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Episode #65 – The Jon Lord Tribute Special

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Our Introductions to Jon Lord

Favorite Jon Lord Moments/Tracks

Jon Lord’s Final public performance: July 8, 2011 at the Sunflower Jam

A little over a year later, on July 16, 2012 Jon passed away at the age of 71.

Official Announcement

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jul/16/deep-purple-jon-lord-dies

A statement on his website said he had passed “from Darkness to Light”, and that he was “surrounded by his loving family” when he died. Last year, Lord told fans he was “fighting cancer and will therefore be taking a break from performing while getting the treatment and cure”.Jul 16, 2012

  • JonLord.org Official Statement
    • https://jonlord.org/2012/07/16/jon-lord-has-sadly-passed-away/
    • It is with deep sadness we announce the passing of Jon Lord, who suffered a fatal pulmonary embolism today, Monday 16th July at the London Clinic, after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Jon was surrounded by his loving family.
    • Jon Lord, the legendary keyboard player with Deep Purple co-wrote many of the bands legendary songs including Smoke On The Water and played with many bands and musicians throughout his career.
    • Best known for his Orchestral work Concerto for Group & Orchestra first performed at Royal Albert Hall with Deep Purple and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in 1969 and conducted by the renowned Malcolm Arnold, a feat repeated in 1999 when it was again performed at the Royal Albert Hall by the London Symphony Orchestra and Deep Purple.
    • Jon’s solo work was universally acclaimed when he eventually retired from Deep Purple in 2002.
    • Jon passes from Darkness to Light.
    • Jon Lord 9 June 1941 – 16 July 2012.
  • Official Band Statement
    • Our beloved Jon passed away on this day Monday 16th July 2012.
    • We have lost a dear friend, a brother and a wonderful musician.
    • His dignity and graciousness touched us all. His music was an inspiration and took us to places beyond our imagination…A truly great man.
    • We humbly express our eternal love and great respect.
    • Deep Purple
    • Uncommon Man
  • Roger Glover
    • https://www.rogerglover.com/writings/messages-from-roger-glover/jon/
      • It’s unthinkable that Jon is gone.  My thoughts are for his wife Vicky and all his children and family at this sad moment in their lives.  I wish them all strength.
      • A great sadness and sense of loss hangs over me.  Not only has the music world lost a fantastic musician but a gentleman of the finest order.  He was a giant in my life, a great friend, a fellow traveler, a teacher, not only of music, but of life.  I am devastated at his passing.
      • RG
      • July 17, 2012
  • Ian Gillan
    • https://soundcloud.com/jonlord-org/stars-pay-tribute-to-jon-lord
    • “We’ve lose a brother really, a dear friend, and someone we all looked up to.  Jon was our hero really.”
    • Tells a story of a fan who was so exasperated upon meeting Jon and ran up to him at an airport and said, “Jon, I’m your hero.”  Jon responded: “Oh, so you’re King Arthur!”
    • “The Godfather of Deep Purple.”
    • “I don’t think we’ll ever be separated from Jon because he’s touched us all and we shall carry his memory forward, and his music of course.”
  • David Coverdale’s Eulogy for Jon Lord
  • Glenn Hughes sings “This Time Around” 
  • Ritchie Blackmore
  • Steve Morse
    • Jon just died. I’m shocked and don’t know what to do, so I’m going to try to tell you a little about Jon.
    • Jon was the powerhouse keyboard player that brought rock and classical directly together many times. The first was his timeless organ solo on “Highway Star”. The next was his “Concerto for Band and Orchestra”. I was able to perform with the whole band as it was played at Albert Hall before we toured extensively with it. Just weeks ago, I was able to play on a studio recording of Jon’s concerto and share some heartfelt thoughts and words with him.
    • Jon was the guy that would stop us from giving up on an idea in songwriting because it wasn’t immediately obvious. I remember him encouraging me in the studio to keep doing what I was doing as I played around with an idea that I was intrigued with. After writing something as amazing as his concerto, he still had the imagination to hear ideas on top of anything I suggested. He always had a regal, gentlemanly manner. Like any of us, he could get annoyed, but he would only show it with his wry and dry wit.
    • Mostly, he was upbeat and a pleasure for anybody to be around. His humor was right up my alley, with us exchanging ridiculous thoughts like,”If Brenda Lee married Tommy Lee, her new name would be Brenda Lee……” Or having him finish the tune when an announcement at an airport would start with several musical notes to get your attention. It’s hard to give anecdotes that convey an ease that somebody could give you, but he sure had that ability. We all love people that will pay attention to our kids, and years ago he charmed my (then) 5 year old son, Kevin with a Donald Duck imitation even while he was being hurried to get out of the dressing room and go to the green room for after show greetings.
    • Jon retired from the endless DP tour schedule, but continued to do appearances with original material and performances of his concerto. I knew he missed the band he helped start, but at the same time couldn’t stand the relentless travel. From time to time, we would see him on tour, and he would sit in with us. The last time we played, less than a year ago, at the Sunflower Jam at Royal Albert Hall, he had just come offstage from performing with Rick Wakeman. Later I talked with him and his wife about how strange it felt to look around at the keyboards and not see him there at Albert Hall. We promised to do something together. Soon thereafter, we all learned of his battle with Pancreatic cancer. I kept hearing hopeful, positive reports that they might be making progress, but this sudden death caught me totally unaware. I thought we would meet and do a recording project in the future when he recovered from the chemotherapy. Well, we sort of did, but I had to record it and send it to him, as we were in different countries.
    • If you have friends, family, especially kids, don’t ever miss a chance to do or say something special….or simply appreciate the fact that they are there. One day, they won’t be.
    • Steve Morse on Jon Lord
  • Joe Lynn Turner
    • I am deeply saddened about the passing of Jon Lord…I am proud and humbled to have known him both personally and professionally …and blessed to share a special time with him. He was a true and gifted original…a Gentleman of the industry …and he shall be greatly missed!
    • My sincerest sympathies to his family and relations…and to all of us who have lost one of the great musicians of our time!…R.I.P. Jon…may God hold you in his hands.
  • Don Airey & Ray Fenwick
  • Bernie Marsden
    • http://bravewords.com/news/original-whitesnake-guitarist-bernie-marsden-jon-lord-great-musician-raconteur-writer-funny-intelligent-gifted-family-man-friend-for-life
    • “June and July have been very busy, but all has been brought back to base with the loss of my great friend and colleague Jon Lord on Monday 16th July. Jon Lord was to many millions of people THE keyboard player in the great days of Deep Purple, and so he was. But he was so much more than a musician.
    • I first met the great man in 1976; I was auditioning for a gig with his new band PAICE, ASHTON AND LORD. I had seen the demise of Purple, attending gigs with both Ritchie and Tommy Bolin, and so when I received a call from Cozy Powell regarding the new band I went for it. I went to an old cinema in West London, owned by ELP, Manticore. There I was ushered into a waiting room with about a dozen other guitar players, that story is not for this time, but is of interest.
    • I entered the heady world of DPO, Jon was waiting in the room, smiling, strong handshake and a grin when he said, ‘You do exist then,’ I had been rather slow in following Cozy’s instructions, ouch! Ian Paice was a few feet away, raised his hand to say hello, Tony Ashton was opposite Jon, two keyboards set up, and one was Jon Lord, now I knew this was going to be different.
    • I had been listening to the guitar players going in before me, all pretty much trying to be Ritchie Blackmore, and failing! I thought I was on the right track when we played “How Long” by Ace, Ian knew the groove, I sang it and Jon said to begin, after a couple of verses Jon stopped the proceedings. He came over to me and asked me to show him the changes in the bridge of the song, the great Jon Lord asking me to show him. I state this to show what a man he was, he could have worked out, probably had already, knew the changes backwards, but by asking me he instilled huge confidence in me.
    • I played a lot of rhythm guitar, waiting for a nod from Jon to solo, took my time and tried to be as cool as I could. Bear in mind I am playing with Jon, and Ian Paice, this was quite a definitive moment for me. We played another couple of grooves, Ian came over and introduced himself, and Ashton kissed me on the forehead!
    • Jon just smiled, said thank you for coming down and that I would be hearing from them. He asked me if I knew any DP songs, I thought I was about to lose the gig, I said, ‘Not really, I know a bit of ‘Dance On The Water’.’ He looked me in the eye, ”Smoke On The Water’,’ he said, ‘Sorry’ I said. They did call the next day.
    • Jon Lord, great musician, raconteur, writer, funny, intelligent, gifted, family man, friend for life.
    • Love to Vicky, Amy and Sara Lord
    • Rest in Peace my friend.”
    • Bernie Marsden & Jon Lord – Here I Go Again
  • Jacky Paice
    • Sorry its taken us so long to put this up but all my time has been spent with family following the sad passing of Jon Lord.
    • Jon was the husband of my twin sister Vicky. He was a father, Husband, Uncle, Brother, Brother in Law and Friend to many.
    • We are astounded with the incredible worldwide support and love, honouring Jon’s life and music, Thank you all so much.
    • In 2011, Jon’s last live performance took place at The Sunflower Jam; he was also a trustee of the charity and held this event very close to his heart.
    • As a tribute to Jon, we would like to share some footage of him performing with Rick Wakeman at The 2011 Sunflower Jam, the piece written by both of them, for The Sunflower Jam, titled, its not as big as it was!
    • We have been asked if the 2012 Sunflower Jam Event will be taking place due to our loss, to which we would like to confirm, not only will it go ahead; we are working on a tribute to Jon, in true Sunflower Style.
    • We love you Jonny.

