Gramophone has a nice piece.
http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/obituary-jon-lord-composer-and-deep-purple-founder
A strong contributor.
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Gingernut63 wrote:
...and fire in the sky.
His Hammond organ defined the sound of Deep Purple, more so than Ritchie
Blackmore's guitar.
Exactly my view, a lot of their tracks wouldn't have nearly the same
punch without the organ, sadly it takes more than just a cursory
listening to figure
On netflix I watched the video from Classic Albums about the making of
Machine Head. In it, Jon talked about how me made that organ sound
running it through amps and such. I never really appreciated his organ
sound until watching that. As Alfista points out - it takes more than
just a cursory
good Lord !!
quirky album Fireball is my favorite
You're racing like a fireball dancing like a ghost
You're gemini and I don't know which one I like the most
My head is getting broken and my mind is getting bust
But now I'm coming with you down the road of golden dust
Oh my love it's a long way
I loved Jon Lord's playing and it's interplay with Ritchie's strat work.
I liked the crazy rhythm of Space Trucking , the solos, the Spartan
purity like on Child in Time. I was so sorry to hear the news.
If you've been bad, Lord, I bet you have
And you've not been hit by flying lead
You've not
Smoke on the water...
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Deep-Purple-s-Jon-Lord-dies-at-age-71-3710638.php
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garym wrote:
Smoke on the water...
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Deep-Purple-s-Jon-Lord-dies-at-age-71-3710638.php
...and fire in the sky.
A great musician and a nice bloke. His Hammond organ defined the sound
of Deep Purple, more so than Ritchie Blackmore's guitar. He will be
missed.
