Glenn Hughes Says Deep Purple Mk 3 Reunion Failed Due to Ritchie Blackmore: ‘We Couldn’t Get Him on the Phone’..

Glenn Hughes claimed that a potential reunion of Deep Purple Mark 3 failed due to Ritchie Blackmore.

In a recent interview with That Rocks! Glenn Hughes explained that he, David Coverdale, and Jon Lord had plans for a reunion of Deep Purple Mark III failed due to the unreachability of guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. He said:

“So, you know, about 15 years ago, David and Jon and myself – before Jon passed – had a three-week conversation about, wouldn’t it be great, maybe we could get Blackmore, we could do some kind of a reunion.

“Who’s gonna call him? [imitates his former bandmates] ‘I’ll call him. No, I’ll call him. No, I’ll call him.’ And we couldn’t get him on the phone, you can imagine.”

Further, Hughes was asked if all three musicians tried reaching Blackmore. He responded:

“Well, I think we all tried when we got through to [Blackmore’s manager] Carole, you know, and I don’t think he ever got the message, but we tried. Look, I would love to do this with David. We gotta be with [Ian] Paice for it, but it’s not to be, so I am the last one standing, so I’m gonna honor this material.”