Squelch
Well-Known Member
I went to see Deep Purple - it was the Fireball promotion tour, so the Summer of '71. I was up at the concert hall bar with a mate getting a big round in when Ritchie Blackmore walked in ordered a coke and started chatting to us. The other people were starstruck and just gawping at us. We were chatting for about 5 minutes mainly about the new album and if he'd be playing some of our favourite tracks off 'In Rock' during the show. He drank his coke and headed back to the dressing room.
My mate was promoting bands (mainly underground or progressive) in a church hall in our home town at that time. So we got a couple of trays and took the round back to our tables and all our mates were jealous of us and firing questions at us. 'What did he say?' they asked, and half the room was listening in. My mate said 'He asked if Purple could play the church hall next week, and I told him to '@#!% off!''. Brought the house down.
By the way, Purple were brilliant that night - still one of my top concerts/gigs.
My mate was promoting bands (mainly underground or progressive) in a church hall in our home town at that time. So we got a couple of trays and took the round back to our tables and all our mates were jealous of us and firing questions at us. 'What did he say?' they asked, and half the room was listening in. My mate said 'He asked if Purple could play the church hall next week, and I told him to '@#!% off!''. Brought the house down.
By the way, Purple were brilliant that night - still one of my top concerts/gigs.
