Happy Birthday Roger David Glover (born 30 November 1945 in Brecon) is a British bassist, songwriter, and record producer. Glover is best known as the bassist for the hard rock band, Deep Purple.[1][2] Glover wrote the guitar riff on Maybe Im a Leo.[3][4] Born near Brecon, Wales, Glover moved with his family to St Helens before settling in the South Kensington area of London, at the age of ten. Around that time, Glovers interests started to shift towards rock music, and by the time he was thirteen, Glover began playing guitar. He later moved to the North London district of Pinner and while at Harrow County School for Boys Glover formed his first band, Madisons, with a group of friends, which later merged with a rival band to become Episode Six, a band which later featured Glovers future Deep Purple bandmate, vocalist Ian Gillan. The two left Episode Six in 1969 to join Deep Purple. Deep Purple and solo Deep Purple, Roger Glover 1970 After spending four years with Deep Purple, where the band saw their most successful releases in the albums, in Rock and Machine Head, Glover, along with Gillan, departed after Deep Purples second tour of Japan in the summer of 1973. Glover said, I wrote the riff to Maybe Im a Leo after hearing John Lennon’s How Do You Sleep?.[3] Throughout the 1970s, Glover went on to produce such acts as Judas Priest, Nazareth, Elf, the Ian Gillan Band, and David Coverdale. In 1974, Glover released his first solo album, Butterfly Ball, and in 1978, released his second solo album entitled Elements. From 1979 to 1984, he was the bassist, lyricist and producer for Ritchie Blackmores solo band, Rainbow, working on four of the groups studio albums. In 1983 he recorded his third solo album, Mask, released the next year. When in April 1984 Deep Purple reformed, Glover returned to his old band where he has remained for the last two-and-a-half decades.[5] In 1988, Glover and fellow Deep Purple member, Ian Gillan, recorded the side-project album, Accidentally on Purpose. Almost two decades later, Glover played with Ian Gillan during Gillans brief solo tour in 2006. In 2002, Glover released his fourth solo album entitled Snapshot under the name Roger Glover & The Guilty Party. The album featured performances from Randall Bramblett (who shared co-writing credits on several tracks) as well as Glovers daughter, Gillian. In 2011, Glover released his fifth solo album, If Life Was Easy, which featured guest appearances by Nazareths Dan McCafferty and Pete Agnew as well as Walther Gallay and Daniel Sahaj Ticotin. Notable collaborations and performances In 2001 Glover was among a host of bass players who contributed to Govt Mules double album The Deep End, recorded as a tribute to the late Allen Woody, Mules original bassist. Glover played on Deep Purples Maybe Im a Leo, which was one of Woodys favourite songs. On May 3, 2003 in New Orleans Glover also took part in a special concert performed by Govt Mule featuring appearances from all bass players who had contributed to The Deep End album. On October 7, 2007 Glover joined his former bandmate Jon Lord to perform Concerto for Group and Orchestra at the Royal & Derngate Theatre in Northampton. The concert also featured Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conduced by Paul Mann. In 2008 Roger Glover played bass on a charity single called Lucys Song written and produced by David Domminney of Rogue Studios in London and available at iTunes. Income from the sale went to The Linda McCartney Cancer Centre (specifically to promote their Field of Women event which took place at Liverpool Cricket Club on July 6, 2008). On March 21, 2012 Ian Paice was playing a gig with the Deep Purple tribute band Purpendicular in Pratteln, Switzerland. The band received a surprise reinforcement as Roger Glover happened to be in the neighbourhood and joined them on stage. Personal life Glover currently resides in Switzerland where he lives with his partner Myriam. Myriam gave birth to a girl, Lucinda, on 27 June 2009.[6] Glover has been married twice, and has another daughter, musician Gillian Glover (born 1976), from his first marriage. In 2004, ITV Wales aired a TV special about Roger Glover called Roger Glover – Made in Wales (produced by Craig Hooper) which features interviews from fellow musicians Ian Gillan and Ian Paice, as well as Glovers mother, Brenda, and his wife Lesley. Painting and photography On October 22, 2010 Roger Glover’s artwork exhibition called Happy Silence opened at the K-8 e.V. Galerie in Cologne. Previously Glover has let many of his pictures be auctioned in other galleries for good purposes, but this was his first own big presentation. Read more: answers/topic/roger-glover#ixzz3KYEnvYgj
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