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Hughes the storyteller
Video recording of the Glenn Hughes’ Q&A ‘storyteller’ session in April 2013 in Australia. Prepare yourself for an hour plus of stories about booze, drugs, more drugs, then even more drugs, and, occasionally, music.
Thanks to Official Deep Purple channel for the videos.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
“Occasionally music” haaa….love it! \m//
October 9th, 2015 at 06:35Wow he is talking about meeting with the Beatles and drinking with Ozzy Osbourne:)
October 9th, 2015 at 08:55Well the bits I clicked on had no drugs but some great stuff that reflected Glenn as an articulate and emotional guy, honest and self effacing, committed to his audience and intent on finding ways to continue in a changed musical world where no one buys albums. It’s made me want to book tickets for his upcoming tour. Of course I love a good drug war story as much as the next man too…
October 9th, 2015 at 11:40He has A LOT of “friends.”
October 9th, 2015 at 17:04A wonderful bass player & singer but complete diva
Gary Moore the greatest guitar player he’s played with? As we say in my country – “aye, right”
Love the DC impersonation tho
October 10th, 2015 at 21:48@5 Albertz
I would think GH probably has a pretty good grasp on his opinion regarding guitarists. He has played with a boatload. Actually he is in good company regarding that statement. Don Airey has claimed the same. I concur.
Ch-BeerZ
October 12th, 2015 at 14:40@6 Tracy
Fair cop, Tracy!
I’ve seen GM with Colosseum II, G-Force, Greg Lake, solo (with Ian Paice), with his blues band, with Scars & his Monsters of Rock tour with Whitesnake. Hell, I even make an (uncredited!) appearance on the 2 live albums he recorded in Glasgow.
A phenomenal guitar player, but I frequently felt he lacked clear direction, especially his 80’s rock albums which seldom sustained interest from start to finish. There’s certainly no “In Rock”, “Machine Head”, “Burn” or “Rising” in his catalogue. His move to more blues-oriented material in the 90s produced some fabulous albums & tours, but he still had a tendency to make some strange leaps (BBM or the Hendrix tribute anyone?)
My personal favourite is his work with Colossem II, especially the live stuff. Check BBC’s Sight & Sound & the various radio sessions that are around – scintillating playing from both GM & Don Airey.
And “Empty Rooms” can still bring a tear to my eye.
Truce, T?
October 14th, 2015 at 11:20Not a big Hughes fan..still don’t get the hype around the guy. Regarding Gary Moore ( hails from my part of the woods )…excellent guitar player though his style was very blues based and not much variety beyond that other than the odd flourish of celtic . I agree his ‘rock’ albums were hit and miss. A massive talent sadly missed
October 15th, 2015 at 06:53