Deep Purple's Jon Lord final performance with the band - a discussion piece. 

Jon Lord gets my vote for the classiest rock musician of all time.

I saw Deep Purple in the 80's. John Lord just blew everyone away. Greatest keyboard player I've ever seen. RIP.

The greatest keyboard player in the history of Rock...RIP Lord Purple is still in good hands with Don

RIP- Jon Lord. The greatest rock organist of all time.

Lord - Wakeman - Emerson, these people changed the rock in the 70's. Jon, thank you for your hammond magic.

In tears here. Surely the most down to earth man in rock. And boy, could he play.

I was on your performance in St.Petersburg and it was amazing. We are very miss you John. With great love from Russia.

That made me very sad. The music that these people make draws you in to the point that you feel like a friend almost,any body know what I mean? I cried as if I had just lost an actual family member.The music and the musicians abilities can be a very strong emotion and I'm thankful that I can feel it. God Bless you JL and thank you for the music that was left behind for us to cherish the rest of our lives.

*You were, are and always will be wonderful for all of us Jon! We miss you around here. The skies should be proud to have someone like you among them .. RIP dear Jon! Love you forever!*

so sad he had to leave us, but he is out of pain and still rockin' and composing beautifully in Heaven..God Bless You Mr.Lord..peace.

I miss Jon Lord. Thank you for all the great years with all the different members. You and the Hammond B3 will not be forgotten

Jon Lord R.I.P......... Fantastic keyboard player, inspiration to us all. Enjoyed your music to the full. Go ahead and play to the Angels.

Alot of the great ones are leaving us , and Jon Lord was a great one , thanks for the memories Jon

Thanks. So many many thanks. Rest in peace John, And rest assured that your musical legacy will be played forever here on earth.

Thru the music of Deep Purple...Jon Lord shall always live on!

Jon lord you're legend.. Deep purple amazing giant band..

A Class Act. We miss you Jon but your music will live on forever.

I am for ever in debt i will nevet be able to pay back for all the greatest music that you left i will always for ever love you RIP dearest jon

It's a sad day,we have lost another great musician.God bless you Jon.

My favourite band of all time.I`ve been following them since 1969 and thought that Jon Lord was an amazingly talented musician.His playing was inspirational to my generation of musicians but alas we will never hear him again only through the legacy of his numerous recordings. Life is so cruel and painful. I feel that an enormous chunk of my life has disappeared, never to be replaced.................. Kyrie eleison.RIP

so so sad that jon has gone i have listened to him since i was 8 years old 24 carat purple it was the first record i had herd got them all now,but i dont here them as much as i should deep purple in concert is my fave.....R.I.P jon we love you and best wishes to the people you left behind.

thank you mr. lord. you blew me away at my first ever concert in adelaide 84 and i will never forget. thank you again. rip

Tears here. Deep Purple was a big part of my life.

I'm so grateful to have come across DP in general, and Jon Lord in particular. What a legend, what a gentleman! Rest in peace!

Deep Purple lives on. I hear the opening to perfect strangers in my head every other day!

Great musician and a true gentleman. His talents will always be remembered. This man was a real musical force in every way imaginable. It's a fucking shame time takes all of us away. His sound will be missed.

I love Deep Purple,which means I love(d), Jon Lord. Thank you for posting his final piece.

Don Airey has always been a great auxilary keyboardist. Jon Lord's are some rather large shoes to fill. Jon's keyboard work is beyond legendary. He is a giant amongst many other great keyboardists. His work has always and will always be head and shoulders above just about everyone else, especially on Hammond B3 & C3. There are many great ones...but Jon was indeed truly Legendary. He will be missed. R.I.P., Maestro.

His solos were always EPIC...........(RIP).

Thanks John. Thanks. Where ever you are. When I go I´ll walk towards that Hammond sound ... And behold .. See you .. Hear you ..

I'm so glad I've seen DP 3 times, the best being at Knebworth with the Perfect Strangers tour.... RIP Jon

A legend in this own right!!!! Wot a guy!!! The best keyboard player in the world!!! R.I.P Jon. you will be mostly missed!!!!