Deep Purple band member dies at 71 on ABC – Australia

Last word – Jon Lord.

https://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2012/07/19/purple-family-remembers-jon/

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Episode #64 – Deep Purple and Van Halen (with Greg Renoff)

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  • Greg Renoff
    • Van Halen Rising
    • New Book
    • Your history with Deep Purple
  • Influences
    • In Guitar Player in 1979 Eddie says:
      • It’s funny. There’s two types of guitarists. Like Blackmore, I used to hate, because I met him once at the Rainbow with John Bonham when we were just playing clubs. You know, I grew up on him too, and I ran over and said hello, and they both just looked at me and said, “Who are you? Fuck off.” And it pissed me off. And to this day I remember that. And then just recently Rainbow played at Long Beach Arena. This is right after I won Best Guitarist [in the Guitar Player Reader’s Poll], which I’m real honoured – makes me feel good. I went down there, in a way, with a vengeance, you know. I just felt like saying, “Hey, motherfucker, remember me? About three years ago, when you treated me like shit?” But I didn’t. I just said hello, and he knew me just through records and radio, and he complimented me.
    • Eddie Van Halen playing a few Ritchie Blackmore Riffs
    • Eddie Van Halen rare footage pre-concerts (playing a telecaster, Deep Purple riffs and more)
  • Gazzari’s Dance Contest

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Episode #63 – Trapeze – You Are The Music, We’re Just The Band

