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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Claude nobs | History Defined

‘It’s like having a button that makes the audience go nuts’: Deep Purple on Smoke on the Water

‘We went to see Frank Zappa at Montreux casino. But someone fired a flare gun into the ceiling and – whoosh! The whole building went up in flames’

The Guardian - UK

‘You get the sense that anything could happen’: Director Oliver Murray on the magic of Montreux Jazz Festival

‘You get the sense that anything could happen’: Director Oliver Murray on the magic of Montreux Jazz Festival

Exclusive: Director behind the three-part 2023 documentary explains what draws so many musicians to the legendary Swiss festival, as the 2024 edition gets underway this weekend

The Independent UK

Jethro Tull announce six-disc Bursting Out - The Inflated Edition

Jethro Tull announce six-disc Bursting Out - The Inflated Edition

Jethro Tull's three CD/three DVD reissue of Bursting Out will be released in June

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"At the end, Jimmy says to me: 'I want you in my band'. I say: 'But I've got a maths exam in the morning!'": Rick Wakeman, and the blues records that changed his life

It all started with a love of trad jazz and Etta James – plus a baptism of fire in an after-school session with R&B star Jimmy Thomas

“It was just another riff, like Into The Fire. We didn’t make a big deal out of it and it wasn’t being considered as a track for the album": Ian Gillan on the unlikely success story of writing and recording Deep Purple's Smoke On The Water

"The downdraft from the mountains caused the smoke to blow across Lake Geneva, like a film set or dry ice on a stage show. At this point, Roger wrote the words ‘smoke on the water’ on a napkin”

“They said, ‘We did a little thing for you, but we don’t know if it will make the album. I said, ‘You’re crazy – this is the single!’” the epic life of ‘Funky’ Claude Nobs, the man who inspired Deep Purple’s Smoke On The Water

Claude Nobs was the man who co-founded the Montreux Jazz Festival – and crossed paths with Led Zeppelin, Frank Zappa and Deep Purple

Smoke on the water, and music in the air: the magic of Montreux, Switzerland

The town’s fabled music festival is just one side of a place that is framed by natural beauty to hike through – and wine heritage you can savour

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TV tonight: Catherine Tate’s new comedy about a useless British royal

TV tonight: Catherine Tate’s new comedy about a useless British royal

Tate fans will love the celebrity cameos and chundering. Plus: things go badly for Detective Stocker in German noir Der Pass. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

‘Extraordinary story of legendary’ Montreux Jazz Festival to air on BBC

‘Extraordinary story of legendary’ Montreux Jazz Festival to air on BBC

Three-part docuseries, ‘They All Came Out To Montreux’, will tell the history of the famous jazz festival and its celebrated founder, Claude Nobs

The Independent UK

The making of Deep Purple's Machine Head: "Smoke On The Water only made it onto the album as filler"

The making of Deep Purple's Machine Head: "Smoke On The Water only made it onto the album as filler"

Let the members of Deep Purple MKII be your guide to the chaotic recording of Machine Head, an album that could have been very different to the one we know and love

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