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Wilma

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About Me

Welcome to my page about Deep Purple & related bands/artists.
Interest in Deep Purple began back in 1970 when, as a schoolboy my husband Bert, attended a single "Black Night" by Deep Purple, which was a big hit those days in the Netherlands. A day that changed his life forever. When I met my husband my love for Deep Purple & related also began. From that moment I got a fever, a very obstinate fever, which I still have :-)
Here's a few :-) of my favourite artists: Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmore's Night, Ritchie Blackmore, Graham Bonnet, Alcatrazz, Marbles, Tommy Bolin, Glenn Hughes, Trapeze, Phenomena, Joe Lynn Turner, David Coverdale, Whitesnake, Ian Gillan, Jon Lord, Roger Glover, Ian Paice, Rod Evans, Captain Beyond, Nick Simper, Warhorse, Ronnie James Dio, Doogie White, Bernie Marsden, Black Sabbath (without Ozzy)....... and all other Deep Purple & related artists.
Non Deep Purple & related artists: Mario Parga, Yngwie Malmsteen, Ian Parry, Consortium Project, Elegy, Evil Masquerade, Cornerstone, Royal Hunt, Artension, Silent Force, Ring Of Fire, John West, Mark Boals, D.C. Cooper, Rob Rock, Vitalij Kuprij, Majestic, Time Requiem, Richard Andersson's Space Odyssey, Meduza, Tony Martin, Ray Gillen, Nightwish, Tarja, Edenbridge, Kamelot, Conception, Rhapsody Of Fire, Luca Turilli, Dionysus, At Vance, Impellitteri, Joshua Perahia.......


As you noticed, i'm a big Tommy Bolin freak, a die-hard collector who wants to have everything. I started collecting all sorts of memorabilia and i look for every pressing that exists. For more information please take a look at my Tommy Bolin page.

Painting made by my dear friend Lily Grøn.




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My favourite non Deep Purple & related band. If you like "Rising" from Rainbow than this band is yours!!!

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

The person i'd like to meet isn't alive anymore: TOMMY BOLIN. I hope this year or the next to go to Sioux City to visit his grave and the area where he lived. Then my dream will come true.

Johnnie Bolin & Glenn Hughes visiting Tommy Bolin's grave.

My favourite picture of Glenn, praying for Tommy Bolin, I'll never forget that moment.

This awesome "Teaser" painting specially painted for us, by an american artist, is now hanging in our living room.

Deep Purple (1972)


My favourite AOR album.

Music:



With Graham Bonnet

With David Coverdale

Deep Purple & related rarities

With Ian Gillan

Mario visiting his old friend, singer Graham Bonnet (Rainbow/Alcatrazz/MSG/Marbles, etc.) Los Angeles, USA, March 2008.

My favourite guitar player together with Ritchie Blackmore & Tommy Bolin. The first time I heard this amazing guitarist was on Graham Bonnet's solo album "The Day I Went Mad"(1999). His solo on the title track is the best guitar solo I've ever heard. From that moment I was a hooked for life.
Check out his latest album "Entranced". Best instrumental album ever!!!
If you're curious click below on the banner.



The band 'Hammer'. Photo taken at Rich Bitch Studios, Birmingham, UK. October 1992.
From left to right: Cozy Powell, Mario Parga, Neil Murray & Tony Martin. This is what i call a supergroup.

2 very rare Japanese bootlegs (1996) from Hammer feat. Mario Parga on guitar, Cozy Powell on drums, Neil Murray on bass & Tony Martin vocals. Recorded in Heidelberg, Germany, November 15th 1992.

Rare live pic of Hammer.
From left to right: Mario Parga, Cozy Powell, Tony Martin & Neil Murray.

Love this picture of Cozy Powell.

With Ronnie James Dio

Silly Graffity by Ian Gillan

With Doogie White

Backstage 02/02/80 Rainbow, Ahoy, Rotterdam, NL, photo was taken by Bert.

What a line-up!!
Ritchie Blackmore, Graham Bonnet, Cozy Powell, Roger Glover & Don Airey.

No it's not James Dean, it's the one and only Graham Bonnet.

First music Bert got from his parents in 1968 as a little boy... and years later Graham Bonnet was the singer of Rainbow and now after 40 years we still play those numbers a lot.

Daft Packaging by Ian Gillan

Ian Gillan & Steve Morse

Private Deep Purple & related live pictures and more




IAN PARRY

Fully signed by Elegy for our wedding

Ian Parry at our wedding 16/07/02.

Deep Purple (1990)

Rainbow (1976)

Deep Purple (1973)

My Blog

GRAHAM BONNET OFFICIAL MYSPACE NOW ONLINE!!!

FINALLY THERE'S AN OFFICIAL GRAHAM BONNET MYSPACE PAGE CHECK IT OUT!!!! ...
Posted by Wilma on Thu, 01 May 2008 09:14:00 PST

5 NEW JAPANESE WHITESNAKE SHM (SUPER HIGH MATERIAL) CDS

"READY AN' WILLING" "COME AN' GET IT""SLIDE IT IN" (LIMITED EDITION PAPERSLEEVE)"1987" (LIMITED EDITION PAPERSLEEVE)"SLIP OF THE TONGUE" (LIMITED EDITION PAPERSLEEVE)The high quality SHM-CD (Super Hig...
Posted by Wilma on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 07:44:00 PST

3 NEW TRIBUTE ALBUMS FEAT. JOE LYNN TURNER

Joe Lynn Turner appears on the following new tribute albums: LED ZEPPELIN =TRIBUTE= - LED BOX: THE ULTIMATE LED ZEPPELIN TRIBUTE (THIS ALBUM ALSO FEATURES STEVE MORSE) 2-CD FULL LINE-UP: Joe Lynn...
Posted by Wilma on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:02:00 PST

IAN PARRY HYVES

WATCH ALSO MY IAN PARRY HYVES, WITH THE LATEST NEWS, PICTURES, COLLECTORS ITEMS, ETC. HTTP://IANPARRY.HYVES.NL...
Posted by Wilma on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:08:00 PST

BLACKMORES NIGHT HYVES

WATCH ALSO MY BLACKMORE'S NIGHT HYVES FOR THE LATEST NEWS, PICTURES, COLLECTORS ITEMS, ETC. HTTP://BLACKMORESNIGHT1.HYVES.NL...
Posted by Wilma on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 06:49:00 PST