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#194139 by t-Roy and The Smoking Section
Thu Nov 15, 2012 6:17 am
I realize it's blasphemy to a true Purple fan, but I liked this version of the band even more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8YU-FcmGA0

Really it was a totally different band only with Deep Purples drummer and organ player.

Coverdale, Tommy Bolin, and Glenn Hughes freakin' rocked!!!

I was so upset that I couldn't go to California Jam that year. Caught the Purple tour that year in Houston at the Summit instead. Nazareth opened for them and it's still my all time favorite concert.

#194141 by J-HALEY
Thu Nov 15, 2012 6:28 am
I stand corrected! Had my ass handed to me Brother! :wink:

#194143 by t-Roy and The Smoking Section
Thu Nov 15, 2012 6:31 am
J-HALEY wrote:I stand corrected! Had my ass handed to me Brother! :wink:



LOL :lol:



Except for a few blues-based rock bands like Aerosmith & ZZ Top, it seems like every great rock band came from England in the 70s.

#194144 by J-HALEY
Thu Nov 15, 2012 6:40 am
yod wrote:
J-HALEY wrote:I stand corrected! Had my ass handed to me Brother! :wink:



LOL :lol:



Except for a few blues-based rock bands like Aerosmith & ZZ Top, it seems like every great rock band came from England in the 70s.

Dang Yod those amps were CRAZY back then Richie Blackmore had 3 full Plexi stacks!

#194145 by Mike Nobody
Thu Nov 15, 2012 6:46 am
J-HALEY wrote:
yod wrote:
J-HALEY wrote:I stand corrected! Had my ass handed to me Brother! :wink:



LOL :lol:



Except for a few blues-based rock bands like Aerosmith & ZZ Top, it seems like every great rock band came from England in the 70s.

Dang Yod those amps were CRAZY back then Richie Blackmore had 3 full Plexi stacks!


I'm kinda grinning at the thought that 3 plexis were a LOT back then.
Jucifer tours nonstop with dozens of amps in small clubs, just a f*cking WALL of amps, reminiscent of the Grateful Dead's Wall of Sound.
Black Flag did the same thing on their final tour.

#194174 by jimmydanger
Thu Nov 15, 2012 1:42 pm
The first time I saw Deep Purple was in 1972 with Uriah Heep opening. What a fantastic show! It was basically the "Made in Japan" album. I snuck a little cassette recorder in a recorded the whole thing. I still remember Blackmore going crazy on "Wring That Neck", dancing on the poor Strat at the end.

#194184 by J-HALEY
Thu Nov 15, 2012 3:15 pm
yod wrote:Blackmore would use a wall of Marshalls in Deep Purple sometimes, but I doubt they were all hooked up actually.


Big Bob has a demonstration for ya...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGy0pPll ... _embedded#!


What a character! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

#194195 by t-Roy and The Smoking Section
Thu Nov 15, 2012 3:51 pm
jimmydanger wrote:The first time I saw Deep Purple was in 1972 with Uriah Heep opening. What a fantastic show! It was basically the "Made in Japan" album. I snuck a little cassette recorder in a recorded the whole thing. I still remember Blackmore going crazy on "Wring That Neck", dancing on the poor Strat at the end.




Oh man...always wanted to see Uriah Heep, too.

You still have the recording? My ears rang for a couple of weeks after seeing Deep Purple, so I'd bet that tape was a bit distorted, eh?

#194201 by jimmydanger
Thu Nov 15, 2012 4:16 pm
This was Uriah Heep's first tour of the US, and they did 3 encores. But amazingly Deep Purple was even better. The tape actually turned out pretty good, but I loaned it to a friend who never returned it.

#194203 by t-Roy and The Smoking Section
Thu Nov 15, 2012 4:24 pm
As much as I loved Led Zepplin, NO ONE rocked like Deep Purple so that doesn't surprise me a bit.

Those guys could flat jam!

#194204 by J-HALEY
Thu Nov 15, 2012 4:27 pm
yod wrote:
jimmydanger wrote:The first time I saw Deep Purple was in 1972 with Uriah Heep opening. What a fantastic show! It was basically the "Made in Japan" album. I snuck a little cassette recorder in a recorded the whole thing. I still remember Blackmore going crazy on "Wring That Neck", dancing on the poor Strat at the end.




Oh man...always wanted to see Uriah Heep, too.

You still have the recording? My ears rang for a couple of weeks after seeing Deep Purple, so I'd bet that tape was a bit distorted, eh?


In the early 70's maybe 74 or so Deep Purple had a concert at the Astrodome. It was rumored that Deep Purple was the loudest band in the world and could drown out a 747! As a result the local television station had reported that the volume could cause structural damage to the Dome. As a result some parents started panicing and went to try and get their kids out of the concert in fear it might collapse LMAO! How does crap like that get started? It must of been the old foggies didn't want the show to go on! :lol:

#194205 by t-Roy and The Smoking Section
Thu Nov 15, 2012 4:30 pm
I was at that show....don't remember anything except my ears rang forever.

Then saw the later version of the band about 77 at the Summit (Now Lakewood church) with Coverdale/Hughes/Bolin.

#194207 by J-HALEY
Thu Nov 15, 2012 4:36 pm
yod wrote:I was at that show....don't remember anything except my ears rang forever.

Then saw the later version of the band about 77 at the Summit (Now Lakewood church) with Coverdale/Hughes/Bolin.


Yod, how many shows did you see at the Sam Houston Colliseum? :)

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