Turning to Crime Deep Purple -does this concept work?
By my reckoning, Turning to Crime marks Deep Purple’s 23rd studio album. It is also the eighth album of what has become known as the Steve Morse era. The album…
Ritchie Blackmore – the Man In Black who Shone Light in my darkness
Ritchie Blackmore just turned 76. It doesn’t feel right writing that. Heroes are larger than life. They’re not meant to grow old. Blackmore has always been my hero. Well at…
Eddie Van Halen, dead but his music will live on
The first time I heard Eddie Van Halen, I thought it was a joke. My best friend at the time played me Eruption. I couldn’t believe my ears. It didn’t…
Music, Memories, Madness, Magic and Mayhem
“There is always music,” a friend reminded me this week. No matter what. There Is Always Music Without it, life would be desolate, cold and so much more confronting than…
The Deep Purple songs that kept me alive
I’ve just about completed my book tentatively titled Postcards from Hell, Snapshots From a Purple Mind. It’s no epic and is probably self indulgent but its been cathartic for me.…
Just For the Fun of it
Around the time of the second Iraq War, I started jamming on a Sunday afternoon with a local Ararat musician, Darren Sherwell. It started out as a bit of fun.…
Moved to tears by my first Floorgasm
From a very early age I have been in love with music. That love grew and materialized in an ongoing affair for the past 40 years. In that time I…
Top 10 Songs By The Sweet
The Sweet were the first band that I really ever followed and I kind of accidentally got there. My brother was a big fan of Fox on the Run and…
My reaction to the film Bohemian Rhapsody
When I see a film I usually respond to it on nothing other than a superficial level. Most films keep me entertained for the hundred or so minutes that they…
Heaven and Hell, Darkness and Light & The Search For Truth.
In my much younger years I was a frustrated wannabe guitar hero. I spent much of my time listening to and trying to emulate the greats of the time –…