Smoke On The Water in commercial
Deep Purple’s song “Smoke On The Water” is being used at the end of a commercial in the USA for the automobile “Dodge Avenger“:
Thanks to Tracy Heyder and Gary Poronovich for the information.
Deep Purple’s song “Smoke On The Water” is being used at the end of a commercial in the USA for the automobile “Dodge Avenger“:
Thanks to Tracy Heyder and Gary Poronovich for the information.
Photo: S. Belyakov, www.sbelyakov.ru.
Joe Lynn Turner gave an extensive interview to The Right To Rock guys and they’ve posted online as an MP3 podcast.
Listen to the podcast.
Thanks to Blabbermouth.net for the info.
German TV channel ARD Digital will be repeating the “Vicky Leandros – Ich Bin” show from 1970 this Saturday, March 17 at 15:50. Deep Purple were guests of this show back in 1970 and here you can see a clip of them miming to Speed King:
Thanks to Dirk Dommermuth for the info.
The Riddles in Rhyme is a Blackmore’s Night fanlisting project. Started on September 2nd, 2003 it now includes listings for 224 fans in many different countries. Check it out.
Jim and Jena Kelly (from Unites States) are starting a new fanzine called Black Knight. It is intended as a quarterly publication that will feature news, reviews, articles and interviews about Blackmores Night. Their publication will be a bit different than others, as it will also include Renaissance / Medieval material as well. They feel it blends well with the Blackmores Night theme. Their premier issue will be out this spring. They have also started a brand new fan forum.
We wish them the best of luck in their endeavours.
Thanks to Mike Garrett for the info.
Steve has posted a very emotional issue of the regular “notes from the road” column on his web site. He talks about his father passing away, death of Brad Delp of Boston fame and his son Kevin jamming with Rod Morgenstein.
Read the notes from the road.
Thanks to Daniel Bengtsson for the info.
On a side note, Boston were very big commercially in the United States and are scheduled to headline over Deep Purple at the Rock Fest 2007 in Cadott, Wisconsin on July 19.
Jon Lord live at Bradford St.George’s Hall, Sep 9, 2002. Photo: Jim Corrigan
Charlotte Wilson (Paul Mann’s wife) did an interview with Jon Lord and Paul Mann for the programme Upbeat on Radio New Zealand. The interview in six parts covers:
and is posted in streaming MP3 on DPAS web site
Thanks to DPAS for the info.
Joe Lynn Turner’s web site posted a studio report on his new “Second Hand Life” solo album. In the track-by-track comments there are some interesting bits giving insight into Purple connections of the album:
Second Hand Life
This is a song that came out of the Deep Purple sessions with Jim Peterik in Roger Glover’s studio. Jim was brought in to commercialize the band in the same way that Def Leppard and Aerosmith were reviving themselves at the time. Peterik is an amazing writer, as witnessed by his hit band Survivor. Just as an aside, the title was inspired by this booklet that writer/producer Desmond Child gave me when he was living in a commune here in the States. The song talks about how most people live a second hand life that sets out to please our parents, so we often never become ourselves. We end up trying to be what society and parents want us to be so we really are never free to be ourselves!!! It’s as if our lives are being passed down like an old pair of shoes. This song rebels against this concept as if to say “cut the strings…be who you want to be.” A very strong statement!
Stroke of Midnight
This was written for Deep Purple, complete with Blackmore’s great riffs. We recorded this song when I was in the band working on the follow up to “Slaves and Masters.” Purple re-did it as “One Man’s Meat.” I have Ritchie’s blessing do it the way we did it originally and my version is pretty close. It centers around a classic bluesy riff and lyrically is about a dancer who leads two lives—a private life and a life on stage as every man’s fantasy. There’s a real person underneath that image people see and we want to know who she really is! Jim Peterik is also credited as songwriter.
Cruel
We nearly did this song when I was with Deep Purple. It was written many years ago when touring with the JLT band.
Thanks to www.joelynnturner.com for the info.
Deep Purple in Tirana, Albania on March 4, 2007.
Deep Purple played a sold out gig on March 7th at Palaraschi in Parma, Italy, in front of almost 4.000 people.
The setlist was exactly this one:
Intro
Pictures of Home
Things I Never Said
The Battle Rages on (they played it during the soundcheck… Maybe for the first time!)
Strange Kind of a Woman
Rapture of the Deep (dedicated to “Menny”, italian fan and Gillan’s friend)
Fireball
Wrong Man
Steve Morse solo – The Well Dressed Guitar
When a Blind Man Cries
Lazy
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Don Airey solo – Perfect Strangers
Space Truckin’
Highway Star
Smoke on the Water
Encore:
Hush (Ian Paice solo)
Black Night (Roger Glover intro)
In the “options” list there was also Into the Fire (I think they played it in Albania, March 4th, instead of “The battle..”), Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic, and Sometimes I Feel like Screaming. We know ’cause we saw the “official” setlist near the mixer.
They said Gillan was a little bit sick after the show, that’s why he show up very late in the backstage. But he was very kind with all the fans waiting for him.
Anyway, it was a very powerful, solid, great show.
See a couple of pics in small resolution. A lot more will be added soon in the site image gallery.
Now they’re going to the Deep South of Italy: two dates in Sicily (first time ever), one in Puglia and one in Calabria. Then, rest of Europe.
Moreover, Steve Morse is doing two guitar shows, one in Rome and another one in Palermo (Sicily).
Cheers
Francesco
Deep Purple Italia
Here is the selist Deep Purple played in Parma, Italy, March 7.
Pictures Of Home
Things I Never Said
The Battle Rages On
Strange Kind Of A Woman
Rapture Of The Deep
Fireball
Wrong Man
Steve Morse Solo
The Well Dressed Guitar
When A Blind Man Cries
Lazy
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Don Airey Solo
Perfect Strangers
Space Truckin’
Highway Star
Smoke On The Water
Encore:
Hush (with Ian Paice solo)
Black Night
In the “options list” were “Into The Fire”, “Ted The Mechanic” and “Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming”, but they weren’t played at this gig.
Thanks to Deep Purple Italia for the information.