There are a couple more rare pictures now in the Gallery featuring GLENN during his Purple Days, while in Cologne, Germany in March 1975 - be sure and check'em out
Cologne, Germany 1975
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Hey leuke foto's, nooit eerder gezien! Nice stuff. Cool to know that also in 1975 GH fans drove down to Cologne from Holland to catch their some groovy music live.
cheers
Fedor -
Awesome pix. Does the supplier have a good story to share?
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Great pix
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Yes, David, the (above) photograph of Glenn wearing a Pilgrim hat
(obviously stolen from Ritchie Blackmore) suggests to me that
there should be a new section of the Picture Gallery called:
Glenn wearing strange hats!
My personal favorite is the famous photo of that fuzzy white hat (?)
that kind of looks like a baby polar bear is getting comfortable
on top of Glenn's head. How about it? -
if you want to see some great shots of Glenn, Tommy Bolin and a whole host of Rock Legends then visit my friends site and view his amazing collection of pictures he took himself.
http://www.myspace.com/richardgalbraith -
That hat belongs to Achim Schreiner these days, doesn't it...?!
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Not at all!!!
Mine are different, mate .... -
That hat belongs to Achim Schreiner these days, doesn't it...?!
No chris.............
I believe that your friend Achim is wearing a hat
stolen from Ms. Margaret Hamilton, perhaps somewhat
better known as "The Wicked Witch of the West." -
There's now a couple more in the Gallery from Cologne, 1975
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Awesome pix. Does the supplier have a good story to share?
Well, coincidentally, yes
QuoteI took the pictures in Germany myself. I was 15 years old then. I was a member of the Dutch Deep Purple fanclub. We phoned the Purple-management and they agreed we'd meet the band in Cologne.
What I didn't know at the time, was that Ritchie Blackmore had told the band the day before, that he would quit Purple. The support act in Cologne was Elf. Ritchie already teamed up with them, before the concert. I met Ronnie James Dio backstage that night...
Earlier that day, I was waiting in the hotel lobby to meet Deep Purple. The first bandmember to show up (all Purple-members travelled separately in a Mercedes driven by a chauffeur), was GLENN HUGHES. He was with his girlfriend, Vicky. Her twin-sister Jacky had a relationship with Ian Paice.
While I was waiting for the band, some people of the Purple-management showed up. I remember I talked to a guy called Graham Nolder.
Now the interesting part of the story: There was also a young French woman around, called Muriel. I drank a few coke's with her in the Hotel Bar. She was a lovely woman, but she showed an unhealthy interest in Ritchie Blackmore. In fact she'd already stalked him for a while. The hat Glenn is wearing on one of the pictures, is in fact her hat. GLENN was rather kind to her, Paice hugged her and Coverdale and Lord ignored her. Ritchie said nothing and just pushed her away. He was already fed up with her. Muriel is in fact (as Ronnie Dio told me one year later) the woman in the song "Starstruck".
As I told you, we met three of the Purple members in the dressing-room. Lord wasn't around and Blackmore had his own dressing-room. They where very kind. It is such a long time ago, so I can't remember the exact words. It had a deep impact on me though. The concert later that evening was great! Elf was great. Purple was fantastic!
I'm almost 48 years old now, but my love for the music of GLENN is still great. Every time he plays in Holland or Germany, I'm there. The last time I saw him, I was very moved. To see a lifetime influence play and sing so wonderful after all these years means a lot to me.
Rene Veldhoen - December 2007 -
Fantastic read and great pix!
Cheers, Achim -
Fantastic shots & great story. Thank you Rene for sharing these wonderful memories
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Wow what a great story...it's a dream come true!
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Wow ...
If only we were around in those days. I wish I was 53 -
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Every time he plays in Holland or Germany, I'm there.
But have you had a "meet and greet" with Glenn since then?
Betcha' this time around, GH would be happy to meet a "vintage" fan like you.
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Some of you guys know it, cos I told them long ago. I was about 4 and a half year old when I saw DP the first time and it was also in Spring 1975 in Saarbruecken, Germany.
I do not have LARGE memories of it but I do remember certain images and an overall LOUD sound!! LOL
I remember seeing Ritchie there the first time in my life, sitting on the shoulders of my father at that time.
I guess nowadays, noone would let a 4,5 year kid into such an arena anymore But back then, people were different (thank God).
It was a major experience for me tho. I was infected by rock music.
Next time I saw Purple was on the 85 tour where Gillans voice was dramatically shot. It was just one year after I saw Rainbow the very first time.
Maybe thats why I have still a strong connection to the Mark III lineup.
Unfortunately, my dad passed away the same spring due to an auto accident tho.
But life goes on, it always does....
Merry Christmas to you all!
Achim -
Maybe thats why I have still a strong connection to the Mark III lineup.
Sure, I heard Deep Purple's "Hush" and "Smoke on the Water" on the radio,
but I had NO CLUE who these guys were. It wasn't until....I SAW CALIFORNIA JAM....
on television, that I connected to these people on stage.
That was the MK III line-up?
The "classic" MK II line-up was before that?
Never heard of it.
To me (and to an awful lot of other people, I would think)
DEEP PURPLE ~ IS ~ BLACKMORE, COVERDALE, HUGHES, LORD AND PAICE.
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Unfortunately, my dad passed away the same spring due to an auto accident tho.
But life goes on, it always does....
Sorry to hear of you loss, Achim, but I bet your Dad would smile, if he knew how
"taking his kid to the DP concert" has remained one of your best memories with him.
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Thanks, Grace. Im pretty sure your right in that
Speaking about Purple, the interesting thing was that I lost track on DP for several years (lol...takes no wonder at that age) and the first time I did really listen (closely) to them again was after my brother presented me "IN ROCK" to my 11th birthday.
When talking about Mk II there was never any doubt for me which was the absolutely TOP album for me (others may think different, of course) and that is "In Rock".
That album did so much at that time and had such a large impact on the music scene, I would think even more than "Machine Head".
Every lineup had its good and strong and its weak points of course.
Even Im a loyal fan of Mk III & IV, I would be silly to say seriously theres would have been no good music of Mk II. This would be ridiculous.
Of course there was.
"Made In Japan" is still THE album when Im in the mood of listening to some of the best Blackmore leads which are out there.
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Dear Administrator!
Is it possible to ask Rene Veldhoen from what he was known that "Ritchie Blackmore had told the band the day before, that he would quit Purple" (March 29th 1975)???
Aleksey
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