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Ritchie and Doogie White jam over a pint in preparations for the 1995 Rainbow tour of Japan. Lovely! It’s been my long time pet theory that Doogie got the Rainbow gig not just because he’s an excellent singer, but because he can do all those wonderful ad lib drinking songs. Cheers!
Read more »This is a pretty good quality clip of Hush/Drum solo/Black Night as performed yesterday, May 19 in Hellendorn, Netherlands:
Read more »This is the band called Deep Rainbow Purple performing Lazy at the Radio City Music Hall in NYC. Check out Roger deputising on harmonica and guitarwork from the banjo palyer. Frenetic is the word of the day. Now, did somebody tell the singer that the band has no dress code?
Read more »The year is 1993 and relations between Ian Gillan and Ritchie Blackmore have hit the all time low. Even discounting for the very dry, very British sense of humour, you can tell. This in from the interviews given to Swedish TV Metal Magazinet some time in late 1993:
Read more »I don’t know what do they feed him in Japan, but here he is again, talking. About his school, The Outlaws, Deep Purple, Rainbow, Purple reunion, and perils of playing hard rock. I’m sure you’ve heard many of these stories elsewhere, but there they are from the horse’s mouth. This interview was taken circa 1997.
Read more »This is a clip from the (in)famous performance of Lucille in Sydney on Dec 13 1984 when the late George Harrison came on stage to jam with Purple.
Read more »Here are Mk.3 interviews from May 1974 also known among collectors as the Leeds Polytechnic Project. Parts 1-5 contain interviews with the band (including Ritchie Blackmore!) in the dressing room. Parts 6-8 include fragments of live Space Truckin’.
Read more »Many thanks to Jim Collins for spotting this goodie. A very extended live version of Demon’s Eye from Berlin 1971:
Read more »And once we’re on the subject of Mandrake Root, here is a collection of clips from the early Purple in all their glory:
Read more »This is from a circa 1996-97 Japanese interview which long time ago I had on tape (that is, until I borrowed it to a friend and his kids taped it over). Considering how rarely Ritchie grants interviews, let alone on video, it’s a real treat.
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