"What kind of show is this?" I reminded him that a few months earlier he’d listened to "Jesus Christ Superstar" and enjoyed it immensely. I casually informed my parents that I was skipping church to spend the day at the Brady Street Festival before heading to the concert. I don't think so.The first time I saw Deep Purple was on a steamy Sunday evening in June 1973. So are we any judge of what is going to be a hit or not. 'Smoke on the Water' was never even intended to be on the record. They just happen from various circumstances. Because how can you plan a hit? You can't. Well, then people are going to listen to it so just do what you want to do and do the best you can.Īnd I think that's the key really. Because there's always a feeling that if you have a band name, people are going to listen to it so you'd better make it good. And he encouraged us to be ourselves and not worry so much about trying to do something but just doing things. We didn't know it at the time, of course, but it was the start of a great relationship.Īnd that first album we did with him was the first one in eight years. So we thought, "Great!" What a moment that was. He said some lovely things and some pretty encouraging things and he wanted to produce us. We didn't see him that night but we had a meeting with him the next day. But he lives in Toronto and eight or nine years ago we were playing Toronto and he came to see the show. And that's what he does.ĪntiMusic: I didn't get to speak with you the last few albums so can you refresh our memories, how did you first get connected with him? A producer's job is to create an atmosphere in which people can perform and express themselves freely. That makes us relax.Īnd what's a producer's job? Well, we both agree on that.
He's musically knowledgeable so we trust him. We don't argue about whether it's going to be a B flat or an F. There's bound to be disagreements and he is the one who irons it all out and quickly saves us time. We have five creative people in the band. And the key, of course, is do you trust him?īecause not everyone agrees. So I'm very happy to have an outside producer. When you're in the band and you're producing the band, you can't have that. Roger:That's a multi-layered question really. particularly yourself who has such a pedigree of your own with producing? How does everybody manage to put aside their feelings when he makes a judgment on a song. Bob Ezrin is known as a tinkerer - someone who really takes songs apart with a fine tooth comb. Here is that portion of the interview:ĪntiMusic: All five members of Deep Purple are well known for their abilities, not just hired sidemen but active and knowledgeable song architects. Glover spoke with antiMusic's Morley Seaver about the group's new studio album, "Whoosh", and Roger was asked how the band's dynamics with producer Bob Ezrin and also explained how they came to work with him.ĭuring the discussion Roger revealed that the band didn't plan to include the signature hit "Smoke On Water" on the 1972 album. 2020: Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover says that the band's legendary hit song "Smoke On Water" was never intended to be on their iconic "Machine Head" album.
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