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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With a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lion cub on her lap, Sheila Carter (vocals/organ) is shown with four of her companions who make up their group, 'Episode Six' - Roger David (left - vocals and bass) and then (from right to left) John Kerrison (drums); Tony Lander (vocals and lead vocal) and Graham Ross (vocals and guitar) The other male member of the band is, partially hidden on the extreme left, Ian Gillan, (who went on to be the front man for Deep Purple in 1969)
Posted: 17th, July 2012 | In: Celebrities Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
