Deep Purple Secret USA Tour

Deep Purple Secret USA Tour was a small warm-up tour of British hard rock band Deep Purple with new guitarist Steve Morse and included only two shows in the USA.

Tour background

In 1993, because of frequent disagreements, musical differences, fights and tension between vocalist Ian Gillan and guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, Blackmore left the band one day before the upcoming Japanese tour. Deep Purple hired Joe Satriani as the temporary replacement for Blackmore and he played the Japanese gigs. After the tour, Satriani was asked to continue as permanent guitarist but conflicts with his record label made this impossible. Purple then asked former Kansas and Dixie Dregs guitarist Steve Morse to join the band. As Blackmore was one of Deep Purple's founding members and very popular with the fans, the other members didn't know how well the new guitarist would go over with the audience. Purple decided to hold a small secret warm-up tour in order to see the crowd reaction in a live setting. The first tour took place in Mexico, and four months later in the USA. Morse fit the band quite well and the audience went crazy. Thus, Deep Purple asked Morse to stay in the band.^[1][2][3]

Tour dates

Setlist

1. Highway Star
2. Ramshackle Man (ended with into the Fire)
3. Maybe I'm a Leo
4. Fireball
5. Perfect Strangers
6. Pictures of Home
7. Keyboard Solo
8. Knockin' at Your Back Door
9. Guitar Solo
10. Anyone's Daughter
11. Child in Time
12. Anya
13. The Battle Rages On
14. When a Blind Man Cries
15. Lazy
16. Drum Solo
17. Space Truckin'
18. Woman from Tokyo
19. Paint It Black

Encores:

1. Speed King
2. Smoke on the Water

Line-up

• Ian Gillan – vocals
• Steve Morse – guitars
• Jon Lord – Hammond organ, keyboards
• Roger Glover – bass
• Ian Paice – drums

References

External links

• Full list Deep Purple's gigs
• Deep Purple Tour Page - 1968 until today