You might know the song. Hush by Deep Purple was originally written by Joe South. Sadly the songwriter has gone south for good. He passed away at the age of 72. Hush was also covered many years later by Kula Shaker. Deep Purple recorded Hush twice with both Ian Gillan and Rod Evans. Other songs of […]
I never met Jon Lord, by the time I got into Deep Purple, the band was no longer together. He died just two months after my mom died from pancreatic cancer. Cancer was an afterthought in my life till it hit close to home. I always loved Jon’s jamming with Ritchie and how they tried […]
How did Deep Purple come up with the famous Smoke on the Water riff? Ritchie Blackmore comes clean and confesses he stolen the riff from Beethoven's 5th Symphony. He claims he loosely played Beethoven's 5th backward. The rest is history as Funky Claude was running in and out pulling kids out the ground, Deep Purple ran to the bank with their biggest hit ever. Poor Beethoven never saw a royalty check. Rock historians will point out that Smoke on the Water was based on Iggy Pop's Stooges song "Loose" and borrows many melodic elements from the song released two years earlier. You have to have a keen sense of musical hearing for that one.