Nice interview!
http://nodepression.com/article/webb-wilder-work-hard-rock-hard-eat-hard-sleep-hard-grow-big-wear-glasses-0

Thanks, Tommy!

Hunter

There is a lot of wrong stuff in the ND piece. They were in fact billed as the Faces. Savoy Brown and the Grease Band were nowhere to be seen! the other bands on the bill were Deep Purple and Ian Matthews' southen comfort. WW

Ha ha ha ha!
Too bad no one has ever invented a way to record sound...
Like an interview, for instance.

Iain Matthews had left his own band by then and they carried on as Southern Comfort. It was their only American tour. Although they had some success in Europe they never had another No 1. Southern Comfort were a very good and underrated band. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHm_rlkzTTo has a fantastic closing solo in it. I'm a bit biased, the Pedal Steel player was my Stepfather. A wonderful man called Gordon Huntley. Its him playing the haunting lead on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIHfuihoz70
Gordon was the top 'Steely' in Europe and worked with Rod Stewart, Elton John and many others as a session man. He died in 1985 and is missed.

Very cool! Yep, just Southern Comfort. The only song I remember doing had the line in it,"Take a message to the keeper." Was that the name of the song. I thought they were very good. WW

I think this is the song you remember. (I'm impressed at your powers of recall!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxpUXPR4HYk

Its on the Frog City Album. The main difference between Southern Comfort and Iain Matthews was IM took them on a English 'folk' feel whereas SC were much more 'Country Rock.' This was unique in Europe at the time. I think they have a kinship to Poco, The Eagles & Flying Burrito Bros etc.

Anyway enough Yabbering on from me. Congratulations WW on a fantastic 2015 and warmest wishes for the new year, to everyone!

Well, to be honest that is the only song they did that I have any recollection of. I did think they were good. I was there to see the Faces and didn't much dig Deep Purple. They were LOUD!!!!! WW

I saw Deep Purple right around then.
Not only was the band extremely loud, when Ian Gillan started his patented screaming act it was like a jet taking off right next to your head. So painful it drove us out to the parking lot, where you could hear just fine. Ritchie Blackmore sounded much better from there.

I never saw Deep Purple, but my first exposure to them---yes, even before I ever heard "Smoke On The Water"---was via the GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS. Deep Purple was listed for several years as the loudest band.

From Gibson:

Deep Purple

This might sound like urban legend, but The Guinness Book of World Records crowned Deep Purple the worlds loudest band after a 1972 concert at Londons 3,000-seat Rainbow Theater that rendered three fans unconscious with the intense pressure created by 117 dB of sound in an enclosed space. As Robert Ripley said, Believe it or not!

http://www.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/10-Loudest-Rock-Bands.aspx

Hunter

That Tour was the Start of my love of Deep Purple. Ritchie Blackmore gave a copy of Fireball to my Stepfather which he gave to me. I still have it and I am going to See Ritchie Blackmore play his first rock Show for 20 years this summer. My 50 ticket is currently being offered by resellers for 1569!

I saw Cheap Trick Status Quo & Deep Purple at one concert in Newcastle Australia & the volume definitely got loud when purple came on.

According to the index here: http://www.purple.de/dirk/purple/mark2.php
...I saw them on January 24th, 1972.. Openers were Buddy Miles Band and Uriah Heep. We thought Heep was loud until Gillam started screaming!
Jesus Christ Superstar...