George Harrison guesting on Lucille
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.
Thanks to Daniel Bengtsson for spotting this one.
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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.
Thanks to Daniel Bengtsson for spotting this one.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
Wow, I so would have wanted to see that show.
May 4th, 2007 at 20:07This is great!!! My favorite Beatle with my favorite band. The sound quality is even better on the bootleg vinyl I got back in the 80s!!!! It is a shame you only see George’s back
May 4th, 2007 at 21:01Now that was cool.
May 4th, 2007 at 23:34Cool, Goldmedal for this one!!!!
May 5th, 2007 at 05:44GOOSEBUMPS.
May 5th, 2007 at 16:59Ah that brings back memories. I was at that Sydney gig in 84. I was seated at the back of the Sydney Entertianment Centre with my brother and cousin and we had no idea who that guy was.
Gillan had introduced him as Arnold from Liverpool NSW who had won a competition to play with the band.
The next day while walking through the city I passed by a newsagents and noticed an article on the front page of The Sun. The title read “OUR GEORGE! BEATLE ROCKS SYDNEY AGAIN”. It then dawned on me why the people in the front rows went crazy last night, obviously they recognised George immediately.
May 5th, 2007 at 19:20Wauw!!!
It looks like it that even Ritchie is having fun…
At least I did watching this awesome video!
Robert.
May 6th, 2007 at 18:18GOOSEBUMPS is right.
Perhaps the reunion artifacts are finally being gathered together.
May 6th, 2007 at 20:56WOW! That takes me back. I was at that performance in Sydney… and the other 2 shows as well. Got to go backstage after the shows, and even joined in a game of soccer/football with the guys. The guys were in such good form having only just started their first reformation tour. All the passion and energy was in full swing. What a blast. But does anyone know what happened to the footage of the show on the following night (a Friday)? The entire show was professionally filmed and recorded. I’ve seen bits on a few DVD’s, but I don’t think the footage was ever released in it’s entirety.
May 7th, 2007 at 12:05Incredible!
May 8th, 2007 at 15:47Awesome, The Beatles and Deep purple, alone with Elvis, Led Zepellin, Cream, The Stones, Pink Floyd and The Who are the foundations of rock music and most contemporary music too, this performance can only be labeled as historic and legendary, I love it !!!!!!! What ever is filmed from these shows should, no must be put out on DVD.
May 10th, 2007 at 20:03Awesome, what an energy! And it was clearly Gillan’s party, he’s dancing all around. I hope that professional footage (if there is any) of this period will be released someday…
May 11th, 2007 at 19:23Fantastic. It’s amazing to watch such talented musicians ad libbing like that. Gillan’s directions and instincts were perfect and it was nice to see even Ritchie taking his cues from Ian.
May 12th, 2007 at 16:06Brillant stuff!!
Apparently George Harrison was one of the (few) artists who could enter Ritchies part of the stage without risking getting bashed with his guitar.
May 16th, 2007 at 03:29deep purple is the vbery best of rock band in the music’s story
May 17th, 2007 at 13:08Nikos – you must have been sitting next to me – I was also right up the back and was confused for a while about what was happening. I was also there the next night, when I was about half way back on the right hand side.
I also saw (and met) the band at the Canberra gig and managed to get my program signed and one of Roger’s pics. Unfortunately, on that night Ritchie just didnt appear interested – and this was the 4th night of the reunion!! Apart from that it was a great gig – there was a stage rush on the first note of highway star and I spent the whole night crushed against the barriers.
If I remember correctly in Canberra and on the Friday he played the lead from Smoke slide with a Heinekin beer bottle. Not terribly well, either………
May 21st, 2007 at 05:08Totally awesome.
October 24th, 2012 at 00:16