no doubt that after a great career, sadly Ian Gillan is now the weakest link .. I can well remember seeing him and Roger Glover in the band 'Episode Six' at the Witchdoctor/Savoy in Catford during the mid 1960s, an era when there were just so many great bands around to go and see and multiple places to go and see 'em
Oooh so excited, just bought a couple of tickets to see them in November at the O2! Not a bad line up still and Gillan is one of my favorite singers! Unbelievable that I have never seen them live, seen all my other favorite groups over the years and these were on my bucket list.
I went to see DP a 2-3 years ago at the O2 and came away somewhat disappointed. Ian Gillan no longer has the voice that made DP special…and of course the demise of Jon Lord they would never be the same.
no doubt that after a great career, sadly Ian Gillan is now the weakest link .. I can well remember seeing him and Roger Glover in the band 'Episode Six' at the Witchdoctor/Savoy in Catford during the mid 1960s, an era when there were just so many great bands around to go and see and multiple places to go and see 'em
IG has had the occasional less good show over the years but which singer hasn't? He hasn't attempted the self indulgent vocal hystrionics for years now accepting that aging vocal chords have their limitations Weak link is unfair, he's not the singer of 50 years ago, that's unrealistic, he is a mightily impressive performer even before you consider he's 78 Surprising thing for me in recent years has been Don Airey pretty much sticking to Jon Lord's set-pieces, including 'Maybe It's Because I'm A Londoner' Airey's from the North East!! More importantly with his career he has tonnes of material to draw from
no doubt that after a great career, sadly Ian Gillan is now the weakest link .. I can well remember seeing him and Roger Glover in the band 'Episode Six' at the Witchdoctor/Savoy in Catford during the mid 1960s, an era when there were just so many great bands around to go and see and multiple places to go and see 'em
Another "Episode Six" fan here, I first saw them in December 1967, being supported by the then up and coming Status Quo at The Welcome Inn... Sadly Gillan's voice has gone as far as those high notes are concerned on such tracks as Child in Time from the great "In Rock" Album...
Love Purple and its come a bit late for me at 61 years old. Being a bit of a Mod, I hated anything "heavy" as I would of seen it. My brother on the other hand was into all this stuff. I actually thank YouTube for bringing me to bands like Zepplin, Purple and others, the talent of these guys coming up in the 60's will never see the like. What a sweet spot for music and this little island of ours... We truly conquered the world!
Love Purple and its come a bit late for me at 61 years old. Being a bit of a Mod, I hated anything "heavy" as I would of seen it. My brother on the other hand was into all this stuff. I actually thank YouTube for bringing me to bands like Zepplin, Purple and others, the talent of these guys coming up in the 60's will never see the like. What a sweet spot for music and this little island of ours... We truly conquered the world!
What do you mean? Theres plenty of modern bands with talent.
Love Purple and its come a bit late for me at 61 years old. Being a bit of a Mod, I hated anything "heavy" as I would of seen it. My brother on the other hand was into all this stuff. I actually thank YouTube for bringing me to bands like Zepplin, Purple and others, the talent of these guys coming up in the 60's will never see the like. What a sweet spot for music and this little island of ours... We truly conquered the world!
What do you mean? Theres plenty of modern bands with talent.
Are there?
I'll take your word for it Of course there are good bands today but I maintain they will never have the historical clout and global reach of what came out of this country in the 60's and 70's.
First single from their new album, the first one with new guitarist Simon McBride. The older guys in the band are looking their age but this still has some of the classic Purple sound and not bad for a band in their 56th year!
Weirdly, I stumbled across this on youtube 2 months ago and now it's been 'officially released'. I had to go back and check my WhatsApp account but I forwarded the video to the guy that got me into Purple in the first place - 1st May. Reminds me of the Ian Gillan Band era.
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Donald Smith Airey (born 21 June 1948) is an English musician who has been the keyboardist in the rock band Deep Purple since 2002, after the retirement of Jon Lord. He has had a long and productive career, playing with such acts as Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull, Whitesnake, Saxon, Wishbone Ash, Colosseum II, Ten, Sinner, Michael Schenker, Rainbow, Empire, Brian May, Divlje jagode, Electric Light Orchestra, Glenn Tipton, Hollywood Monsters,and Living Loud. He has also worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber.
He hasn't attempted the self indulgent vocal hystrionics for years now accepting that aging vocal chords have their limitations
Weak link is unfair, he's not the singer of 50 years ago, that's unrealistic, he is a mightily impressive performer even before you consider he's 78
Surprising thing for me in recent years has been Don Airey pretty much sticking to Jon Lord's set-pieces, including 'Maybe It's Because I'm A Londoner' Airey's from the North East!! More importantly with his career he has tonnes of material to draw from
Sadly Gillan's voice has gone as far as those high notes are concerned on such tracks as Child in Time from the great "In Rock" Album...
I'll take your word for it Of course there are good bands today but I maintain they will never have the historical clout and global reach of what came out of this country in the 60's and 70's.