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Does Anyone Know This Bit of Purple Trivia?
This was an interview with Jimi Jamison -former lead singer of Survivor? He deserves a spot on the DP family tree !!
Please reveal an interesting fact about yourself that perhaps even your fans aren’t aware of! ”I was once gonna join Deep Purple,” he laughs. ”I was actually in Deep Purple for a week back in early 1990 in which we also wrote a song. But my record company at the time, Scotti Bros. brought me into their offices and said, ‘Hey, don’t even think about it!’ And so with Scotti Bros. kinda being like an Italian-type label at the time famous for breaking people’s legs I decided to call Ritchie Blackmore! So, I called Ritchie and his manager and told them I couldn’t do it.”
So why were they so adamant that you couldn’t join Purple? ”I had just finished my solo album and they had invested their money in it and so that’s why they didn’t want me to do the Deep Purple thing. So yeah, I was in Purple for a week and it broke my heart when I had to leave.”
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10/4/2007, 23:35
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I'm not familiar with his work but let's face it, he couldn't be any worse than JLT 
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11/4/2007, 0:26
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I'm not familiar with his work but let's face it, he couldn't be any worse than JLT
Or any better. JLT did a great job on S&M.
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11/4/2007, 7:22
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Morsecode
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I'm not familiar with his work but let's face it, he couldn't be any worse than JLT
I believe he is of the 'Eye of the Tiger' fame.
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11/4/2007, 11:33
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I'm not familiar with his work but let's face it, he couldn't be any worse than JLT
Or any better. JLT did a great job on S&M.
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11/4/2007, 11:34
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I'm not familiar with his work but let's face it, he couldn't be any worse than JLT
Oh yes you are! Ever watched "Baywatch"? He sings the credits song "I'm always here"...
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11/4/2007, 11:55
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It makes you wonder what disasterous road RB was attempting to take DP down - AOR schmoltz.
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11/4/2007, 12:01
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I'm not familiar with his work but let's face it, he couldn't be any worse than JLT
I believe he is of the 'Eye of the Tiger' fame.
Nope, that was Dave Bickler. Jimi Jamison replaced Bickler in Survivor and is a much better singer, IMO.
Gillan had a Survivor connection too, didn't he? (One for the trivia freaks)
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Al Erikson
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A wonderful videoclip, Jon, Ritchie and Roger in swimming suits on the beach, in slow motion. Candice in the background with a red bikini. Just add Tommy Lee on the drums instead of Ian Paice (on Pamela's request)... and David Hasselhof on backing vocals.
That makes criticisms to mkVIII relative.
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I have a Jon Lord interview from 1989/1990 (Aussie FM) where he talks highly about this guy. As someone mentioned could NOT have been worse than JLT.
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Morsecode wrote:
This was an interview with Jimi Jamison -former lead singer of Survivor? He deserves a spot on the DP family tree !!
Please reveal an interesting fact about yourself that perhaps even your fans aren’t aware of! ”I was once gonna join Deep Purple,” he laughs. ”I was actually in Deep Purple for a week back in early 1990 in which we also wrote a song. But my record company at the time, Scotti Bros. brought me into their offices and said, ‘Hey, don’t even think about it!’ And so with Scotti Bros. kinda being like an Italian-type label at the time famous for breaking people’s legs I decided to call Ritchie Blackmore! So, I called Ritchie and his manager and told them I couldn’t do it.”
So why were they so adamant that you couldn’t join Purple? ”I had just finished my solo album and they had invested their money in it and so that’s why they didn’t want me to do the Deep Purple thing. So yeah, I was in Purple for a week and it broke my heart when I had to leave.”
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