Friday On My Mind 72: RIP Jon Lord. Hush
Posted in Events dear boy. Events, Music, 1960s, Friday On My Mind at 12:00 on 20 July 2012
Sad news about Jon Lord.
I confess I wasnât much into Deep Purple but I did first hear them in the 60s when they released the Joe South song Hush, which while not a hit in the UK reached no. 4 in the US.
I also remember Emmaretta as a single and of course Black Night and Strange Kind of Woman made the top ten in the early 70s.
Their album title The Book of Taliesyn always intrigued me but I itâs not one I remember ever hearing. Deep Purple In Rock however was unavoidable. If you didnât have it yourself someone in your group of friends would. Speed King and Child in Time were especially well regarded.
I hadnât remembered Hush as having so much of Lordâs organ playing in it. But it does so it seemed appropriate.
Deep Purple: Hush
Jonathan Douglas Lord:- 9/6/1941 â 16/7/2012. So it goes.