Deep Purple founder Jon Lord wanted to be actor
Deep Purple keyboard player and founder Jon Lord played the Duchess of York in a school production of Richard III, his friend Rick Wakeman has discovered.
A year after Lord's death, Wakeman visited his home city of Leicester and discovered that Lord originally wanted to be an actor.
Jon Lord: It's All Music is on BBC One in the East Midlands at 23:25 on Sunday.
13 Jul 2013
- From the section Leicester