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Hamilton rockers gaining buzz touring with Deep Purple

Tossing guitar whiz Steve Morse onto the smouldering embers of Deep Purple helped fuel a new era for the classic British rockers and kept them burning for nearly two decades.

Several songs from their concert a few days ago had already been posted on YouTube. Plus the set that they played Thursday night at the K-Rock Centre before 2,000 fans was virtually the same one that they did last year on their Live At Montreux DVD and CD with an orchestra.[...]

The ill-fated Columbia crew took a copy of Deep Purple’s Machine Head with them

Only in a band with Deep Purple’s history could guitarist Steve Morse somehow be considered “the new guy.”“We’ve actually played more gigs with me as the guitarist than any other guitarist,” said Morse, who joined in 1994 and this year will appear on his fifth studio album with the hard-rock pioneers.  The band’s month-long, 17-city tour of Canada hits the Ottawa Civic Centre tonight, and Morse ...

Deep Purple will make no album before its time. Good thing it’s finally about time.

Music Review: Deep Purple - Made In Japan Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2012 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 08:26 a.m., Wednesday, January 25, 2012 [...] released in the U.S. in April of 1973, it sold over one million copies and reached number six on the Billboard Pop Album Chart ...

Music Review: Deep Purple - Inglewood: Live In California Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2012 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 01:11 p.m., Friday, January 20, 2012 The original Deep Purple line-up included singer Rod Evans, bassist Nicky Simper, guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, keyboardist ...

Music Review: Deep Purple - Concerto For Group And Orchestra Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2012 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 10:36 a.m., Wednesday, January 18, 2012 Deep Purple released Concerto For Group And Orchestra in 1969 and it remains the most unusual album in its long history ...

Rockers Deep Purple have scrapped a gig in Newfoundland Canada The band was due to perform at the Pepsi Centre in Corner Brook on 3 February 12 but the show has now been cancelled No reason has been given for the axed gig but tickets will be ref...

Flying Colors, the new supergroup headed up by Mike Portnoy (ex-Dream Theater) and Steve Morse (Deep Purple) will release their self-titled debut album in March