Jon Lord, The Legend of the Deep Purple, Has Gone

LONDON, KOMPAS.com - Jon Lord, one of the former Deep Purple in 1968 and former keyboard player of the legendary rock band, has died at the London Clinic, London, England, on Monday (16/07/2012) local time, at the age of 71 years.
Lord of pancreatic cancer. He received medical treatment since August 2011. According to an official statement issued by the family, he breathed his last in the family.
In Deep Purple, Lord also created many hit the group, not least the "Smoke on the Water". Outside the band, he played with other rock groups, including Whitesnake.
In music, an owner's real name is Jonathan Douglas influenced by classical music, blues, and jazz, but played a Hammond organ with a rock style and contribute to make progressive rock pioneers Deep Purple and heavy rock.
Respect for the deceased has been given by a number of world musicians, including Joe Satriani, Iron Maiden, and Anthrax. The former Rage Against the Machine, Tom Morello, wrote on his Twitter account, "RIP the great Jon Lord, Deep Purple's Cornerstone / keyboardist. So many great great songs and that 'incredible SOUND of his! Thankyou."
The former keyboard player of legendary band Yes, Rick Wakeman, a friend Lord, saying that he is a huge fan of Lord. "We could be creating songs and record an album before he was sick," said Wakeman. "Incalculable contribution to the music and classic rock, and I will miss him very much," he continued.
Born in Leicester, England, June 9, 1941, Lord learned to play classical piano at an early age until he was seduced by the star before rock n 'roll past, Jerry Lee Lewis, and jazz organist Jimmy Smith. Actually, he never got a scholarship to drama school so it could have a career as an actor. However, when it was, he chose to start playing in pub bands, including Ronnie Wood, who then became personnel legendary group The Rolling Stones, and his brother, Art.
After meeting with guitarist Ritchie Blackmore through a music project, Lord and Blackmore gave birth to a forerunner of the band Deep Purple.
Lord of classical influence came when he created the composition "Concerto for Group and Orchestra". For the composition, Deep Purple performed with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at The Royal Albert Hall, London, in 1969.
However, Deep Purple refine their heavy rock sound and print are widely successful in the early 1970s with their album-abum, including Deep Purple in Rock and Machine Head.
Lord continue to make classical works alongside Deep Purple songs and, when the band was split up in 1976, he joined with other groups, namely Whitesnake and Paice, Ashton and Lord.
Deep Purple was formed back in 1984. They won again the heyday of the commercial terms of the music for tens of thousands of their fans around the world. They scored sales of 150 million copies of their albums. Lord survived in the group in the middle of a change of personnel until he left the band in 2002.
Separated from Deep Purple, Lord still create the composition. He signed a contract with a classical music label and perform in a concert to mark 30 years of "Concerto for Group and Orchestra". "Thirty years later, the work it back and changed my life again ... It gave me the courage to step out and carve his own career outside the band," said the Lord told an interviewer.
Lord broke the news on its website last year that he was diagnosed with cancer. To his fans, he said it would continue to create music as part of their therapy.
Sources: Kompas.com