Results for Deep PurpleLet's start with the present and work backwards: Deep Purple's 2004 calendar is blocked out for a five-month, sold-out tour of Europe, North America, Russia and Great Britain; today's version of the band is only a slight variation on the line-up from their 1984 reconstitution; a string of huge successes and massive popularity led members to the brink of emotional and physical fatigue and a bust-up in '74; most of the guys in this band were born in the late '40s. Viewed from this angle, Deep Purple jumps from anomaly to institution, and a remarkably durable and pertinent one at that. The present line-up of Gillan, Glover, Paice, Morse [a youngster born in '54] and Airey [in for Jon Lord in 2001] builds and refines the band's reputation on the early session work of Ritchie Blackmore, David Coverdale, Rod Evans and Nick Simper. This is a band for whom "... The music comes first," and from "Shades of Deep Purple" in '68 and "Machine Head" in '72 to "Slaves and Masters" in '90 and "Bananas" in 2003, the music and the men have matured.“more
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by Gregory Daurer•May 14, 2009•
"Onstage, something happens when the tall, bespectacled Cessna drapes himself in what appears to be a faux preacher persona."
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by Michael Harkin•April 14, 2009•
In what was the largest music renewal contract to date, Stevie Wonder...
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by Michael Lydon•December 24, 2008•
Originally published in The New York Times
, March 1968
"Will he burn it tonight?" asked a neat blonde of her boyfriend, squashed in beside her on the packed floor of the Fillmore auditorium. "He did at Monterey," the boyfriend said, recalling the Pop Festival at which the guitarist, in a moment of elation, actually put a match to his guitar. The blonde and her boyfriend went on watching the stage, crammed with huge silver-fronted Fender amps, a double drum set
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by Chris Welch•November 26, 2008•
Originally published in
Melody Maker
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July 1968
Cream are breaking up. The world-famous trio that features Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, and Jack Bruce are to go separate ways in the autumn. Said Eric at his Chelsea home this week: "I’ve been on the road seven years and I’m going on a big holiday." It was two years ago, in July 1966, that three of Britain’s most outstanding instrumentalists electrified the blues world by joining forces.
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by James Greene, Jr.•November 12, 2008•
It hit me a few days later just how monumental Gar Samuelson’s presence was in relation to the place I slept and pooped every night.
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12/14/2008
It's always time for some Doors. Also how about some pre-Gillan Deep Purple. There's only one show out there in the...
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10/23/2008
Hello Concert Vault, My name is Kenny and love your web-site. I only see one Uriah Heep concert:((( I thought they had...
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5/19/2008
I've noticed that some shows disappear from the vault from time to time. The Deep Purple from '74 posted a few weeks...
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5/14/2008
Have you heard of Flashback " The Classic Rock Experience" Arena Tour? It starts in August and the 2nd half of the show...
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4/2/2008
[quote user="RobMac"]I agree with the Deep Purple comments made. This is not the correct date. I saw them in Philly in ...
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