Deep Purple Goes To War
It must've been a slow week over at the Grapevine for the Fairfield County Business Journal. They had two references to rock bands in the same column! Oh, if you guys are reading this, that's fine by me.Deep Purple, the British rock band with managers at Thames Talent Ltd. in Westport, has announced that, no, it has no intention of canceling its performance scheduled for Thursday, July 28 just outside Beirut at the Baalbeck Music Festival. Whether there will be a Baalbeck Music Festival as of July 28 is another story.
According to the band's website, the show is actually Thursday, the 27th.
With all of the coverage the news networks are pouring into the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict in Lebanon (what happened to Iraq? Dare I even ask about Afghanistan?), I'm surprised we haven't heard anything about this. If the show goes on, Deep Purple might finally become a household name again (albeit for 15 minutes).
Deep Purple has been given the proverbial shaft by classic rock and AOR radio since 1987's The House of Blue Light. The band, which has made a couple lineup changes (Steve Morse took over for Blackmore and Jon Lord retired giving Don Airey a chance to fill his keyboard) has continued on anyway. I confess, I haven't heard any of their new material. Since classic rock stations are loathe to play new music by even classic rock artists, except for the most faithful of fans, who has?
Should the show go on, an appropriate song for Deep Purple to play would be "Under The Gun" from Perfect Strangers. That's a song that should resonate with the crowd.
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2 Comments:
Deep Purple and blueberry ale. Shades of violet week to be sure. I know, that's a reach. I heard Humanitarian aid is arriving in Beirut in limited quantities, Condi's there too. Whirled peas all the way around.
Smoke On The Water, too, may be all too appropriate.
I'm gonna file a concert in a war zone under the "Act of Desperation" heading.
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