The audience at the Whitesnake show in Beverly Hills on June 9th got one hell of an awesome surprise that night. That night Glenn Hughes joined David Coverdale and his band on stage to perform two classics from their time in Deep Purple together: Lay Down Stay Down and You Keep On Moving.
Whitesnake recently released a whole album full of covers of songs from Coverdale's time in Deep Purple called The Purple Album. The tour they have just embarked on is likewise called The Purple Tour. Hughes has been quite busy splitting his time between Kings of Chaos and his solo album that he is working on that should be out early next year.
Coverdale and Hughes definitely seem to have a lot of their old stage chemistry, though you can kind of tell it's been a while since they performed together like that. Be that as it may, it was pretty surreal to see those two singing those songs together 40 years after the fact. It's just too bad that Hughes didn't strap on a bass and play his old parts. Anyway, this is probably the closest many people will ever come to seeing Deep Purple Marks III and IV. I know I wish I could have been there.
The performances of Lay Down Stay Down and You Keep On Moving can both be viewed below.
Lay Down Stay Down
You Keep On Moving
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