Sculpture Jon Lord, Uzhgorod

If his time in the UK did not get the plate bluesmen, there would be such great bands as «Rolling Stones», «Black Sabbath», «Led Zeppelin», «Deep Purple». If they do not, it is not known what would have been a modern musical picture. So a few years ago a local sculptor Mikhail Kolodko got the idea "plant" Uzh the waterfront sculpture Jon Lord - the founder of «Deep Purple».

Jon Lord in bronze: the history of creation

The initiators of the project say that the idea to immortalize vocalist «Deep Purple» there about three years ago. Many bars were jars of beer, which threw coins that would become material for future sculptures. Among the Ukrainian Soviet kopeck coins often occurred, Czech even a couple of Egyptian pounds someone threw! Total accumulated up 16 kilograms of coins.

But later on ideas with coins rejected. The sculptor portrayed the Lord with long hair in trendy then flared pants, vest and boots with high heels. In the hands of vocalist smoldering cigarette, and he was sitting with his back to the waterfront. Probably watches fog spreading over the water.

Inauguration mini-statue of Lord John in Uzhgorod held November 27, 2014 the song «Smoke on the water». Interestingly, the same day over Uzh stretched fog. Also at the opening of the sponsors invited all the fans, the who for thirty and - interestingly - who have hair longer than 10 centimeters!

Where sits "Soldier of Fortune" or how to get to the sculpture of John Lord

Project organizers say the place chosen for the sculpture is not accidental: it records from Uzhgorod «Deep Purple» scattered by the Soviet Union like hotcakes.

Sculpture itself is located on the embankment of the river Uh, in the city center. Rókovoyi your trip!