Re: A first - Organ louder than Guitar

[David Jacques <djacques@post.cis.smu.edu>]

Let me get this right...  You could not hear Richie Blackmore? Don't tell 
him, he will kill the sound engineer!  I am an old Deep Purple fan from 
way back, and I can't imagine Richie playing without Jon Lord... Like 
that new guitar player that Deep Purple has... Give me a break!

 

On Mon, 3 Mar 1997, David Farrell wrote:

> 
> 
> Last night I went to see "Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow" at a bar near here.
> Rainbow being the band the legendary guitarist formed after leaving Deep
> Purple.
> 
> Much to my surprise, the keyboardist's XB2/142 rang loud and clear the whole
> concert, while I often had difficulty hearing the guitar.  This was not due
> to my positioning - I was in front of the guitar stacks, on the opposite side
> of the stage from the Leslie.
> 
> The organ sounded awesome on the old Deep Purple standards that they played.
> Being that Blackmore is known for his outstanding lead work, but not much for
> accompaniment, I suppose he's happy to let the keyboard player do a lot of
> the work.
> 
> But still, it's the first time I've seen a rock concert where the organ blew
> away the guitarist (in volume, not talent).
>