Purple @ The California Jam '74

This goes back wayyyyy back in my time … I bought this tape while I was still struggling with "Smoke On The Water" … ('course Im still struggling with it!). Immediately, I was taken by Purple's signature live sound … so raw, so heavy, so dramatic … God I wanted to play like The Black Baron right then!! And today Im watching it for the eleventy-eight millionth again on video. Every last goddamned minute of this epic is a lifetime of musical heaven!! Yessir … Ritchie Blackmore … still Number ONE in my book!! Haha, theyd love to hate him till the end of their existence and beyond … but I think they should watch this once …

Take it easy … one riff at a time …