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    • October 4-10; A Bit of Lucre From Lucky Dog
    • By Seth Schiesel
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    • What do Larry Hagman from ”Dallas,” Isabel Sanford from ”The Jeffersons” and Joe Lynn Turner from the rock group Deep Purple have in common?
    • They are all dogs. At least, they help play dogs in television commercials for the Lucky Dog Phone Company, the first brand AT&T has created in its 113-year history that does not actually mention AT&T.
    • There is a good reason for that. Since 1885, AT&T, the nation’s largest communications company, has built an image based on trust, reliability, convenience and a sense of community (as in ”Reach out and touch someone”).
    • But the Lucky Dog campaign, which supports a new calling service called 10-10-345, is based on, well, good old greed.
    • Every day, AT&T will give away 345 prizes to people who use the service, plus a $1 million grand prize in January. Its market research found that people who like to save money with flat-rate services like Lucky Dog (a dime a minute, a dime to connect) also like sweepstakes.
    • The research may also have discovered something else: that a phone call is a basic consumer product rather than a high-tech way to improve someone’s life. Maybe that is why the AT&T executive who invented Lucky Dog used to market Diet Pepsi.
    • For the record, Mr. Hagman is the voice of a bull mastiff, Ms. Sanford a basset hound and Mr. Turner a mutt. SETH SCHIESEL

Lead up to the Album:

  • This was their last album with the lineup of Hughes, Galley, Holland.
  • First album not produced by John Lodge of the Moody Blues who had produced the first two
  • Songs split evenly between Hughes solo compositions and Mel/Tom Galley compositions.

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Album Art & Booklet Review

  • Photography By [Back Cover]

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Album Tracks:

Side one:

  1. Keepin’ Time (M. Galley, T. Galley)
  2. Coast To Coast (Hughes)
  3. What Is a Woman’s Role (Hughes)
  4. Way Back To The Bone (Hughes)

    Side two:

    1. Feelin’ So Much Better Now (Hughes)
    2. Will Your Love End (Hughes)
    3. Loser (M. Galley, T. Galley)
      • You Are The Music (M. Galley, T. Galley)

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        Episode #62 – Deep Purple and Black Sabbath (with Joe Siegler of Black-Sabbath.com)

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          • Site founded in 1995
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          • Bobby Rodinelli
          • Cozy Powell
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          • Who Cares
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          • Contacting Coverdale after Dio left
        • The End
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        Episode #61 – Q&A Round Table #1 – What If Scenarios with Scott Haskin

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        • Hi Nathan and John,
        • I have just been listening to your episode on Made in Japan by Dream Theatre. I was so impressed by it that I had to find a copy . My Wife Dawn scoured the net bless her, and found me a new copy on EBay in Canada. I can’t believe how good it is. When you consider it is my favourite live of all time. The fact that they stay faithful to the album is a testament to the fact they are fans, and what great musicians they are. I thought I knew a bit about Purple until I heard what Jorg Planer  comes up with. The guy is an encyclopaedia on Purple. Love the podcasts, I’m learning something new every episode cheers.
        • Chris
        • Pittsburgh Rocks – Who is “Jimmy Page” at the Butterfly Ball Concert?
          • It’s none other than Mark Nauseef!

        Q&A Round Table:

        • Oiedude2013 on twitter asks:
          • My hypothetical question, what if Ritchie Blackmore didn’t leave after the ‘Stormbringer’ album & tour?
          • What would the future had been?
          • How long could Mk 3 have gone?
          • Would Rainbow have ever existed?
        • Laura Shenton asks:
          • Out of any lineup, what’s the dream team when you’re allowed to mix and match?
          • What’s your favourite other band to come from the DP family tree?
        • ConradCSteeves on twitter:
          • What happened to the SONIC ZOOM CD series which released live DP recordings?  I was hoping for more rarities to come to light.
        • Robert Pontzer on Facebook:
          • Deep Purple is considered one of the Unholy Trinity of British Heavy Metal along with Zeppelin and Sabbath. I’m 38 and live in the U.S., but it doesn’t seem that Purple’s popularity has carried over to younger generations (under 50) the way it has with Zep and Sabbath.
          • I think the multi-decade delay in Hall of Fame recognition is related to this.
          • Why has Purple not retained relevance with younger (U.S.) audiences? Is their sound more dated (I’ve heard people point to the Hammond organ sound, for instance)?
          • Furthermore, there seems to be a much stronger present-day fanbase for Purple internationally than in the U.S.
        • Mary deeppxrple on twitter:
          • Do you know how Ritchie got scar on his mouth? Always wanted to know but never found answers
        • Brayden_11.30 on Instagram:
          • Could you discuss the what if scenario if Ritchie left the band instead of roger glover?
        • Norman Weichselbaum on Facebook:
          • Here’s a tricky on: Do you have any idea how Deep Purple is set up as a company?  Who are the rightholders in the trademark DP? Do former guys like Ritchie still anticipate in the ongoing DP performances?
        • Jim Massa on Twitter asks:
          • What if Purple got Paul Rodgers to be vocalist after Gillan?
          • How would have Purple’s Musical direction changed?
          • Does Ritchie stay in Purple and thus no Rainbow?
        • Artsmithdrums on Twitter:
          • What if they’d taken some time off after the Machine Head Tour cycle and hadn’t been forced into yet another album for at least a year?
        • Simon_berglund on Instagram:
          • Tracklist for a hypothetical 2nd album by Mark IV?  Taking songs from their solo projects.
        • Stephen Somerville on YouTube:
          • Here’s my question to yous which is a very interesting topic to know as well. This involved Ritchie and David Coverdale during the 80s. Rainbow we’re doing a show and the promoter had invited David Coverdale to come backstage in which David was really uncomfortable with it thinking that there could be trouble involved. Now your thinking that David and Ritchie never had any sort of beer, well here’s the meaning and truth behind it. During between 1980-1983 Whitesnake and Rainbow were topping the charts non stop with there outstanding rock music and were rivalring a wee bit in terms of numbers of fans there were from each party in which David loved it because he knew it would get at Ritchies nerves. So when David was backstage at this rainbow show, he could sense something weird happening by smelling something he knew before in the past during the Purple years and then out of nowhere, he got jumped on the back by a certain guitarist he knew from Purple saying to GET OUT NOW OR ELSE ILL HAVE YOU THROWN OUT. 100% certain that’s Ritchie in which they argued for a long period of time in front of people who were also backstage as Wife’s, Groopies, Managers and Fans who had VIP passes in which the argument was stopped by a rough security guard and told them to go there separate ways. So that’s a story topic I wanted to share with yous and hopefully you can use this on the Q & A video.
          • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4tOSUU5aLk
        Bravo Delta on Twitter:If tommy bolin would have.lived on, what kind of music would the band have produced?Kev Roberts on Twitter:Why is HOBL so underrated? I love Black and White and Strangeways in particular. Album never seems to get any affection.Ryan M on Twitter:Favorite bands that Deep Purple have shared the stage with.Steve Hunt on Twitter:What if the “Rising” lineup of Rainbow had stayed together? Could they have been as big as Deep Purple?What if Gillan had accepted Blackmore’s offer to join Rainbow in 79? You would have had Ritchie, Ian, and Roger in Rainbow and David, Jon, and Ian in Whitesnake! How awesome would that have been?!Steve Hunt on Facebook:What if Blackmore, Turner, and Glover kept Rainbow going in the 80s?

