Yeh I like CTTB too don't get me wrong but the tour they did was dogged by poor performances by him...The james gang stuff is cool though

I have never heard about Ritchie being drunk on stage !! On the Tommy Bolin front, the drugs must of affected his playing, when youlook at some ot the footage of him with Purple on stage he plays really awful and he just couldn't cope playing Ritchies style of playing in songs like Highway Star etc !! Shame really as he was a talent sometimes.

Rock'n'Roll..Zep

are you a violin player in the orchestra ??

Although I am not religious or spiritual, I had a dream about my late dad this morning where he was standing straight up and I said to him are you out of pain now where you are ? he said yes and I hugged him, I then woke up and felt good about that

Yeh I should of said the MKII linup were a drinking band !!

Hi Ady cheers for link, its great

Extreme followed by Paul Gilbert a few days later

He was principle Flute for over 30 years up untill 1988 and yes the coucil should be shot !!

Agreet the Bic is just a sports hall and you know how it sounds in those place . Yes my Dad was a member of the BSO

Not that I know of !! I think that Purple called themselves a drinking band !

For me its When the Levee Breaks, just sounds so sleazy..The whole song and vocals is very carnal...Epic

Fabulous, I saw them in the 90's and the oo,s ...What a travesty that the Winter gardens has gone !!!! My old Dad played there hundreds of times !!!

Wow is that really you Roy, love Whatever happened to Jugular ...welcome aboard

Came across this for us guitarists ! http://http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Studio/9021/

I have hundreds of Stubs in frames around my house, so i will nor piss everyone off posting them all, would take a week Here is two... Wet day, some bad bands on the bill, but Purple were magnificent, Blackmore came on in wellies and is my 2nd fave gig of all time !!! Hot weather, crap support again but it was Freddies last gig and that makes this a good one to have gone too A few more Zep related ticket stubs on my signature below

Its such a shame he has turned his back on his rock roots, His Child in Time solo was ahead of its time, one of the most amazing solo's put to record yet I saw footage of Bkackmore's Night doing it and it had lost all its soul, it was like listening to a (almost but not) caracature version of it . If the man is happy though then you cannot fault him...but come back Ritchie !!!

I think Blackers wanted to go down the more commercial route, so shorter songs were the order of the day as he liked melody and wanted hit singles. Agree with Hughes wanting to go on the funkier route, got to love the funky riff of You Fool No One and wished Blackmore did more !

My son and his gf friend moved in for a while today

Does anyone know where I can get a trnscription of Fanfare for the common man keyboard part as would like to transcribe it for guitar, or at least attempt it

Watched the homecoming of the Great Briton squad from China, saw them being interviewed and felt happy for them and also made me want to play and get better at guitar !! They put so much effort into what they do, I admire that and it inspires me to get better as musician.

I don't have one in the pipeline at the moment, but my wish list for the next year is AC/DC, VAN HALEN and any Zep related gigs

I saw him in concert supporting deep purple about 4 years ago and I have to say he was really realy good and would see him again in concert

Yes he left them to create music and new it would be good..thanks Ahmet, also I think Peter Grant should also be hailed as an inovator in rock management. So much so i believe that they have an annual PG award at the music mangement awards !