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Post by Clive Shaw on Feb 21, 2007 14:34:54 GMT
That's actually 'The Outlaws' one of Joe Meeks creations (the drummer was Mike Underwood). Also of interest is that the other guitarist is Chas Hodges, from Chas and Dave, which must make this band one of the strangest pairings of all time. |
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Post by Peter Elliott on Feb 21, 2007 15:05:56 GMT
That's actually 'The Outlaws' one of Joe Meeks creations (the drummer was Mike Underwood). Also of interest is that the other guitarist is Chas Hodges, from Chas and Dave, which must make this band one of the strangest pairings of all time. I wouldnt say its a strange pairing myself... Mick Underwood went on to be a part of Episode Six... featuring Ian Gillan and Roger Glover and it was Underwood who also tipped Ritchie Blackmore off about Gillan being a potential replacement for Rod Evans in 1969. Underwood also played in a few heavy rock bands, most notably Gillan in the late 70s and early 80s. The last I heard of Underwood was a few years back playing in Quatermass II whose bassist was none other than Nick Simper... the original Deep Purple bassist! Chas Hodges meanwhile was a well respected musician who played with many bands before Chas and Dave and he and Blackmore teamed up again in 1970 for the "Green Bullfrog" album project. So Blackmore, Underwood and Hodges certainly stayed in touch beyond The Outlaws who disbanded in 1965. So theres quite a few connections between them all. |
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Post by John S Miller on Mar 12, 2007 0:08:19 GMT
Save for a couple of American TV clips theres nothing of the original 68-69 Rod Evans era line up on British TV. From 1970, theres Granada TVs "Doing Their Thing" a 25 minute show featuring a heavily edited live set. Then theres "South Bank Summer" featuring footage of them live at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Of course theres the TOTP "Black Night" - theres also a promo film the bands management made of that song. After that Deep Purple rarely ever appeared on British TV. Indeed the 1971 TOTP "Fireball" no longer exists but there are several stills as opposed to one of them performing that. Much of what exists comes from European TV... a handful of "Beat Club" from 69 to 71, live footage from Paris in late 1970, the Swedish TV live concert in black and white from 1972... most of it is now officially available. Like Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath they ended up avoiding TV as much as possible from 1971 onwards so sadly like those 2 other bands there isn't as much footage as there could had been. Just to add my bit - HUSH 1969 Playboy club (U.S. TV). The ITV David Frost performance doesn't appear to have been recorded. Footage of 'concerto for orchestra' 1969. LWT special; bands on the South bank 1970. Black night - promo film (used on 'rock and roll gretest years' VHS series). Black night - TOTP. I think this was reused on one of the later - 1973 TOTP retrospects. I recall the record ONLY from the 1973 rerelease; but not from its original Aug 70 release. DOIN' THEIR THING - (Granada 1970). Excellent surviving VT pop show of band live. Recent DVD I think which restored footage cut on the VHS release. Includes cuts from 'Deep Purple in Rock' such as 'Speed King' and the classic 'Child in time'. FIREBALL (1971) - Pity about the TOTP performance; though editions from Jan 70 to 74 were copied to film T/Rs and sent to British forces abroad. Its my favourite record by them. Theres the concert version from the time B + W VT - Don't know if this is Swedish TV. Also probably missing - friend recalled they appeared in a schools programme c. 1971 where a group of school boys met Deep Purple. If it was '20th Century focus' these all survive. NEVER BEFORE - promo 1972. This was probably the film they used on TOTP and is in ZDF archive on 'Disco 72'. MADE IN JAPAN 73. - Film of them performing I think 'Strange kind of woman'. I seem to think this was shown on OGWT. Fans may be interested there is film or a session by Blackmore replacement Tommy Bolin surviving on OGWT editions 1974 - 75 (check Whistle Test thread for details). I don't recall any TOTP for 'Burn' (1974) but material very likely appeared on OGWT. There may well be overlooked sources such as Thames 'Today' programme or other regional magazines. |
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Post by Gary Critcher on Mar 12, 2007 5:44:05 GMT
John, I've never heard of ANY sort of Made In Japan film clip. There wouldn't have been any TOTP appearances after 'Strange Kind Of Woman' (1971), as they never had any hit singles after that one! And I certainly don't recall any OGWT appearances either, at all, EVER!
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Post by Peter Elliott on Mar 12, 2007 11:01:49 GMT
There IS Japanese film footage of the Tommy Bolin version of Deep Purple. Its about half an hour long and features the infamous concert released on the "Last Concert In Japan" album. Makes for rather sad viewing.
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Post by John S Miller on Mar 21, 2007 23:46:30 GMT
John, I've never heard of ANY sort of Made In Japan film clip. There wouldn't have been any TOTP appearances after 'Strange Kind Of Woman' (1971), as they never had any hit singles after that one! And I certainly don't recall any OGWT appearances either, at all, EVER! I'm thinking of that track I think on some kind of film promo. Tommy Bolin appears solo on an edition of OGWT in the 1974 - 75 period. Can't confirm but they may have appeared on OGWT on film as described; no there was never a session of them but lots of groups appeared on live film or with films set to their music who weren't seen in session. |
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