RIP Jon Lord – Deep Purple were better than Beethoven (photos)
RIP Jon Lord, the Leicester-born keyboard player with Deep Purple has died. He was 71. And with his passing goes a slice of your youth. Lord was the co-writer of the pop classic Smoke On The Water. He is another victim of cancer.
As Lord said in 1973: “We’re as valid as anything by Beethoven.”
He was being modest…
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FILE - In this file picture dated Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2004 British musician Jon Lord, plays piano during a test run for his concert in Cologne, western Germany. Deep Purple's Jon Lord, who has died aged 71, Monday, July 16, 2012. The Leicester-born keyboard player, who had pancreatic cancer, died in London today. (AP Poto/Hermann J. Knippertz,File)
Posted: 17th, July 2012 | In: Celebrities Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
