Deep Purple Live At Montreux 2006

2013, A titan among rock bands, Deep Purple will always be closely associated with Montreux and were the number one choice to close the 40th Festival in 2006. They responded with a fantastic performance, their set blending classic Purple numbers such as ,,Strange Kind Of Woman", ,,Highway Star", ,,Black Night" and, of course, ,,Smoke On The Water", with more recent compositions and not a little improvisation. As the replacement for Jon Lord, who departed the group in 2002, Don Airey has proved a perfect fit for Deep Purple, his classical education enabling him to throw in as many Mozart references as his predecessor (who sadly died in July 2012). The Airey-Gillan-Glover-Morse-Paice line-up has recorded two studio albums, BABANAS (2003) and RAPTURE OF THE DEEP (2006), the latter including ,,Wrong Man", ,,Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" and the title track, all present in this wonderful Montreux document.