David Bowie

Glenn Hughes, Deep Purple's one-time bassist, once explained that it was Bowie who had essentially kept the band together. The two had lived together when Bowie ...

“So Bowie had a lot to do with me going down there that day. “Bowie drove me down in his Mercedes to audition Tommy,” Hughes added. Hughes noted: “When Ritchie left the band, I gotta be honest with you, I wanted to go back to Trapeze and reform the band.” Hughes had performed vocals in the Midlands funk rock band before he joined Deep Purple. But there was only one man for the job when it came down to it: Tommy Bolin. He continued: “Bowie was in my house, and he said, ‘You should go get a new guitar player who sounds way different to Ritchie, and maybe looks different.’ He kind of convinced me. Glenn Hughes, Deep Purple’s one-time bassist, once explained that it was Bowie who had essentially kept the band together.