I agree with light here. The histrionics are just way too much most of the time. Plus, he has a very inflated view of himself and his own importance. As one person commented on one of his youtube videos,'The ego has landed'. He has a fantastic voice and the way he keeps it up at his age and after all the crap he did to himself back in the day is amazing, but enough already. He has a crackerjack band, though.
Exactly the way I felt until I saw him live in the flesh. Then I had to surrender to his amazing voice..
Songs that HE WROTE??? I'm pretty sure RB and DC had just a little a bit to do with the writing
To be honest I'm sure it will be a decent gig but GH does my head in with his oversinging the !@#$ out of everything.Think i will give it a miss
Re: 18 month "plays Classic Purple" tour I saw Glenn in Feb 2017 with Resonate Tour. It was stunning. I already have a ticket for upcoming Prague gig (not on tourlist yet - 30th October is the date).
Regarding GH´s singing - I think that everyone who saw him will agree that he is much better now than he used to be with Purple. I agree that he was a bit "annoying" with Mk3/4 period, now it works much better. GH is by far the best live act from DP family. His "oversinging" works a bit different in terms of live show, asking him "not do that" is like limiting F1 car to 70Km/h.
I saw Glenn in Feb 2017 with Resonate Tour. It was stunning. I already have a ticket for upcoming Prague gig (not on tourlist yet - 30th October is the date).
Regarding GH´s singing - I think that everyone who saw him will agree that he is much better now than he used to be with Purple. I agree that he was a bit "annoying" with Mk3/4 period, now it works much better. GH is by far the best live act from DP family. His "oversinging" works a bit different in terms of live show, asking him "not do that" is like limiting F1 car to 70Km/h.
Hes still annoying !!! if you like Pinky and Perky then of course GH does a great Pinky and Perky .The man has a great voice but really does overdo it too often for my taste .
Re: 18 month "plays Classic Purple" tour By kind permission of Marcelo Soares, who was at the Sao Paulo gig.
Hughes.
It sounded like being in the crowd of the Mk3 live albums, minus the bad parts. Beautiful. Even the long drum solo was great, feeling the sound shake my clothes - and seeing some people get away to grab a drink, which improved considerably my moving room.
I only missed Owed to G at the end of This Time Around and that bit they did when the band came back from the extended soloes. How was it called? Does it have a name?
Glenn is singing and moving onstage as if he forgot how old he is. His band is awesomely well-chosen. And I bet they are cheaper than Blackmore's bunch of laggards. It's hot music.
My dear LBDP is a tight band. They are damn great. But they are more or less predictable for me. They show their age. Going to their gigs is going to a current DP gig, which is great.
Glenn has done something else. He has built a time machine. I love it.
They should reach an agreement like the X-Men had in the 90s, where they had the Gold team and the Blue team. So we could have two Deep Purples living and breathing, one carrying the torch on and one taking us back to where tradition came.
thats one awesome band hes got there Big J and he can still sing great no doubt, and is a brilliant bass player, i just cant stand the OTT Pinky and Perky vocal stuff.