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Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition

This is a (part of the) recording of Glenn Hughes’ spoken word appearance at Café de Paris in London on February 25, 2017. Here, Glenn talks to the legendary British DJ Nicky Horne about joining Deep Purple and his days in the band.

Thanks to Ritchie Blackmore Official channel for posting this and to Uwe for bringing it to your attention.

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Posted by Nick on Thursday, September 25th, 2025, filed under News. You can follow comment on this post through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a comment. Pinging is currently not allowed.

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3 Comments to “Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition”:

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    Uwe Hornung says:

    I guess this interview once and for all debunks the myth how Ritchie and Glenn were supposedly always at loggerheads with each other. In case you still believed that even after Glenn was willing to play (and sing) Rainbow songs with Ritchie during the latter’s Reunionbow plans, Glenn’s joining only scuppered by the later revelation he would be expected to only play bass and not sing. Blackmore (who notably qualified Glenn as “The best bassist Deep Purple ever had.“) and Hughes might have had very different musical tastes, but they always respected each other as musicians and instrumentalists. And if Blackmore went to see Glenn at Trapeze gigs, then he certainly heard enough “shoeshine music” to know what was coming.

    The Trapeze guys catching Glenn rehearse Deep Purple riffs in their dressing room before a Trapeze show was a bit unfortunate though … 😂

    His DC impressions aren’t too bad either!

    I blame the thin air up there where the helicopter flew for Glenn not being able to perform his manly duties to their biological conclusion with the volunteer police officer(ess) post-CalJam. Lack of oxygen or something.

    September 26th, 2025 at 01:25
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    Karin Verndal says:

    Awwww 😍

    Nobody indeed doesn’t expect the Spanish Inquisition!

    Now I need to see all my Monty Python dvds.

    Thanks 🙏🏼

    September 26th, 2025 at 11:54
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    Fla76 says:

    the anecdote with Stevie Wonder and Coverdale is incredible!

    September 26th, 2025 at 20:20

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