Jon Lord RIP

rednik · 16-07-2012 6:04pm #1

Just heard the sad news that Jon Lord has passed away. An absolute gentleman and a great keyboardist, he will be sadly missed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72jJh_e6eeg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeFhfbsq43U

Lawrence1895 · 16-07-2012 6:19pm

R.I.P. Jon. One of the greatest keyboarders ever. He will surely be missed.

Grid. · 16-07-2012 6:20pm

I'm shocked, didn't know he was of poor health:eek:.....excellent musician..will be sadly missed, R.I.P John.:(

Nailz · 16-07-2012 6:20pm

Oh no, devastated if true, I loved DP and he was one of the best keyboard players in rock, incorporating excellent musical elements to rock in the same vein as his progressive counterparts in the 70's. I loved his music and this is a great shame, could've had many more years ahead of him at 71.

Can you post up a link to this, I can't seem to find anything through Google as of yet anyway.

rednik · 16-07-2012 6:24pm

Heard it on Planet Rock who are playing Purple tracks at the moment and have just announced a Jon Lord special from 7 -8 this evening

Grid he has been battling the big C for a while.

http://www.noisecreep.com/2012/02/29/jon-lord-cancer/

Jemmaa · 16-07-2012 6:24pm

Nailz wrote: »

Oh no, devastated if true, I loved DP and he was one of the best keyboard players in rock, incorporating excellent musical elements to rock in the same vein as his progressive counterparts in the 70's. I loved his music and this is a great shame, could've had many more years ahead of him at 71.

Can you post up a link to this, I can't seem to find anything through Google as of yet anyway.

http://jonlord.org/

-( i )- Wicker · 16-07-2012 6:33pm

Very upsetting

Such a huge talent, and a major contributor to the genre

RayCon · 16-07-2012 6:46pm

Read a while ago he was battling cancer ... terrible shame. RIP

Somnus · 16-07-2012 6:53pm

A huge shame. I didn't know he was ill either. He was a fantastic musician and the keyboard player in my own band was massively influenced by his style, he'll be pretty upset to hear of this.

RIP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfAWReBmxEs

flyswatter · 16-07-2012 6:56pm

Apparently he had cancer but died of a pulmonary embolism.

mike65 · 16-07-2012 7:11pm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/jul/16/deep-purple-jon-lord-dies

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/jul/16/jon-lord

My favourite keyboard player bar none. Terribly sad even though it's not a surprise, I saw him in a profile of the noted writer John Mortimer (Rumpole of the Bailey etc) on BBC4 last year and even in that (filmed in 2008) he came across so well as the noisy neighbour!

Here's something from his post Purple solo career

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi7JYTjd624

Jon Lord final Deep Purple moment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_p2AG5BFZA

MetalDog · 16-07-2012 7:33pm

RIP, Sad to hear this, I knew he had cancer. Poor guy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sGy_-p_sVE

old gregg · 16-07-2012 8:01pm

Gutted. The first band I fell in love with was Deep Purple when I was 10 and so much of that for me was Jon Lord.

blastman · 16-07-2012 8:22pm

Very sad news indeed. I was lucky enough to see him with Purple once. He'll be missed.

RIP

Riddle101 · 16-07-2012 8:28pm

RIP

excollier · 16-07-2012 9:40pm

Very saddened by this news, we will miss you Jon.

LH Pathe · 16-07-2012 11:16pm

virtuoso on the keys but made it fun, cool and not self indulgent n drawn out!

RIP. Good innings, but a great legacy.

ozzy jr · 17-07-2012 12:02am

Seen him perform his Concerto in the National Concert Hall in Dublin on the 40th anniversary of the first show. He came across as a gentleman that night.

He'll be sorely missed. Rip.