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Title: Jon Lord dead @ 71
Post by: Geezer on July 16, 2012, 06:44:09 pm

http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2012/07/jon_lord_deep_purple_organist.html (http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2012/07/jon_lord_deep_purple_organist.html)

Always loved the big, throaty tone Jon got.

All the heros of our youth are dropping off fairly quickly.......

Title: Re: Jon Lord dead @ 71
Post by: Ritchie200 on July 16, 2012, 06:52:57 pm

Oh man......

Title: Re: Jon Lord dead @ 71
Post by: DummyLoad on July 16, 2012, 07:49:24 pm

R.I.P. mr lord.  :-(

Title: Re: Jon Lord dead @ 71
Post by: sluckey on July 16, 2012, 09:13:56 pm

Back in the day, after hearing his intro to Lazy, I bought every album they made, just waiting to hear his next Lazy intro. Man, what a musician! Just listen to the different intros...

Deep Purple "Lazy" (Live - 1972) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1SYPGaK7_o#)
Deep Purple - Lazy (Made In Japan) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1e1NTEJefw#)
Deep Purple's Lazy (Live in 1999) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTkKD8BNZgo#)
Lazy - Deep Purple Montreux 2006 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5zHmO0zTV8#)
Deep Purple - Lazy - Live At Montreux 2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz7VOB3AGEI#ws)

And don't forget Child in Time!

Child In Time - Deep Purple (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OorZcOzNcgE#)
Jon Lord, Trondheim 2010 - Child in Time (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdS26y-7eW0#ws)

We'll miss you Jon.

Title: Re: Jon Lord dead @ 71
Post by: bigsbybender on July 18, 2012, 10:40:20 am

 :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad: He was perhaps my biggest influence, as all I get is keyboarding gigs lately. I demand to use my Hammond. Everything else is a toy. I have Jon to thank for that.