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It was 30 years ago, on November 17, 1993, that Mark 2 played their final concert at the Jäähalli in Helsinki, Finland. Ritchie Blackmore went his own way, and the rest of the band decided to carry with a different guitar player. Both sides arguably turned out to be better off. Continue Reading »
In an interview for ClassicRockHistory.com, Steve Morse lists 10 albums that changed his life. And some of those might surprise you.
# 10 – Meet the Beatles – The Beatles (1964)
I first heard The Beatles on [the] Ed Sullivan [Show], which was a family show. I had gotten a small tape recorder and recorded it straight from our TV set speaker. I simply loved the energy, the flawless vocals, the interaction of the guitars, and, of course, the songwriting! Sometime later, after school, my friend invited us to come over to hear The Beatles album. We just sat there and listened, up until the love ballad, which we all agreed to skip, then every song afterward. It was the first time I had listened to an album I instantly loved!
Continue reading in ClassicRockHistory.com.
Thanks to SteveMorse.com for the info.
Our contributor Gert Bak Pedersen has published a book about his collection of signed records with foreword by Ian Gillan.
From the author:
For many years I have tried to get my most important album covers signed by the musicians. Among them are numerous Deep Purple albums. The collection has now turned into a book called ‘All the best’ and Ian has been so kind to write the foreword. The book includes photos of lots of signed Purple-records and some handwritten lyrics. Even though the book is in Danish the foreword by Ian and the afterword by Steve Hackett (Genesis) are in English.
The book contains reproductions of lyrics for Smoke On The Water and Child In Time, handwritten by Ian.
Lovely Elizabeth the opera singer is counting dead bugs on Tawny’s face while trying to figure out the difference between White Stripes and Whitesnake. Continue Reading »
Glenn Hughes played in São Paulo, on November 11, 2023, in the course of his Marks 3&4 tour. Red-hot chili pepper Chad Smith happened to be in the neighbourhood and sat behind the kit for a couple of tunes. Continue Reading »
Norwegian black metal band Dimmu Borgir has included their take of Perfect Strangers on the upcoming album of covers Inspiratio Profanus, to be released on December 8 via Nuclear Blast Records.
BraveWords has a quote from the band’s guitar player Silenoz:
The idea of doing ‘Perfect Strangers’ came about quite a while before we actually got around to recording it. It’s a known song by a very well-known band that has influenced many to pick up an instrument. I mean, is there anyone who doesn’t like Deep Purple?! We incorporated our little twist to it while at the same time wanted to stay close to the original. But perhaps it is the more obvious aspects that come to mind when hearing it; the integration between the main musical elements that we also made use of since the beginning like keyboards and guitars.
Yep, an acquired taste. Other bands covered on the album include Venom, Celtic Frost, Twisted Sister, and Accept. One can pre-order it here.
Thanks to Tobias Janaschke for the heads-up.
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:
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. 😉
Thanks to stevemorse.com for the info
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:
Lachy Doley performing with Glenn Hughes in 2017:
Thanks to Graeme Milton for the heads-up.
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!
Don Airey and Cozy Powell promote the Down to Earth Rainbow tour on British telly Continue Reading »
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