I thinks bernie had a couple of days to learn the whole set. Dave evans, now of evans pull string guitars, installed a bbender, and it was refinished by pedal steel guitar player red rhodes to have the natural brown. Discography bernie torme solo 1976 the hunter soul sister. I was able to see the igb w bernie torme when they did a club tour, in schaumburg il, at a club called bginnings. Specwise it has the usual appointments we find on single cut guitars and nothing particularly groundbreaking. The news was confirmed on tormes facebook page earlier today. I know that some of the songs are in a different tuning. Its a shame he didnt receive more recognition over the years. Bernie marsden official website rock and blues guitarist. Dont judge him by the ozzy stuff, he really is a unique guitar player with his own style. The music discographies on this site are works in progress.
Guitarist bernie torme talks replacing randy rhoads music. Bernie torme discography reference list of music cds. Torme is best known for his work with gillan, as well as his. This weird old guitar offers you slowhands sound on a budget. Guitarist says deep purple man gave him his break but he still blames him for split. May he does need it if he can possibly replace the all mighty randy rhoads. Interview with bernie torme july 2000 hes a real thing, bernie torme, a big league hard rock axe grinder who was the pick of such luminaries as ian gillan and ozzy osbourne, but always had his own, punky way with things.
Nux debuts new optima air acoustic guitar simulator. Save on guitars to drum kits and everything inbetween. Bernie also played on one track on the mammoth album. Dublin cowboy by bernie torme, released 07 april 2017 1. Mar 18, 2019 new album dublin cowboy out april 7th and available for download and preorder now. Enjoy even more savings with the hot deals at musicians friend. Your bernie was a collaborative design between bernie marsden himself and prs. Join facebook to connect with bernie torme and others you may know. Louder than wars martin haslam talks to one of his guitar heroes, bernie torme. Guitarist bernie torme, famous for playing with ian gillan and, briefly, ozzy osbourne, has died at 66. Bernie torme dublin born guitar legend blues rock psychedelic shredmeister glam punk sleaze rock frontman is known for many things. We at dinosaur rock guitar would like to thank bernie torme for taking the time to answer our questions. Oct, 2008 ultimate rhoads interviews bernie torme this interview with the members here was lost before the time out period.
The short, sharp, boot to the balls rockers and the more sprawling epics, but all with that guitar sound that only bernie seems to get. Bernie torme has enjoyed a long and remarkable career hit records, world tours and international acclaim came as lead guitarist in gillan, ex deep purple vocalist ian gillans solo project. He recorded his debut solo album towards the end of his time with gillan in early 1981 and then recorded as electric gypsies 198284 and torme 198587 as well as under his own name. Bernie torme was an irish rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, record label and recording studio owner. Bernie torme releases a triple album dublin cowboy music. Nov 23, 2015 bernie leadon primarily played a brown fender telecaster with a bbender. Bernie torme has enjoyed a long and remarkable career. One to blame kicks off, by kicking in with a real chug. October 29th, just prior to his gig at londons borderline club, i finally met one of my guitar heroes. Bernie torme, who has died in london aged 66, may well be regarded as the last of the great british and irish guitar heroes who once ruled rock music. This is an awesome double cd of superb guitar rock from a veteran whos been hit and.
Bernie torme, best known as guitarist for gillan and ozzy osbourne, has died aged 66. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover bernies connections and jobs at similar companies. Bernie marsden is one of the uks foremost rock and blues guitarists, famous for his time in professional bands since 1972 and a founder member of one of the biggest rock bands of all time, the mighty whitesnake. Mar 18, 2019 bernie torme, best known as guitarist for gillan and ozzy osbourne, has died aged 66. Guitar legend, blues rock psychedelic shredmeister, glam punk sleaze rock frontman. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Home forums the gear page lounge the sound hound lounge. Bernie torme, ian gillan, ozzy osbourne bernie tormes time with ozzy bernie torme constitutes an important foot note in the realm of rock guitar, being the first to take the stage. Real expensive does not mean better and bernies has a good selection of good solid acoustic and electric guitars at reasonable prices. This article originally appeared in vgs june 15 issue. On, sponsored content refers to articles, videos, or audio recordings that are produced or curated by an advertiser but that premier guitar is happy to share alongside our own editorial content due to the sponsored contents educational, musical, or entertainment value. Hit records, world tours and international acclaim came as lead guitarist in gillan. The neck was fashioned on bernies personal 59 gibson les paul.
Those year old girls have tab books, you tube videos and all kinds of other ways of learning solos note for not. Bernie tormes family report theres been no improvement in the guitarists condition after he was rushed to hospital suffering from virulent. Anyway for your pleasure i am proud to reintroduce an exclusive interview with bernie torme. I know he had a back up strat that ozzy bought him bluey was the name bernie gave to the guitar and he still plays it on stage today. Not sure of the exact year but it was a few years before he replaced randy for a few weeks with ozzy. Some of you guys are being a little hard on ol bernie. Nov 18, 2018 answering here only to himself and his band, shadowland is roughly split into two parts. Bernie will be recounting stories from his memoir in conversation, interspersed with songs from his illustrious career on acoustic. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Bernie torme dublin cowboy strv based on a 63 strat.
Irish rock guitarist, singer and songwriter, born 18 march 1952 in dublin, ireland, died march 17th, 2019. Bernie torme remains in intensive care and is now on a ventilator. The ultimate goal is to make the discographies here at heavy harmonies as complete as possible. The new threedisc album from former gillan guitar legend, including an electric disc, an acoustic disc and a live disc. Bernie torme, as ive waffled on about before, is more than your average guitar player. The additional talents of bruce kulick, joel hoekstra, gus g, and bernie torme keep rhoads spirit alive, but one cant help but feel compelled to spin ozzys tribute album to hear the real deal in all his glory. But as far as i know bernie used 3 guitars on stage. Full details of these years can be found on bernies own site.
If you notice that a particular bernie torme cd release or compilation is missing from the list above, please submit that cd using the cd submission page. Bernie torme, irish guitarist and sideman to rock heavyweights the. Unbeknownst to me, it looks like my collection has grown to somewhere near 70 to 80 guitars. Bernie stepped in for ozzy osbourne in the aftermath of guitar legend randy rhoads tragic death before going on to front electric gypsies and torme.
All respect to bernie torme who i am sure is great player and worthy of the respect i will check him out i promise. All s are by the author and vintage guitar magazine. Retrowrek records rtrk204 dublin cowboy is the new threedisc album from former gillan guitar legend, bernie torme, comprising an electric disc, an acoustic disc and a live disc. I am starting a new series called chronicle of a serial guitar buyer where i will be talking more about gear and the first episode will air 9212018 going over a collection of shredder guitars i own. Torme is best known for his work with gillan, as well as his brief stints with ozzy osbournes backing band and atomic rooster. Guitarist bernie torme talks replacing randy rhoads. Sep 22, 2017 view bernie tormes profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community.