I will single-handedly dissolve this forum ...

uwe · July 22, 2015, 06:16:54 AM

... if I don't find an adequate number of ~~glowing~~ rapturous eyewitness reviews in this thread on Friday!!!

"Don't miss your chance to watch them discuss their music AND perform live!
Tune in to the Today Show at 8 a.m. on Thursday, July 23rd to support Deep Purple!"
http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=83280adac6bd89afc15222bc4&id=af710fe174&e=30babe8274

Droombolus · July 22, 2015, 07:25:18 AM

uwe · July 22, 2015, 07:46:35 AM

drbassman · July 22, 2015, 08:46:11 AM

Granny Gremlin · July 22, 2015, 08:51:55 AM

A Project Manager here at work just tried to impress me by telling me she's going to see the Deep Purple show in a few days (whenever it is).

nofi · July 22, 2015, 09:05:52 AM

is the band out on a day pass? they look confused.

uwe · July 22, 2015, 10:04:06 AM

You try standing on a busy Berlin traffic crossing at that age!!!

The photos are actually by Jim Rakete, a renowned Berlin portrait photographer in the realism vein.

He has been affiliated with more photogenic subjects, 'tis true ...

but Purple have had a lot more awful pictures taken of them even when they were a lot younger!

Unlike that other band whose name escapes me now, but they had this purloined novelty hit with what sounded like a bee swarm going from side to side, the Purps never (got) photographed that well.

uwe · July 22, 2015, 10:24:22 AM

Quote from: Granny Gremlin on July 22, 2015, 08:51:55 AM
A Project Manager here at work just tried to impress me by telling me she's going to see the Deep Purple show in a few days (whenever it is).

Good girl. I see a blossoming career for her.

Dave W · July 22, 2015, 11:09:46 AM

Usually only one or two songs are aired, then the videos are posted on Today's website.

Are the videos blocked in Germany? http://www.today.com/video and scroll down to Toyota Concert Series to check.

uwe · July 22, 2015, 11:53:50 AM

Helpful site, danke, not blocked that I'm aware of.

TBird1958 · July 22, 2015, 12:01:42 PM

I'm out of the loop, who dared to take Jon Lord's place?

Pilgrim · July 22, 2015, 12:19:24 PM

Quote from: TBird1958 on July 22, 2015, 12:01:42 PM
I'm out of the loop, who dared to take Jon Lord's place?

4stringer77 · July 22, 2015, 12:25:52 PM

Don Airey, that's who. Does the Don mean he's a mob boss? That would explain how he has enough bravado to step in for Lord.

uwe · July 22, 2015, 12:28:04 PM

Don Airey, ex-Cozy Powell's Hammer, ex-Colosseum II, ex-Black Sabbath (he's all over Never Say Die), ex-Rainbow, ex-Ozzy Osbourne (the Mr Crowley intro is his composition, uncredited), ex-Gary Moore, ex-Whitesnake (he's all over 1987) ...

Since 2002!

Here's the handover, around 4:28,

Jon appeared at this final concert when Don Airey had already joined permanently (after standing in for Jon after the latter's knee surgery) and since then only appeared at two or three DP gigs on stage for the odd encore or such.

And, incidentally, Jon, a habitual latecomer during his life (but reliable in the long term) is now indeed late, Mark, and has been for three years! They just commemorated him in Leicester where he was born.

Now bow down, skirt up and be spanked, Mark!

uwe · July 22, 2015, 12:31:29 PM

Quote from: 4stringer77 on July 22, 2015, 12:25:52 PM
Don Airey, that's who. Does the Don mean he's a mob boss? That would explain how he has enough bravado to step in for Lord.

Airey is an excellent player and technically more adept than Jon, good songwriter and arranger too, he doesn't have his rhythmic swagger though, Jon wasn't so much the Ritchie Blackmore of the Hammond C3 as he was the Keith Richards.