Once the ink has dried on the official history of Deep Purple, Steve Morse’s name will be right there as the band’s longest-serving guitarist. There must have been times when that seemed unlikely.

It all began when Chris Curtis, the former drummer/singer with Merseybeat band The Searchers, approached London businessman Tony Edwards in the spring of 1967 and told him, “You could be the next ...

British rocker Jon Lord, former keyboardist for the band Deep Purple, died Monday. He was 71 years old. A statement on Lord's official website says the Leicester, England-born musician suffered a ...

Slash, Ewan MacGregor and more stars of music and entertainment have paid their respects to Deep Purple keyboard player Jon Lord, who died yesterday (16 July, 2012). Lord died from a fatal pulmonary ...

Jon Lord, the keyboardist, organist and composer best known as a key founding member of heavy metal forefathers Deep Purple, died on Monday in London after suffering from pancreatic cancer. He was 71.

Whenever I relive my childhood and the times I spent with my father in his pickup truck and all the times I heard the overplayed 'Smoke On The Water'; I will always remember Deep Purple. Little did I ...