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Gotta keep it simple
Ritchie Blackmore tells the story of writing and recording of Smoke on the Water.
Read more »But we won’t go into that…
Ritchie Blackmore recalls the story of how Child in Time (née Bombay Calling) came into being.
Read more »The best of the cunning linguist
Our reader David Black has collected some of the best on-stage Gillanisms from over the years, and here we present them to you with a little judicious editing from everyone involved. Oh, we’d love to be the flies on the wall of the train of Gillan’s thought. Knockin’ at Your Back Door — Knebworth 1985 […]
Read more »The duck that quacks
Ritchie Blackmore reminisces from his bar about various encounters with Eric Clapton he had over the years.
Read more »Deep sense of gratitude
Roger Glover posts on his website a eulogy for the late Mick Underwood: Mick Underwood was a lovely man. I was deeply saddened to learn that he had died. It’s taken me a while to digest the news and put in perspective what he meant for Ian Gillan and me. When he joined Episode Six, […]
Read more »Running a bulldozer and cutting hay
Steve Morse was featured on the latest (July 25, 2024) instalment of the Ernie Ball String Theory web series. Here it is — the story of Steve’s life as told by the man himself in 20 minutes.
Read more »Still equals one
=1 is upon us, and here’s the “official interview” from the band, posted today
Read more »The Bombshell
Nick Simper continues working on his autobiography, which has now reached the summer of 1969 and his dismissal from Deep Purple. June ended with a show at London’s prestigious Revolution Club, followed by a BBC recording session for the David Symonds radio show. On July 1st I again met Rod Freeman, who was now manager […]
Read more »A character on stage
Roger, Paicey, and Simon discuss Simon’s first gig with Deep Purple.
Read more »Particularly, the fans
Ian Gillan talks about Deep Purple’s journey to musical freedom. This clip appears to be a part of the promotion campaign for the new album.
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