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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.
Read more »The melody is hot and the message so sweet
Deep Purple opened the final leg of the 2024 tour with a show at the Spodek in Katowice, Poland, on October 17. The setlist got a bit of a shakeup, with 6 songs off the last album being played live. Spoilers inside.
Read more »Feeling slightly inadequate
A new instalment of tales from The Tavern by His Blackness. It’s short and sweet.
Read more »New country with Vivaldi
Steve Morse collaborated on a new track with guitar player Angel Vivaldi. They have recorded a cover of New Country by Jean-Luc Ponty.
Read more »They were going nowhere
Ritchie Blackmore recounts George Harrison joining Deep Purple on stage on the Perfect Strangers tour in Australia
Read more »The pent-up feeling
Ian Gillan spoke to France’s Riff X, and the interview appears in their METALXS series. The conversation revolves around the latest album =1, some anecdotes from the bygone days, and his, ahem, unique sense of fashion. Ian’s words are in original English, with subtitles en française.
Read more »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 »Still no place to go
Here’s a complete Glenn Hughes’ show in Dallas, TX, from September 6.
Read more »Wherever You May Go
David Coverdale posted a video for the 2024 remix of Wherever You May Go off his revamped solo album Into the Light, slated for re-release on October 25, along with WhiteSnake and Northwinds.
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