Tag: Jon Lord
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A Look At The Haunting And Sensitive Poetry of… Whitesnake
Whitesnake. Fronted by David Coverdale, and best known for their eighties videos featuring Coverdale’s then-girlfriend, the actress Tawny Kitaen who fetchingly writhed on Coverdale’s car whilst risking catching her death of cold by not wearing very much. All shaggy flowing perms and pouting lips – and that was just the band. And yet… before all…
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R.I.P Jon Lord
When we were young, my friends and I would talk for hours about who would be in The Greatest Ever Band. The Best Drummer discussion would often be between And The position of Best Guitarist was always hotly contested… But when it came to Keyboards, there was never any argument. Because Jon Lord…
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Deep Purple at Knebworth – Mud and Bottles in ’85
The comeback concert that Deep Purple played at Knebworth in 1985 went down in history as one of the muddiest rock concerts of all time. As Blackadder once remarked about a girl with the worst personality in Germany – that’s up against some pretty stiff competition. It rained all day. The mud was six inches deep.…
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