DEEP PURPLE DIGEST #84
Lots of subscribers and counting...
In this issue:
A word from the Editor...
Blackmore's Night Chat
Re Guitar Magic
5 Least favorite DP songs
Morse Solo Stuff
More Morse Solo
Studio Album
Glenn Hughes Interview
Morse vs. Blackmore golf match...
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From the Editor, Dean Webb: dplist(at-a-domain-named)deep-purple.com
Well, Geocities was down this weekend, so I worked on different web pages.
I hope to get to it this weekend and post updates to the archive, the
Hughes interview, the Blackmore Chat, and 2 other interviews: one with
former Whitesnake guitarist Steve "I Played in a Bunch of Other Bands
Besides Whitesnake" Vai, and with former Gillan bassist John McCoy.
(Warning on the McCoy interview: it will not be very kind to Mr. Gillan!)
Well, on with the digest...
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{Dean "Editor" Webb: I'm posting this unedited. I will clean it up for the
website.}
-----Original Message-----
From: Svante Pettersson [mailto:svante(at-a-domain-named)deep-purple.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 9:24 PM
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)deep-purple.com
Subject: Ritchie Blackmore Chat
Thanks to Andreas Thul for this.
>Ritchie and Candice did a chat tonight on twec.com. Here's the log...
>
>---
>
>MODERATOR> Welcome to tonight's chat with Ritchie Blackmore and Candice
>Knight! Hello!
>
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> We hope that everyone has had a nice glass of
>wine before we start.
>
>DUSTY> have any plans to visit england
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Yes, definitely. We're working on a tour right
>now.
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Candice: England is one of the places we've
been
>trying to play for a while. There's difficuly with the promoters. We will
>probably play some gigs in January/February there , so we're looking
>forward to that.
>
>Egan> Tremolo Guitar technique takes years to develop,How long did it
take
>for you?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: I'm still practicing my technique and
>I've been practicing the Tremolo technique for 40 years.
>
>Niksa> Ritchie and Candice - A third CD in the making?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: Yes, it's not in the making yet. Now
>we're concentrating more on touring and exposing people to the 1st and
2nd
>cd so the next one wouldn't come out until the end of next year.
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Candice: But we are working on writing all the
>time. We have 8 songs ready to go into the studio once we're done with
this
>latest tour that we are on.
>
>Storyman> I noticed Under A violet moon (the song) is in C minor, but the
>playing sounds like it's being played in first position D minor. Are the
>instruments tuned down a whole step ?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: Yes, they are. Good observation. Give
>them a house point.
>
>Kix> Ritchie, what made u change the acc. amp from Crate to Fender?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: I sometimes go by the way the
amplifier
>looks and this year I liked the way the Fender looked. However I am
looking
>at a Trace Elliot amplifier so probably when we go on the road I will
have
>that.
>
>cork> Candace who is the song Now and Then , about?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Candice: Now and Then is about a very close
>friend who was going through a divorce. I think everyone can relate to
the
>pain of breaking up.
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: It better not be about her old
boyfriend.
>
>Paul Sanchez> Who inspiered your vibrato technique?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: I would say Jimi Hendrix was a big
>inspiration for the vibrato arm technique.
>
>rbnum1fan> what is the funniest thing that has happend to you while on
tour?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: Getting paid when I was in purple.
>
>Egan> Candice, you mention how great ritchie plays at home, How much are
we
>missing?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Candice: I think Ritchie plays the best when
>he's relaxed sitting in front of the tv with the mute button on.
SOmetimes
>there's alot of tension on stage and when you're in the studio you feel
>like you're under a microscope.
>
>Storyman> In a recording situation, how much do you use cut & paste and
>other digital editing, compared to just taping the song form beginning to
>end? I recently purchased digital recording equipment and I'm curious how
>much peicing together is done on average!
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: There is never an average. Sometimes
>you play a song straight off and sometimes you have a problem so you cut
>and paste. So there's never an average.
>
>steven> Hi Candice-My girlfriend asks: where do you find your beautiful
>clothes?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Candice: I go to a lot of Renaissance fairs
and
>they have wonderful clothes there. There's a shop called Medieval Mayhem
on
>Long Island. I tend to pick the outfits out myself and I put my own stamp
>on them. They're out there, you just have to search for them.
>
>steven> Are you still using Engle amps? Where can we find them in the US
>(New Yrok)?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Yes, I'm still using them when I want loud
rock
>n roll amps. They're made in Germany. I'm sure they have outlets over
here
>but I don't know where they are.
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Candic: If you log onto
www.ritchieblackmore.com
>and double click on Engle, it'll take you to that website and they could
>probably answer those questions bettter.
>
>Theo> What has happened to the big rainbow that you used on stage in the
>seventies?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: That big rainbow is in storage
upstate
>near Binghamton.
>
>Niksa> Candice: I noticed in the credits that only you are credited for
>"Now and then" did you write the music as well??
