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Is this love?
Elizabeth the opera singer is swooning all over the excessively coiffeured and trench coated David Coverdale. And dancing Vikings. Continue Reading »
Gone again
Graham Bonnet has teamed up with Marty Friedman of Megadeath fame to record a new version of Since You’ve Been Gone. Continue Reading »
GH plans to record a new album in June
BraveWords quotes a Glenn Hughes’ message posted on unspecified social media:
Currently at home in Los Angeles, but the road is calling meā¦
Very busy year ahead, touring Europe & the United States, & more continents, announcing soon. Touring until November 25th.
Itās also time for me to record a GH solo album, to center me, & create new songs.
New music is vital for me, it is the Healer.
I will be in Copenhagen in June, recording in the studio.
Itās time for me to release new music in 2025, and play my solo material and retrospective songs of my career live.
To be present in the moment, and to stay free, is all I (we) need.
Sharing good loving vibrations with you all…
See you soon.
When in doubt, have a beer
Here are a couple of excerpts from what appears the same Joe Lynn Turner interview, published on two different YouTube channels. JLT is reminiscing about his work with Ritchie Blackmore and Yngwie Malmsteen. Continue Reading »
Just read music and play it
Louder Sound reprints online a Classic Rock magazine feature on Don Airey that originally appeared in issue 249, circa 2019.
Airey thinks they might have wanted him to join [Black Sabbath] full-time, but his decision was made for him when he got a call from Cozy Powell. Rainbow were looking for a keyboard player, and Powell told his old friend he should get on a plane and go for the job. It was not a suggestion. āHe said: āNo arguments. Thereās a ticket for you to New York.āā
When Airey arrived in America he was taken straight to meet Ritchie Blackmore. There was a clavinet in the room. āRitchie walked in and said: āDo you read music?ā And he put this piece of Bach in front of me ā which I pretended not to know but I actually did. I played it, and he was impressed. And we were off.ā
Of all the difficult bastards Don Airey has ever worked with, youād think that Blackmore was the most difficult bastard of all.
āNo, heās very easy to work with, Ritchie,ā he says. āYouāve just got to be ready for whatever voodoo heās going to conjure up on the guitar. If people are difficult to deal with, itās because theyāre looking for the next step musically. Itās your job to try and be there for them to make it happen, and maybe contribute a little on the side.ā
Read more in Louder Sound.
Hear things you didn’t know existed
Dweezil Zappa discusses his mix of Machine Head and compares it to the original Continue Reading »
Neither a bang, nor a whimper
Louder Sound publishes a Perfect Strangers retrospective penned by Geoff Barton:
Bangkok. Barcelona. Beijing. Berlin. Bedford?! Deep Purple have always been a contrary band but this is pushing contrariness to the limit. Itās October 1984 and Iām travelling in cackling PR Roland Hyamsās knackered old Saab 900 up the M1 to the markedly unremarkable capital of Bedfordshire, namely Bedford. My mission is to interview all five members of the reunited Deep Purple Mk II. In a pub. In Bedford.
The official word is that they want to rehearse their live show in an unassuming location, away from big-city scrutiny. So it is that I find myself loitering inside a Berni Inn (Google it), with the scent of cremated steaks and exotic gateaux lingering in the air.
Continue reading in Louder Sound.
Enlightened at the Culture Room
Black Country Communion played their first gig since 2018 on March 17, 2024, at the Culture Room in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. A couple of new songs from the upcoming BCC V album have been premiered there. Continue Reading »
The cat in the hat
A new batch of European tour dates has been announced today. Billed as =1 More Time Tour, it will start on October 17, 2024, in Katowice, and finish on November 10 in Glasgow. Jefferson Starship will provide the support on the continent, while Reef will be supporting in the UK. Tickets go on sale within the next few days, full details in our calendar.
Caveat: some sites list October 20th gig as being in Berlin, which is obviously wrong. The correct venue is Messehalle Erfurt.
Thanks to Lutz Reinert for the heads-up.
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