Blackmore sitting in with Purple tonight.

[Disturber]

Does anyone have tickets? I guess it will be a novelty thing. But Richie is a living legend.

 

Some words from Richie:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Db7LX-vDY-U/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== 

[Steve Haynie]

Get me a plane ticket!

[topekatj]

 

Fast forward to 8.45

 

 

[cmatthes]

I saw that announcement this morning!  I've seen Purple a few times, but only with Steve Morse (I said "only"...not slighting him at all, but it should be Ritchie!).  Ritchie didn't show when I attended the DP RNRHOF Induction Ceremony, but that would have been something else.

This would be an incredible event to witness.  

[scottcald]

I saw Purple in 1984 at Merriweather with Blackfoot.  Great show.  

Wonder if he showed up like this:

[Disturber]

He looked really old and frail. And honestly, he did not play that well. But he's 80 years old, has arthritis, ocular migraines etc., and he has suffered a heart attack. It was clear this was unrehearsed. It's a bit sad that people recorded this with their phones. They should just have stayed in the moment and let this be a tale of legends.

Still, it was heart warming to see Ritchie, Roger, Ian P and Ian G on stage together again. Just as old friends. It felt more like a private moment than a show for the audience.

My first concert was Rainbow, Straight Between the Eyes tour 1982. It was Richie, Glover, Joe Lynn Turner, Don Airey and Bobby Rondinelli in the band then. Great show. One for the books. 

I also saw Deep Purple in 1985. Blackfoot was the support band.

We all grow old. But wearing your white socks up over your sweat pants, that is a tough one. 😅 Only Ritchie has enough "no more fucks to give" to pull that off.

[scottcald]

3 minutes ago, Disturber said:

He looked really old and frail. And honestly, he did not play that well. But he's 80 years old, has arthritis, ocular migraines etc., and he has suffered a heart attack. It was clear this was unrehearsed. It's a bit sad that people recorded this with their phones. They should just have stayed in the moment and let this be a tale of legends.

Still, it was heart warming to see Ritchie, Roger, Ian P and Ian G on stage together again. Just as old friends. It felt more like a private moment than a show for the audience.

My first concert was Rainbow, Straight Between the Eyes tour 1982. It was Richie, Glover, Joe Lynn Turner, Don Airey and Bobby Rondinelli in the band then. Great show. One for the books. 

I also saw Deep Purple in 1985. Blackfoot was the support band.

We all grow old. But wearing your white socks up over your sweat pants, that is a tough one. 😅 Only Ritchie has enough "no more fucks to give" to pull that off.

I had no idea of Ritchie's medical struggles. Makes sense now when I saw him on one of these videos and thought he'd gained a fair amount of weight. His guitar was up and down in volume and yes, his playing wasn't the ripping Blackmore, but it was good to see him with the other guys again.  If he has arthritis etc, makes sense as to why it wasn't Highway Star. 

[Steve Haynie]

 

[Disturber]

1 hour ago, Steve Haynie said:

 

Thanks for posting. Much better than the clip I found this morning. Better sound too. Touching.

[Spinaltap]

Ritchie, one of my guitar hero's.  Only got to see him 1x on the perfect strangers tour, but boy did he blow me away.

Special moment, thanks for sharing the clip

[Steve Haynie]

Notice that he kept is his guitar pick.  

[LucSulla]

Given Blackmore's legendary ego, I think it's awesome he got up there. He seemed to be quite aware that he wasn't going to blow anyone away. Good on him to give Ian GIllan a call and just getting up there, and good on Ian for making it happen. I'm not even a huge Deep Purple fan, but they are one of the Big Three of heavy music to me. That's a helluva legacy. 

I guess what I'm saying is that most of us picked up an instrument joined an ensemble of some type because it's fun to make a thing with friends, especially when it turns out that thing is really good. Good reminder that most of the "bullshit" that gets between us over the years really isn't all that important in most cases and that it's kind of dumb going to grave never trying to get a little bit of that original joy back if it's just a phone call away. 

And I think one of the benefits of being our age on this board is that we can watch that and get it, whereas when I was 20, I probably wouldn't have.

Now I should probably go give my Mom a phone call, haha. 

[Dave Scepter]

11 minutes ago, LucSulla said:

Now I should probably go give my Mom a phone call, haha. 

Do it ❤️

[Saul Goodman]

Richie looks bored.

[Jakeboy]

He cannot play his Smoke solo anymore….as a huge DP fan of the Ritchie era, this saddens me. Ian Gillian din’t sound good either and he got lost in the song at one point. Glad they buried the hatchet on a personal level, but the performance was hard to watch. 
I’ll listen to Made in Japan or Perfect Strangers tonight..,and all will be well.

[cmatthes]

11 hours ago, Jakeboy said:

He cannot play his Smoke solo anymore….as a huge DP fan of the Ritchie era, this saddens me. Ian Gillian din’t sound good either and he got lost in the song at one point. Glad they buried the hatchet on a personal level, but the performance was hard to watch. 
I’ll listen to Made in Japan or Perfect Strangers tonight..,and all will be well.

What I didn't like about the Steve Morse era (I saw DP a few times with him in the lead guitar slot) is that Steve wouldn't play - of all things - the "Smoke on the Water" intro chords properly.  I know he did that intentionally, but for some reason, I always felt that you'd want to nail a song that iconic the way it had been done originally.  I am in no way implying that Steve couldn't play the part correctly, as he'd run circles around 99.9% of the guitarists out there, but his CHOOSING to play it his way to create distinction was maybe unnecessary?

It was great to see those clips - thanks for posting!

[Saul Goodman]

I was going into the 6th grade when, Live in Japan, came out. What a game changer it was for me. Believe it or not, I never learned, "Smoke on the Water." But, within a few years I quit with the organ lessons and started guitar pretty much because of Richie Blackmore. If I had known about Lord and the B3 I may have kept playing the organ but it didn't just seem as cool. Plus my Kimball didn't get that sound. Sad to see Richie (and so many others) getting old and not doing so well. It's quite painful in fact. They were our childhood idols. We wanted to be them. Now their time is up. But, they did it. I never will and it's probably for the best. I'm sure I would have been in the 27 year club. Or I'd be like a few friends who thought they were going to make it. Poured their soul into bands in the Hair Days. One did tour Europe for a few years. Now those guys are maintenance workers at a strip mall and depressed mowing down the Marlborough reds.

Jeez, I must have not gotten enough REM last night. I'm feeling off.