Zermattitis is the title of Tony Ashton's self-penned memoirs and short stories published now by Wymer UK. Taking its name from the Swiss town of Zermatt, where Ashton and Jon used to spend many a holiday on skis - after skis and gazing at the Matterhorn - the book was painstakingly transcribed from Tony's hand written … Continue reading Tony Ashton’s book out now, foreword by Jon Lord
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Purple Records have released the remastered edition of Tony Ashton and Jon Lord's First of the Big Bands album. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer recommends the album and calls it 'thoroughly enjoyable.' Hitting the nail on the head, they say that you are 'drawn into it's warm, rootsy embrace.' The remastered CD contains two bonus tracks - … Continue reading First of the Big Bands, now even bigger
The second movement of Jon Lord and Eberhard Schoener's Windows suite has surfaced on Youtube. It features vocals by Tony Ashton, David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes with Pete York on drums, Fay Fenwick on guitar and - of course - Jon Lord on piano. The project was put together in 1974 and performed during a … Continue reading Windows live on tv
An often overlooked gem from Jon Lord's 1970's catalogue is being remastered and re-released on CD. First Of The Big Bands was one of several projects Jon Lord completed with his late dear friend Tony Ashton. With its rich sound, horn section and female backing singers, the album showed indications of the sort of rock … Continue reading First Of The Big Bands – remastered, reissued
Two brand new DVD / CD packages with historic recordings featuring Jon Lord, Deep Purple and Tony Ashton have just been added to the Jon Lord Music Shop. Tony Ashton & Friends Endangered Species Live At Abbey Road, 2CD+DVD Filmed and recorded at Abbey Road at the Tony Ashton beneficiary show his friends put together … Continue reading New live DVDs featuring Jon Lord
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