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I have been a fan since In Rock, but this was my first opportunity to see the band live. I was sitting at a table right in front of the stage so I can give you a very up close account, will not include the set list as others have done that. I am also […]
Read more »First let me say how cool it was to see Deep Purple again. The last time was St. Petersburg, Fl in 1971 or so. I was impressed how accessible the band was to the crowd – lots of smiles & personal contact. The sound was awful – we were 15 rows up from the orchestra […]
Read more »This was the first time I’ve seen DP with Steve Morse… and he truly is a very fine guitarist. The show was a very good one (although I had wished they would have played “Child In Time”)… but the DP attitude was missing… That attitude of course is Ritchie Blackmore… and to me that’s what […]
Read more »Just got back from the show at Ruth Eckerd Hall. Although I have been around long enough to remember when Hush came out, this was my first Deep Purple concert. Edgar Winter started the show and kicked the night off with an excellent set, including, ot course, Frankenstein, Free Ride, and Tobacco Road . Hard […]
Read more »Orlando went Space truckin’ Orlando: While I realize people are reading this website because of their interest in Deep Purple, I don’t think it would be fair to begin my review of last Friday’s show without some mention of Edgar Winter. The show started off slowly. EW doing his thing…. especially on Frankenstein, but when […]
Read more »We captured the rapture! Our heroes were finally going to make back to our home town. FLORIDA! YES! We arrived at the very quaint and posh venue, The Chastain Park Amphitheatre just in time to see Steppenwolf begin to play. We’ve seen them a couple of times lately and I must admit, they weren’t why […]
Read more »It was a special night in Clearwater. Purple gave us another amazing show with a cherry on top: a DP/Edgar Winter (sax) jam on Smoke! Ruth Eckerd Hall is a Frank Lloyd Wright inspired auditorium that has a reputation for ‘quality sound.’ Of course, quality doesn’t just happen given interesting architecture (‘we’re going to take […]
Read more »Orlando: The venue was packed. Every inch of the house: in front of the stage, up the stairs, on the balconies, and overflowing into the backstage area was heaped with enthusiastic people. It was a truly amazing show, with a very European feel. The audience had a quality response to Black Night, unusual for North […]
Read more »I loved the show. They all looked and sounded great. Good light show for a small facility like House Of Blues. I have been a fan of Deep Purple since the early 70’s and have bought all their albums up to and including Rapture of the deep. I wish they would have played more of […]
Read more »To me Deep Purple never got as much recognition as Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath and it’s a shame. I grew up as a HUGE Ritchie Blackmore fan. I loved Made In Japan when all my peers were into the music of the 80’s. When I found out that one of the three axis of […]
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