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Candice: Yes, I did.
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Candice: Thank you for noticing.
>
>Bill Midwood> Do you expect to play Castles in the UK like you did in
>Germany?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: Yes, we hope so. Either castles or
>churches. Something that reflects the type of music that we're playing.
>Finding the right venues can sometimes be a problem with the promoters.
>
>giulio> Ritchie Will you ever record WILLIAM TELLS overture?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: Not if I can help it. I don't
>particularly like the piece of music.
>
>Ainhoa> How many "Strats" have you smashed in your life?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: Probably more than 20 and less than
80.
>
>Paul Sanchez> Is there any new young guitar players these days that you
>feel have some talent?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: I think there are many guitar players
>that have lots of talent. Eric Johnson is excellent although I don't
think
>he's that young.
>
>MODERATOR> Be sure to stay tuned throughout the entire chat as we will be
>giving a pair of tickets to see Blackmore's Night in Cleveland on 10/21
at
>the Odeon! You must be present during the chat to win! The winner will be
>notified during the chat and given a special e-mail address to respond
to!
>
>Dave n Chippie> Candice, you worked in radio early on...ever have any
vocal
>training--how did you "discover your beautiful voice?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Candice: I had a little bit of training as a
>young child. Singing was always an escape for me and only did it in front
>of close friends and family. Ritchie gave me the confidence I needed to
>front a band. Thank you for the compliment.
>
>Thorgrimm> Any planned dates in the Southern US for Blackmore's Night?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Candice: We have 2 dates coming up in Ohio,
one
>in Cleveland at the Odeon on October 21st. One in Columbus at the Newport
>Music Hall on October 22nd. Depending how well our music is received at
>these 6 or 7 dates in the states, we're hoping to play other areas in the
>U.S.
>
>lohmaty_> Ritchie, whom "Son of Alerik" refers to? Robin Hood? Thank you.
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: No. The song was a particular spirit
>that we happened to speak to in a seance who originated in the 3rd Centur
y.
>Alerik was a very famous person.
>
>swepett> Ritchie: if you were asked, would you guest on someone else's
>album or participate in something like the G3 tour?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: Yes, although I admire them very much
>I'm not one for playing with other guitarists unless it's a very casual
>affair.
>
>steven> Ritchie and Candice - what's the secret to true romance?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: A good pinot noire helps.
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Candice: I think that there's a few points:
>loyalty, trust, communication, honesty and love. If you're missing out on
>any of those 5 points then you have a crack in your foundation. Also, you
>must always be supportive of the other person.
>
>MODERATOR> Be sure to stay tuned throughout the entire chat as we will be
>giving a pair of tickets to see Blackmore's Night in Cleveland on 10/21
at
>the Odeon! You must be present during the chat to win! The winner will be
>notified during the chat and given a special e-mail address to respond
to!
>
>rbnum1fan> was "my woman from tokyo" about a real person?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: I don't write the lyrics so I have no
>idea.
>
>Ken> Did you enjoy making Burn?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: Yes.
>
>rbnum1fan> is there any particular reason that you changed producers on
>Under a Violet Moon?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Candice: Yes, but for legal reasons we're not
>allowed to talk about it in public.
>
>Paul Sanchez> When was the last time you visited the RAINBOW in Sunset
>since that is where the name for the band came about?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: Probably before the war. The name of
>the band now is Blackmore's Night, not Rainbow.
>
>Storyman> Is Katherine Howard's fate in C minor also, and is the botom E
>tuned down to D?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: Yes, it is.
>
>Bill Midwood> Is it true you once saw a ghost in York?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: I see ghosts in very many places. One
>of my hobbies is to communicate with ghosts.
>
>Rick> After the US and Euro tours what's in store for Blackmore's Night
next?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Candice: We'd like to get into the studio and
>start recording our 3rd album at that point.
>
>Ken> Ritchie keep it coming ,your playing like wine gets better with age.
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: That's very nice of you.
>
>heathen justice> Do you have an interest in producing unknown acts?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: I don't actually produce. Just
playing
>the guitar is very time consuming.
>
>Egan> Ritchie Candice is obviously wonderfulwhat was your 1st impression
of
>her voice
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: The first impression was that she was
>very angelic in the way that she sings and very empathic to the music
that
>I was playing.
>
>Oakman> Ritchie, how much nowadays do you get to practice on acoustic
guitar?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: I should imagine about 3 hours a day.
>
>bcmmironov> How was the experience of working with Ian Anderson on Play
>Minstrel Play?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: Wonderful. I think he is one of my
>heros and I don't think enough people know how good he really is. Besides
>playing "Aqualung" he has many other songs that are brilliant.
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Candice: We were very honored that he joined
us
>on Play Minstrel Play. He is brilliant.
>
>rbnum1fan> how did you first discover the "harmonic minor "scale? i love
>the way you incorporate it in your music
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: It was handed to me by a friend and
>thank you very much for the compliment.
