A review of the Don Airey’s show in Zoetermeer on January 22 and a brief interview with the man himself apears on the Here Comes The Flood blog:
Any chance of Deep Purple recording one of your songs on a new studio album?
I don’t know. I contributed a lot to the last one, Rapture of the Deep. I did my bit and I was quite pleased with that. We will be recording again. There are some plans for that.
And a follow-up for your solo album?
I promised Ed van Zijl that there will be some guest appearances on the new one. I can’t give you any names, though.
Terry Bezer writes in the Classic Rock Magazine blog:
Classic Rock needs your help in selecting rock’s greatest singers and best-loved voices.
Britain’s best rock magazine is putting together a list of the singers that changed our lives: the belters, the screamers, the warblers, shriekers, and crooners that helped define the music we know and love, be it prog or punk, metal or melodic rock, grunge, garage rock or plain old rawk.
Who are the singers you love? Who are the greatest at delivering live – and who are the most disappointing? Who has the greatest range, the most unique voice – who delivered rock’s greatest vocal performances and what are they?
Leave your comments below – the best may be used in the magazine and the top 5 best comments (as chosen by the magazine team) will receive a Classic Rock goody bag.
You all know what to do. If interested, leave comments in their blog. I doubt they read ours.
Glenn Hughes was interviewed by Eric Blair at the NAMM, which was held January 15-18, 2009 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Glenn talks about his plans, his life, the F.U.N.K album, and the much discussed here and elsewhere Mk3 reunion, which he says is definitely not going to happen this year. Continue Reading »
A 12-track list for Ian Gillan’s forthcoming solo album One Eye To Morocco has been published on Amazon Germany with a release date of March 6.
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1. One Eye To Morocco
2. No Lotion For That
3. Don’t Stop
4. Change My Ways
5. Girl Goes To Show
6. Better Days
7. Deal With It
8. Ultimate Groove
9. The Sky Is Falling Down
10. Texas State Of Mind
11. It Would Be Nice
12. Always The Traveller
Don Airey is wrapping up his solo tour of Europe that was rescheduled from last September. On January 20 he and his band have performed in Munich. Here’s some video evidence from the act. Continue Reading »
Greg Prato continues promotion of his new bookTouched by Magic: The Tommy Bolin Story. He will appear with an interview in the Electric Ballroom show on New Jersey radio station 95.9 WRAT FM this coming Sunday, January 25 at 10 am EST. WRAT says they broadcast over the Internet (see their website), but it doesn’t appear to be working in our heck of the woods.
Czech media reports that Deep Purple will play at the opening ceremony for the World Championship in Nordic skiing. The championship opens on February 18 at the Tipsport Arena in Liberec, Czech Republic. Deep Purple’s appearance was announced by Kateřina Neumannová, president of the local organizing committee, and so far is not confirmed by either the Deep Purple management or the International Ski Federation.
The promo video for Roger Glover’s single The Mask from 1984 has surfaced on Youtube.
Peter Lippman directed the video for Roger Glover and PolyGram Records. He writes:
‘Gotta say, this was a unique video to work on! Roger’s song is very interesting and he has excellent showmanship!’
The album showed yet another fascinating side to the varied musical skills within the Purple family, mixing slight hints of The Police and featuring (among others) David Rosenthal on keys and Chuck Bürgi on drums (who went on to join Rainbow).
Back in 2006 Deep Purple were booked to play at the Baalbeck International Festival in Lebanon. The show had to be cancelled due to war that broke out in that country. The band were still committed to play up until the last moment when escalating violence forced the organizers to cancel the event. This year Deep Purple will make up for the cancelled show and play at the Baalbeck on July 25. Several more July shows have been confirmed, in Switzerland, Greece and Turkey. Full details in our tour dates calendar.
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