Posted on 09/17/2021 8:19:50 PM PDT by DoodleBob
He was also spectacular in Jesus Christ Superstar. When I saw Deep Purple in 1984, they broken into the main song from JCS in the middle of "Strange Kind of Woman." It was perfect.
As for the Made in Japan version of "Highway Star," someone once said when Blackmore's guitar comes in for the solo at 4:12, "it sounds like razor blades." I often set land-speed records if this version is on the car stereo.
Deep Purple covered Hush in the first place. It was written by American composer and musician Joe South, for recording artist Billy Joe Royal.
Blackmore’s Night has done some interesting stuff. And Blackmore has been known to be someone difficult to work with. But Gillan isn’t very fan-accessible, himself. Notice how over the years, DP will offer pre-show gold packages to fans, but Gillan wonn’t make himself accessible to fan photo-ops like the rest of the band? It comes off as a snub, like he’s the band’s Stevie Nicks. A bit of a diva. Shame, because I’m a solid DP fan.
I hadn’t heard about the divorce settlements but that makes some sense (although not sure how all three of them get a cut...) That said, I seem to recall that Blackmore recently said he cannot play guitar like he used to. Swollen fingers or something of that sort. Makes sense, he’s 75ish years old now, he probably shouldn’t be expected to be able to just crank out the solo to “Highway Star” like he did 50 years ago (yikes, it was that long ago!)
Ozzy can’t do much of anything these days. But Rob Halford still tours with Judas Priest, though he’s 70 and can’t play forever.
Paul Rodgers has still got it.
Following their divorce, Blackmore married Bärbel, a former dancer from Germany, in September 1969 until their divorce in early 1970s.
Blackmore met Amy Rothman in 1978, and moved to Connecticut. He married Rothman in 1981, but they divorced in 1983.
So, basically, everything up to but not including Perfect Strangers was up for grabs as part of his divorce settlements, including Rainbow income. It's also possible the Rothman settlement included future DP income, in which case it's easy to see why Blackmore's Night is his primary focus (notwithstanding his health).
Certainly more than some of the “legendary” inductees most of us have never heard or heard of.
Same for Johnny Rivers.
Steve Howe looks like Skeletor or Mr. Burns, but he can still play. I saw him when Asia opened for Yes (I guess that counts as seeing him twice), and he was introduced by the late Chris Squire as "since James Brown is dead, allow me to introduce to you the current hardest working man in showbusiness..."
Then there's this guy.
When did Jimmy Page turn into an old Japanese man, LOL!
Ringo looks fantastic for 80. And this was a guy who went toe-to-toe partying with Keith Moon in the 70s.
You have to be kidding. Johnny Rivers? I had no idea he couldn’t get in. No words...
In addition to (as you note) him being in great shape for 80, he outlived (and maybe outpartied) Charlie Watts, Bonzo, and Moonie. That's quite an accomplishment.
Finally, I'll say this...when there were no monitors on the stage or any way for John, Paul and George to hear themselves over the screams, it was HIS drums that cut through all that noise so the band could keep it together.
On some level, Ringo may be the most metal drummer of all time.
If someone called me Ringo, I'd wear it as a badge of honor.
No Lord, no DP.
No way.
Bwahahaha 🤣🤣🤣 Perfect. Used to rant about how Van Halen sucked without DLR and he should be back in the band, yadayada ...
Apparently nominated many times, but no.
What kind of musical world are they going to leave for Keith Richards?
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