>
>Ainhoa> Des Geyers Scwarzer Haufen are the best supporting band you have
>ever had. Will they also be in your next German tour?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: Yes, they will and they are a
fantastic
>band. They are very authentic and also good drinkers.
>
>Storyman> any recent tips on good wines to pick up ? (preferably red)
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: I would recommend on a white wine:
>wehlenuhrsonnenuhr and a red wine would be a Long Island Plamer.
>
>RainbowChaser> theres a current trend for guitarists to do Christmas
songs,
>any plans of doing one with Blackmore's Night?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: We actually recorded a Christmas song
>for CNN on the Worldbeat that will come out on Christmas. But no plans to
>make a Christmas album.
>
>MODERATOR> Be sure to pick up your copy of Blackmore's Night "Under a
>Violet Moon" on sale now!! Click Here:
>http://www.twec.com/Product.asp?TitleID=M01000015854&Desc2=Under+A+Violet
+Mo
>on&Desc1=Blackmore%27s+Night&TitleType=P&AID=&SubAID=&CO=US&Mode=1
>
>Bill Midwood> Candice, do you play guitar yourself & if so, does Ritchie
>let you play his guitars?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Candice: Ritchie has attempted to teach me to
>play guitar and I'm failing miserably. I play penny whistle, recorder,
>hurty gurty and piano.
>
>Dave n Chippie> I love the new treatment of "Self Portrait" who's idea
was
>it to bring it back?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: Bill Clinton's. I think it was fans
in
>general who wanted to hear that song. I thought Candice's voice really
>suited that melody.
>
>Niksa> Ritchie and Candice : What are you favorite songs to play live?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: My favorite song would be Renaissance
>Fair and Writing on the Wall.
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Candice: I tend to gravitate towards the
quiter
>songs like Now and Then and Catherine Howard's Fate. But it really is so
>much fun playing all of them.
>
>Theo> Ritchie and Candice, how do you feel about other artistst starting
to
>make albums based on Renaissance music, like Dan Fogelberg?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: I have not heard Dan Folgerberg's
music
>but I would like to hear it.
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: Yes, I do
>
>SPEAKER_TWEC1> Do you still have your vox amplifier that you used in the
60's
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Candice: I think a lot of Ritchie's past music
>gets easily translated into what we're doing because of the strong
melodic
>content
>
>merv2> is there any plans to have guest artists on the upcoming
recording???
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: Not so far. However, that might
change
>at the last minute.
>
>rbnum1fan> is Gone With The Wind a Russian Folk Song?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Candice: Yes, it is. It's a traditional
Russian
>song that we added some new music and arrangment to. It's called
Meadowland.
>
>Ken> do you plan on ever releasing a Blackmores night concert video
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Candice: Yes, we are. We have released one
>concert video live in Germany. That is available through a shop called
>Medieval Mayhem and there's a link to them on our site:
>www.ritchieblackmore.com. Or they can be called at 516-585-3488
>
>Moto> do you play moon guitar on this tour?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: Yes, it was made for me by Lakewood
>Guitars of Germany and I play it most of the time.
>
>phil> pass time with good company has a hauting melody, who chose the
song
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: Henry the 8th wrote the lyrics and
it's
>basically anonymous wrote the music but they think it may have been Henry
>the 8th as well. We do 2 versions of that song in concert.
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Candice: One is very old sounding and the
other
>is the plugged in version.
>
>MODERATOR> Be sure to stayed tuned as we will be giving away a pair of
>tickets the cleveland show!
>
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Candice: No, they won't. We have Marci Geller
on
>background vocals; Jim Hurley on violin, mandolin and rythym guitar; Adam
>Forgione on keyboards; Mick Cervino on bass; and Alex Alexander on
>percussion. We're in the process of finding the right band lineup for our
>shows to fit our musical needs. I think this may be the one.
>
>phil> did you ever think you would be playing this kind of music at this
>point in your career
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: No, although I've loved Renaissance
>music for the past 25 years, I didn't think that I'd be playing it on
stage.
>
>Paul Sanchez> How do you go about when deciding what title to put on a
song?
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: That usually is done within the
lyrics.
>A title usually appears.
>
>MODERATOR> TWEC.com would like to thank Ritchie and Candice for stopping
by
>tonight anything you would like to say to all of your fans?
>
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Ritchie: We'd like to thank everybody for
being
>interested in what we're doing and hopefully we'll see you all on tour.
>SPEAKER_Ritchie Blackmore> Candice: I want to thank you all for coming on
>our fantasy land musical journey with us. I look forward to seeing
everyone
>around the world as we play for you.
>
>MODERATOR> Thank you to Ritchie and Candice for stopping by tonight!