        Purple_blackers on Instagram:

        • Was This Time Around material from Sarabande that Glenn wasn’t supposed to hear?

        Dino (@deeprainbowsnak) on Twitter says:

        • You guys have to talk about the Babyface project.

        Peter Gardow via email:

        • Nate – Hope you are having a restful Memorial Day weekend.  I cringe at the thought that I might be too late for the “question and answer” DPP.  Well, here they are, in no particular order:
        • 1. Strawberries, Zarye, Caldor, Newberry Comics or other place for the best place to get new stuff (in the ’80’s or ’90’s)?
        • 2. Your father’s feet, or your father’s back?
        • 3. Misquamicut Beach or Watch Hill Beach or “other”?
        • 4. Best show @ Greatwoods (or Tweeter Center, or whatever it is now)?
        • 5. Did you ever see a show at “Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel” in Providence?
        • 6. Chock Full o’Nuts or Sanka?
        • 7. If President Trump (or any other knucklehead) nominated Joe Lynn Turner for the post of “United States Rock’N’Roll Protector”, would you object?
        • 8. If Carlos Santana replaced Richie Blackmore in DP in 1994 (or so), would they have renamed the band “Deep Santana” or “Purple Santana”?  Would it have worked?
        • 9. Is there a link, like to the Benny Goodman Band to DP (“Clear Air Turbulence”), to Frank Zappa (one of my favorites) at all?  I have been thinking about it, oh, just figured it out, yeah, Steve Via via Coverdale (never listened to that or any other Coverdale prior to DPP)- never mind.  
        • If I am too late, save it for later.  I probably forgot a few questions that have been rattling around my head for the past 4 days.  Otherwise – be safe, ave yourself a coffee milk, some Rhode Island clam chowder and a cup of coffee.
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        Episode #60 – Rainbow – Difficult to Cure (with Chris L from Pod of Thunder)

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        Lead up to the Album:

        • Cozy left the band, not happy with the commercial direction they are going.
        • Bobby Rodinelli came in to replace Powell.
        • Graham Bonnett says that rehearsals for their fifth album were really unproductive.  The only song they really had was “I Surrender” and they were just getting nothing done.  Ritchie was rejecting anything they brought to him so Bonnett just decided to leave the band.
        • Jon Lord was publicly critical about Blackmore’s “hire and fire” approach.  In Jerry Bloom’s “Black Knight – The Ritchie Blackmore Story.”   Lord: “I will never understand why he had to change it.  Cozy Powell was a great drummer and Graham Bonnet is an amazing singer . . . He [Ritchie] doesn’t have to fight anymore.  The moment he encounters another opinion, he changes the band.  So the energy might get lost in that situation.  He just avoids conflict now, like the one he had with me in Deep Purple.  I wasn’t about to let him have all the spotlight and that resulted in all the duels that we had, which became a trademark for Deep Purple.  He doesn’t have that now in Rainbow.  The only guy that used to be like that in Rainbow was Cozy Powell.”
        • The four remaining musicians continued to work together to write for the album without a vocalist.  This may account for why each side is ended with an instrumental.
        • They recorded all the instrumentation in Denmark at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen with Joe Lynn Turner recording his parts at Kingdom Sound in Syossett, New York.
        • Most of the backing tracks were recorded but they still didn’t have a singer.  Ritchie talked to Barry Ambrosio, the same person who’d introduced Rodinelli to Blackmore, and he said, “I know this guy Joe.”
        • JLT, when Ambrosio asked if he was familiar with Rainbow: “To be honest with you I was completely into other genres of music.  I was studying jazz guitar and I was into more like the Eagles and stuff like that . . . “
        • The truth is Joe didn’t believe Ambrosio at first, thinking he was playing a prank.
        • Joe Lynn Turner had just left Fandango.

