Hello Roger! I have been a big fan since I “discovered” Deep Purple as a teenager in 1977. My favorites are still In Rock and Machine Head. My question is regarding a bass you used with Rainbow. It was a Hondo Longhorn bass and I was wondering on which recordings did you use this bass on? Also, do you happen to have a photo of you playing this bass that you can post on the website?
Dear Roger,
thxs for your previous answer on ‘weiss heim’…….i was watching Rainbow’s ‘Finyl vinyl’ video today and wondered where the videos for ‘i surrender’, ‘death alley driver’ and ‘can’t happen here’ and ‘can;t let you go’ were filmed…..seemed like the first three were done in the same place.
Thxs
Peter
A goodly number of years ago, a well known accoustic artist was talking about his life playing to all sorts of audiences, large and small. (Akthough large in his case would be nowhere near the turn out you guys get.) He mentioned some of the other acts he’d sat through while waiting for his spot.
Not to put too fine a point to it, it must have been midblowingly awful, especially when the guy that introduced him said he remembered one of his previous gigs and how grim it had been.
Hi Roger
Its that damn bloke who wrote the Rainbow biography here…(many thanks for your kind words and time after the NEC show too…) Hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I did writing it.
Glad to see you’re considering a book too; if you need any help sometime let me know! 🙂
However, on to a question; Are you one of those musicians (who invariably seem to be bassists for some reason) who collects all the various ‘paraphernalia’ through the years ; the tour posters, stage passes, gig lists, stage clothes, etc.?
Dear Roger…
I have an interview on tape with you and Joe Lynn Turner from about 1982 (yes, going way back shall we), and you stated, when the question “What type of exercise do you get on the road,” that the exercise can be mental as well as physical. Dearest Rog, would you care to elaborate on that answer a little.