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This cover of Highway Star was done by a band of siblings from the Philippines, who apparently have become a minor YouTube sensation with a following of reactions, no less. The band is called Missioned Souls and includes ICE (age 11) on the drums, Stacey (12) on rhythm guitar and lead vocals, Neisha (14) on […]
Read more »There is a new book out — it is called Deep Purple From 1984: every album, every song, written by Phil Kafcaloudes, and published by SonicBond. David Black got himself a copy and shares his review with the rest of us. We also received a copy for review, which we hope to complete and publish […]
Read more »An addendum to the recent series of classic Gillan clips, all restored and upscaled. This time it is M.A.D. as mimed on the Top of the Pops
Read more »Candice Night was interviewed for the Folk N Rock podcast. She explains the title of her upcoming solo album, how exactly her hubby became involved in it, what it’s like to live in the house with a thousand guitars, and you get a peek at the medieval interior decor of the humble abode.
Read more »Armenian agency Mediamax shares an account of two Ian Gillan’s charity performances in Armenia in 2010: Fifteen years ago, on March 26 and 27, 2010, I was the happiest person in the world. If you were present at Deep Purple vocalist Ian Gillan’s charity concerts with the Armenian State Philharmonic Orchestra on those days, you […]
Read more »The Bass Player magazine (part of the Guitar World stable) has a short interview with Bob Daisley. It inevitably steered towards his stint with Rainbow, before turning the sights on Ozzy. The Rainbow record you appeared on, 1978’s Long Live Rock & Roll, you played on only a few tracks? “The reason I just played […]
Read more »Vocalist and violinist Ginny Luke (of Meat Loaf’s band The Neverland Express fame) has a new album out. It is called Devil at My Heels and, along with original material, features a cover of Burn.
Read more »Roger’s bass playing rarely get the same recognition as the other musicians in the band. Here’s one example when it does — a professional, Berklee educated, and Deep Purple hating (shock! horror!) bass player learns the Highway Star bass line and discovers the beauty of it. For bass players, tackling a Deep Purple song means […]
Read more »Here’s the original Deep Purple improvisation vehicle Mandrake Root, performed on November 14, 1970 for French TV show Chorus, and now all cleaned up and upscaled to HD by the latest wonders of technology undistinguishable from magic
Read more »Steve Vai shares with Music Radar a couple of stage mishap stories from his stints with David Lee Roth and Whitesnake. Vai recalls a similar incident on stage with Whitesnake and the band’s singer David Coverdale. “It wasn’t too different,” Vai says. “Fast forward a couple of years and I was playing Jones Beach Theater […]
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