Fact #162420
When:
Short story:
Deep Purple make their live debut at Tastrup, near Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe.Full article:
Jon Lord (keyboards, Deep Purple) : In 1967 I met Chris Curtis (the ex-Searchers drummer), who decided that he wanted to stop being a Merseybeat musician. He wanted to be part of the 'London scene'. At the time, I was playing in the backing band for the Flowerpot Men, as some sort of penance for all my earlier sins. Chris introduced me to Ritchie Blackmore and a rich businessman who wanted to invest in a pop band, and then he suddenly went a little bonkers and disappeared. So Chris was the catalyst - he wandered into my life, changed it, and wandered out again.
Meeting Ritchie was obviously the turning point in my life, and by the Spring of '68 we had a band together. The most satisfying moment in my career to date was probably the end of '69, when lan Gillan and Roger Glover joined the band. We realised within a few weeks that we had a super band and that we had something to say. It was a marvellous time, and it really was incredibly exciting. It was a wonderful time to be a musician, because there were no rules and there were a whole number of different bands making new kinds of music. That post-Beatles period was a very special time for musical creativity.
(Source : not known)
Tweet this Fact
Meeting Ritchie was obviously the turning point in my life, and by the Spring of '68 we had a band together. The most satisfying moment in my career to date was probably the end of '69, when lan Gillan and Roger Glover joined the band. We realised within a few weeks that we had a super band and that we had something to say. It was a marvellous time, and it really was incredibly exciting. It was a wonderful time to be a musician, because there were no rules and there were a whole number of different bands making new kinds of music. That post-Beatles period was a very special time for musical creativity.
(Source : not known)