        Personnel

        Album Art & Booklet Review

        • According to Joe Lynn Turner none of the band was around for the photo shoot and it was just members of the Hipgnosis design team dressed as doctors.
        • This cover was rumored to have been offered to Black Sabbath for the cover of “Never Say Die.”  Apparently this company routinely would have covers they really liked and they would offer them to bands.  So it had been around for a few years at this point.
        • Of the album title, Joe Lynn Turner says in Martin Popoff’s book “Sensitive to Light”: “We were difficult to cure; everybody in this business was, you know?  IT was almost like we had this disease and really couldn’t get around it.
        • Glover says that it came from a dirty joke and there was nothing else behind it.  Glover also claims that the title “Down to Earth” was about the band literally returning their subject matters to things of this world, boy/girl stuff, not wizards.
        • The lead surgeon on the cover is George Galatzin, while the back up surgeons are Peter Christopherson, Storm Thorgerson, John Blake, George and his mate. The nurse is Jill Furmanovsky.

        Technical:

        Album Tracks:

        Side one:

        1. I Surrender (Russ Ballard)
          • Songwriter behind “Since You Been Gone” and . . . “God Gave Rock and Roll to You”
          • Peter Criss recorded “Let Me Rock You” and “Some Kinda Hurricane “ on his 1982 album “Let Me Rock You.”
          • Ace Frehley covered “New York Groove” on his self-titled solo album in 1978.
          • Bonnett says he had done vocals to this song and backing vocals before he decided to leave.
          • JLT says he heard Bonnett’s vocals being wiped before each track he did.
          • This ended up being Rainbow’s biggest hit reaching #3 in the UK charts.  It reached #19 in the US charts.
          • Ritchie described this as “a classical chord structure, more of a Bach structure or a Handel.”
        2. Spotlight Kid (Blackmore, Glover)
          • Joe Lynn Turner said that Roger Glover told him the song was about him.
        3. No Release (Blackmore, Glover, Airey)
          • Blackmore acknowledges Zeppelin influence as well as Hendrix’s “Gypsy Eyes.”
        4. Magic (Brian Moran)
          • According to Jerry Bloom’s book, “Black Knight” Moran was a friend of Ritchie’s
        5. Vielleicht Das Nachster Zeit (Maybe Next Time) (Blackmore, Airey)
          • This was a mis-translation from the German.  Later it was corrected to “Vielleicht Das Nächste Mal (Maybe Next Time)”.  This is still not correct.  The proper German for “Maybe Next Time” is “Vielleicht beim nächsten Mal”.
          • Inspired by Ritchie’s love of Germany.  His first two wives were German and his first son, Jurgen.
          • Ritchie said it’s a very sad song about a woman who has been left high and dry and is miserable.

        Side two:

        1. Can’t Happen Here (Blackmore, Glover)
          • There’s a video for this one but JLT admits to them not really getting the video medium at this point.  It is basically them playing live interspliced with video of weird war footage and cartoon hijinx.
          • Wonder if it was related to the Sinclair Lewis book.
          • Oddly reminds me of the “Holy Wars” video.  Probably using some of the same footage.
          • Song is about environmental concerns.
          • They won an award at Cannes for the video.  In Martin Popoff’s book “Sensitive to Light” Joe says he got the call back stage after a show that they’d won.  He yelled over to the band to tell them and they all yelled “Fuck off!” back to him.  So he yelled “Fuck off!” into the phone and hung up.
        2. Freedom Fighter (Blackmore, Glover, Turner)
        3. Midtown Tunnel Vision (Blackmore, Glover, Turner)
        4. Difficult to Cure (Beethoven’s Ninth) (Beethoven, arranged by Blackmore, Glover, Airey)
          • Song ends with a sampled laugh from Laurel and Hardy’s “Way Out West” from 1937.  It fades but on the record it was supposed to loop endlessly in the play out groove.

        Reception and Review

        • Glover said he wasn’t quite happy with the album.  He thought that the fans may not like it either.  It wasn’t fully developed.
        • Ritchie had expressed his appreciation for Foreigner.
        • Ritchie didn’t care for JLT’s theatrics right off the bat.  JLT says, “. . .  still like to get in the audience’s face, like an American.  As opposed to the English pompous Coverdale twirling mic stand routine.”
        • Ritchie says: “. . . he was a little bit effeminate with his projection on stage.  Most of the fingers we had in the band were more hard-edged.  And Joe had this way of skipping across the stage, and laying on speakers.  We used to call him Judy now and again, as in Judy Garland.  We’d tell him, don’t do that because it looks a little bt Liberace-ish, you know?”  Ritchie goes on to say, “I uch preferred him in the studio.”
        • At first Turner was heckled by the UK crowds.
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        Episode #59 – Rainbow – Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll

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        Lead up to the Album:

        • Began recording in April of 1977 at Chateau d’Herouville, in France.  They ended up here because Musicland, where Ritchie had recorded his previous albums, was booked.
        • Tony Carey initially played keyboards and Mark Clarke started on bass.
        • Carey was allegedly let go because Blackmore didn’t think his improvisation was up to snuff.
        • Jimmy Bain was also let go.  Of course Bain had been pranked by Blackmore including having his bed set on fire . . . while he was in it!  Bain leapt out of bed and threw the burning sheets out the window.
        • In Colin’s Hart’s book “A Hart Life” he paints a different picture of the bullying of Carey.  He’s a little more sympathetic to Ritchie stating that Carey was very much into drug use and that Ritchie hated drug use.  He says that they more that Carey’s drug use increased, the more Ritchie tormented him.  But it could been the other way around.
        • Jerry Bloom says in this book that Carey would be out of his room from 7am to 3pm then back to his room with the door bolted shut while everyone else recorded.
        • After firing Carey they couldn’t find a replacement so Blackmore hired Carey back as a session musician for the album.
        • Clarke was let go from the band and Blackmore played the bass on a series of demos of seven tracks.  Clarke was a fingerstyle player and Blackmore insisted that a pick be used.
        • Australian bass player Bob Daisley and Canadian David Stone were hired as replacements where they went on a tour of Europe in the summer and fall of 1977.
        • They recorded and released “On Stage” before returning to the studio to finish this album.
        • Gruber was re-hired for about a month until Daisley came on board.
        • Daisley recorded three songs and Stone recorded four.
        • The studio, Chateau D’Hereuville was in Paris.  Jethro Tull had used this studio and renamed it “Chateau D’isaster.”
        • It was a spooky castle and there were lots of Ouija boards and seances taking place.

