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Sorry boys, but this lineup can’t do the song justice. Satriani certainly can’t do Blackmore’s riffs so he does his own version. It lacks the continuity and feeling that Blackmore had.

ok , but for a fan , it’s a great and unique experience t osee it on stage . Blackmore is a legend , Satriani the guitar god .

What a good memories! I was at their concert in Germany 4 days later after this gig…It was my first “big” concert I`ve ever been, and seing Satch with Deep Purple + Uriah Heep as a warm up act totally blew my mind..

Slaves and Masters was better than House of Blue Light and The Battle Rages On. It was like a Rainbow record that happened to feature Jon Lord and Ian Paice. I’d rather Deep Purple with Joe Lynn Turner than with Steve Morse. Steve Morse sucks balls

Both Jon Lord and Ian Paice hated Turner, Turner has said it himself, and Paice have said he never really liked the guy, but he could sing that’s the only good thing he could find about him. Ritchie loved him, and Roger was stuck in the middle. I find it strange that you say Steve sucks balls, when he, Satriani and even Tommy Bolin, all successfully replaced Ritchie

Deep Purple isn’t supposed to sound like Rainbow. It’s the weakest effort along with ‘Abandon’ (1998) and ‘Deep Purple’ (1969)

I saw them in 1994 as well during the summer tour. What a fantastic band and performance. There was truly life after Blackmore,which I doubted back in those days before seeing this. Satch was on fire along with the band through the night. I really loved that they dropped ‘A Twist In The Tale’ and replaced it with ‘Ramshacle Man’, which they performed brilliantly. The improvisation and solo in ‘Knocking At Your Back Door’ was one of the highlights I’d say.

I don’t think Steve has successfully replaced Ritchie. Satriani and Tommy Bolin on the other hand replaced Ritchie easily (except that Tommy was too strung out on heroin to play live properly). The only 3 songs that I’ve slightly enjoyed from the last four DP albums are Ted the Mechanic, Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming and Any Fule Kno That. I reckon they should have kept Joe, or replaced him with a non-jazz fusion guitarist.

satriani did not achieve filling richie blackmores shoes,no doubt he is awesome solo,on the other hand steve morse got the point and the spirit of purple makes them sound great

I respect Satriani’s ability, but as for feeling-he don’t have it-in my opinion. I like Blackmore’s version much better. It was done with feeling. Here this is just Satriani doing super fast arpeggios. This song had Blackmore’s most expressive playing, and Satriani makes this song silly-doing those arpeggios for effect and applause. Dumb.