Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover has posted the following message on his official web site:
"If you think I'm going to sit here and look for words of complaint about the rapid passing of time, you'd be right. I realize that the precious time spent with my mother before she passed away took a large chunk out of the year but even so, I find myself looking at September coming around when I had barely kissed goodbye to January.
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Anyway, it was great to get back on tour with the band again. Despite the unfortunate storm that washed out the Zaragoza concert, we have had a wonderfully successful time travelling around Europe, meeting old and new friends, and we've been made welcome everywhere. For this I could never complain. Apart from sold-out shows practically every night, the overriding observation I can make from the stage is the tender age of the audience. Along with the occasional silver hairs there have been hordes of twenty-somethings, teenagers and even younger. And they know how to rock. Most gratifying.
"The 42nd Montreux Jazz Festival was a particularly good time and I'm grateful to Claude Nobs for the superb gift he presented to each member of the band β a massive four-volume book tracing his history with the festival, fascinating stuff.
"I also receive many gifts from fans and how I manage to pack my suitcase is a challenge I face every day. Anyway, thank you all. Perfect Strangers of Finland always make a great effort to support us and regularly come up with interesting gifts, much appreciated. Talking of Perfect Strangers, I was given a calligraphic design of the words to that song from Catarina, whose email address I have unfortunately lost β but I thank you.
"In interview after interview, I get asked the usual predictable questions β do I get tired of playing 'Smoke On The Water'? How do I compare Steve [Morse] and Ritchie [Blackmore]? What do I think of new music? Why is the band still so popular? Do I get tired of travelling? There is a danger of giving stock answers to these questions but I try to respect the genuine curiosity behind them. For the purposes of clarification, the answers are no, can't, some good, don't know, no.
"See you on the next leg
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