        Personnel

        Additional

        Album Art & Booklet Review

        • Design – Maxi Chan
          • Did covers for the Isley Brothers and James Brown
        • Directed By [Direction] – Bruce Payne
          • Manager with Rainbow, Deep Purple, and Cozy Powell
        • Illustration – Debbie Hall (3)
          • Only credit on Discogs
        • Simple album cover.
        • Insert was a picture from a Rush concert.  The banner originally said “Plymouth welcomes RUSH, touring North America 1977.”  This was altered and the Rush T-shirts were airbrushed to remove the logos.
        • Why they didn’t photograph an audience at one of their own shows is confusing.  Especially since they’d even managed to use live shots for Blackmore and Elf on their first album to give the appearance that that lineup had ever appeared live.
        • In Martin Popoff’s book “Sensitive to Light” he says Geddy Lee “Flipped his lid” when he heard about this.

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        Side one:

        1. Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll (Blackmore, Dio)
          • Blackmore on bass.
          • Carey on keys.
          • This was a fixture of the live set starting in 1977.
          • It was released as a single with “Sensitive to Light” as the B-side.  Made it to #33 in the UK charts.
          • Ritchie says he came up with the riff then asked Dio to sing “Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll” because it fit with the riff.  He said Ronnie would probably come up with something better but he kept it.  Ritchie said he was proud because he came up with a lyric for a song which was very rare.
          • Blackmore said he didn’t reject anything as far as lyrics.
        2. Lady of the Lake (Blackmore, Dio)
          • Blackmore on bass.
          • Carey on keys.
          • Pilkington describes it as a “Fantasy Femme Fatale” tale.
          • Blackmore slide solo.
          • Blackmore does slide during the second and third verses (before and after the solo) which actually sounds almost like backing vocals.
        3. L.A. Connection (Blackmore, Dio)
          • Blackmore on bass.
          • Stone on piano on the outro.
          • Thought to be written about Tony Carey leaving the band for a second time.
          • Was released as a single and made it to #40 in the UK charts with “Lady of the Lake” as the B-side.
          • It was the only other track from the album to make it to the live set.
          • Daisley said this song was Rainbow trying to be Bad Company.
          • Song was about Tony Carey leaving the band.  Dio said that he and Powell had to beg him to come back.  They resumed playing vicious pranks on him and he was stopped at the airport when he left by an anonymous tip someone called in that he had a kilo of cocaine on him so he was stopped for hours.
        4. Gates of Babylon (Blackmore, Dio)
          • Daisley on bass.
          • Stone on keys.
          • Song is about someone getting their soul taken away from them and being sent to hell.
          • Song was inspired after a seance.
          • David Stone says that he and Martin Birch wrote the mid-section one night.  He was told by Bruce Payne he’d get a publishing credit but they just gave him a check because they claimed it was too much paperwork.
          • Track was never played live. Blackmore claimed, much like with Stargazer, that it just didn’t sound right.
          • Dio would later perform this live as well as Stargazer.
          • Last track to be finished for the album.
          • Often described as “Zeppelin-eque”
          • Blackmore said in an interview with Guitar Player in 1978 that this was the best guitar solo he ever did.

        Side two

        1. Kill the King (Blackmore, Dio, Powell)
          • Stone on keys.
          • This was already well known from the live release the previous year.
          • Carey said that they had this song by the end of the Rising sessions but it came in too late to be included on that album.  This is why they’d released it on their live album before recording it for Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll.
        2. The Shed (Subtle) (Blackmore, Dio, Powell)
          • Blackmore on bass.
          • Stone on keys.
          • Originally titled “Streetwalking.”
          • Riff is comparable to “God of Thunder” by Kiss.
          • In Pilkington’s book he says the title is a reference to Chelsea FC’s football stadium Stamford Bridge.  The area behind the goal was known as “The Shed” where  the violent people tended to be.  Not sure if he’s referencing the fans or the players.  Blackmore was a Chelsea fan growing up.  Dio did the title as a sort of in joke.
          • The (Subtle) is supposed to reference the guitar intro.
        3. Sensitive to Light (Blackmore, Dio)
          • Song about a woman who is trouble when you’re with her.
        4. Rainbow Eyes (Blackmore, Dio)
          • Blackmore on bass.
          • Carey on keys.
          • Blackmore showing his love for medieval music.
          • Lyrics were written by Dio about his wife Wendy.  The song was about Wendy’s eyes which seemed to change color.
          • Allegedly Dio’s departure from Rainbow may have been party due to Wendy’s relationship with Blackmore.
          • Blackmore said he did not like Dio’s vocals on this song.
          • Ronnie apparently called Ronnie’s ballad voice “girly” which is maybe why he later resurrected this song for Blackmore’s Night.

        Reception and Review

        • Ritchie said in an interview with Sounds that they were trying to make this a “Party LP.”
        • Stone only stayed throughout his one album.
        • Dio and Daisley talked about forming a band when they left.  Instead Dio went to Black Sabbath and Daisley formed a band with the recently departed Ozzy where he wrote a lot of the music and lyrics to the first two Ozzy albums.

