GARTH!

Garth on piracy. The legend speaks.

Questions that come with answers Answers to almost any question. Not everything answered, we're just mean that way. Think of it as random curmudgeonliness. Cornucopic abundance is here!
February 2012

DFs available here-ish
DF 53 A Cosmic Fart January 2012
Welcome to the New Year


Rhino Poo Alert

RTL (a large TV station) announced the start of the sale for the Deep Purple tour in autumn 2012 in Germany. The message said that this will be the last tour of DP in Germany and therefore the last chance to see them live. what a shock! Is that true??? Is that an official/confirmed statement?

Yawning response from ig: "I must say that is an impressive heap of rhino poo!"


Out of my Mind & Holy Water
Both 'WhoCares' wordogs. Cornucopia. Ian on (eventually, probably, who knows) everything - the complete lyrics, in good time.
Holy Water

Out of my Mind


Coffee Kiev
Some things in life should just be simpler

lyrics

Deep Purple, Ian Gillan, Gillan, Gillan Glover....

Yes, all of them but the usual proviso of 'in due course' applies, of course. Such is the speed of this 'information age' that we could all know everything immediately but where would the fun be in that?

These don't replace the Wordographies, which also continue apace.

Perfect Strangers

'One Eye To Morocco' - the lyrics

Caramba takes the greatest of pleasure in unveiling the complete lyrics for all editions of 'One Eye To Morocco'.

These don't in any way replace the Wordographies, as these are winging their way to your screen at a speed significantly slower than the speed of light.

Go to 'The Complete Lyrics'.


     Another, even bigger fan writes

Biographies

These biographies may be used by journalists.
This has been updated to include edel's latest biog.
This way for.... biographies.



Deep Purple's official store. Click above.

Deep Purple's official website. Click above.


On sending things in to be signed:

A number of people have over time sent unsolicited stuff into either Ian's or DP's management to be signed and returned. Such things can so easily get mislaid or just simply lost in a very busy organisation, which can be very upsetting for those who have sent their items in. Please don't do this as no-one wants to feel responsible for having lost what can be, for the owner, very precious items. Thanks. Steve/ED.



Click on the image above to access all the releases previously on this page. Go on, do it....

Can't be bothered to use the drop down menus above or the text menus below? Use the search engine, it doesn't bite very often. Mind you, if I could give it teeth I would.

Now, who was it who asked the poor old search engine this question: "could you sing burn". Search engines cannot sing. Take a moment and reflect.

And now......"can you sing in far away places". This search engine still cannot sing. This is clearly a failure in some people's evolution........

At least the latter was asking about the search engine's capability whilst the former, clearly somewhere further down the evolutionary ladder, assumed the capability was there...... ed.

Caramba in translation

Caramba is gradually being translated....

   
           
   

Ian Paice, Roger Glover & IG in November at The Roundhouse, London, when they received the Classic Rock award for Innovation.

Click the pic to see big.

Ian Gillan: the only pleasure I get from the lyrics is the pleasure of writing them.

Interview with Ian by 'Let The Music Do The Talking'. Many thanks to Nicolas Dupuy. Visit the interview by clicking on the logo to your left. (That way not this way.....).

Click above image for WhoCares video & info.

Chopin - 'The Polish Years'

Has won an award:
'The Best Document', TourFilm Brazil,
Florianopolis 2011

IG has been on location in Poland filming his contribution as presenter and narrator for a documentary with the working title 'Chopin - The Polish Years'. The film deals with Fryderyk Chopin's early life and influences. Here are a couple of candid shots from the first day.

'Chopin's Story'
          - How to order the DVD

Marcin Rybacki has asked us to publish details as to how to order the wonderful Chopin DVD. Please go and click HERE. It's a MUST HAVE .

Now available to anyone, anywhere using PayPal at: Rockserwis.pl

Review of Chopin DVD
by Marcin Rybacki - HERE

Marcin interviews Jerzy Szkamruk (Director). Click.........HERE!

Review of Chopin DVD
by Marcin Rybacki - HERE



Facebook page -

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Also, for the Polish readers amongst us *:

* Ian speaks in English, mind you.





Rockpages.gr interview with Ian

"There is nothing in the world that can prepare you for an interview with Ian Gillan! The British singer can’t stop surprising you, even if the topic is WhoCares the fund raising project he is handling the vocals, while Tony Iommi, Jon Lord, Nicko McBrain and Jason Newsted fill the rest of the spots. Our talk went beyond the music, and ended up in a rather impressive, and up to date approach about the political situation in Greece, for which the singer seemed completely informed.

Interview by Yiannis Dolas"

Go to the Rockpages.gr interview - HERE

(pdf)

new

Deep Purple in Russia - news links

Rock meets Classic 2011

Following last year's enormous success of Rock meets Classic 2010 with Ian Gillan and the Brucknerorchester of Linz, Rock meets Classic 2011 hits the stage.

Further information: Rock Meets Classic

Article: ausflugstipps.at.
An English translation of which appears HERE.

A link for an interview Ian did with an Austrian newspaper about Rock Meets Classic - HERE

...and a transcript in English is HERE.

Interview Archives ... and other things

A collection of various interview links which have appeared on this page. So, in the usual Caramba way of doing things, it's this way for the ...
Interview Archive-orama

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