Today in Rock History, August 1st, Jerry Garcia, Tommy Bolin, Def Leppard, Bob Seger & AC/DC

August 1, 2022 – We started doing our “Today In Rock History” on July 4th, 2022 and this is easily the date, so far, with the most birthdays. The ‘born today’ group includes, Paddy Moloney of the Chieftains, Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead, also bass wiz Prakash John, The […]

Today In Rock Music, July 16, Harry Chapin, Jon Lord, Stewart Copeland

July 16, 2022 – It was a big day in Rock and Roll. Stewart Copeland of the Police was born on this day but we also lost some heavy hitters including Styx drummer John Panozzo, Deep Purple’s Keyboardist Jon Lord and singer songwriter Harry Chapin. Check out the video for […]

Iron Maiden, Deep Purple Producer Martin Birch Dead at 71

Producer Martin Birch Has died. Quite a resume, Fleetwood Mac, Deep Purple, Wishbone Ash, Rainbow, Whitesnake, Black Sabbath, Blue Öyster Cult and, Iron Maiden. HELP SUPPORT ROCK HISTORY MUSIC..CHECK OUT OUR STORE FOR T-SHIRTS, MUGS ETC https://teespring.com/stores/rock-history-music-store?page=1 OUR NEW INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT https://www.instagram.com/rockhistorymusic/ We have 4 active YouTube Channels featuring John […]

Deep Purple Set For U S “Long Goodbye” Tour Via 33 Dates

Deep Purple Set For U.S. “Long Goodbye” Tour Via 33 Dates May 6, 2019 – The “Long Goodbye Tour” started in May, 2017 now the band will return to the US and there’s plenty of Dates plus special VIP packages to get closer to the band. It kicks off on […]

Ian Gillan Says It’s Too Late For Deep Purple Ritchie Blackmore Reunion

Deep Purple’s Ian Gillan Puts Final Nail In Hopes Of Ritchie Blackmore Reunion Deep Purple’s lead singer Ian Gillan was interviewed by Italy’s Radio Rock FM 106.6 where he talked about the chance or no chance of Ritchie Blackmore rejoining the group for one show, one song or anything. He […]

Ritchie Blackmore Spills On Steve Morse & Joe Satriani

Ritchie Blackmore Shares What He Doesn’t Like About Joe Satriani The ex-Deep Purple guitarist shared some thoughts on the Ritchie Blackmore Channel on YouTube, about his successors in Deep Purple – Joe Satriani and Steve Morse. “Joe Satriani is a brilliant player, but I never see him really searching for […]

Deep Purple & Judas Priest Set For Summer Co Headline Tour Plus We look at Other 2018 Rock Pairings

Deep Purple & Judas Priest Set For Summer Co-Headline Tour Tickets for this North American tour go on sale this Friday April 27th at LiveNation.com but since Citi is the official pre-sale credit card their offering pre-sale tomorrow Tuesday the 24th. The tour kick off August 21 in Cincinnati, OH […]

Ritchie Blackmore Is Ready To Rejoin Deep Purple in 2018

Is it possible? Could Ritchie Blackmore actually rejoin Deep Purple? According to his wife he is ready. Watch the video for more info. John Beaudin has been in major market radio (Edmonton, Vancouver & Calgary) for 33 years and a music journalist since 1989. He graduated from Broadcasting school as […]