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Good to see you vertical

Some time in 2019 Ian Paice visited his colleague Lee Kerslake, who was filming a documentary about his musical career and battle with cancer. Lee passed away in 2020.

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One way to get thrown out of a hotel

In this latest instalment of Tales from the Tavern Ritchie Blackmore discusses the genius of Django Reinhardt and how to get thrown out of a hotel.

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Having a sip

Snakecharmer General answers fan-submitted questions (Christmas Edition)

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Sharing the personal fun

Taking full advantage of the lull in touring schedule, Paicey resumes the regular programming on his Drumtribe channel. Shape of Things off the Turning to Crime sessions, and all that went into it

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The latest… whatever it is

Ritchie Blackmore becomes a grumpy old man and complains about modern times from his basement.

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The rest is not history

Ritchie Blackmore tells the story of how Deep Purple Mark 1 coalesced together, eventually morphing into Mark 2. That’s a lot of history in 3 minutes.

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Making stroboscopes for submarines

This spoken word artist that is rumoured to dabble on guitar continues his Tales from The Tavern with an episode about Jim Marshall, Mitch Mitchell, and associated bits and ends.

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This is a towel holder

Paicey provides his tour kit rundown for the Modern Drummer video channel. TMI for the most of us, but if you’re a drummer, dig in! Caveat: the sound engineer needs to figure out how to record the voice, not just the drums, so you might want to try turning subtitles on.

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By the candlelight

Ritchie Blackmore talks about guitar players that influenced him in his early years — Big Jim Sullivan and Joe Moretti.

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Feeling slightly inadequate

A new instalment of tales from The Tavern by His Blackness. It’s short and sweet.

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