A new transcription book of Steve Morse composition for the SMB 2009 album Out Standing In Their Field is now available. The book covers the following tunes:
Name Dropping
Brink of the Edge
Here and Now and Then
Relentless Encroachment
John Deere Letter
More to the Point
Time Junction
Unnamed Sources
Flight of the Osprey
Baroque ’N Dreams
Steve says about this release:
It’s the most exact transcription of my music I’ve ever seen! Transcriber Denny Bayer and I went over every song together, and I would often edit it to have the different fingerings which showed the way I played everything. In a couple of spots where the fast runs of my solo were hard to distinguish, it made sense for me to verify what I intended to be heard! There may not be viral videos of geniuses doing transcriptions, but Denny would have to be counted as one of the best.
The book is at #4 in the Amazon’s Guitar Songbooks bestsellers list at the time of this writing.
Meanwhile, 3 positions down the list…
Yep, it’s that moment in time when Steve Morse is ahead of Taylor Swift in the charts. 😉
Lachy Doley, one of the most prominent Hammond players today, has launched a crowdfunding campaign to finance three shows in the United States in July 2024. The campaign is three quarters towards the goal, is ending on November 15, and needs just a little push to help it reach the objective. Go check it out.
Lachy Doley is a member of the extended Purple family, having collaborated with Glenn Hughes on a couple of occasions, and at least once with Paicey. But more importantly, he is one of the people who are carrying the proverbial torch lit by Jimmy Smith and Jon Lord, and, hopefully, will continue to do so for many years to come.
The Lachy Doley Group performing a mashup of Green Onions and Lazy at the Trandalblues 2019 in Norway:
A few months ago, we’ve posted an interview with Tony Carey. Here is a much, much longer version of that conversation that has surfaced on YT since then. Tony digs deeper into his Rainbow story, and talks at length on other aspects of his career and the state of music business in general.
Yep, it’s an hour long, but well worth finding time and listening to the whole thing through. Enjoy!
Thanks to BACKSTAGE PASS ROCK-NEWS for the video and to Uwe Hornung for bringing it to your attention, and for sending us down the fascinating rabbit hole of Mandoki Soulmates.
We’ll leave you with a couple of clips of the aforementioned Cory Henry and Mandoki Soulmates. Spot the tune!
Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night were interviewed for the Q105.7 radio station broadcasting out of Albany, NY. This was done in anticipation of a couple of Blackmore’s Night upstate gigs this past weekend. Continue Reading »
Louder Sound reprints a feature from the Classic Rock magazine on Whitesnake’s 1979 Lovehunter album:
Working at Clearwell Castle, the 18th-century estate in the Forest Of Dean where Purple had prepped for both Burn and Stormbringer, the band re-hired Purple’s producer of choice, Martin Birch, who had also overseen Trouble, to man the console of the Rolling Stones Mobile.
Later nicknamed ‘Headmaster’ by Iron Maiden, Birch was a serious guy but not without a sense of humour. Clearwell was said to be haunted, and Birch derived great amusement from piping spooky sounds into the band’s headphones as the tapes rolled.
You may or may not have noticed a new link on the home page: Video list. This immense piece of work was done by long-term editor Trond (I did the munging to HTML) and should keep you occupied for more than a few hours. There are videos on YouTube and elsewhere of lineups from Rod Evans to Simon McBride.
I’m afraid you’ve missed the immense recent Stuttgart concert. It was only available on ARTE for a short time. It’s only marginally below Made in Japan in my humble opinion. Still plenty of other stuff there. Including the Frankenstein’s monster of a MiJ reconstruction.
As usual, all contributions welcome if you see anything passable or better out there. There are several different directions this could go!
SEIJIRO UDO R.I.P
Sadly, one of the greatest promoters has passed on. Mr. Udo was not
only a superb businessman but a deeply passionate advocate for music in
Japan. He could always be counted on as a dignified and sincere
presence in our lives. He and his remarkable team supported Deep Purple
and many others with professional courtesy and generosity over decades
of touring in Japan. As a giant of the music business, he was a disarmingly
humble man who unfailingly gained respect from all who knew him. He
became a friend, whose warm smile of welcome will be sorely missed.
Profound commiserations to his family.
Roger Glover
Posted in Blog by Svante Axbacke on 2023-10-25 4 Comments
The legendary Japanese concert promoter Seijiro Udo, widely known as ‘Mr. Udo’, has passed away at the age of 92. He was responsible for bringing Deep Purple to Japan for that historic tour in August 1972, and every subsequent visit of the band to that country.
His company UDO Artists issued the following statement:
It is with great sadness to announce that the Japanese Concert Promoter, Seijiro Udo a.k.a. Mr. Udo, passed away at 3:18 a.m. on Oct. 15 at the age of 92 due to senility.
He started his career in his early 20’s at Kyodo Kikaku and founded UDO Artists, Inc. in 1967. He was a pioneer in bringing Western music to Japan and had lived his life more than anything else to please music fans. He went on to bring hundreds of major international acts to Japan such as Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, KISS, Aerosmith, Santana, Jeff Beck, Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Billy Joel, Bon Jovi, George Harrison, The Who, Van Halen, TOTO, and Bryan Adams to name a few, and held over 10,000 concerts in Japan.
We would like to express our deepest gratitude to all of you who have attended our many concerts and will continue to offer more concerts that will remain in hearts of music fans in the future, following the will of the deceased.
Thanks to BraveWords for the news, however sad they are.
In this latest instalment of QT with DC, David Coverdale talks about his choice of underwear, his favourite drink, and answers other important questions from the fans. Continue Reading »
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