Five members of Deep Purple and their top songs from the…
With millions of followers worldwide, Deep Purple is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential Hard Rock bands of all time. The television program “My Purple Rocks” featured interviews with current and former band members who shared their top Deep Purple songs along with an explanation of why.
“It does not seem smart, but I believe we have had the best of it when it comes to musical skill; at least it seems that way. I could not find any book that explained how to compete with Ritchie Blackmore on the Hammond organ. Consequently, we just made it up as we went.
“Hard Loving Man,” I truly enjoy this song. Since I was performing it on stage at the time. I find it rather amazing that I can be both angry and delighted at the same time. I was destroying the studio’s Hammond organ with the reverb unit since, at the time, it seemed like a smart idea.
When describing the album’s recording process, David Coverdale explained his decision to go with “Burn,” saying, “So Jon came down and we went out to the pub and had a load of scrumpy.” After we returned, he entered the crypt, and I trailed behind him. He began to play, and I began to sing to him. He was a beautifuly sensitive pianist. The musicians in Deep Purple were exquisitely sensitive. That passion for rock served as their unifying factor. However, Jon was an incredible instrumentalist when it came to inversions. It
