Coming on October 21st is Deep Purple’s latest live DVD and Blu-ray concert collection, called Live In Verona. The summer 2011 show was filmed in the Arena di Verona -- a Roman amphitheater originally built in 30 AD -- and features the band joined by Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt for the performance. The disc includes such Deep Purple favorites as “Smoke On The Water,” “Lazy,” “Strange Kind Of Woman,” “Perfect Strangers,” “Highway Star,” “Woman From Tokyo,” “Hush,” and “Black Night” -- all performed with the backing of the symphony orchestra. Frontman Ian Gillan told us that the current lineup is one of the best, because the members all trust each other: Well, its like any group of people, really. I think you function much better when you trust people and when youve got a sort of relationship where you can develop ideas within a framework. When we go to the studio now its just pure joy. Gillan told us that at this point its a band of brothers on the road -- rather than bandmates: If you could be a fly on the wall in the dressing room or on the tour bus or in the hotel bar youd see a bunch of people that dont even talk about music when were offstage or out of the studio. Theres a lot of banter that goes on and I think that creates a good atmosphere. Its good for the soul. The current lineup of Deep Purple is: Ian Gillian on vocals, Roger Glover on bass, Ian Paice on drums, Steve Morse on guitar, and Don Airey on keyboards. SIDE NOTES In 2013 Deep Purple released Now What?! -- its first new studio album since 2005. Bob Ezrin, who is best known for his work with Pink Floyd (The Wall, Momentary Lapse Of Reason, and The Division Bell), Peter Gabriel (Peter Gabriel), Kiss (Destroyer, Music From The Elder), Aerosmith (Get Your Wings), Lou Reed (Berlin), and Alice Cooper (Schools Out, Billion Dollar Babies, Welcome To My Nightmare), among others, was behind the boards for the new set.
Posted on: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 13:28:49 +0000
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