“ Jon Lord is one of the greatest keyboard players there has ever been. He’s not really considered a prog rock musician, but he did things that nobody else did.

British rocker Jon Lord, the keyboardist whose powerful, driving tones helped turn Deep Purple and Whitesnake into two of the most popular hard rock acts in a generation, died Monday. He was 71.

In 2014 Epica bassist Rob Van Der Loo told Prog how he’d discovered the genre via Deep Purple – and in particular Jon Lord – and how it led to a deep appreciation of Yes, Rush and Dream Theater.

Deep Purple keyboard player and founding member Jon Lord said that in the 1970s. Lord, who retired from Deep Purple in 2002, died Monday. Lord was unique among rock keyboard players by running a ...

Jon Lord, keyboardist and co-founder of British rock group Deep Purple, has died in a London hospital aged 71, his official website said on Monday.

In 1992 when we played Munich on the Black Album tour, Jon Lord and lead singer, Ian Gillan came down to the show and stood in the snake pit the whole time. I was in heaven.

Former Deep Purple keyboardist Jon Lord didn't want fans to worry when he canceled a performance earlier this month, but it looks like things were worse than he was letting on. Lord died yesterday at ...

Two years after they released “Smoke on the Water,” Deep Purple performed two original compositions with the Munich Chamber Opera: “Continuo on B.A.C.H.” and “Windows,” both written by ...