coverdale/Aldrich interview, part 2
David Coverdale and Doug Aldrich continue to interview each other. They play and sing some blues too.
Thanks to Daniel Bengtsson for the info.
BCC news roundup
There seems to be a lot going on in the BCC camp these days, with PR campaign for the new album kicking into high gear and what not. So, instead of putting up a bunch of separate short news items we decided to consolidate them here.
You can absolutely legally download for free (in exchange for an email address) the song Confessor from the upcoming Afterglow album here.
Glenn Hughes’ appearance on a BBC morning show happened on September 19. You can watch the interview fragment where he talks about why he’s paying tribute to Jim Marshal and why his pinkie is in a cast (of sorts).
BCC’s apparently the only 2013 performance in UK, on January 5 in Wolverhampton, has been announced just a few days ago. Planet Rock even started a ticket presale. It has already been cancelled due to, as the press release puts it, “unforeseen circumstances”. People who have already purchased the tickets will receive a full refund.
Thanks to Daniel Bengtsson and Yvonne Osthausen for the info.
The white heat of inspiration
Paul Mann, who was instrumental in reviving of the Concerto for Group and Orchestra and is conducting the studio recording (to be released at the end of the month), has written a detailed essay on his engagement with its inspirational composer. The essay has been published in the Arts Journal.
The 28-year-old Jon Lord, with no experience at all of writing for orchestra, had a matter of three months in which to produce a full scale Concerto armed with nothing but Cecil Forsyth’s Orchestration, his prodigious imagination and a lot of coffee. Returning to his London flat each night, often after a Deep Purple gig, he spread himself out on the floor (he didn’t have a desk big enough) and composed in ink, straight into full score. (“I later learnt to use a pencil”, he said, somewhat ruefully.)
That the resulting work is so rich in invention, sound in structure, and sophisticated in craftsmanship says a great deal for the white heat of Jon’s inspiration. The fifty-minute piece broke new ground at the time, and seems only to have grown in stature across the intervening forty or more years.
Read more in the Arts Journal.
Thanks to Yvonne Osthausen for the info.
Bourée in Palermo
On September 7 Ian Paice hosted a tribute to his brother in law and in arms, the late great Jon Lord. The concert took place in Palermo, Italy, where he performed with the student orchestra of Conservatorio Vincenzo Bellini conducted by Alberto Maniaci.
This could very well be the first time he have performed Jon’s Bourée:
There’s more where it came from.
Speaking if Paicey, last week he was on the Classic Rock Radio discussing the upcoming Sunflower jam and the new Deep Purple album. The interview is now available for online replay (MP3, 42MB).
Thanks to Federica1401 for the video and Yvonne Osthausen for the info.
Shades of Nick Simper
A very interesting interview with Nick Simper from Canadian blog Music Legends published back in August, which unfortunately have received very little attention. Nick talks about the current live music scene in Britain, the story of Hush and why it turned out so different from the Billy Joe Royal’s version, the importance of Vanilla Fudge influence to the development of Deep Purple style, and many other things.
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Coverdale and Doug Aldrich interview each other
In the new instalment of Whitesnake TV David Coverdale and Doug Aldrich interview each other:
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Paice and JLT in The Who tribute
Ian Paice and Joe Lynn Turner have contributed to Who Are You: An All Star Tribute To The Who due out on October 2 via Cleopatra Records.
Track list:
- Eminence Front
- John Wetton (ASIA)
- K.K. Downing (JUDAS PRIEST)
- Derek Sherinian (DREAM THEATER)
- Baba O’Riley
- Nektar
- Jerry Goodman (MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA)
- I Can See For Miles
- Mark Lindsay (PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS)
- Wayne Kramer (MC5)
- Love Reign O’er Me
- Joe Elliot (DEF LEPPARD)
- Rick Wakeman (YES)
- Huw Lloyd-Langton (HAWKWIND)
- Carmine Appice (VANILLA FUDGE)
- My Generation
- Knox (THE VIBRATORS)
- Dave Davies (THE KINKS)
- Rat Scabies (THE DAMNED)
- The Kids Are Alright
- THE RAVEONETTES
- Won’t Get Fooled Again
- SWEET
- Anyway Anyhow Anywhere
- Todd Rundgren
- Carmine Appice (VANILLA FUDGE)
- I Can’t Explain
- Iggy Pop
- Behind Blue Eyes
- Pat Travers
- Magic Bus
- Peter Noone (HERMAN’S HERMITS)
- Peter Banks (YES)
- Ginger Baker (CREAM)
- Who Are You
- Gretchen Wilson
- Randy Bachman (BACHMAN-TURNER OVERDRIVE)
- Pinball Wizard
- Terry Reid
- Mike Pinera (BLUES IMAGE)
- Brad Gillis (NIGHT RANGER)
- Squeeze Box
- John Wesley (PORCUPINE TREE)
- David Cross (KING CRIMSON)
- Bargain
- .38 SPECIAL
- Ted Turner (WISHBONE ASH)
- Ian Paice (DEEP PURPLE)
- The Seeker
- Joe Lynn Turner (RAINBOW)
- Leslie West (MOUNTAIN)
Thanks to Blabbermouth for the info.
Hughes on BBC Breakfast
Glenn Hughes will appear on the BBC Breakfast show in the morning of Wednesday, September 19. He will be talking about his appearance at the Marshall Amplification 50 Years Of Loud LIVE event, Black Country Communion, and more.
The show runs between 6am and 9am on BBC One and from within the UK can also be viewed live online.
Thanks to GlennHughes.com for the info.
Simon the keeper
Sheffield online newspaper The Star has an illuminating piece on DPAS founder Simon Robinson and how on Earth he came to possession of the Deep Purple archives:
“Things were a bit more lax back then,” shrugs Simon Robinson, who has since stored the tapes at the renovated Aizlewood Business Centre in Nursery Street.
“Before I was given responsibility they were being kept in this leaking warehouse where the door was left unlocked all day. I couldn’t believe it. You wouldn’t leave The Beatles master tapes like that – and Deep Purple are just as important to rock fans.
“I said ‘Let me look after them properly’, and the management company agreed. Simple as that really.
Read more in The Star.
Doogie White with Demon’s Eye tribute to Jon
European tribute band Demon’s Eye has teamed up with Doogie White and performed a tribute to Jon Lord in Balver Höhle, Germany. This is how Concerto for Group and Orchestra sounds like …without the orchestra:
Keyboardist Florian Prtisch and guitar player Mark Zyk were definitely inspired that night.
Thanks to Karl-Heinz Baier and Yvonne Osthausen for the info.
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