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        Episode #58 – James Gang – Bang

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        Lead up to the Album:

        • Previous to Tommy being in the band they’d been a power trio with Joe Walsh on guitar/vocals.
        • The band went through six other guitar players before Joe Walsh joined.  Phil Gialombardo was on keys and vocals with a slight overlap with Joe Walsh taking over vocals.
        • Their first album had Tom Kriss on bass before Dale Peters joined for the remainder of the band’s existence.
        • Jim Fox was the only original member that stayed throughout the band’s history.
        • When Joe Walsh left they hired Dominic Troiano and Roy Kenner to take over guitar and vocals respectively.  Both had been members of the Canadian band, Bush.
        • They did two albums with Troiano. 
        • Drummer Jim Fox said that they weren’t happy with the direction the band was going but Bolin joining gave them the energy they were looking for.
        • In interviews Jim Fox has noted that Troiano was a great guitarist but never really clicked with James Gang.
        • Walsh recommended Bolin.  The group was familiar with him from his work in Zephyr.  Later they would discover “Spectrum” and fall in love with that album as well.
        • Dominic Troiano was a great player but he had a strong R&B style that the others felt didn’t work well with the band.  He could play rock but his heart wasn’t in it.
        • When Joe Walsh recommended Tommy that was pretty much good enough for the band.
        • Their road manager, Roland Paquin, picked up Tommy from the airport.  As a joke he told Tommy that if he wanted the job he had to explain to the band how important R&B was to him and tell them that his favorite artist was Al Green.  Jim Fox said in an interview that their jaws hit the floor when they heard this but they all had a good laugh.
        • Jim Fox said that Joe Walsh and Dominic Troiano could play anything.  The difference was that Tommy could play it and mean it.  The others could play it if it was requested.

        Personnel

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        • Art Direction, Design and Photography
          • David Larkham
            • Elton John, numerous albums, Van Morrison, etc.
          • Ed Caraeff
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            • Bread, Tim Buckley, The Mothers of Invention’s “Uncle Meat” album, Zappa’s “Hot Rats”
        • Design – David Larkham
        • Photography By – Ed Caraeff
        • The original picture was of Domenic Troiano on the right.  They couldn’t reshoot the album cover because all the props had been disposed of so they simply added Tommy Bolin’s face over Toiano’s.

        Technical:

        Credits:

        Album Tracks:

        Side one:

        1. Standing in the Rain
          • Written by Tommy Bolin
          • Tommy Bolin on backing vocals with Roy Kenner
        2. The Devil is Singing Our Song
          • Written by John Tesar, Tommy Bolin
        3. Must Be Love
          • Written by Jeff Cook, Tommy Bolin
        4. Alexis
          • Written by Jeff Cook, Tommy Bolin
          • Tommy Bolin on lead vocals
          • Coverdale said in an interview that he’d wanted to record “Alexis” for “Come Taste The Band”

        Side two:

        1. Ride The Wind
          • Written by Roy Kenner, Tommy Bolin
        2. Got No Time For Trouble
          • Written by John Tesar, Tommy Bolin
        3. Rather Be Alone With You (A.K.A. Song For Dale)
          • Written by Roy Kenner
        4. From Another Time
          • Written by John Tesar, Tommy Bolin
        5. Mystery
          • Written by John Tesar, Tommy Bolin
          • Jim Fox on piano
          • Bolin said in an interview that the song was originally over 10 minutes long but they reduced it down to 6 for the LP.

        Reception and Review


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        Episode #57 – David Coverdale – North Winds

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        Lead up to the Album:

        • David Coverdale’s first solo single ‘Whitesnake’ from 1977
          • David Coverdale’s first solo album following his departure from deep Purple was the aptly named ‘White Snake’. This is the first single “Whitesnake” and it is taken from the program “Juke Box, Un sur Cinq”, seen on the French TV channel A2, in 1977.
        • Released ten months after “White Snake.”
        • There was no tour to support “White Snake” as Coverdale was still under contract to Deep Purple.
        • Albums came out on Purple Records.
        • In Martin Popoff’s Book, Sail Away, Coverdale says, “Yes, another scam.  It’s funny, when I joined Purple, I was going, my God, telling my friends they’ve got their own record company!  But it was just a scam by the management.  They would go get the advance, they would take their hefty percentage . . . “
        • Coverdale goes on to say since the band had their own label it meant the management got more and the band got less than if they’d been on Warner Brothers or EMI.
        • Glover returns to produce.
        • Ronnie and Wendy Dio provide backing vocals. In “Sail Away” Popoff mentions the opening track “Keep on Giving Me Loving.”  On Wikipedia they mention “Give me Kindness.”  In Purple Records 1971-1978 Neil Priddey says they sing backup on “a song.”  In Simon Robinson’s liner notes he confirms “Give me Kindness” with the addition of Jon Lord’s wife Judy.