>
>MODERATOR> If there is anyone that is able to goto the Blackmore Night
Show
>in Cleveland on 10/21 please e-mail your name and address to
>contest(at-a-domain-named)twec.com 1 winner will be picked from all entries. The winner
will
>be picked at 9am ET tomorrow morning and you will be notified by e-mail
>during the day that you were the winner
>
>---
>
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-----Original Message-----
From: Leon Young [mailto:leon(at-a-domain-named)zoom.com.au]
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 1999 11:01 PM
To: 'dplist(at-a-domain-named)deep-purple.com'
Subject: RE: Deep Purple Digest #83
>From: Dean Webb
>Guitar Magic
>
>Just a few notes and questions...
>
>1. What kind of equipment and pedals did Blackmore, Bolin, and Morse use?
>I know they all used Fenders, but each managed to get a quite different
>sound out of his.
>
In the 70's and 80's Ritchie played a Fender Stratocaster through a
special
amp that Jim Marshall built circa 69 by request. It was a standard
Marshall
head with an extra output stage (pair of EL34's for the technically
minded),
making it an earachingly loud 200W. Jim actually sold these amps for a
while
(some replete in purple tolex instead of black), but they were soon
discontinued as they blew fuses all the time. Somehow RB got around this.
For Aussie guitarists reading look out for old 200W Eminar bass amps, they
are virtually identical and produce perfect Blackmore tone! RB also
sometimes used a treble boost and an echoplex. On the guitar front he
didn't
start using Strat's until In Rock, he used a solid body Gibson 335 with
Bigsby whammy in the early days.
Bolin played Fender Starts through Highwatt amps, 100W I think.
Morse plays Ernie Ball guitars, Eddie Van Halen model or similar through
Peavey EVH 120W amps. I think there is a serious rack of digital effects
involved too.
Leon Young
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ardian Nurcahyo [mailto:nurcahyo(at-a-domain-named)tf.itb.ac.id]
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 4:53 AM
To: Deep Purple Digest
Cc: dpdigest at deep-purple
Subject: Re: Deep Purple Digest #83
> Subject: My 5 least favourite DP tracks
>
> 1.) "Love Conquers All". This goes without saying really. Beautiful
> 2.) "Too Much is Not Enough". From the same album with JLT. As Rob
> 3.) "King of Dreams". Yet again from that ill-fated JLT album with DP.
> 4.) "A Time to Kill". I remember reading in Big Ian's autobiography
> 5.) "Call of the Wild". I know it's kind of lyrically clever (i.e.
Hey, so you don't like DP playing FM rock songs? I love all songs of the
top 5 with an exception goes to Too Much...
"Love Conquers All" is a fine moment of "Slaves And Masters". Listening to
the album is a bit painful to me, of course. The album started with the
great "King Of Dreams", another favorite love song from DP. It's the song
that made me a fan, actually. Nice chorus, always make my heart beat
faster like Whitesnake's "The Deeper The Love", "Is This Love", "Now
You're Gone". The weak part of "KOD" is the guitar solo. I think Ritchie
better did no guitar solo in the song... it's a pop song not a rock 'n'
roll number... I dunno why but everytime Love Conquers All is played on my
cassette (no i don't buy the cd), I always pick my acoustic guitar and
played LCA with Ritchie... Hey, I know JLT sucks and hiring him in DP is a
big mistake... but the album still had some fine moments and hey again,
with pretty boy fronting the band it means you can rock, alright? :)
Too Much Is Not Enough is the worst song DP ever recorded. It's awful. I
think it's a leftover from JLT solo, as it was co-written by the pretty
boy himself with Bob Held and Al Greenwood. Al was ex-member of Foreigner.
Hey, don't you know that JLT was rumored about joining Foreigner as
replacement of Lou Gramm. This rumor surfaced between his Yngwie and DP
days... I think it's better for him not to join DP. If he joined
Foreigner, he will be remembered as good (not great) singer of Rainbow,
who cut some magical tracks like "Magic", "Spotlight Kid", etc... not as
ruiner on DP's marks. Hey, about JLT, sometimes he sounded like Steve
Perry too! Not on all Rainbow songs, but listen to the "Magic" from
Difficult To Cure. I always smiled when I listened to it. By the way,
who's the Moran guy who wrote Magic? Mike Moran of IGB and Ozzy Osbourne
(1986)?
"A Time To Kill" and "Call Of The Wild" is good. I have nothing to say
cos
I think almost all the songs with Gillan on vocals are great, not
forgetting those by Black Sabbath, Gillan, Ian Gillan Band, and so on.
