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Jon Lord from Deep Purple Died Today

He died of Pancreatic cancer. He was 71.
RIP
DS

Sad news. R.I.P.

We saw Deep Purple a few years ago in Prague. For me it was the last of many times. Glad I got the chance to enjoy their music again.

your avatar is so fking gay

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Lord co-founded Deep Purple in 1968 and co-wrote many of the group's songs including Smoke On The Water. He also played with bands including Whitesnake.

He had been receiving treatment for pancreatic cancer since last August.

He died at the London Clinic on Monday, surrounded by family, a statement said. "Jon passes from Darkness to Light," it added.

Lord was influenced by classical, blues and jazz but played his Hammond organ with a rock attitude and helped Deep Purple become pioneers of progressive and heavy rock.

Tributes have been paid by musicians including one-time Deep Purple bandmate Joe Satriani, Iron Maiden and Anthrax.

Ex-Rage Against the Machine star Tom Morello wrote on Twitter: "RIP the great Jon Lord, Deep Purple's cornerstone/keyboardist. So many great great songs and that incredible SOUND of his! Thankyou."

Former Yes keyboard player Rick Wakeman was a friend and said he was "a great fan".

Lord's Concerto for Group and Orchestra was performed at the Royal Albert Hall in 1969
"We were going to write and record an album before he become ill," he said. "His contribution to music and to classic rock was immeasurable and I will miss him terribly."

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.

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.

Lord continued to compose classical works after leaving the group in 2002
Deep Purple reformed in 1984 and resumed at the height of their commercial prowess, playing to tens of thousands of fans around the world.

They sold a total of 150 million albums and Lord remained an ever-present amid numerous line-up changes until he left in 2002.

Still composing, he had signed to a classical music label and performed a concert to mark the 30th anniversary of Concerto for Group and Orchestra.

"Thirty years later the piece came back and changed my life again... It gave me the courage to step outside and carve a career for myself outside the band," he told an interviewer.

He broke the news of his cancer diagnosis on his website last year, telling fans he would continue to write music as part of his therapy.

Lord composed some of the early great classic heavy metal rock songs:

And of course this classic gem:

RIP Jon Lord... :(

ADG

Perfect Strangers was a good one when I was a youngster.

R.I.P

OMFG, may he rest in peace.
A big loss

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Originally Posted by AsianDivaGirlsWebDude (Post 19063033)

Lord composed some of the early great classic heavy metal rock songs:

And of course this classic gem:

RIP Jon Lord... :(

ADG

Thx for this post .

So much great memoories ... and so much I just can`t get to remember ...

RiP Jon Lord. From a longtime fan of the Purple.

And a great intro from Jon Lord himself on this one...

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Originally Posted by 2intense (Post 19062809)

your avatar is so fking gay

thx very much
ds

A very sad day for the music world ... Motown studio Bassist Bob Babbitt died today as well ..

:(

RIP Jon and Bob

A shame,R.I.P. Jon :(

Rest in peace!

Again, pancreatic cancer... :|

RIP! :(
I love Deep Purple!

Damn cancer man.
RIP Jon

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Originally Posted by 2intense (Post 19062809)

your avatar is so fking gay

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

RIP old man

I am really getting old - 1 by 1 all my heroes are gone.
R.I.P. Jon

Damn cancer, RIP Jon. :(

R.I.P. Jon

Deep Purple - the legend of rock

:( what a terrible disease. RIP

I saw them live around 2000-1 if I recall well with Ian Gillan as lead singer. Great performance, RIP

Now him and Zappa can have a good laugh about the incident in Montreux.

R.I.P Jon Lord, hope the bury him with the Hammond... or better yet, put him in a boat with one and set it afire for a Viking hero's funeral.

Great artist. RIP :(

I think that was one of my very first album (got it as Xmas gift when I was around 8)

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ZTInxdsRKg...chine+Head.jpg

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Originally Posted by Far-L (Post 19064827)

what he said..

(a viking chief funeral is burning the ship (on land), together with his horses, his slaves, his mistresses and lots of drinks and food; all in weeks long festivity).

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Originally Posted by JP-pornshooter (Post 19065275)

what he said..

(a viking chief funeral is burning the ship (on land), together with his horses, his slaves, his mistresses and lots of drinks and food; all in weeks long festivity).

In his case it would be all his favorite groupies, his Rolls, and his manager...

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Originally Posted by Far-L (Post 19065908)

In his case it would be all his favorite groupies, his Rolls, and his manager...

that would be a great story..

btw it was rumored that the mistresses were given stimulants and would then have sex with all the men. then butchered and then burned.
crazy to think this was only 1000 years ago.