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Our favourite bass player shares some amusing travel anecdotage in his latest installment of Road Life: One of the things that intrigues me about rock concerts – everyone afterwards has a different story to tell. Did the band suck? Weren’t they fantastic? They didn’t play the favourite song, the bass player’s cute, the sound was […]
Read more »In case you haven’t heard enough of Smoke on the Water, here is another one for you. During the grand opening of Roger Glover’s exhibition in Köln, he joined acoustic cover band Krysmah for a bit of fun.
Read more »Roger Glover contemplates in his usually eloquent manner in his next installment of Road Life: Immediately my brain goes into overdrive, the scene of the crime is replayed many times over and analyzed down to the nanosecond. How could this have happened to me, a seasoned traveler with countless airport miles to his credit? Scrambling […]
Read more »No One Came, photo by Roger Glover – see more of Roger’s artwork On October 22, Roger Glover’s artwork exhibition opened at the K-8 e.V. Galerie in Cologne. Throngs of people clustered in front of the gallery, all of them fans who wanted to meet the artist in person and to honour him. It was […]
Read more »There are several Purple items published in Polish press recently: A long interview with Roger Glover has appeared in the October 10th issue of the Przeglad weekly. Teraz Rock, a Polish monthly rock music magazine, has a lengthy special called “Deep Purple po calosci” (Deep Purple in total) in October 2010 issue. And last, but […]
Read more »The first exhibition of Roger Glover’s art Paintings and Pictures 1964 – 2010 will open in Köln (Cologne), Germany, later this month and will run through the end of January. Between and during his travels all over the world, from time to time RG has felt the need to take up a brush, pencil, pen […]
Read more »Ah, the power of observation: Stresa, Italy, 21st July 2010 The occasion; lunch in a secluded restaurant under a roof of vine leaves, slivers of sunlight dappling bright patches on the dozen or so customers – a random cast of characters, tourists, locals, mostly couples. It is a family-run business, waiters quick and efficient, sure-footedly […]
Read more »You had a terrible day which seems to be going from bad to worse. You finally get to the gig, look on stage and see a bass player happily bouncing around. And you think to yourself “oh, these guys have it so easy…” Rrright. These days are a breeze by comparison; we have it easy, […]
Read more »On June 26 Episode Six had their reunion at the Sheila Carter’s house in England. Later that day, the Roger’s sister Christine 60th birthday party witnessed a reunion of Roger’s very first band — The Madisons. Roger writes about those days: The three of us needed a drummer and a singer and so we approached […]
Read more »Roger Glover writes in his first (and hopefully not the last) installment of Road Life notes: A few years ago, I had descended from my hotel room a trifle early before a concert. I was sitting in the bar having a swift half when someone recognized me. “Aren’t you excited?” he inquired excitedly, quivering with […]
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