New guests as the tour moves on
The tour moves on through the US and in Mansfield on August 13, the band got some help from two members from support band Jefferson Starship.
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The tour moves on through the US and in Mansfield on August 13, the band got some help from two members from support band Jefferson Starship.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
Now is that jammy enough for everyone?!
It just strikes me, Diablo is a bit like (a slightly slowed down) Rosa’s Cantina – that’s a good thing in my book!
There are definitely too few women in tight pants and boots on stage with Purple in their usual modus operandi, I have been busting my head for decades what might be missing, giving these thoroughly cerebral issues some weight, but this now is elucidative …
August 16th, 2026 at 01:28Come on highwayastar give some credit to their names!! Cathy Richardson and David Freiburg.
incidentally David was one of the people that found Janis Joplin and brought her mainstream!! And oh yeah hes like almost 90 and still performing!!!
Cathy has an amazing voice!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLHaRTBqYt8
August 16th, 2026 at 01:28https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Jchfig4NRc
IS there a better performer than David at his age still doing it?
August 16th, 2026 at 01:33https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn2PECzy24M
Would be good if DP did child in time again with her and Ian duetting
August 16th, 2026 at 11:49Is there a Jefferson Starplaneairship fan among us? 🧐
I agree they both sing well, but touring without a real bass player (run of the mill bass parts provided by the keyboarder) as the descendant of a band once graced by the great Jack Casady is an unspeakable crime.
https://youtu.be/cJ0onxQIY_w
Like the Buddy Rich Orchestra touring with a drum machine.
August 16th, 2026 at 12:57Jack Cassady – one of the best to do ever do it
Jack and Jorma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHPkZNWvXEU&list=RDmHPkZNWvXEU&start_radio=1
August 16th, 2026 at 18:12Man that’s Freiberg of Quicksilver Messenger Service …This is absolutely phenomenal
August 18th, 2026 at 18:55Yo,
The odds appear to be getting better-&-better for a special-guest appearance from Steve perhaps ???…( Having Joe Satriani trading licks with Simon would be cool too).
Ciao !
August 19th, 2026 at 23:54@ 2 @3 Danger! We might get involved in a dogged discussion about old people not really performing the way they used to decades ago …
August 20th, 2026 at 07:26Wouldn‘t that be a wantaghonizing thing to do? Shudder the thought!
The competent tribute act in the guise of Jefferson Starship is a traveling jukebox and has the nerve to perform without a bassist, but other than that I have no issues with their performances and if they were dinosaurs!
https://youtu.be/qcxq3RVf1gQ
I have nothing against old people still performing well. Do you?
August 20th, 2026 at 12:58Ritchie wrote the notes to SotW, he can play it any way it suits him 😊
I didn’t watch the clip to check if he could play like in the good old times, but because I simply loved to see old friends forgive each other and get along ❤️
May all other people learn from this fine example of conduct between people 😊
August 21st, 2026 at 12:27Yo,
@11 said qt.”I simply loved to see old friends forgive each other and get along… ❤️
May all other people learn from this fine example of conduct between people”… 😊
It would be a superb world indeed if the war-profiteers, arms-dealers, & certain countries took heed, & followed the laws they themselves created instead of breaking them.
Ciao !
August 22nd, 2026 at 23:49@12
Yo right back at ya Gregster 😃
I know it is naive but you know someone can start a positive wave…
I guess, and I hope, the reunion between Purple and RB can make some people stop and think (ok maybe not countries at war, but then let us start in the family and between friends) “woah that must have felt good” 😊
August 23rd, 2026 at 09:58