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To Melody a Soul Responds
To Melody a Soul Responds is a 1915 short film produced by American Film Manufacturing Company, released by Mutual Film and directed by B. Reeves Eason.
Cast.
- Ashton Dearholt as Edler
- Joseph Galbraith as Krieg, the Master Violinist
- Jack Richardson as Dehof, a pianist
- Vivian Rich as Elsa Krieg, the daughter
- William Spencer
according to Jerry Bloom's unauthorized biography of Ritchie Blackmore, the chord progression and melody were first written by a guy called Bill Parkinson and named "Lost Soul". The song was conceived as a drum solo for Carlo Little (Rolling Stones' original drummer), who like Blackmore had played with The Savages, the backing band for Screaming Lord Sutch. Simper said Blackmore learned the melody "note for note" from Little. Bill Parkinson was lead guitarist with the Savages Jul-Sep 1966, while Blackmore had played with