For other people named Jon Lord, see Jon Lord (disambiguation).
Jon Lord
Lord in 1976
Background information
Birth name
John Douglas Lord
Born
(1941-06-09)9 June 1941 Leicester, England
Died
16 July 2012(2012-07-16) (aged 71) London, England
Genres
Rock
hard rock
heavy metal
blues rock
progressive rock
classical
jazz
jazz fusion
Occupation(s)
Musician
composer
Instrument(s)
Keyboards
Years active
1960–2012
Labels
Purple
EMI
Harvest
Formerly of
Deep Purple
Whitesnake
Paice Ashton Lord
The Artwoods
The Flower Pot Men
Musical artist
John Douglas Lord (9 June 1941 – 16 July 2012)[1] was an English keyboardist and composer. In 1968, Lord co-founded the hard rock band Deep Purple, and he became regarded as its leader in the early years. Lord performed on most of the band's most popular songs; he and drummer Ian Paice were the only continuous members in the band between 1968 and 1976, and also from when it was re-established in 1984 until Lord's retirement in 2002. He also spent time in the bands Whitesnake, Paice Ashton Lord, the Artwoods, the Flower Pot Men and Santa Barbara Machine Head.
Lord became known for his pioneering work in fusing rock with classical or baroque forms, especially with Deep Purple. His distinctive organ playing during Deep Purple's hard rock period was essential to the band's signature heavy sound and contributed to the early development of heavy metal. On 11 November 2010, he was inducted as an Honorary Fellow of Stevenson College in Edinburgh, Scotland. On 15 July 2011, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree at De Montfort Hall by the University of Leicester. Lord was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on 8 April 2016 as a member of Deep Purple.[2]
^"FreeBMD Entry Info". 2.freebmd.org.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
^"Deep Purple Rocks Hall of Fame With Hits-Filled Set" Archived 6 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 13 April 2016
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Paice Ashton Lord was a short-lived British rock band featuring Deep Purple band members Ian Paice and JonLord with singer Tony Ashton. The band was formed...
Whitesnake (also featuring JonLord and David Coverdale, both of Deep Purple), and Paice Ashton Lord (also featuring JonLord). He also played drums backing...
Deep Purple-related projects (Rainbow, Paice Ashton Lord, Whitesnake, Roger Glover, and JonLord), but also encompassed Wayne County & the Electric Chairs...
American guitarist Tommy Bolin (of Billy Cobham and The James Gang fame). As JonLord put it, "David Coverdale came up to me and said, 'Please keep the band...
the idea sprang from talks he and JonLord had had about a possible Mark III reunion a few years earlier. After Lord's death in 2012, Coverdale discussed...
Hall, London, in September 1969. It consists of a concerto composed by JonLord, with lyrics written by Ian Gillan. This is the first full length album...
their debut EP Snakebite. By August, Solley had also been replaced by JonLord, Coverdale's former bandmate in Deep Purple, in time for the recording...
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keyboardist in the rock band Deep Purple since 2002, after the retirement of JonLord. He has had a long and productive career, playing with such acts as Gary...
several inserts of classical music arranged by the band's keyboard player JonLord. Deep Purple's American record label aimed for a hippie audience, which...
JonLord and Ian Paice, decided their future lay in hard rock, rather than the psychedelic pop sound of the early band. In June 1969, Blackmore, Lord...
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