About HOBL, it's not Call of the wild that is the weak one.. i think it's
Black and White. It just wasn't good IMO. I think these two songs were
better than those like "No One Came", "Purpend. Waltz", and "She Was"
(plus some abandon songs)... I'm a big fan but i must admit that some DP
songs are just boring and send me right into bed :). I think Rainbow,
Gillan, Black Sabbath have songs that make me want to stand up and not
getting sleepy... :)
I am not gonna list those songs that are worst and best. I enjoy all DP
works and my opinion about their songs has something to do with my
feeling. :)
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Swoboda [mailto:Tom_Swoboda(at-a-domain-named)compuserve.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 12:45 PM
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)deep-purple.com
Subject: Steve Morse solo
Dean wrote:
>> 3. Can anyone recommend a good place to start getting Steve Morse
solo/other band material? I'd love to explore his body of work, and would
like your recommendations. <<
I have a copy of his Coast to Coast album (not to be confused with
Glenn Hughes' Coast to Coast, which I don't have), I remember liking it,
but not enough to buy it. (To avoid being a common pirate, I always buy
stuff that I've copied and I like. 320 CDs later, I'm broke.) I'll give
it another listen after work tonight, and let you know what I think...
--T.J.
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-----Original Message-----
From: kmoore1(at-a-domain-named)ns.sympatico.ca [mailto:kmoore1(at-a-domain-named)ns.sympatico.ca]
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 9:17 PM
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)deep-purple.com
Subject: Steve Morse solo / other
Dean:
You do not have to include this with the next DP list if you do not want
to,
as it is in response to your Steve Morse solo/band inquiry. I felt I had
to
take an hour and give something back to the guy who works so damn hard
keeping the DP list going.
I feel I can shed some light on the Steve Morse solo and Dixie Dregs -
IMHO
of course. I have been a long time fan of SM, long before he joined DP.
If
I had to rank his work, I would say 1st=DP, 2nd=SMBand, and 3rd= DD. An
old
friend of mine was a SM freak and he is responsible for me liking SM since
high school - 12 years ago for me. Most people on the list know how good
he
is with DP, but this guy has been a gifted guitar player & song writer for
a
long time. He has a knack for writing an excellent opening track on his
albums - usually a fast song which shows off his guitar wizardry.
Generally, I like the Steve Morse Band cd's more than the Dixie Dregs - I
like the 3 piece rock band over the southern rock band.
Here are the cd's I have. Remember that all of this stuff is
instrumental -
leaving SM more room to shine. You will notice that most of the cd's are
lucky to break the 40 minute mark - much like early Van Halen: not a long
one, but a good one just the same.
Dixie Dregs:
Free Fall(1977)(41.48)
Good: SM pens all tracks, DD incl. bass/drums/violin/keys, good songs, SM
&
drummer stand out
What If?(1978)(40.03)
Good: SM pens all tracks but 1, first track is best - most like current
SMB
stuff
Night of the Living Dregs(1979)(34.45)
Good: SM pens all tracks but 1, split between studio & live (at-a-domain-named) the
Montreux
Jazz Festival
Bring 'Em Back Alive(1992)(66.45)
Great: reunion tour, includes Zep's Kashmir - excellent, players are old
DD
guys & Dave LaRue from SMB
Steve Morse Band:
Introduction (1984)(33.57)
Good: incl. guys from DD, southern band feel - in the vein of DD
High Tension Wires(1989)(40.08)
O.K.: lots of solo & acoustic guitar, still includes guys from DD
Southern Steel (1991)(38.14)
Great: 3 piece band - Dave LaRue & Van Romaine, mix of heavy/fast/slow
songs, SM kicks ass
Coast to Coast (1992)(36.29)
Great: same band, mix of fast/slow songs, as good as SS, love to hear
that
guitar
Structural Damage (1995)(43.03)
Great: same band, mix of fast/slow songs, as good as C2C, band is very
good
StressFest(1996)(43.12)
Great: same band, mix of fast/slow songs, as good as SD, no southern
feel
track
SM is an inspirational guitarist, arguably one of the best ever. What
more
can I say? -> Go buy his last cd, sit back, and enjoy.
Regards,
Ken
Halifax, Nova Scotia, CANADA
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-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Sommer [mailto:sharkie59(at-a-domain-named)hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, October 15, 1999 2:23 AM
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)deep-purple.com
Subject: New Studio Album
Hi guys,
I havnt written in for ages, but Im still reading !!
About the new studio album, I hearad that it would be a new direction for
Purple !! I always compare Purpendicular to Fieball, because they were
both
very experimental !!! For the new one, I would love to hear more of this
free flowing jam sessions !! What I would really like, would be a loooong
instrumental with steve and Jon matching riffs, and Paicey and Rog goin'
nuts in the background ( even bring back Gillans harmonica !!) !!!
Something
in the tradition of Lazy, or Place in line would be great, but perhaps do
it
in the style of the Dixie Dregs !! There are atleast 4 band members who
have
all had experiances with jazz....Steve in the Dregs....Gillan with his
solo
stuff and the jazz fusion he used to do, as well as Roger when he did AOP
with Gillan (dislocated), and we all know about paice's jazz stuff !!!
With
all this background, I cant name one Purple song that sounds Jazzy !!
