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The missing D on a breakdown
Guitar World has an interview with the Swedish session man Tommy Denander, who has more than 3,500 albums to his credit — from Michael Jackson to Jeff Beck, to Alice Cooper. He is also one of the go-to session musicians for Bob Ezrin, so you might guess where this is going (and we’ve covered the story back in 2017).
What about your rather minimal appearance on Deep Purple’s Infinite (2017)?
“When Bob Ezrin invited me to help with Infinite it meant I’d completed a triple of posters from my wall in the ’70s! They were almost done with the album, but Ian Gillan wanted to re-record his vocals and Don Airey wanted to add a keyboard part.
“They were in Stockholm and I worked at the biggest studio in Sweden, so it was perfect. Roger Glover and I recorded Ian’s vocals; it was stunning how professional these guys were. Don came over and nailed his part in one take, too.
“Then Roger said, ‘We’re missing one chord on the guitar.’ I said, ‘Can we get Steve Morse over from the hotel?’ Roger said, ‘No – Bob says you’re a great guitarist, so you can do it.’ I was like, ‘Did Roger Glover just ask me to play on a Deep Purple album?’
“I grabbed my Kemper and my VGS guitar. I knew that Steve used ENGL amps, so I found a profile that matched the recording perfectly. Roger was impressed! He showed me the missing chord – a missing D on a breakdown – and I recorded three takes: two mono for left-right panning and a stereo one with a small chorus.
“It hit me that I’d just had my Spinal Tap moment. I’d been playing guitar full-time for 25 years at that point, and when I got to play on a Deep Purple album it was just one chord!”
Read more where it came from, although there’s nothing else Purple related.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
A one chord wonder. First time I think I have heard of that, in that sense. No credit though was there? It wasn’t a dream was it? Or a nightmare, depending on how one could look at such a thing. Cheers.
August 28th, 2025 at 00:08I always heard there was something wrong with that one D chord!
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Do I now have to collect everything from Tommy Denander? 🙄
August 28th, 2025 at 00:18Tommy not doing Steve’s D, but Ritchie’s Støne Cøld with a special guest from Hackensack:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsJWcpw7O7A
August 28th, 2025 at 00:42Oh mamma mia!! Aiutooo!! 😱
August 28th, 2025 at 06:11