The original voice for Jesus Christ Superstar also rested on the Black Sabbath.
And now he’s in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Deep Purple was very cool, cool enough to indirectly make Andrew Lloyd Webber almost cool.
Hush, you say?
He only did a few takes but that was all it took.
This interval is the flatted 5th …
The flatted fifth in Medieval Alchemy is the quinta essentia, creating freedom and paths into new life.
The dreaded tritone, Diabolus in Musica, was once banned by the church.
Rock critic Lester Bangs called Black Sabbath the John Milton of Rock n Roll.
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First a little history, Deep Purple formed in Hertford, England, in 1968.
Tommy Bolin replaced Blackmore in 1975.
Gillan pulled out of Deep Purple in June 1973.
Barry Dennen sang Pilate.
John Gustafson of Roxy Music, Mike dAbo of Manfred Mann and Lesley Duncan also had parts.
Gillan himself didnt spend that much time on the project.
Gillan also talks about loving Robert Mitchums song The Ballad of Thunder Road.
The classic film actor did country and apparently didnt suck, interesting interview.
Gillan toldmyglobalmindthat he was offered the film but I turned it down.
I never did the stage performance because quite frankly I am a musician.
I have never had any interest in acting at all.
I am not an actor I am a musician.
I never liked the idea of being in one place for weeks and weeks maybe months on end.
The BBC initially bannedJesus Christ Superstaron the grounds of being sacrilegious, but it obviously rose again.
The Rock and Rock Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony airs on HBO on April 30th.
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