Deep Purple - “Mistreated“ Live at California Jam (1974)#shorts #deeppurple #ritchieblackmore

California Jam was a rock music festival co-headlined by Deep Purple and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, held at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California, on April 6, 1974. It was produced by ABC Entertainment. The California Jam attracted 250,000 paying music fans. The festival set what were then records for the loudest amplification system ever installed, the highest paid attendance, and highest gross in history. It was one of the last of the original wave of rock festivals, as well as one of the most well-executed and financially successful. Deep Purple’s performance was one of the first with their third line-up, which included vocalist David Coverdale and vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes. Deep Purple was given the choice of when to go on stage, and chose sunset, thus pushing Emerson, Lake & Palmer to the last performance. Having assumed that, as with all festivals, the show would run late, they nonetheless delayed their appearance even when the festival ran ahead of schedule. Angry organizers tried to force Purple onstage and threatened to cancel their performance. A quick-thinking announcer told the crowds that Deep Purple would be on “soon“. The band made concertgoers wait nearly an hour until near dusk. Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore said the agreement was always for Purple to go on stage at dusk, and that the promoters were violating that signed agreement. In spite of this delay, the show did not end up running late. At the end of Purple’s set, Blackmore threw a guitar and a small speaker monitor into the audience, and suddenly attacked one of the network’s video cameras (the camera had been getting between the guitarist and the audience) with a guitar. Later on, a mishap with a pyrotechnic effect caused one of Blackmore’s amplifiers to explode, which briefly set the stage on fire. Purple left the concert area by helicopter to avoid a possible confrontation with Ontario fire marshals and ABC-TV executives. The damage to the ABC video camera, estimated to be $10,000, was settled by the band’s managers. Deep Purple’s performance, along with some of the performances by other bands, was broadcast on TV and radio nationwide in the US. #marshallamps #fenderstratocaster #shorts #guitar #guitarist #guitargod #classicrock #leadguitar #rocknrollhalloffame #rocknrollmusic #guitarsolo #rockstar