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January 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: When I Met Ian Gillan

The first really famous person I met – at least as far as I can remember – was Ian Gillan from the band Deep Purple. I was super exited, too, I loved Deep Purple (still do). Great band. Great singer. And it seemed kinda odd, kinda brilliant to be meeting him on the set of […]

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November 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Feature: What’s The Buzz With Guitar Solos?

I’m usually on RNZ once a month to have a chat about some new albums. But now and then I present features on the show too. Last year I had nearly an hour to explore the music of George Harrison. I followed that up with a chat about Ringo Starr and played some of his best Beatles drum bits […]

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November 25, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Blackmore’s Night: From Spinal Tap to A Mighty Wind in One Career

Right, I’m a big fan of Deep Purple, as I must have mentioned more than once. I have interviewed both the drummer (Ian Paice) and main lead singer (Ian Gillan) and they were great interviews. I never got the chance to interview Ritchie Blackmore, but one of my favourite cassette tapes when I was 14-15, […]

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October 17, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Deep Purple: Graz 1975

Deep Purple Graz 1975 earMUSIC I owned half of this concert on a shitty bootleg tape – and it was one of the most exciting musical experiences for me in those formative years, the yelp on Mistreated, the guitar playing throughout, an explosive – extraordinary – version of Burn (I’d yet to hear the studio […]