The Life & Death of Deep Purple's JON LORD 

On the day he died, Japanese radio station FM Tokyo aired his songs for 24 hours.　RIP from Japan

Child in Time is a masterpiece! Epic vocals and keyboard !

Jon's signature organ tone, is the best in the business. Making Purple recognizable playing any song...

I first met Jon in 1964. Lovely and friendly man.

I immersed myself in hours and hours of Deep Purple for years. I would place 5-6 albums on the record player and they would play, drop play drop and then I would turn the entire stack upside down and play through them all again. Jon Lord's playing was a huge part of my life and inspiration to want to form America's version of Deep Purple. I never got there but I was involved early on in Heavy Metal long before it became mainstream starting in 1975. Ritchie was my hero and I ended up with 4 Marshall full stacks by the time I was finished. Marshalls make all the difference. I first saw Deep purple in 1972 about a month or two before they headed to Japan. I remember the stacks of Marshalls on the stage and the roar inside the coliseum. He was the greatest and his playing will last as long as the world lasts.

Ich habe ihn mehrmals gehört und auch mal getroffen! Ein großartiger Musiker und ein wunderbarer Mensch! Möge er ruhen in Frieden !

There's a pre-set button on my Hammond called 'Purple' and clearly tries to replicate Jon Lord's industrial sound. That's some recognition of his contribution to the world of organ music. Great tribute by the way.

I am now 76 I remember the 'Deep Purple at the Albert Hall' I was 20 years old? The the great days!

What a great band, machine head made in japan is the greatest live album of all time. RIP JL.

The greatest keyboard player ever. RIP Jon.

Jon lord and deep purple had a huge impact on my growing up in the early 70s. As a teenager in 68 the great keyboards and superb vocals of ian gillian will stay with me till the end of time. John was a thoroughly nice bloke. Sadly missed but never forgotten. RiP.

Rest in Peace Jon Lord.Thank you for your talent.

Great musician👑💯 His music is wonderful🎹 ❤❤❤ RIP Jon. Deep Purple forever✌️🇰🇿

His work in modifying and developing the B3 into a true rock sound from a church organ sound was nothing short of revolutionary!! A true pioneer in rock keyboards RIP🙏

Jon Lord Simply the Best. Total CLASS

Deep Purple live in Sydney circa 1975..!!.at Hordern PAVILLION. The band walks on stage and starts to tune up..!!...I'm standing front row left of stage directly in front of Glover...!!..his bass went right through me, I could feel my internal organs shaking...unbelievable volume...Never felt that before or since....Now at Jon's feet, during "Speed King"..he notices me getting hammered against the stage, and after the song, tosses me a full can of coke with a wink..!!..I opened it and it sprayed everywhere, but tasted great. Must have been a generous guy, as he could see this 17 year old was in trouble...!!..I'll never forget the way he hammered his organ, made it squeal.....unforgettable.....Love you Jon Lord....thanks for the drink, and the memory....I am 66 now...!!

Jon Lord and Ray Manzarek my favs of that era 🤠

Saw Jon playing with Whitesnake back in the 80s ; it remains one of the best gigs that I have ever been to.

Great artist,very sorely missed.R.I.P. Jon.❤

Saw Jon many times with purple, and whitesnake . May he Rest in Peace.

Out of innumerable live recordings featuring Jon Lord’s talents (there’s so many to pick from), the live version of “Black Night” recorded in August 1972 - and which was included as a “bonus track” on some re-issues of “Made in Japan” - would be one of my favs as an illustration of Lord’s “hard rock” organ style. In fact the whole band are “on fire” (as with all of the August 1972 Japan tour). The great thing about “Black Night” is that those not enamoured of extended soloing (they don’t know what they’re missing imo) will have an absolute distillation of the brilliant talents of Jon Lord and colleagues !

RIP ICON FOREVER Philadelphia USA 🇺🇸

Jon Lord was an absolute gentleman,class individual great musician

LAZY from Machine Head. One of my all time favourites.

Very interesting, Jon was a hell of a organ/keyboard player! Nice and tastefully done my friend, showed Jon a lot of respect.

Top 3 keyboards in the world 🌎 rip 🙏 Jon Douglas Lord 🙏 😢. He did sessions work for the Kinks. You really got me is Jon, on electric piano.

I had the pleasure of meeting him very briefly at London Heathrow Airport in the early 1980s, obtaining his autograph. He was very enthusiastic about his then new band, White Snake!

