“We went back to the castle, went down to the dungeon where we were set up, figured out what key we were gonna play in – and then Blackmore came up with that riff!”: Glenn Hughes recalls his magical time with Deep Purple in the ’70s

Glenn Hughes on tour with Deep Purple.

In 1973, bassist and lead vocalist Glenn Hughes joined one of the biggest bands in the world – but he never saw it coming.

“I had no idea they were checking me out,” Hughes tells MusicRadar. “They were coming to see me play in my band, Trapeze. They’d seen me play three or four times in Los Angeles, London, and somewhere else. I just thought they were in love with my band!”