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A piece in Ultimate Guitar goes all drooling over this guitarist’s take on Blackmore’s solo in Burn: Here’s How Ritchie Blackmore’s ‘Burn’ Solo Should Sound in 2025 Now, I know what you’re thinking: “What do you mean it ‘should’ sound like anything?” Of course, you’re right, Ritchie Blackmore’s solo section in “Burn” is the stuff […]
Read more »Continuing with the tidal wave of Gillan news, the 2011 documentary about Frédéric Chopin narrated by Big Ian has been recently posted on ’em intertubes. Due to the scarcity of archival footage of Mr. Chopin, we get to see a lot of the narrator, riding horse carriages and tractors, and even partaking in a village […]
Read more »It’s that time of the week — time for another freshly restored classic Gillan video
Read more »Black Country Communion has posted a video of he band’s past live performances, including one in March 2024 on board of the Keeping The Blues Alive At Sea cruise.
Read more »Louder Sound teases Gillan’s interview appearing in the current (#337) issue of the Classic Rock magazine. The interview largely deals with Gillan the band years, and the teaser is the story that most of us have heard before — of Blackmore trying to recruit Gillan to sing for Rainbow. The reason I had left Deep […]
Read more »Release of restored Gillan promo videos continues on what looks like a weekly schedule. This week, it is Restless
Read more »Simon McBride’s new album is due to be released on March 14 via Edel/earMUSIC. It is called Recordings 2020-2025, but contrary to what it may seem, does not include any of the tracks already released during these years (such as on his 2020 Trouble EP, or 2022 The Fighter album). Track listing: Uniform Of Youth […]
Read more »Guitar Player reprints online a story of how Ritchie Blackmore got the “loudest amp Marshall ever made”. In his Deep Purple days, Ritchie Blackmore was known for two things: his habit of torturing his Fender Stratocasters and his love of volume. But getting an amp as loud as he wanted took particular skills and talents. […]
Read more »Louder Sound reprints online a feature on Gillan’s Magic, arguing it is a conceptual album of sorts in nature. Of the three major offshoots that emerged after the break-up of Deep Purple in 1976, Gillan (the band, not the man) was certainly the most musically daring. And Gillan’s most daring album just might be their […]
Read more »The latest issue (February-March 2025) of the Rock Candy magazine has a feature on the “Deep Purple maestro’s other band” Gillan. We have no idea on the details, so please report if there’s something interesting in there. In other unrelated news, Dear Mr Fantasy – A Celebration for Jim Capaldi Featuring the Music of Jim […]
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