Glyn Barnes
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Deep Purple - Tonight
At the Dubai Jazz Festival. And I have a ticket. Its one of the bands I regret not seeing in their heyday There is no Blackmore and Lord of course, but Morse and Airey are no slouches. Edit - No new material. “The idea is we don’t be doing any stuff from the new record because it’s impossible these days, because of YouTube. Within five minutes, the whole world will have a tinny, emaciated version and it will be a complete waste of time. So until the new record is out we’re not doing any new stuff. but all the songs are ‘new’ every night anyway.
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Re:Deep Purple - Tonight
2013/02/21 03:44:27
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Glyn Barnes
Its one of the bands I regret not seeing in their heyday
Ditto.
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Re:Deep Purple - Tonight
2013/02/21 06:25:33
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I saw them just after Mr. Lord left retired and was very disapointed. They just didn't seem to have that 'magic something'. They played all the classic tunes and the audience applauded politely, but the audience shouldn't be applauding politely at a heavy rock gig...
In contrast I saw Iron Maiden not long after and they blew the roof off.
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Re:Deep Purple - Tonight
2013/02/21 07:57:05
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I loved that band. Such a prolific heavy rocker with great writing.
There is hardly any bad material on their projects.
I did catch them in concert, but it was shortly after Blackmore left and Bolen had taken over the guitar chores. Frankly, I was very disappointed in Tommy's interpretation and playing on the songs.
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Re:Deep Purple - Tonight
2013/02/21 11:13:57
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At a certain point (with so many original members retired; physically or permanently) aren't these bands just 'cover bands'?
This is why I'll never go see John Hiatt or Marc Cohn or Lyle Lovett or Chris Isaacs after they quit the band or die. It just won't be the same.
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Re:Deep Purple - Tonight
2013/02/21 12:04:48
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Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Glover/Gillan were Deep Purple IMHO. Anything else is a cheap imitation. "Made in Japan" one of the best live albums ever and I always thought the (aforementioned) Deep Purple sounded better live than in the studio.
All IMHO of course.
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Re:Deep Purple - Tonight
2013/02/21 12:25:00
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Blackmore/Lord/Paice/Glover/Gillan were Deep Purple IMHO. Anything else is a cheap imitation. "Made in Japan" one of the best live albums ever and I always thought the (aforementioned) Deep Purple sounded better live than in the studio.
All IMHO of course.
I share the same opinion and this live album certainly IS one of the best......was a huge influence. The live version of Lazy was good stuff (well....all their material was good) :)
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Re:Deep Purple - Tonight
2013/02/21 16:59:16
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In contrast I saw Iron Maiden not long after and they blew the roof off.
Just saw a documentary of their last tour and they REALLY have the right attitude.
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Re:Deep Purple - Tonight
2013/02/21 17:11:56
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I am a big, big fan of Tommy Bolin - and in fact, Come Taste the Band is one of my favorite albums, but not just as a DP album and not because Bolin really gives the full measure of his talent.
Even though I totally admire Blackmore, emotionally I prefer Bolin. Filling in for Blackmore must have been one of the worst imaginable gigs.
And I think Tommy took the best possible approach - instead of trying to actually replace Blackmore or play guitar heroes, he just played along w/ the rest of the guys.
Worth mentioning that he also had serious heroin issues by that time. Not only wasn't he top shape, but I read somewhere that he'd partially lost sensation in one of his hands following an OD during that tour.
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Glyn Barnes
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Re:Deep Purple - Tonight
2013/02/22 00:29:17
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Well, it was very good, maybe not great, but very good. The group I was with were all unanimous in saying how much we enjoyed it. Paice, Gillan and Glover were pretty energetic for a bunch of guys with ten years on me.  Morse is the youngster at 58. Even Don Airey is 64. I very much liked his keyboards. It would have course been better to see the classic line up in their prime, but that ain't going to happen We had a thread going earlier about strange concert line ups. The support acts Darren Rhan and JLee were certainly not what you would expect to be supporting Deep Purple. Rhan is a great contemporary jazz sax player who has had hits in the Billboard Jazz chart. Its always good to hear good musicians and the the band that backed both Rhan and JLee were very good. JLee is an American female singer song writer with a great voice doing jazzy soul, I would have certainly pick up a CD if there was one on sale but she has not released any thing yet. It was a odd arrangment with the support acts on a different stage in a different part of the grounds. No big deal for me with the cheapest standing tickets, but those on the "VIP" terrace and seated areas either had to watch the support acts on the screens above the main stage or come back and join us plebs.
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Re:Deep Purple - Tonight
2013/02/22 05:52:22
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I got a ticket to see Deep Purple for my 18th birthday when I was living in Australia. I had been on a three week coach trip around the country with very little sleep and went straight off the bus, to a pub for beers and then to the venue. I was really wasted half way through the show and the entire venue smelled of good ol' rock 'n roll tobacco. When they played Smoke on the Water I cried like child! Overwhelming - it was the first thing I played when I got my first bass guitar at the age of 10  One of the best nights of my life! I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it too Glyn. Sounds like it was a really cool line up!
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