Track 4:-->"Dealer" - Deep Purple - Come Taste The Band - (1975)

"In the beginning all you wanted
was the calm before the storm.
If the bluebird plays the eagle...
he finds his song will turn to stone."
Deep Purple



Many Purple Fans were thinking this classic rock band was...jumping the shark...releasing a Deep Purple album after legendary axe swinger...Richie Blackmore had departed.

After all...lead singer...Ian Gillian had left the band 2 years earlier...so surely it was time to move on.

But with David Coverdale handling most of the vocals...and the traveling minstrel...Tommy Bolin providing some tasty jams with his trademark Strat..."Come Taste The Band" was taking Purple Fans in a more hard rock direction.

Track 4 is "Dealer"...a solid number about the dangers of addiction.
"If you're snowblind...Madonna can hold you,
But if you don't understand...there is nothing she can do for you."

Coverdale nicely wails out warnings...until the two-minute mark...when Tommy Bolin breaks in to decree what would become...prophetic lyrics (see top of page)...before working his Strat to an almost desperate scream. Very nice!

Critics, however, declared this effort...the final "nail in the DP coffin". Hence, very little...if anything from "CTTB"...has been played on Classic Rock stations.

Fortunately...new ears are redicovering this tasty rock gem from 1975. And rightfully so.

Tommy Bolin Interview w/slideshow. Refreshingly honest. 11/25/75

Fresh and filled with energy.
The rock 'n' roll table is set..."Come Taste The Band".
Good Stuff.

Casey

Deep Purple:-->"Dealer" (Come Taste The Band) (1975)
(Must Own)

Comments

WZJN said…
Ahhhh - Tommy Bolin. Innovative with a style all his own. You're right about bring the band in a new direction - spot on.

To this day I still listen to Tommy's ... damn, what's the name of the album? The one with Post Toasty and Busting out for Rosie and Hello again (in a class by itself).

Great pick!
Casey said…
wzjn...Good to hear from you again.

It was "Private Eyes".

"...Don't let your mind post-toastee...
like a lot of my friends did."
Good stuff!

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