Please
correct me if im wrong !!?? So a jazz instumental would be awesome !!!
And maybe Steve could translate his solo spot from concerts into a studio
song !! Remember when Ritchie used to play what eventually became FOOLS in
concert ?? Who knew that that song would be so great ?
The new album has the potential to be the greatest Purple album since
Abandon !! And the greatest album untill the next one, but if they try
some
new things and experiment a bit, then it will kick some ass !! MK Morse
has
had 2 studio albums behind it, which are both fantastic, and live, they
are
better than ever !!!! It is a great time to be a purple fan, and I'm sure
that whatever they come up with, will be stunning !!!!!
By the way Dean, where is it that you always have to catch a train to ??
See ya,
Paul Sommer
sharkie59(at-a-domain-named)hotmail.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: David L Wilson [mailto:isentertainment(at-a-domain-named)juno.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 10:02 PM
To: dplist(at-a-domain-named)deep-purple.com
Subject: If you can't figure it out. . .
I've sold the preamble to this interview to a couple of different 'zines
so I can't send it along but Iget the feeling that people skip them
anyway.:) Hope you like it. {Dean: We will.}
want.
Take care,
Dave
DAVID LEE Since the record company didn't see fit to send me a copy of
the record could you tell me a little bit about it? Is it a continuation
of what you were doing on "ADDICTION?"
GLENN HUGHES No. It is an album that is less intense. It has got
groove, it has got ballad it has got soul, it is more of a soundtrack of
how I was feeling at Christmas. When I sang on "ADDICTION" I was five
years sober and I was still, I wanted people to know what it was like for
me to walk through that torment and destruction and all of that [stuff]
and
I had to churn up all of those feelings again. It really kicked my ass
to do it and consequently I didn't make a record for a couple of years so
when I made "THE WAY IT IS" it was just on the backside of that, living
life as a sober man. I lost a lot of my youth, man. I lost a lot of
growing up and so I am still a kid! I am still a forty-year-old [obscene
gerund]
kid! "THE WAY IT IS" is fresh and it is very varied, as all of my albums
are, it is not just one-dimensional. It is different. It is groovy and
it is aggressive but it is not so intense on the lyric. It flows really
well. It is a great album to listen to. It takes about three or four
times listening to it to get into it because it is not an album that you
can get into right away. It is a bit deeper.
DL But longer lasting?
GH Oh yeah. As I have said to my fan club, you are going to dig this
album in the next year and the year after it is going to come back and
get you.
DL The thing that, I think, Glenn Hughes needs to do and I have been
told that this is going to happen, you need to get out on the road in
America.
GH It is my wish to tour here in November but at the moment there are no
shows booked and you can put in your article that it is Glenn's wish to
play in America this year. It is my wish to do that and we are looking
for the right venues and the right promoters to do that now.
DL Running through my Glenn Hughes file, an admittedly I have been a fan
so I don't even have the pretense of impartiality so it is a rather large
file, I notice that on previous tours you have brought out a lot of DEEP
PURPLE material but I also know that was not the most pleasing stuff,
personally, for you to do. Why is that?
GH You will notice that I am doing the songs that I wrote and the songs
that I sang. I really wouldn't sing David's songs; I wanted to pursue
the songs that I had written. When I play concerts around the world
where people haven't seen me before or they haven't seen me since DEEP
PURPLE, they really want to hear those [obscene gerund] songs. I am
trying to
break away and do brand new songs now. I am going out on tour and I get
to play a lot of them but I change them and I do lots of different
versions of them, like funk versions of them or ballad versions. I have
got a huge collection of material to choose from, I have got so much. I
like to play TRAPEZE songs, HUGHES/THRALL songs and I am even going to
play a BLACK SABBATH song on the next tour.
DL Really?
GH Off of the "SEVENTH STAR" that I did with Tony.
DL It would great to hear some of that live again. Which song?
GH "No Stranger to Love." I have got so many songs to choose from,
maybe a hundred!
DL It has been some time now but you actually recorded a second album
with Tony, didn't you?
GH Yeah, somebody bootlegged the [thing]! I haven't spoken to Tony about
this and I have got to call him because my record label called me and
said "You know that there is a record out there with one of our songs on
it." and I said "What!" Obviously, somebody has got a hold of this
[obscene gerund] tape and I haven't a [obscene gerund] clue how it
happened. I am really
upset about it. Tony is going to be pissed off as well.
DL I spoke with Geoff Nichols when BLACK SABBATH was in town a while
back and he intimated that the plan was to take Tony's solo thing out on
the road and that you would be involved with that. Is that still likely?
GH That was the plan but Tony is working with, let's call them the
resurgence of 90's metal, and I think Tony is working with a lot of other
guys who are probably a lot more current then I am. I won't name names
but they probably won't have a long history in this industry but I think
that he is liking working with the newer artists and that is good for
Tony. At the end of the day, Tony and I will work together again
because, number one, we are from the same generation and, number two, we
are so strong together musically and such good friends that Tony will
come back to his dearest and oldest friend and do that. I absolutely
adore Tony Iommi as a human being. He is one of the nicest and
soulfullest cats ever. I love him to pieces and Tony and I will work
together again. When? I don't know.
