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This Wednesday morning Jon Lord will talk to TotalRock radio in London in an interview with Malcolm Dome. You can listen online from anywhere. Jon Lord will appear on Malcolm Dome’s Phantasmagoria between 10am and 12am, chatting about his music and his appearance on ChildLine Rocks. You can listen live online via Total Rock’s website […]
Read more »Once again this wonderful band made me act like the teenager I was back in the early seventies watching rock concerts. This time we happened to be in Prague to see them (last time was in Frankfurt seven months ago). Accompanied by my daughter, 18 years, who is as much a rock freak as I […]
Read more »We received an email from one of the teeming millions (an apt term, borrowed from Cecil Adams of The Straight Dope), and it deserved a guest editorial spot: Although I didn’t know it at the time I’ve been a Deep Purple fan since 1968. That’s when, at nine years of age, I heard this amazing […]
Read more »Being from Australia, I happened to be in Prague the night DP were playing at Telsa Arena. Deep Purple still have what it takes. They were amazing and again showed why they are still one of the best live bands. This was only my second DP concert, the last was in Sydney in 1999. I […]
Read more »Steve Morse seemed a bit frightened when he looked at the Wroclaw Square full of guitarists. It was a shock to both him and to me: more than 6.000 guitars in the town square! I expected 3.000 only. They had all come to break the Guinness World Record of guitarists pæaying simulateneously. Many thanks, Steve! […]
Read more »Big Ian teamed up with Steve Morris some time ago and they have recorded an unplugged session for UK’s Absolute Radio.
Read more »Before the Purple gig on May 1 in Wroclaw, Steve Morse joined the croud of six thousand other guitar players to set the new world record at the Thanks Jimi Festival. The official tally was 6,346 people playing together Hey Joe, more than tripling the standing record for the “Largest Guitar Ensemble” of 2,052 set […]
Read more »Over the years, it’s been fun to try to figure out various quotes that Jon Lord and Ritchie Blackmore threw into their lengthy improvisations in the 70’s. A bunch of the classical ones has been covered in Janell Duxbury’s list in this site. There is one quote I have been trying to locate for years. […]
Read more »Big Ian has appeared with an interview on the Montreal’s CHOM-FM show The Metal File. Nothing really new was said there, but for the sake of completeness, here is the podcast.
Read more »Ian Gillan will appear on the Bruce Dickinson Friday Rock Show on Friday, May 22. The show airs each Friday on BBC 6 Music between 9 p.m. and midnight and is available online for a week after that. In other news, a new installment of the Wordography is up on Caramba: She Thinks It’s a […]
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