Deep Purple Debut Tour

Deep Purple Debut Tour
Deep Purple Debut Tour
Tour by Deep Purple
Start date April 1968
End date May 1968
Legs 1
Shows 8
Deep Purple tour chronology
Deep Purple Debut Tour Shades of Deep Purple Tour

Deep Purple Debut Tour is the first tour by British hard rock band Deep Purple which took place in Europe, specifically in Scandinavian countries.[1] At that time, the band was not popular in Europe. They recorded a studio album in July, just after completion of this tour.[2]

Contents

Pre-History

Deep Purple had undergone several lineup changes before this tour. In 1967, former Searchers drummer Chris Curtis contacted London businessman Tony Edwards in the hope that he would manage a new group he was putting together, to be called Roundabout: so-called because the members would get on and off the band, like a musical roundabout. Impressed with the plan, Edwards agreed to finance the venture with two business partners: John Coletta and Ron Hire (Hire-Edwards-Coletta - HEC Enterprises).

The first recruit was the classically-trained Hammond organ player Jon Lord, who had most notably played with The Artwoods (led by Art Wood, brother of future Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, and featuring Keef Hartley). He was followed by session guitarist Ritchie Blackmore who was persuaded to return from Hamburg to audition for the new group. Curtis soon dropped out, but HEC Enterprises, as well as Lord and Blackmore, were keen to carry on.

For the bass guitar, Lord suggested his old friend Nick Simper, with whom he had played in a band called The Flower Pot Men and their Garden (formerly known as The Ivy League) back in 1967. Simper's claims to fame (apart from Purple) were that he had been in Johnny Kidd & The Pirates and had been in the car crash that killed Kidd. He was also in Screaming Lord Sutch's The Savages, where he played with Blackmore.

The line-up was completed by singer Rod Evans and drummer Ian Paice from The Maze. After a brief tour of Denmark in the spring of 1968, Blackmore suggested a new name: Deep Purple, which was his grandmother's favourite song.[2]

Tour set list

  1. "Hush"
  2. "And The Address"
  3. "Hey Joe"
  4. "Love Help Me"
  5. "Help"
  6. "Mandrake Root"
  7. "Prelude: Happiness/I'm So Glad"
  8. "One More Rainy Day"

Tour dates

Day/Month/Year/Venue/City/Country

  • 20/04/1968 - Vestpoppen, Taastrup, Denmark
  • ??/05/1968 - Unknown locations, ??, ??

External links

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Deep Purple European Tour — Tour by Deep Purple Start date July 1969 End date July 1970 Legs 11 Shows 127 …   Wikipedia

  • Deep Purple 2009 Tour — Tour by Deep Purple Start date February 18, 2009 End date December 18, 2009 Deep Purple tour chronology …   Wikipedia

  • Deep Purple discography — Deep Purple discography Releases ↙Studio albums 18 ↙Live albums 34+ …   Wikipedia

  • Deep Purple: The Songs That Built Rock Tour — Official tour banner Concert tour by Deep Purple Location …   Wikipedia

  • Deep Purple (album) — Deep Purple Studio album by Deep Purple Released 21 June 1969 (US) November 1969 (UK) Recorded …   Wikipedia

  • Deep Purple 40 Years Anniversary Tour — Tour by Deep Purple Start date September 8 2008 End date November 18, 2008 Legs 2 Shows 28 …   Wikipedia

  • Deep Purple Secret Mexican Tour — Tour by Deep Purple Legs 2 Shows 3 Deep Purple Secret Mexican Tour was a small warm up tour of British Hard Rock band Deep Purple with new guitarist Steve Morse and consisted of two shows in …   Wikipedia

  • Deep Purple Secret USA Tour — Tour by Deep Purple Legs 2 Shows 3 Deep Purple Secret USA Tour was a small warm up tour of British hard rock band Deep Purple with new guitarist Steve Morse and included only 2 shows in the USA …   Wikipedia

  • Deep Purple in Rock — Studio album by Deep Purple Released 3 June 1970 …   Wikipedia

  • Deep Purple in Concert — Live album by Deep Purple Released December, 1980 (UK) June, 1982 (US) …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”