Episode #29 – The Butterfly Ball (Part 2: The Singers)

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• Martin Popoff’s “Sensitive to Light” is selling out.  Buy your copy now! Buy “Sensitive to Light: The Rainbow Story” by Martin Popoff here.

• Nate guested on the latest episode of Paul or Nothing – Abbey Road 50th Anniversary Edition/A Discussion with The Deep Purple Pod

• Patron Peter Gardow catches the rainbow when he bumps into David Keith, drummer for Blackmore’s Night and Rainbow!

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Notes From The Field:

• John reviews his time in Miami and seeing Ace Frehley.
• Promoting the band Thunder Mother!

The Singers:

• Glenn Hughes
  • Glover: “It was totally my idea to use David, Glenn, and Ronnie.  I bore no grudges against David or Glenn for joining Purple; they had nothing whatsoever to do with me leaving the band.  And Ronnie I’d already produced with Elf.”
• Helen Chapelle
  • Background vocals for Elf on Carolina County Ball
  • Video Love (1981)
  • Hawk & Co. with Helen Chappelle – Nitelife (1981)
  • All Shook Up w/ Sylvia Mason, Vicky Brown, P.P. Arnold, and Helen Chapelle (1981)
    • Televised tribute to Elvis
• Barry St. John
  • Had some singles in the mid 60s
  • Really prolific as a backup singer with:
    • Elton John
    • David Coverdale – Whitesnake album
    • Elf – Carolina County Ball
      • Elf – Carolina County Ball – Happy (1974)
    • Pink Floyd (Dark Side of the Moon) – Great Gig in the Sky with Liza Strike
    • Numerous other credits on Discogs
    • Part of the Les Humphries Singers from 1972 to 1973
    • Cry Like a Baby (1968)
    • Tell Mama
• Neil Lancaster
  • Backing vocals on Jesus Christ Superstar (album)
  • Chestnut Man from his self-titled album released in 1971
  • Why Can’t People Be People released in 1972 on “Jet Music No. 2” a vinyl compilation
• John Goodison
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Goodison_(musician)
  • First appeared under the name Johnny B. Great
  • Played Jesus in Kingsway Youth Opera Company recording of Jesus Christ Superstar – 
  • Co-wrote and produced The Bay City Rollers’ second No. 1 hit “Give a Little Love” with Phil Wainman
  • Sadly he passed away in 1995.
  • http://www.jesuschristsuperstarzone.com/knowledge-base/discography/kingsway-youth-opera-cast-1971/
  • I Will Be There (1972)
• Micky Lee Soule [discogs, wiki]
  • Founding member of Elf and Rainbow
  • Was in Ian Gillan Band on the tour for the first album “Child in Time” but was dropped before they recorded “Clear Air Turbulence”
  • Sit Down Honey (Everything Will Be Alright) off of Elf’s Elf album (1972)
  • Co-writing credits on “Harlequin Hare” and “Together Again.”
  • He worked as Jon Lord’s keyboard tech and later as Roger Glover’s bass tech before retiring from touring in 2014.
• David Coverdale
• Liza Strike
  • Backing vocals for Elf on “Carolina County Ball”
  • “Mr. Daddy Man” (1968) self-written single
  • Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the moon one of four singers with Doris Troy, Leslie Dunca, and Barry St. John.  Did vocals on a few tracks, most notably “The Great Gig in the Sky.”
  • Clare Torry does the incredible lead vocal.  In a lawsuit she was eventually, and rightly, given writing credits on the song and receives those credits on all copies released after 2005 as well as an out of court settlement.
  • Did backing vocals for Elton John (including the Madman Across the Water album), Yvonne Elliman, Hardin & York, Elf, Manfred Man, Murray Head, Carly Simon, and hundreds more.
  • She was also backing vocals on Glenn Hughes’s “Play Me Out” and David Coverdale’s “White Snake” albums.
• Judi Kuhl
  • Cat Stevens “Music” (1974)
  • Very little information about what she went onto after this.
• Joann Williams
  • Mostly backup vocals.
  • Had a solo album “Maybe Tomorrow” released in 1975
  • Worked with Yvonne Elliman, Cat Stevens’ album “Buddha and the Chocolate Box” with Judi Kuhl
• Kay Garner
  • Worked with Elton John, Jesus Christ Superstar album, Lou Reed, Dusty Springfield, Kiki Dee
  • In a trio called “The Ladybirds” in the late sixties.
  • Sophie’s Dream – Slow Motion  (background vocals @ 19:20 mark) album in 1976 working with Martin Ford, Jack Emblow, and Liza Strike
  • “My Father’s Gun” from “Tumbleweed Connection” (1970) – backing vocals around the 1:40 mark.
• Ronnie James Dio
• Jimmy Helms (Wikipedia, Discogs)
  • American soul singer who was a member of the group Londonbeat
  • Born in Florida and started recording releasing music in the early 60s (1963).
  • Joined the US Army and played trumpet in the Fort Jackson Army Band.
  • He returned to music after his service, releasing some music int he late 60s and early 70s
  • Also featured on Wizard’s Convention singing two songs
  • “Gonna Make You an Offer You Can’t Refuse” (1973)
• Eddie Hardin
  • Covered in previous episode about musicians
• Tony Ashton (Wikipedia, Discogs)
  • Started playing piano as a young child and began performing as a student in the late 50s.
  • At 15 he had a jazz trio called The Tony Ashton Trio.
  • Began playing with the Liverpool group The REmo Four on organ and vocals.
  • The band backed George Harrison on his first solo album Wonderwall Music.
  • After this they formed a new group with Remo drummer Roy Dyke and bass player Kim Gardner.  They released three albums.
  • Ashton, Gardner, and Dyke – Don’t Want No War No More (1970)
• John Gustafson (Wikipedia, Discogs)
  • Covered in numerous other episodes.
  • The Big Three, Quatermass, Hard Stuff, Ian Gillan Band
  • Hard Stuff – Sinister Minister (1972) of the album Bulletproof
• John Lawton (Wikipedia, Discogs,
  http://www.johnlawtonmusic.com/ )
  • Lucifer’s Friend – Prince of Darkness (1972)
  • Later sang with the Les Humphries Singers doing R&B, pop, and gospel
  • After Butterfly Ball . . . 
  • Was the second singer of Uriah Heep who they hired after auditioning several other singers including David Coverdale.

In The News . . .

• Martin Popoff is on the latest episode (Episode #37) of the Shockwaves Skullsessions podcast.  There he reviews the entire Rainbow catalog.  Came out the same exact day as our Rainbow episode and he seems to share a similar perspective on the album.

• Ian Desrosiers posted on Twitter about a new Tommy Bolin Book out in February!
  • Tommy Bolin In And Out Of Deep Purple by Laura Shenton published by Sonic Bond Publishing
  • Amazon says May of 2020 – https://www.amazon.com/Tommy-Bolin-out-Deep-Purple/dp/1789520703

This Week in Purple History . . .

November 11 through November 17

• November 16, 1974 – Stormbringer is released

• November 17, 1975 – Tommy Bolin’s Teaser is released

• November 11, 2010 – Tony Edwards dies

For Further Information:

• Deep Purple: A Matter of Fact by Jerry Bloom
• Smoke on the Water: The Deep Purple Story
• The Road of Golden Dust: The Deep Purple Story 1968-1976 by Jerry Bloom
• Child in Time by Ian Gillan
• Deep Purple: Complete Uk Vinyl Discography 1968-1982 By Neil Priddey

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