Episode #2 - Before They Were Purple (Part 1)

Deep Purple Before They Were Deep Purple Before they were in Deep Purple, what were some of their early members up to? The Outlaws  Band Facts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outlaws_(band) Ritchie Blackmore on Guitar Mick Underwood who would later play with Episode Six and Gillan Song Law & Order - You have to check out Ritchie's dance in this one! Shake With Me MI 5 Band Facts: http://www.deep-purple.net/tree/the-maze/deep-purple-the-maze.html Rod Evans on vocals & Ian Paice on drums 1966-1967 Toured Germany and did Italian only and French only singles  Ian Paice would meet Ritchie Blackmore on the boat to Germany Songs: You'll Never Stop Me Lovin’ You Only Time Will Tell Sun Dragon Band Facts: http://todopurple.blogspot.com/2009/10/sun-dragon-feat-ritchie-blackmoreian.html Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Paice, & Jon Lord Backing for Rob Freeman and Ian McLintock They were managed by Brian Epstein They did one album before they broke up Songs Five White Horses Green Tambourine The Maze Band Facts: http://www.deep-purple.net/tree/the-maze/deep-purple-the-maze.html Rod Evans & Ian Paice Essentially same band as MI5, changed name Robert Stigwood production Songs Telephone The Trap The Flowerpot Men Band Facts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flower_Pot_Men Nick Simper on bass & Jon Lord on organ Songs You Can Never Be Wrong A Walk in the Sky The Artwoods - I Feel Good Band Facts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Artwoods Jon Lord on organ Songs I Feel Good Down in the Valley   In The News:   Rainbow Releases New Version of “Black Sheep of the Family.” Article quotes: https://www.loudersound.com/news/ritchie-blackmores-rainbow-launch-new-version-of-classic-black-sheep-of-the-family “Joining Blackmore and [Jonnie] Romero in the current lineup of Rainbow are Stratovarius keyboard player Jens Johansson, Blackmore's Night drummer David Keith and bassist Bob Nouveau, and singers Lady Lynn and Candice Night.” Compare to original by Quatermass (1970) Bass: Johnny Gustafson Drums: Mike Underwood Keyboards: J. Peter Robinson Compare to original cover by Rainbow (1975) DEEP PURPLE To Start Work On New Album In 2019 Coverdale and Gillan in Sweden Rock Three Degrees of Deep Purple: I’ll play a snippet of a song that features musicians who are linked to Deep Purple in three or less steps.  You’ll need to narrow it down to: The year The members or band The album Googling is allowed Will reveal the mystery song and what the connection to Deep Purple   Listener Mail/Comments Comments about the show?  We’d love to hear from you. Send us an email at [email protected] or @ us on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.