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Glenn Hughes did an interview about his new band, Black Country, with the blog Rock Guitar Daily. We’re as bombastic as The Who, and as bluesy as Free, but we are doing some different kinds of things in terms of structure, and tempo: 7/8, 6/8, even 5/8 time, so it’s not just a few chords […]
Read more »In Kevin Shirley’s online diary, he confirms what Jason Bonham said about Black Country and also confirms the rumour that there is a keyboard player in the group. Maybe no one told Bonham that. 🙂 Kevin Shirley writes: So there it is folks – the cat is out the bag! This is BLACK COUNTRY. I […]
Read more »At the Guitar Center’s Drum-Off last weekend, Jason Bonham did a tribute to his father, the late John Bonham from Led Zeppelin. Glenn Hughes was Bonham’s guest at the show. In an interview before the show, Bonham talked about his new band featuring Joe Bonamassa and Glenn Hughes. “I just literally went into the studio […]
Read more »Glenn Hughes has broken the news that he’s been indeed working with Kevin Shirley, and they are working on the Come Taste The Band remixes.
Update — Kevin Shirley: “I’m diggin’ it… I was a Deep Purple fan before I was a Zeppelin fan…”
Is Glenn Hughes going to be part of a new supergroup? Recent Twitter comments from Hughes suggest something is in the works: “In Newport Beach havin’ lunch…on my way to Malibu to work with possibly the greatest hard rock producer on the planet…? Love….GH” (November 16) “I’ll be writin’ Lyrics to Brand new songs for […]
Read more »Joel McIver has been working since 2006 on an autobiography with Glenn Hughes, to be published by Foruli Publications. “We are very excited about this project, and working with Glenn Hughes is an absolute pleasure. The book is Glenn’s autobiography, written with Joel McIver (author of the bestselling book ‘The Truth About Metallica’). It will […]
Read more »Glenn Hughes and Come Taste The Band. Restaurant Løa, Vennesla, Norway, July 24th 2009. Glenn Hughes and the Norwegian tribute band “Come Taste the Band”, delivered to expectations at Restaurant Løa, when they performed their tribute show; “An Evening of Deep Purple”. I have seen Glenn H. and CTTB a couple of times before, and […]
Read more »Glenn Hughes, Rock Tent, Karmoy, Haugesund, Norway. July 30 2009. Glenn Hughes from Trapeze, Deep Purple Mark III and IV, Black Sabbath and solo playing at the island Karmoy near my home town Haugesund (south west in Norway), its just great! When I’m thinking of Deep Purple Mark III, I’m thinking of the album “Burn” […]
Read more »Glenn Hughes played a Deep Purple set with the boys from Norwegian tribute band ‘Come Taste The Band’. Glenn was in excellent shape and in good humour. I have seen this band a couple of times before, and they are pretty good. This is the best I have seen them, and it looked as if […]
Read more »Monday night’s ChildLine Rocks charity show in London (June 1) is to be released on a socalled Instant Live CD. The 3CD set will feature Jon Lord, Glenn Hughes, Uriah Heep, Thunder and more on a limited edition release with 2 audio CDs and a photo disc with exclusive photos from the night’s performances. The […]
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