Ritchie Blackmore
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While perhaps the most well-known of the Guitarists who have performed as members of the British band Deep Purple, Blackmore is not the ONLY one. After he left the group in 1974, American Tommy Bolin joined for one album and a tour that pretty much self-destructed due to Bolin's drug habits, and DP called it quits in 1975. Purple reformed in 1984 with Blackmore back as the guitarist, but he left again in 1993 to pursue other musical interests. He was replaced for about a year by Joe Satriani, who toured but did not record with the rest of the band. In 1994, Steve Morse became the guitarist, and has been with the band since then.
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Steve Morse is the current guitar player in Deep Purple, having been with the band since 1994.
He replaced Joe Satriani, who stepped in for a year to replace original founding member Ritchie Blackmore, who left the band in 1993.
Ian Paice. He is the only drummer who has ever recorded with the band, although the former incarnation, non-recording act Roundabout, was formed by drummer Chris Curtis.
The Deep Purple - 1920 was released on: USA: 2 May 1920
The band gets it's name from a favourite song of guitarist, Ritchie Blackmore's Mum.. Up until adopting Deep Purple, the band WA sknown as "Roundabout". The song was covered with some success by Donnie and Marie Osmond (!) in the 1970's..
4.Rod Evans (Shades of Deep Purple, The Book of Taliesin, Deep Purple)Ian Gillan (Deep Purple in Concert, Deep Purple in Rock, Fireball, Machine Head, Who Do We Think We Are, Perfect Strangers, The House of Blue Light, The Battle Rages On, Purpendicular, Abandon, Bananas, Rapture of the Deep)David Coverdale (Burn, Stormbringer, Come Taste the Band)Joe Lynn Turner (Slaves and Masters)Also, Glenn Hughes did some vocals on Burn, Stormbringerand Come Taste the Band and Tommy Bolin did some on Come Taste the Band.
The Band 'Deep Purple'. And, Buckcherry does the 2009 cover. :) Blackfoot is the band that performs Highway Song, not Deep Purple unless they did a cover version at some point
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