        Personnel

        Album Art & Booklet Review

        • Original cover which made its way to the printer was scrapped at the last minute.
        • Replaced with a cover picture of the moorland.
        • It was redone for a second print as the first print was deemed too dark.
        • Coverdale requested that the song “Northwinds” be swapped with “Keep on Giving Me Love” and this was done by the third printing.
        • Design [Cover] – Peter Shepherd (2)
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        • Photography By [Front Cover Photo] – Peter Lavery
          • Album work for Pat Travers, Christopher Cross, and others
        • Photography By [Inner Sleeve] – Tom Schmid (2)
          • Only credit on Discogs

        Album Tracks:

        Side one:

        1. Northwinds
        2. Keep On Giving Me Love
        3. Give Me Kindness
        4. Time & Again

        Side two:

        1. Queen Of Hearts
        2. Only My Soul
        3. Say You Love Me
        4. Breakdown

        Reception and Review

        • “Shame on the Devil” and “Sweet Mistreater” were recorded between White Snake and “North Winds” and were included on the re-release of “North Winds” as bonus tracks.
        • A list had other songs that were not included on the album whose master tapes are likely lost including: Sunrise to Sunset, Til the Sun Don’t Shine, It Would be Nice, and Love’s a Crazy Game.
        • Purple Records was coming to a close by the release of this album and Coverdale’s contract moved to EMI.
        • Album did not chart in the UK.  Four tracks were used on the “Snakebite” double EP and billed as Whitesnake’s debut album.
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          • March 27, 2010
          • edited over 7 years ago
          • referencing Northwinds, LP, Album, 1C 064-60 414
          • i sold this release for £3 to my mate Martyn who added it to an enormous arsanel of seduction tools, which included a bookcase full of Jane Austin novels & a poster of a puppy.
        • Geoff “Three Stars” Barton review in Sounds in 1978.
        • Robbi Millar in Sounds in 1982: “. . . isn’t anything to get excited about.”

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        Episode #56 – Ian Gillan Band – Clear Air Turbulence

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        Lead up to the Album:

        • When we last left IGB Mike Moran was on keys.  He had since left and been replaced by Colin Towns on keys.
        • Ray Fenwick looks back on IGB in “Smoke on the Water: The Deep Purple Story” by Dave Thompson: “The first album was very, very good, I thought.  The thing with it was, Ian suddenly found himself in a band with a bunch of session guys and, of course, session guys like to play as much as they can when they get a chance.  In that situation, we were given a bit of room and rope, so we let the rope out a bit.”
        • Dave Thompson also says that the punk scene was huge in the UK at this point.  Rainbow took advantage by spending much of their time in the UK and Japan during this time.  IGB spent most of their time in the UK and didn’t get a lot of traction.
        • The band was under fire by the music press as well.
        • Even Deep Purple fans weren’t on board with Ian Gillan Band.
        • Fenwick stated that fans were getting a little unhappy about the funky elements in Ian Gillan Band.  “. . . by the time of the second album [Clear Air Turbulence], that terrible word ‘jazz’ was coming in.  But the worst thing we could have done was be another Deep Purple. We started to really experiment and, by the time we got to the third album [Scarabus], although we started doing shorter songs because we were thinking about radio play, we were also getting into some really strange stuff.”
        • The band settled down at Kingsway, owned by Gillan himself, where they would have as much time as they needed to record.
        • The album was recorded twice.  The first attempt was not satisfatory to Gillan so they cancelled their 1976 tour and re-recorded it.  Scarabus would be released just six months later.
        • They toured in 1977 and released “Live at the Budokan” which features mostly Clear Air Turbulence.
        • Gillan wanted Clear Air Turbulence to set them apart from Deep Purple and even the previous IGB album.
        • Gillan says in his book, “Child in Time,” that he got a new manager named Gerry Black.  He admits to signing a contract blindly.
        • Gillan says that at Island records they had signed people like Steve Winwood.  Gillan said at Island he’d spend many mornings playing pool with Bob Marley.
        • Gillan also said that bands like IGB were considered second division.
        • Gillan also tells a great story in his book about how he was tired of the band constantly taking taxis to go get cigarettes, strings, etc.  He told management to buy a car to save money. He came in and saw the car parked in his spot at the studio. He looked in and there was nothing in it: no seats, no steering wheel, no dashboard, nothing.  “. . . not a bloody thing. I was just a shell.”

        Personnel

        Credits

        Album Art & Booklet Review

        • Painting [Sleeve] – Chris Foss (2)
          • Only 3 other entries on Discogs
          • https://www.chrisfossart.com/
          • Thousands of science fiction books, Asimov, Philip K. Dick, Frank Herbert (Dune), Arthur C. Clarke
          • Created the original line artwork for “The Joy of Sex”
        • Gillan, discusses working with Chris Foss in his book “Child in Time”: and calls it “the bumble-bee spaceship.”

        Back of the Album:

        Many thanks for the enthusiasm, support and professional services

        Gerry Black

        Gary Lee

        Byron Orme

        Ezee-Hire

        Maurice Plaquet

        Percussion Services

        Album Tracks:

        Side one:

        1. Clear Air Turbulence
        2. Five Moons
        3. Money Lender
          1. Per “The Complete Deep Purple” by Michael Heatley, Gillan is referencing his former manager, Bill Reid.
          2. Gillan claims to regret this, “In truth, I had not a single reason to think badly of the man.”  He had just gotten a tax bill for £385,000 and was looking for someone to blame.

        Side two:

        1. Over the Hill
        2. Goodhand Liza
        3. Angel Manchenio

        Reception and Review

        • From Pop: Zweitling vom ex-purple-sanger und seiner band, in der nach wie vor erstklassige typen mittun ( ). musikalisch ist die truppe. bei alter harte bleibt der sound uberall transparten und grazil. trotz-dem fehlt etwas: gute songs, melodien, knuller. das lobenswerte teamwork (all songs enstanden in gemeinsamer arbeit) erbringt nur heisse luft.
        • Second of the ex-purple-singer and his band, in which still first-class types now (Ray Fenwick, John Gustafson). the group is musical. with old hard the sound remains transparent and delicate everywhere. Nevertheless, something is missing: good songs, melodies, pacifiers. The commendable teamwork (all songs were created in collaboration) only provides hot air.
        • New Musical Express references the canceled tour and refers to the band as “Clean Air Turbulence.”

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