Cheap Trick as a support act , i couldnt believe my eyes and ears.Apparently the State of Illinois has an Official Cheap Trick Day - April 1st , i for one believe it.Only halfway into their set did it sink in this was no imitation band.Very stylish rockers from the old school.
The beauty of Deep Purple is they have stuck to what they do best , they have become the best blues band on the circuit with an added rock bass.
Here is an example of where they originally came from and what they have gone back to:
Ian Gillan disappeared several times backstage , like a diabetic constantly needing a leak.His vocal performance and pitch were dead-on.
The generic outcrops of Deep Purple , namely Whitesnake used to skip the songs and go straight into the nauseating solos.The band now have cut this to a minimum , acceptable long intros would be a more accurate description.
The good thing about Deep Purple is they do not try to the repertoire they could only do several decades back.Instead they do a classic blues and rock show with a crisp freshness with subtle touches of the progressive rock they were masters of in the seventies.
The orchestra was an odd touch , it was like the law of the jungle on stage as the band gave no leeway or quarter to the orchestra who had to carve out a sound for themselves if and when they could.Some would say that is the best and only way to listen to an Orchestra these days.
Here is another example of their current brilliant blues rock style:
And just to show they have still got it here is an example of their ability to mix progressive rock with a blues foundation:
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