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Posted in music on July 16, 2012
Born in Leicester, Lord learned classical piano at an early age before being seduced by watching early rock 'n' roll star Jerry Lee Lewis and jazz organist Jimmy Smith.R.I.P. Deep Purple founding member and keyboardist Jon Lord, who lost his battle with pancreatic cancer today (7/16) at age 71. Lord's Hammond organ stylings were intrinsic to Deep Purple's sound, but were influential beyond the hard rock/heavy metal world (The Charlatans' hit "The Only One I Know" was almost a rewrite of Deep Purple's "Hush"). He also co wrote many of the band's best-known songs, including "Smoke on the Water," "Strange Kind of Woman," and "Black Night." Jon, here's hoping you have access to a perfectly maintained Leslie cabinet wherever you are now.He could have chosen a career as an actor after receiving a drama school scholarship, but started playing in pub bands including short-lived outfits with future Rolling Stones star Ronnie Wood and his brother Art.
He also worked as a session musician and is thought to have played piano on The Kinks' hit You Really Got Me.
After meeting guitarist Ritchie Blackmore through another project, the first incarnation of Deep Purple was born.
Lord's classical influence surfaced when Lord composed Concerto for Group and Orchestra, which the band performed with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall in 1969.
But the group refined their heavy rock sound and found mass success at the start of the 1970s with albums including Deep Purple in Rock and Machine Head.
In their classic years, the band also included Blackmore, singer Ian Gillan, drummer Ian Paice and bassist Roger Glover.
Lord continued to compose classical works alongside the group's output and, when they split in 1976, he joined other groups Whitesnake and Paice, Ashton and Lord. [BBC]
A few Deep Purple classics via YouTube are below.
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Deep Purple - "Hush" live on Playboy After Dark
Deep Purple - "Smoke on the Water"
Deep Purple - "Black Night"
Deep Purple - Lazy live in 1972
Deep Purple - "Strange Kind of Woman"
Deep Purple - "Speed King"
Deep Purple - "Burn" live in California 1973
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A toast to a master artisan of the Hammond Organ! Will be sorely missed.
Posted by Anonymous | July 16, 2012 4:55 PM
R.I.P. Jon Lord... Lord of the Ringing Hammond.
Posted by Anonymous | July 16, 2012 5:02 PM
Why didn't Dave Hill write this obituary?
Posted by Anonymous | July 16, 2012 5:21 PM
We salute you !! One of the forefathers of Metal he'd make that keyboard sound just as hard as any guitar .. RIP JON LORD!!!!
Posted by Anonymous | July 16, 2012 6:04 PM
RIP JL
Posted by The Fartist | July 16, 2012 6:09 PM
sad news
Posted by Anonymous | July 16, 2012 6:11 PM
Rip
Posted by Anonymous | July 16, 2012 7:32 PM
Deep Purple owns
Posted by The Fartist | July 16, 2012 8:38 PM
Check out Deep Purple on Classic Albums (it's on Netflix). Great stuff.
Posted by Anonymous | July 16, 2012 8:53 PM
Fuckin hell!!!!!
This saddens me beyond belief!!!!!
Posted by Jim | July 16, 2012 9:15 PM
RIP OG sausage
Posted by Anonymous | July 16, 2012 10:14 PM
The guy who commented above (10:14) should have his face smashed in with a pipe
Posted by Jim | July 16, 2012 10:48 PM
You betta close your eyes
AAAAHHHHHHHOOOOOOO hohoho
and bow your head
wait for the ricochet
Posted by Anonymous | July 16, 2012 10:49 PM
RIP my Idol
Posted by Vietnam Travel | July 16, 2012 11:37 PM
10:48 PM Has that special sense of seriousness reserved for St. Vitus.
Definitely not Spinal Tap.
RIP Jon Lord
Posted by Anonymous | July 16, 2012 11:50 PM
John Lord is going to the St. Vitus in the sky
Posted by Anonymous | July 16, 2012 11:51 PM
^ he will clean his pipes via the divine glory hole.
Posted by Anonymous | July 16, 2012 11:58 PM
Whereas if Dan Deacon or Bradford Cox died? Yeah, I thought so.
BTW, Deep Purple was classic rock 'n roll.
RIP Jon. This sucks.
Posted by Anonymous | July 17, 2012 9:08 AM
^ this assclown is fixated on Bradford Cox. We all know why ... he just likes everything cox, cocks, likes cocks ... get it? yup, assclown can't get enough cocks. oh, i know that's right!
Posted by Anonymous | July 17, 2012 9:26 AM
Jon Lord, Kitty Wells, Bob Babbitt
There's your 3 for 16 July 2012
Bad day for music
Posted by Anonymous | July 17, 2012 9:45 AM
Organ solo on "Highway Star". DUDE. End of story.
As well as a class act in interviews.
RIP.
Posted by Anonymous | July 17, 2012 10:15 AM
Settle down little one and show respect 926. Highway Star and Hush own you.
Posted by Anonymous | July 17, 2012 11:38 AM
The guy who commented above (10:14) should have his face smashed in with a pipe
Posted by Jim | July 16, 2012 10:48 PM
i agree ,, I wish i had some of these idiots IP/addresses like the hummus/sausage guys really disrespectful ...
Posted by Anonymous | July 17, 2012 2:11 PM
Cox Cocks COCKS yup yup YUP!
fixated
Posted by Anonymous | July 17, 2012 2:23 PM
^ Sorry to hear about your unhealthy obsession, but this is not the time nor the place for such nonsense here.
RIP Jon. Hell of a good run, man.
Posted by Anonymous | July 17, 2012 4:12 PM
^ STFU you obsessed poser sausage. You brought your vile obsession into this arena, you have yourself to blame for all reactions. You disrespectful poser pseudo sausage!
Posted by Anonymous | July 17, 2012 4:31 PM
so tired of faggot hipster jokes , you are nothing but consuming little fucks ,, trolling a board because someone died ..
Posted by Anonymous | July 17, 2012 6:19 PM
don't start something you're not prepared to finish
just sayin'
Posted by Anonymous | July 17, 2012 6:41 PM
don't finish something you're not prepared to start
don't start something you're not prepared to start
don't finish something you're not prepared to finish
don't prepare something you're not finished to start
don't finish something you're not started to prepare
Posted by Anonymous | July 17, 2012 7:00 PM
Why lkkmotor so cheaper than any other seller?I bought one complete
Posted by Motorcycle parts | July 17, 2012 9:27 PM
I love it when hipsters expose their racism. Lucky for yous your behind a computer screen anonymous. Enjoy your privlieges
Posted by Clever | September 30, 2012 5:55 AM