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Glenn Hughes (born 21 August 1951) is an English bassist and singer, best known for playing bass and performing vocals in
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band
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and in the Mk. III and IV line-ups of
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, as well as briefly fronting
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in the mid-1980s. He is known by fans as "The Voice of Rock" due to his soulful and wide-ranging singing voice. In addition to being an active session musician, Hughes also maintains a notable solo career. He currently fronts the supergroups
Black Country Communion Black Country Communion is an English-American hard rock band based in Los Angeles, California. Formed in 2009, the band is a supergroup composed of bassist and lead vocalist Glenn Hughes, guitarist and second vocalist Joe Bonamassa, drummer J ...
and
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, and fronted
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from 2013 to 2015. In 2016, Hughes was inducted into the
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as a member of Deep Purple.


Early life

Hughes was born in
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,
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, England, on 21 August 1951. He fronted
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in the 1960s as bassist/vocalist, as well as the British
funk rock Funk rock is a fusion genre that mixes elements of funk and rock. James Brown and others declared that Little Richard and his mid-1950s road band, The Upsetters, were the first to put the funk in the rock and roll beat, with a biographer sta ...
band
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. Hughes was bassist and lead vocalist for the first three Trapeze albums, released between 1970 and 1972. He also credited with contributing guitar, piano and trombone to these albums.


Career


Deep Purple, Hughes and Thrall (1973-1982)

Hughes was recruited to replace
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as bassist in
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in 1973, though he considered himself more a vocalist than a bassist. He was reportedly uninterested in the Deep Purple job until some of the other members proposed that
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of Free be brought in as co-lead vocalist. Although the recruitment of Rodgers fell through, Hughes had now become interested in the "two-lead-singer thing", and
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was later hired as Deep Purple's lead vocalist. The two would ultimately share lead vocal duties in the band for the next three albums, until the break-up of Deep Purple in 1976. Battling a severe
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addiction, Hughes then embarked on a solo career, releasing his first solo album in 1977, titled '' Play Me Out''. In 2016, Hughes was inducted into the
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as a member of Deep Purple. In 1982, he joined with ex-
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guitarist
Pat Thrall Patrick Thrall is an American rock guitarist. Thrall began his recording career in 1972. He played guitar, vocals, and percussion with the group Cookin' Mama, which had his brother, Preston Thrall, on percussion. They released the album ''New Day ...
to form
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, and they released one self-titled album which went virtually unnoticed at the time. Part of the reason for the album's obscurity was the inability to support it with a proper tour, due to both parties suffering from drug addiction. As Hughes stated in a 2007 interview, "The Hughes-Thrall album was a brilliant, brilliant album, but we only did 17 shows because we were too loaded."


Gary Moore, Black Sabbath and health problems (1983-1990)

In the mid-1980s, Hughes recorded several different albums with bands and artists including
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(''Phenomena'', ''
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: Dream Runner''),
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('' Run for Cover''), and
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(''
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''; originally a solo album by Sabbath guitarist
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that was released as a Sabbath album due to record label pressure). Hughes' health problems due to overeating, drugs and alcohol began to seriously affect his musical projects and this contributed to very short stints with Gary Moore and Tony Iommi, as Hughes was unable to tour with them properly due to his bad health. In 1985 Black Sabbath reunited with original vocalist
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for their one-off
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performance. While waiting for a break in Osbourne's career, Iommi decided to record a solo album and Hughes was brought in to provide the vocals. Due to the aforementioned contractual obligations with the record company, the album was credited to ''Black Sabbath featuring Tony Iommi'' and released in 1986 to generally positive critical reviews. While touring to promote the new album, Glenn was replaced by vocalist
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after just six shows; this was due both to injury from a confrontation with Black Sabbath's production manager John Downing, which contributed to a degradation in his voice, and his not being in good physical shape to complete the tour. Glenn's first bass guitar was a salmon pink, pre-CBS Fender Jazz Bass. During his tenure in Trapeze, he played a Fender Jazz Bass as well as a
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on the Deep Purple albums ''
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'', ''
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'', and '' Come Taste the Band''. This Rickenbacker was eventually given to
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bassist
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, who subsequently used it on the
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tour in 1978.


Health recovery and career rejuvenation (1991-2008)

At the end of the decade, Hughes realised his ongoing drug problem was derailing him; a clean, sober and fully rejuvenated Hughes returned by 1991 with the vocal for the hit " America: What Time Is Love?" with
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. He also recorded all the vocals for former
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guitarist
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's solo album '' Face the Truth''. He then re-embarked on a solo career that has been his primary focus to date. In 1999, Hughes did a short tribute tour to
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in Texas, with Tommy's brother Johnnie (of
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) on drums. In 2003, Hughes made a guest appearance in the metal opera project "AINA", alongside other guest vocalists like Michael Kiske, Tobias Sammet, Andre Matos, and Simone Simons on the debut album ''Days of Rising Doom''. In 2005 Hughes released ''
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'' supporting it with a European tour. He also collaborated with Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi on the 2005 album '' Fused''. Hughes then released ''
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'' in 2006, which featured
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members
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and
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. Hughes toured in support of the album throughout Europe in autumn 2006. ''Live in Australia'', an acoustic CD and companion DVD of a performance at Sydney's famous "Basement" club was released via
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on 17 November 2007. The album ''
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'' was released on 9 May 2008 in Europe and on 12 May in the rest of the world.