DL Obviously after this version of the SABBATH thing is finally laid to
rest.
GH It is definitely going to end at Christmas and then Tony will take a
small break and then Tony will get bored. Tony Iommi is a workaholic cat
that wants to play a lot and I will be very surprised if he doesn't call
me directly in the spring. But once again, Tony and I are such good
friends that if we don't work together it is O.K. because we are already
tight. I am so [obscene gerund] busy for the next year anyway. It is
unbelievable how much work that I have coming out.
DL You have been very visible on all of these tribute albums, is that
going to continue?
GH Too many, I have stopped doing them now. I turned down the Ozzy and
the AEROSMITH tributes because I have done too many of them. After the
Alice Cooper one I said that this would be the last one until I get to do
something that I really want to do, like Stevie Wonder or something where
I can really get into it. The money, it ain't about money anymore. I am
comfortable and I don't need to do any of those things for money it is
just that I do them for favors for my friends. I have got so many
friends that want me to do these things and it is like I am kind of tired
of it now.
DL Have you given much of an ear to the cover versions of your songs?
GH No, you know, somebody asked me "Who would you like to have on a
tribute to Glenn Hughes?" and I said "I don't [obscene gerund] know." I
just
want to see somebody that can sing because I would hate to hear somebody
sing my [obscene gerund] songs that couldn't sing.
DL This will sound overly ingratiating but honestly Glenn, who could
really cover your stuff? You have such a striking voice that there are
probably only a handful of singers in the world that could even attempt
it. I was just listening to a latter day ASIA album and their singer. .
.
GH John Payne, he is a good friend of mine.
DL He has come the closest to the phrasing and attack of a vocal line
that you use, at least to my ears.
GH I haven't heard what he is doing with ASIA but when he got the gig in
1990 we were hanging out a bit and Geoff Downs is also a good friend of
mine.
DL Was that gig offered to you at one time? I know that they like to
keep the band with a singing bass player, apparently.
GH No. John was a guitar player at the time but I guess he just turned
to playing bass.
DL That is something else we should touch on, after thirty years your
voice is still unquestionably in top form but what about your bass
playing? How do you feel about that?
GH Bass playing, let's just say of late because I have picked up the
bass guitar again after having put it down for a while and picking it up
again, man, I am all over the [obscene gerund] thing!(laughs) I am just
all over
it all again. I have no fear of the vocal thing. My vocal range and my
vocal capability, I have no fear of and now I have that with the
instrument of the bass again. I put it on and I am not one of these cats
that plays bass like a guitar, I play bass the groove way and it is, the
notes that Glenn Hughes does not play are the most important. It is the
groove and it is what you do not play and how you play with the bass drum
that is so [obscene gerund] important and no bass player in these white
rock bands
have a clue how to play like that. They follow the guitar player and if
they could just groove with the drums it would be so much easier. For me
it is grooving' with the drummer.
DL With all of the different drummers that you have played with has
there been one that you have just clicked with and said "Wow, that is
magic?"
GH My new drummer, Bob Harsen, from Detroit, he is my new cat and he is
[obscene gerund] amazing and he has just joined my band. He is funk and
he is
from Detroit so obviously he kicks ass but he has got a big funk edge and
he is really, really a musical drummer.
DL Who else is in the band now?
GH Joacim Marsh, my guitar player from the "ADDICTION" album and he is
on "THE WAY IT IS," he has been with me for a few years. Hans Zumellon,
my keyboard player, American/German name, he plays, I don't want to
confuse any rock fans but I have a very intense Jazz/Funk keyboard
player. Anybody who knows Glenn Hughes knows that I come from a very
intense Funk background. Before PURPLE it was very much intense funk.
All the keyboard players that I have in my band are players that, number
one, understand Hammond organ and, two, have an incredible Jazz feel to
them in the acid-jazz form. A Stevie Wonder/Herbie Hancock type of feel
in their playing because I do a lot of vocals that concern a lot of minor
9th's and triad 11th's and all of these chords that I like to use. I
like to incorporate that into my music.
DL Does he lug about and actual Hammond on tour?
GH No, he doesn't play it out on the road but he does in the studio. We
are going to go down to Eb for the first time ever, on this tour. I want
to get it a bit heavier so we are going to tune down a little bit.
DL Not grungy but funky?
GH No! You know, I think that Tony even goes down to D. I think that
he goes down even lower than that sometimes. I have never actually gone
down to Eb but I did a couple of songs with Stevie Salas on my album and
I liked it.
DL Now there is an incredible guitar player with a feel for the funk.
GH Yeah. He is on the album, on two tracks.