Jon, you helped me drive my dad crazy when I got home from school.R.I.P.great high school memories.

Jon was the Lord of keyboard! RIP brother!

rip great man.thank you for many years of musical enjoyment,your always here in my (drum room)with my many lp's cassettes cd's dvd's and whatever they invent next i'll buy

A giant of a man and a fucking legend. RIP Jon Lord.

Jon is a genius and we all know! Thanks to him, and to all his music! He leaves the keyboards in good hands! Don is another great player and Deep Purple is one of the most important bands that wrote Rock and Roll history! Personally, my favorite band! We are waiting for a new album! Cheers from Curitiba-Brazil!

Made me choked up. You were and still are the best, Jon. R.I.P.

He took a Hammond Organ, A Leslie tone cabinet (8 Leslie tone cabinets) and created Heavy Metal keyboards. We miss you Jon, I enjoyed your life. Thank you.

Jon Lord "The Maestro of the Hammond Organ"

Another original trail blazer. Long live the spirit of Jon Lord.

The right way to leave a band! Even though he left the band for well over ten years ago, been dead for a few years and Don Airey is awesome.. I still wish to see him magicly arrive just like at this show. Just to hear the crowd go crazy and hear those perfect first notes... Whichever song it might be!

I had no idea Jon Lord had died. This is brand new news to me. And sad news. Very glad I got to see him rock his organ a couple of times (literally!, back and forth, as anyone here can probably imagine). Child In Time & those totally psych-you-out intros to Perfect Strangers & Knocking At Your Back Door are what I immediately remember when I think of seeing him live. Heart of the band indeed.

Он не переставал удивлять меня своим умением, талантом, скромностью, но жизнь всегда заканчивается, рождаясь вновь....

I have listen Deep Purple many decades but never been there concerts. Jon Lord the father of a band will never been forgotten. Music lives and let us enjoy and respect there music and him every time.

Jon Lord, you were a truly beautiful man, you are sorely missed, even by people of my own age of 16. RIP you legend.

En paz descanse Maestro de Maestros.Mis mas grandes respetos para usted Jon Lord.La musica ya lo extraña.Dios lo tenga en la Gloria.Hasta Siempre y gracias por tantos momentos de emocion.

Perfect strangers oh yeah, perfect gentleman

Just heard about his passing away. Having been a fan of Deep Purple and Jon Lords music since 1969, this is a very sad day. I remember being 12 years old in 1973 and sitting on stage in Vejlby Risskovhallen in Aarhus right below Jons Hammond and being scared of him hitting me with the keyboard while playing solos. He leaned forward several times and told me to relax " I`m not gonna hit you" he said. 2.000 false tickets were sold extra and threre was no room for all the people I ended up on stage

I love this band . .Jon Lord RIP , he was the king but thanks god Don Airey carried on

jon, you are still the best ever. Im your number one fan. . . we'll miss you. . B.Ventura, Laoag City, Philippines.

such a legend!!! the band would have never been the same without him.

Innovation was key. When thinking of Deep purple I always thought of his genius first. What a great band!!

what a wonderful man and amazing band x

I just now learned of Jon Lord's demise in 2012. I had forgotten how great a song "Hush," still is. What a great musician this man was. I regret losing track of his work after all this time.

Вечная память, МАЭСТРО!!!

He was the best and my favorite keyboardist of all time!

3:31 That is the moment which makes this band unique and so beloved all over the globe. Something very unique about Purple.

Jon Lord is with THE LORD now. RIP - brother

Miss that man so much. What a prodigious talent he was, and to find that kind of talent wrapped up in a package as humble and kind as Jon was is a rare, rare thing in this world. How blessed we are that we shared part of our timeline with him.

I really couldn't resist..until i cried..RIP Lord...Don Airey..carry on ...Deep Purple ...you are a legend

Not only an excellent musician but an extraordinary True English Gentleman . Dear Jon you will be deeply missed to all of us ,its a extremely sad day !

" no we are playing incontinent"....... thaaat is really funny. What a rock star, what a man.