Autobiography and other projects (2009-2016)

In 2009, Hughes formed
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with
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(drums),
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(guitar) and
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(keyboards). The band released three albums through 2012 and disbanded in March 2013 following the departure of guitarist Bonamassa. Black Country Communion reunited in 2016 and released a fourth album in 2017. In July 2010, Hughes appeared as a guest vocalist (together with singer
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) fronting Heaven & Hell at the High Voltage Rock Festival in London as a tribute to the late
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. Hughes' autobiography was published in May 2011 by British specialist limited edition publishers Foruli. The book, titled ''Deep Purple and Beyond: Scenes from the Life of a Rock Star'', was co-written with author
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and featured contributions by Tony Iommi, David Coverdale, Ozzy Osbourne, and
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, as well as a foreword by
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of
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. An extended paperback edition, retitled ''Glenn Hughes: The Autobiography'', was published in late 2011 by Jawbone Press. On 13 September 2012, Hughes and
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met Bako Sahakyan, the president of the breakaway
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and organised a concert in
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. In 2013, Hughes made a special guest appearance on the debut, self-titled album from Device. He is featured on the song "Through It All" accompanying
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on vocals. Hughes has been touring as a member of Kings of Chaos, performing lead vocals, backing vocals and acoustic guitars, since early 2013. In late 2013, he formed a new band called
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with drummer Jason Bonham and guitarist Andrew Watt. The group released one self-titled album in 2014. California Breed announced in 2015 that they had broken up. During 2015, Hughes undertook a solo world tour, featuring guitarist
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and drummer Pontus Engborg. The next year, he released his most recent studio album, ''
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''.


The Dead Daisies (2019–present)

In September 2019, supergroup
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debuted a new track, "Righteous Days", on Planet Rock Radio in the UK. It was also announced that Glenn Hughes would be joining the collective as lead singer and bassist. The current incarnation of the Dead Daisies features guitarist
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, drummer
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, bassist and singer Glenn Hughes and rhythm guitarist
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. In November, the band headed to the south of France to begin writing and recording the next album, which would be the first with Glenn Hughes. They spent two weeks in November then a further two weeks in December at La Fabrique Studios in Saint-Rémy de Provence (south of France) working with producer
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. The new album was to be released in 2020. At the beginning of 2020, finishing touches and final mixing of the next album was completed with producer
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. In February, a European tour starting at the end of May 2020 and stretching until well into July was announced but later postponed due to the
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. In June it was announced that the band would be playing a few shows with Foreigner in Germany and Poland starting in Hamburg on 6 June 2021. In addition, it was announced that the band would also do a number of dates in Europe in summer 2021 with
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. On 17 April, "Unspoken", the first single from the forthcoming album, was released. On 15 May US dance duo Dance With The Dead released a remix version of "Unspoken". On 17 July 2020 ''The Lockdown Sessions'' EP was released by the band on digital platforms. The band later announced that the release of ''Holy Ground'', as well as a supporting tour, had been pushed back to 22 January 2021. The next single to be released by the band was "Bustle and Flow" on 25 September. The song reached 15 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart. On 4 December the next single, "Holy Ground", which is also the title track of the forthcoming album, was released and was added to the Planet Rock 'A' playlist. 2021 saw the release of the fifth studio album '' Holy Ground''. The album came out on 22 January and was met with global praise from both fans and music critics featuring 11 songs including three singles to date, the album reached the top 10 on many international rock charts. The next day drummer Deen Castronovo announced that he had left the band, due to a future minor back surgery. In his place for future live shows he will be replaced by
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, formerly in the band as a session man. In September 30 2022 the band released Radiance, their newest studio LP. Featuring a return of Glenn Hughes on bass & vocals and this time,
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on drums replacing
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. Once again the album received praise from fans and critics alike, which featured the singles 'Face Your Fear' and 'Radiance'.


Discography

* '' Play Me Out'' (1977) * '' L.A. Blues Authority Volume II: Glenn Hughes – Blues'' (1993) * '' From Now On...'' (1994) * ''
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'' (1995) * ''
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'' (1996) * ''
The Way It Is The Way It Is may refer to: Music * ''The Way It Is'' (Bruce Hornsby album), by Bruce Hornsby and the Range ** "The Way It Is" (Bruce Hornsby song), the title song * ''The Way It Is'' (Glenn Hughes album), or the title song * ''The Way It Is' ...
'' (1999) * '' Return of Crystal Karma'' (2000) * ''A Soulful Christmas'' (2000) * ''
Building the Machine ''Building the Machine'' is a studio album by former Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Trapeze vocalist/ bassist Glenn Hughes. It was his eighth solo studio album and was released in 2001 on SPV, DNA and Nippon Crown records. History ''Building ...
'' (2001) * '' Songs in the Key of Rock'' (2003) * ''
Soul Mover ''Soul Mover'' is a studio album by former Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Trapeze (band), Trapeze vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes (English musician), Glenn Hughes. It was his tenth solo studio album and was released in 2005 on Frontiers Records, F ...
'' (2005) * ''
Music for the Divine ''Music for the Divine'' is a studio album by former Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Trapeze vocalist/ bassist Glenn Hughes. It was his eleventh solo studio album and was released in 2006 on Frontier, Demolition, Sony BMG and Yamaha records. ...
'' (2006) * ''
First Underground Nuclear Kitchen ''First Underground Nuclear Kitchen'' is a studio album by former Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Trapeze vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes. It is his twelfth solo studio album and was released in 2008 on Frontiers Records. History ''First Undergr ...
'' (2008) * ''
Resonate Resonance describes the phenomenon of increased amplitude that occurs when the frequency of an applied periodic force (or a Fourier component of it) is equal or close to a natural frequency of the system on which it acts. When an oscillat ...
'' (2016)


References


External links


Official website
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