DEEP PURPLE Bassist Announces New Solo Album Title

DEEP PURPLE bassist Roger Glover has posted a lengthy update on his official web site. An excerpt follows:

"The U.S. tour is over and we're now scattered all over the place like autumn leaves in the breeze. Most people go away for their holidays — we go home.

"The best perk of what I do is to travel. I remember as a kid thinking that I would never ever be able to afford a ticket to America, that mythical land where great music came from. It seemed such an impossible dream. Some time later, in 1972, I became blasé about it, bored, sitting in a lounge at Heathrow on the verge of yet another DEEP PURPLE American tour — spoiled rotten. These days I relish the thought of traveling and never lose sight of the fact that I am lucky enough to be places that most will never see. As if that wasn't enough we receive such welcomes when we get there. What did I do right?

"Anyway, it's been a busy year of touring (how unusual!) but earlier, in January, I started work on my next solo project. Peter Denenberg is again my engineer and co-producer and we spent five days in Acme Studios in Mamaroneck, New York laying down tracks. It sounds like a lot in five days but I had a lot of the material already recorded in demo form on my home system (Mac, ProTools, a couple of microphones, assorted guitars, basses, keyboards, tea and smokes). A couple of these demos will probably not be touched. Several were enhanced by the 'band' and the rest we recorded from scratch, live in the studio. The musicians present were Randall Bramblett (vocals, keyboards, sax),Joe Bonadio (drums and percussion),Oz Noy (guitars),and Gillian Glover (vocals and co-writer of some of the songs). Extra work was done by Harvey Jones (who specializes in creative keyboard noises) and Joe Mennonna (sax and arrangements). Of the roughly twenty-three original ideas I started out with, only about fourteen remain as I have thrown out the weakest. The vocals so far feature Randall, Gillian and me. I include some snapshots from the studio.

"Touring with DEEP PURPLE put a halt to my solo album although I continue to tinker with it on the few days I get to be home. My hope is to finish it over the winter and have it ready by early next year. The title (of course, always subject to a second look) is 'Close-Up'."

Read the entire message at www.rogerglover.com.

A video interview with Roger Glover conducted by the Chicago publication Buzz S&E as part of its "Postcards from the Road" series can be viewed below.