DL You have got so much going on as far as performance on record and so
on but you have found time to start a record label as well?
GH Yeah. Pink Cloud.
DL What is the first release going to be?
GH "INCENSE AND PEACHES." It is a bunch of songs that I have never
released and the first one is called "INCENSE AND PEACHES" and it is more
groove-oriented material.
DL Is it more current stuff or stuff from the vaults?
GH I would say that it is from '95, '97 and '98, just stuff that I have
got in the vault that no one has ever heard before and let me tell you,
Dave, nobody has got bootlegs of this!(laughs) I do actually keep a
record of my stuff and I don't actually make copies anymore so hopefully
nobody has ever heard this [stuff] before!
DL You have a website that you are investing a bit of yourself in?
GH WWW.GLENNHUGHES.COM!
DL Humbly titled!
GH Of course!
DL The Internet has opened up a whole new point of access between the
artist and the fan, is that something that you are feeling yet?
GH Absolutely, I mean, anybody can get on-line and talk about Glenn
Hughes and I have got four great editors to take care of all that [stuff]
whom I love dearly and, once again, I surround myself with loving,
nurturing people. Of course it is a business but it is nice to have
people around that you actually care about. That is my whole life, man.
Hanging out and giving myself back to my fans and my family, no time for
negatives at all.
DL There has certainly been a marked change in the interviews that I
have read since you have gotten clean, a sense of positively I guess is
what I am trying to say here.
GH Oh god yeah. Again, I choose not to drink, I choose not to do drugs
and I choose not to [mess] around running around acting all stupid. I
have
got a great life, great family, great friends, great animals; I have just
got a great thing going on here. I am a lucky guy.
DL Are you trying to play catch up with the time that you lost while you
were in the clouds?
GH I would be lying if I said that I wasn't.
DL You mentioned a tribute album and I should have asked you about what
songs you would like to see on it?
GH Well, you can dissect the albums "PLAY ME OUT" and "FEEL" and
"HUGHES/THRALL" and, you know, I can't do that because all of my work,
there is always parts that I love. If you want to get deep, "PLAY ME
OUT," my first solo record, is great, there are parts of the PURPLE stuff
and there are even parts of the Tony Iommi stuff that are very strong.
TRAPEZE, my first band, I mean, you have got to go back to 1970 and
listen to that. There is stuff off of my 1972 album, "YOU ARE THE MUSIC"
which is phenomenally brilliant today. You put it on and it was almost
thirty years ago and it still sounds [obscene gerund] amazing. The songs
are
great.
DL Are some of those songs going into the live set as well?
GH Some of it, yeah.
DL So it will be a complete career retrospective type of show?
GH Oh yeah, it definitely will.
DL Well, I am very much looking forward to actually hearing the record
and then, hopefully, seeing you do some of it live.
GH Listen to it (the new record) when it comes in three or four times
because it is going to take a little while to settle in, it is a deep
record. The album is the soundtrack of my life and the way that I feel
at the moment. It is a very up record and a very spiritual record as far
as what I am singing about. It is also a record about letting go. This
is an album that I wrote when I was deeply hurt over a relationship that
ended and it is like, I came through that. I don't write songs about
wizards and demons and goblins and [obscene gerund] boeweevils, I write
stuff
about the heart and this is an album full of that.
DAVID LEE WILSON
IAN SCOTT ENTERTAINMENT
9773 SANDYPOINTE
FAIR HAVEN, MI USA 48023
{Dean: Thank you David, and thank you Glenn! Apologies for all the
[obscene gerund] edits on the [obscene gerund] gerunds there, but I do try
and keep things PG-13 at worst... Those who know the words can fill them
in yourselves, if you must ;-) }
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{Dean: Let me set this up. A Blackmore-related discussion came up on
another list I own. Here's a shining moment of that conversation. Enjoy!}
-----Original Message-----
From: DJENNIENTSA [mailto:djennientsa(at-a-domain-named)educastmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 9:44 AM
To: deanwebb(at-a-domain-named)onelist.com
Subject: Re: RE: [deanwebb] And while we're on the subject...
From: "DJENNIENTSA"
What can I say?
Morse vs. Blackmore AT GOLF
Richie would naturally pick his side of the green and would defend it
most vigorously against intruding opponents and cameras. He would
drive his fans mad by playing a brilliant game, but then blow it by
leaving the ball beside the hole and refusing to take the last putt.
Eventually he would stop playing golf, and would content himself
playing mini-putt with his girlfriend.
Steve on the other hand, would play several games of golf simultaneously,
as well as writing for a golfing journal. His critics
would grumble that his style annoys them because he insists on using
every club in his bag in every game he plays. He would smile too much
especially while making difficult shots look easy.
{I say Gillan would go straight for the clubhouse at the 19th hole, get
very drunk, and then stagger about the field playing the holes in no
particular order. He would scream if he sank any putts.}
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