A great artist,very sorely missed.R.I.P. Jon.👏👏👏👏

A giant in rock music history

Jon Lord thank you so much for your music and filing When you playing with Purple and with other bands and symphonic orchestra's and Alone the God is so Lacy to playing to his orchestra

Blackmore would have been great but not greatest without Jon

A brilliant musician and a bloody nice bloke.

Mr Lord is a true legend........It says it all..Respect.

In 2001 or so... I saw one of the few 20 or so DP shows with Jon and Don Airey on keys.... It was a great tandem solo.... starting w/ Jon.... and bleeding into Don..... Great Purple show....

True greatness. Got to see him with DP twice. RIP.

A legend

Jon, Lord of the Hammond

A great musician, workaholic, who I didn’t know much about until now! Thanks so much for this ton of information about John (Jon) Lord. Perhaps you could do a similar thing about Procol Harum‘s Gary Brooker?

Very interesting about John Lord. :)

All time great rocket sure miss him

Absolutely fantastic have a wonderful day ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊

The very first album I ever bought with my own money which Deep Purple machine headband it’s been my favorite band ever since.. I even got to meet the entire band down in Orlando in the early 90s when they were recording an album in Altamonte Springs the band happened to be hanging out at spirit sports bar in Altamonte Springs Florida.. I was throwing darts with John Lord got to meet Richie Blackmore, but John Lord was really cool. He sat with us for about four hours. I kept buying him drinks told me stories about the band on the road in the early days where he lived his kids what a great guy he was…. The best rockstar experience I’ve ever had. They were really cool people. Nobody was a prick…

Sweet Lord. Jon Lord 💪🎼🎶🎵

It wouldn't surprise me if there is a temple, altar, or a shrine for DP in Japan.

Prayers 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

A TRUE Elder statesman!!!

He rocked

His most interesting play was his play of a mellotron MK2 for Flowers pots mens " San Francisco" ,flûtes part ,early deep purple UP to " in rock" ...

Funny. I used to have the LP of 'Made In Japan' in the 70's which I promptly wore out and discarded. Found a CD of the same in the 2k's and turned up missing after I moved to Texas. This year, I ordered the Japanese CD which is renamed 'Live In Japan' but still the same tour. Much more info including a lyric sheet as well. God Bless you Japan!

A bit rushed, but still a very interesting summary. John Lord was an immense musician. His last contributions to Purple really stand out as complex songs when compared to the rest of that great album.

I have plenty of Dick Pimple recordings but did not see them live. Years latter ( 1990s ) I attended a biker party where Burn a cover band led me to finally appreciate Deep Purple’s extensive playlist.

RIP.

👏👏👏 RIP Jon

Cool video if you want to really follow Jon’s career.

How much of a waste is the rock and roll hall of fame? Deep Purple not getting in until 2016 is a crime. But they put some rappers in there before them, so it's all good, right? What a scam that place is. It's just a clique of jerks, deciding who gets in. Deep Purple was my first concert in 1987. I was blown away. Such a great performance for a first show. Not many bands I saw after that could live up to their high standards. Jon was amazing.

Another good one 😎😍

1st class musician.1st class person. Just watch the interviews with him thru his career. Of course, the rest of DP were true gentlemen as well and then there was that overly awnry banjo player 😅

✌❤🎶

On 15 July 2011, Jon Lord was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree at De Montfort Hall by the University of Leicester. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OywSpd2EbPg.html

He look like Wolf in Rock`roll wolf from 1976 ;D

Fuqing beast

Without Jon Lord, Deep Purple would be mediocre. 🎹🙆🏻🎹🙆🏻‍♂️🎹🙆🏻🎹🙆🏻‍♂️🎹🙆🏻🎹🙆🏻‍♂️

Better to drive barefoot long distance reverse

met Jon Lord in Leicester in 1981.... thoroughly nice, down to earth bloke.... he saw my whitesnake T shirt....went out of his way to have a chat....

Kon lord.couse of death

His occult book collection in his home library was to those in the know legion. Maurice Gibb from The Bee Gee's, Bruce Dickenson from Iron Maiden, Ozzy Osbourne and Jimmy Page from Led Zeppelin had and still have extensive collections of Aleister Crowley's works. John Lord was referred to as the Master for good reason by those who knew him well enough. This video is bollocks and say's nothing of any merit to me and a few others who know of such things ...G...

I always wondered if Dr. Phibes was modeled on him.