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December 3, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Blackmore’s Night: Here We Come A-Caroling (ep)

Blackmore’s Night Here We Come A-Caroling (ep) EARMUSIC Well, tis the season eh – and nothing, believe me, nothing says Christmas Music quite like a brand new EP of grotesquely earnest carols done in a renaissance fair style by the former lead guitarist of Deep Purple and his cosplay wife. Where once Ritchie Blackmore spat […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Blackmore's Night, Blackmore’s Night: Here We Come A-Caroling (ep), Candice Night, Christmas Music, EP, Here We Come A-Caroling, Here We Come A-Caroling (ep), Ritchie Blackmore, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 22 – Screaming Lord Sutch, “Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends”

Screaming Lord Sutch, Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends, 1970 I first learned about Screaming Lord Sutch because I was, at one point, so obsessed with the band Deep Purple that I found this tape called Rock Profile Vol. 1 which showed off some of the early session work by guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. It also featured […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged "Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends”, 1970, Crap Albums I Love, Deep Purple, England, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, Led Zeppelin, Lord Sutch, Nicky Hopkins, Noel Redding, Ritchie Blackmore, Rock Profile, Rock Profile Vol. 1, Screaming Lord Sutch, Shit That's Good, Shit That's Good - Crap Albums I Love, Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 22, Shit That’s Good! Crap Albums I Love # 22 – Screaming Lord Sutch, UK, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Deep Purple, Famous Person, Good Morning, Ian Gillan, Interview, Poem, Poem: When I Met Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, TV, When I Met Ian Gillan ·

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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, […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blackmore's Night, Blackmore's Night: From Spinal Tap to A Mighty Wind in One Career, Candice Nght, Deep Purple, Rainbow, Renaissance Folk, Ritchie Blackmore, Rock Profile ·

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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 […]
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