Jon Lord

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John Douglas Lord (9 June 1941 – July 22, 2012) was an English composer, pianist, and Hammond organist best known for his pioneering work in fusing rock in classical or baroque styles, as well as Whitesnake, Paice Ashton Lord, The Flower Pot Men, and The Flower Pot Men.

Lord co-founded Deep Purple, a hard rock band for which he was regarded as the leader until 1970.

He coproduced on the majority of his band's most famous songs with the other members.

The only consistent presence in the band from 1968 to 1976, as well as from when it was revived in 1984 to Lord's departure from Deep Purple in 2002.

He was inducted as an Honorary Fellow of Stevenson College in Edinburgh, Scotland, on November 11, 2010.

He was named an honorary Doctor of Music degree at De Montfort Hall by the University of Leicester on July 15, 2011.

Lord was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 8th, 2016 as a Deep Purple member.

Early life

Lord is born in Leicester on September 9, 1941 to Miriam (1909-1995; née Hudson) and Reginald Lord, who grew up at 120 Averil Road in Leicester, retaining a strong connection with the area throughout his life. His father, a beginner saxophonist, was welcomed Lord from an early age. He studied classical piano from the age of five, with Frederick Allt, a local teacher, and his pursuit of a classical grounding to his work was a recurring theme in his work, including composition, arrangement, and his instrumental solos on piano, organ, and electronic keyboards. Johann Sebastian Bach (a regular reference in his music and keyboard improvisation), Medieval popular music, and Edward Elgar's English roots were among his influences. He attended Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys from 1952 to 1958, gained O Level qualifications in French, music, and mathematics, as well as his school choir, aspirations to amateur dramas and the school choir. He then worked as a clerk in a solicitor's office for two years.

Lord absorbed the blues sounds that played a key role in his rock career, including Wild Bill Davis, Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff, and "Brother" Jack McDuff ("Rock Candy"), as well as Jerry Lee Lewis' stage showmanship and comedians like Buddy Holly, who appeared at the De Montfort Hall in Leicester in March 1958. Lord was heavily influenced by the jazz-blues organ style of black R&B organ players in the 1950s and 1960s, who used the Hammond organ's distinctive blues-organ sound (B3 and C3 models) and combining it with the Leslie speaker system (the well-known Hammond-Leslie speaker combination). After watching the band perform in Great Britain in 1967 and earlier by British organ pioneer Graham Bond's personal direction, Lord Alfred Fudge said he was heavily influenced by the organ-based progressive rock played by Vanilla Fudge.

In London's Swiss Cottage, Lord Robert moved to London in 1959-60, with the intention of a career and enrollment at the Central School of Speech and Drama. He became a founder of Drama Centre London, from where he graduated in 1964. Following a national student revolt, he became a founder of Drama Centre London. In the British TV series Emergency - Ward 10 and Lord continued playing the piano and the organ in nightclubs, and as a session musician to make a living. With the jazz band The Bill Ashton Combo, he began his band career in London in 1960. Ashton founded the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, making him a central figure in jazz education in the United Kingdom. Lord and Ashton made their way into Red Bluddd's Bluesicians (also known as The Don Wilson Quartet), the latter of which featured guitarist Arthur "Art" Wood, the brother of guitarist Ronnie Wood. Wood had previously worked with Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated and was a junior figure in the British blues movement. Lord changed the spelling of his name from "John" to "Jon" and his session credits included playing the keyboards in "You Really Got Me," according to a Kinks number one hit of 1964, but in a Guitar World interview, Arthur Greenslade played piano on that particular track.

Wood, Lord, and drummer Red Dunnage formed The Art Wood Combo, a tribute to Redd Bludd's Bluesicians' break up in late 1963. This included Derek Griffiths (guitar) and Malcolm Pool (bass guitar). Dunnage was forced to be replaced by Keef Hartley, who had previously replaced Ringo Starr in Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. In common with the contemporary bands The Artwoods (Steve Winwood on organ) and The Animals (with Alan Price), this band, later known as "The Artwoods," concentrated on the organ as the bluesy, rhythmic core of their sound. They appeared on the BBC's Saturday Club radio show and on such television shows as Ready Steady Go! It also appeared on international television, and it appeared on the first week of Ready Steady Goes Live, promoting its first single, "Sweet Mary," but no commercial success was forthcoming. Its only charting single was "I Take What I Want," which reached number 28 on May 8, 1966.

In 1967, this band reformed as the "St. Valentine's Day Massacre." This was an effort to cash in on the 1930s gangster craze started by American film Bonnie and Clyde. Hartley left the band in 1967 to join John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. Lord next brought Santa Barbara Machine Head, inspired by Art's brother Ronnie Wood, to writing and recording three powerful keyboard-driven instrumental tracks, giving a glimpse of Deep Purple's future style. Lord began to cover Billy Day in The Flower Pot Men, where he met bass guitarist Nick Simper, drummer Carlo Little, and guitarist Ged Peck shortly thereafter. Lord and Simper toured with this band in 1967 to promote its hit song "Let's Go to San Francisco," but the two guys never performed with this group.

Lord Tony Edwards, a businessman from the searchers, met businessman Tony Edwards who was keen to invest in the music market early 1967, alongside colleagues Ron Hire and John Coletta. (HEC Enterprises). Ritchie Blackmore, the session guitarist, was called in and met Lord for the first time, but Chris Curtis' erratic conduct led them nowhere. After Curtis faded out, Edwards was captivated enough by Jon Lord to request him to form a band. "I couldn't really cope with [Curtis], but I had a great rapport with Jon Lord], so here was someone I could connect with on a personal level." Simper was contacted, and Blackmore was recalled from Hamburg. Despite that top British player Bobbie Clarke was the first choice as drummer during the auditions for a singer, Rod Evans of "The Maze" came in with his own drummer Ian Paice. When Blackmore first met Paice's drumming in 1967, he organized an audition for Paice as well. At first, the band, "Roundabout," appeared at Deeves Hall in Hertfordshire, and began rehearsals. This became "Mark 1" line-up of "Deep Purple" in March 1968: Lord, Simper, Blackmore, Paice, and Evans.

Lord also did session work in the late 1960s with the band "Boz," as well as Blackmore (guitar) and Paice (drums), considering that Boz was being produced by Derek Lawrence, who produced Deep Purple's first three albums. Boz Burrell (vocals/guitar, later bassist for King Crimson and Bad Company) and Chas Hodges (bass guitar) led Boz, who later appeared in Boz Burrell's (vocals/guitar).

Personal life

Steven, the Lord's younger brother, has a younger brother. Judith Feldman, the Lord's first marriage from 1969 to 1975, was to Sara, with whom he had one daughter. Vickie Gibbs, the Lord's second wife, was a former girlfriend of Purple bandmate Glenn Hughes and Ian Paice's sister, Jacky Paice (founder of the charity Sunflower Jam). Frank Gibbs, the current owner of the Oakley House Country Club in Brewood, South Staffordshire, was the sisters' father. Amy, Jon and Vickie's one daughter.

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