bytor(115) | hi guys
just heard jon lord died today . aged 71. one of the best keyboard players ever . well miss you so much. 
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PT5150(6281) | Rip Jon.
EDDIE’S fingers aren’t fingers they are muscle-powered pistons that hammer guitar strings to the fretboard with the force of a rivet gun”.
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steecoe(1984) | Damn, that sucks. RIP You will be missed.
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cabosanlucas139(1017) | Saw Jon Lord a few times in the early 80′s with Whitesnake. RIP Jon
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Decatone(1438) | I grew up on Purple mk2, feels kind of weird like I’ve lost an old school mate, played a big part of my music life He was the energy and power in Purple not Blackmore, time to crank made in japan in the headphones RIP Mr. Lord King of the heavy rock Hammond.
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mrmojohalen(6389) | tone1963:
That Sucks! RIP
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When you turn on your stereo, does it return the favor?
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ron(11513) | http://www.facebook.com/madanthonyscafe/posts/409054262463336 Mad Anthony’s Cafe
July 17, 2012 I am deeply saddened to hear of Jon Lord’s passing. Growing up listening to music, Jon Lord and Deep Purple had one of the biggest influences on me both vocally and musically. The first Deep Purple album I listened to was “In Rock”. The keyboards TOTALLY blew me away, and continued to do so on every one of their albums there after!! A huge piece of rock history for me is now gone. R.I.P. Jon. You were the best. My condolences go out to your family.
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SCOOBIE(713) | Amazing keyboard player, I can still see the Hamond B3 organ rocking in the background on burn  Deep Purple , one the most underrated bands of all time , but the Mach II line up should go down in rock history as one of the greatest bands of all time. RIP Jon Lord, band up in heaven just scored a great player 
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videoman320(308) | One of the best pieces I have read about Jon was by Lars on the Metallica site.
A Master Passes
July 16, 2012 Ever since my father took me to see them in 1973 in Copenhagen, at the impressionable age of 9, Deep Purple has been the most constant, continuous and inspiring musical presence in my life. They have meant more to me than any other band in existence, and have had an enormous part in shaping who I am. So obviously I’m beyond bummed, saddened and devastated by today’s news of the untimely passing of keyboardist Jon Lord. We can all be guilty of lightly throwing adjectives like “unique,” “one-of-a-kind” and “pioneering” around when we want to describe our heroes and the people who’ve moved us, but there are no more fitting words than those right now and there simply was no musician like Jon Lord in the history of hard rock. Nobody. Period. There was nobody that played like him. There was nobody that sounded like him. There was nobody that wrote like him. There was nobody that looked like him. There was nobody more articulate, gentlemanly, warm, or fucking cooler that ever played keyboards or got anywhere near a keyboard. What he did was all his own. Including obviously his unique sound. Whatever it was he did with that Hammond organ, the way the Leslie distorted what he was playing and pushed it to some unheard of place, the way he attacked it while he was throwing it around, and whatever the fuck else it was that was going down between Jon and “The Beast”, as he called his organ, it was unlike anything before, during or after. That simple. Deep Purple of course was also an entity all their own, always unpredictable, often impulsive, never repetitive and most of the time, other worldly. I had the good fortune of seeing them three times in Copenhagen between ’73 and ’75, numerous times again on the reunion runs in ’85 and ’87. We even played a couple of gigs in Germany with them in the summer of ’87 and needless to say, every time was an experience that had a major impact on me. Seeing Jon on stage right playing the riffs, the colorings, the textures, the next level solos, intros, outros, blues bits, classical pieces and whatever else came into his head each night AND on top of that keeping up with Ritchie Blackmore song after song, night after night, was the sign of the master of his craft . . . the most accomplished, original and unique hard rock keyboardist that ever walked this planet. In 1992 when we played Munich on the Black Album tour, Jon Lord and lead singer, Ian Gillan came down to the show and stood in the snake pit the whole time. I was in heaven. Performing in front of members of the band that had meant more to me than anything in my life was a dream come true. And when I got a signed note after the show that they had had to leave and get back to their milk and cookies and be ready for the recording sessions the next day, I was simply beyond psyched. My hero(es) in the fuckin snake pit.!!!!! “Look Mom, on top of the fuckin world!!” ….Full circle for the impressionable 9 year old from KB Hallen in Copenhagen in February ’73. Rest in peace Jon and THANK YOU for everything, Lars Its a travesty that man and Purple are not in what I refer to as the rock and roll hall of shame. With all the one hit wonders and bubble gum artists and bands that are in there its really sad That Purple and a few others are not.
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sweden(398) | One of my biggest heroes. A titan amongst legends and he will be missed but at least we still have his music.
Deep Purple is one of the best if not the best band in the world
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fleetwoodgak(435) | Oh my gosh, I had no idea until I popped on here to our site today.
One of the best ever, without a doubt. as someone mentioned above, and I’ve said before…I have such a vivid memory of the first of many times I saw him play (Perfect Stranger Tour)
Absolutely blew me away; rocking the keyboard back and forth & watching the Wulitzer(sp)/Hammond (?) paddle fans spin like crazy….. Will be missed
RIP
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Mark(175) | Listening to Made in Japan right now…RIP Jon.
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