I'm not crying you're crying... RIP Jon Lord

Wow, one year since Jon Lord, founding member of Deep Purple has gone. You are deeply missed sir. Thanks for the memories and all the great Deep Purple fans created out there. Thanks to all the fabulous musicians who have contributed over the years to the legacy of Deep Purple as the band that will always be remembered in rock and roll history.

Jon Lord was one of my all time Rock Heroes and he didn't have to get evil or dirty, he was the greatest.

Had a chance to meet Jon when he did a public talk at a local college music department a year before he died but I couldn’t get away from work. Regardless I feel I knew him as a “friend” (as many surely do) because his music has been there throughout my life. What a player what a person and what a band.

I'm one of your avid fans from the Philippines. We've missed you Jon Lord.

I was there! It truly was an emotional gig. Jon is one of the nicest guys in the rock biz. Thanks for all the music and the memories man!

By all accounts, Mr Lord was one of the finest human beings to ever make Rock 'n' Roll a life style, he was universally beloved by everyone he came in contact with, and never had an unkind word for anyone. God bless him and his family and friends, we shall never see his like again.

a great piece, Lordy will be missed greatly by all.

I interviewed Jon Lord back stage St Davids Hall in Cardiff 1996, An absolute gentleman, legend and So so humble, Love Ya Jon RIP. I have never released the interview, Im a fan, but I should let the fans hear it.I asked questions about Slaves and Masters too!!!

I love jhon lord.. verry love in deep purple..

The magic fingers Jon...

A truly great band for all time. These guys have much talent & class. Excellent clip.

He will live forever in his music. RIP Maestro. Deep Purple is my first rock band, Child in Time is my first song ...

the heart and soul of a great band,never, never forgotten..................................

Deep sadness from everywhere, mate.. what a loss :(

10 years ago, the master left Deep Purple. Now 10 years later, the master leaves us all. R.I.P., dear Jon Lord. Good luck playing the great gig in the sky.

Mr Lord... you make my life more happy.... I really enjoyed Dpurple music.... God Bless You

So true. RIP Jon. Huge respect from all musicians. What a legacy!

Jon Lord, the sound of Deep Purple, thank you for the music Jon.

What an amazing man - by far the finest rock keyboard player, and a truly wonderful bloke.

We fans have the CDs, the DVDs, You Tube, the forums and the memories of past Purple shows. Jon will therefore always be with us. RIP maestro!

I so wish there was some live coverage from the Plymouth Pavillions gig on this tour - as soon as Jon joined Don at the keyboards, Ian told the security guys to let people come right to the edge of the stage, I managed to shake Jon's hands at the end of an amazing gig and on the way out, Don was sitting by the public bar all by himself with a duffle bag by his feet, looking like he was waiting for a lift home... I had a really interesting chat with him - the closest I ever got to Deep Purple!

I have always loved Jon Lord hes the best that I've ever seen, and I say that with confidence. Lord, Wakeman and Emerson.

So glad I grew up when I did...got to enjoy the greatest band's ever

Bellissimo video!! Bello anche vedere il grande abbraccio fra Jon Lord & Don Airey! Gianni, hai proprio tutto quello che si possa trovare sui Deep Purple.

thanks for all the great music

Final performance was, when Don Airey already was in the band, but Jon suddenly appeared from the shadows and performed Perfect Strangers. That was so epic!

Jon Lord unavoidable musician of Rock History.

Good to hear a joke at the end. Not only a groundbreaking musician, but if you've ever heard him in interviews, Jon was often hilarious too!

I guess all good things have to come to an end eventually.... Been listening to this band since I was a kid and still do to this day and still going to be....

One of the best gone like my Father... You will never been forgotten as long as I live.

Jon - you always made me smile - thx so much -ROCK ON!

The best......

Easily the nicest most down to earth man in rock.....R.I.P Jon,gonna miss you.

Thank you for all the music, you are a legend!

the rock n roll hall of fame is a farce of the highest order!

Jon fue y seguirá siendo uno de los mas grandes músicos de la historia, sin dudas. Pero puedo notar, que mas que eso fue un tremendo ser humano. Eres un grande Lord