End of an era
 

http://www.latimes.com/science/great...824-story.html

http://www.trbimg.com/img-55da2db4/t...23/750/750x422

This reminds me instantly of my "Deep Purple Live In California" (1974) dvd. By the way - a fantastic concert with a furious, almost insane Richie Blackmore, destroying a camera etc...

However, when the cameras pan to the huge crowd, you can see a Goodyear blimp several times in the sky.

My response was different, Richie's antics put me off Deep Purple completely.

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Yes - at a certain point he exaggerated his ego show. Anyway - the Californina concert was breathtaking, Richie was not the only musician on stage.

I saw them at the Kennedy Center for the 'Smoke on The Water' tour. My ears rang for days.

I was at that show. Lots of grubby hippies in the KC Opera House that night.;)

Fixed that for ya, Pat. ;)

Richie was so wasted at one show, he destroyed one of his his custom guitars instead of the smasher he had on stage for the finale.

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I am so lost. How did this thread go from a blimp retirement to Richie Blackmore in one post?

Either that's a record for threadjacking or you guys are playing on a different ball field than I am.

:confused: :o

Sorry, stuff happens.
There's an excellent site on lighter than air craft with interal pix of some of them and how they were operated at http://www.airships.net/ for those interested in this technology and it's history.

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