The final concert of the South American tour in October was in Quito, Ecuador, in front of an ecstatic audience and the next morning, as we were waiting to board the plane home, an earthquake struck. Apparently, it was only a four point something on the Richter scale but still, as the building began to rattle and shake there were a few moments when everyone looked startled.
In this era of downloading music, one element is often overlooked – the cover art. This has the possibility of conveying so much about the music therein, not always an easy task. Without the luxury of space that vinyl provided (provides), the CD format has obvious dimensional limitations. But these limitations can also be seen as a discipline within which to work, a different way of thinking about how to achieve a visually evocative image.
Let me get one thing straight before I start unfolding this tale of a day in our life on the road. I love Poland. This story is in no way a dig at Poland, days like this happen all over the world, fortunately not too often. This one just happens to be in Poland. I love the people mostly because they are so resilient in the face of hardship – and they have endured much.
Old News. There’s a good oxymoron for you.
As I may be under the impression that you may be in any doubt about hearing a rumour somewhere dotted around this here Internet, notwithstanding that I also read about it dotted around this aforesaid Internet, but in case you don’t know by now, I have an album (an old-fashioned name for a CD) coming out this month on Edel, called IF LIFE WAS EASY.
Circumstances. You can’t smell them, touch or see them, but we all have them. We sink or swim with them. Mine have been rather chaotic of late; the recent Deep Purple Mediterranean Tour not-so-neatly coincided with family commitments and I found myself in somewhat of a quandary – should I stay or should I go? My girlfriend Myriam was about to give birth to our second child and I needed to be there.