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The two CD compilation features twenty songs from Hughes’ solo career between 1994’s Burning Japan Live and 2001’s Building The Machine. Although the album does not feature any songs from albums with his past bands, it does contain live solo versions of songs Hughes originally recorded with Deep Purple, Trapeze, Black Sabbath and Hughes ...
Glenn Hughes (born 21 August 1951) is an English musician, best known for playing bass and performing vocals in the hard rock band Trapeze and in the Mk. III and IV line-ups of Deep Purple, [1] as well as briefly fronting Black Sabbath in the mid-1980s. In addition to being an active session musician, Hughes maintains a notable solo career.
L.A. Blues Authority Volume II: Glenn Hughes – Blues is a solo album by former Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Trapeze vocalist/bassist Glenn Hughes.. The album was produced under the moniker of the L.A. Blues Authority, a blues rock project that featured many musicians playing original blues tracks and covers.
Glenn Hughes, Johnnie Bolin & Friends: Tommy Bolin: 1997 Tribute: Live Tribute album 2002 Hughes Turner Project: HTP: Studio Live In Tokyo: Live album 2003 HTP 2: Studio 2004 Tony Iommi featuring Glenn Hughes: The 1996 DEP Sessions: previously distributed demo was released in 1996 as 'Eighth Star' with Dave Holland on drums 2005 Fused: Studio ...
Music for the Divine, the follow-up to 2005's Soul Mover marked a continued increase in Hughes' popularity. The album contains a more varied approach than his previous albums, songs like "Steppin' On", "Too High" and "Monkey Man" follow Hughes' regular style of funk infused hard rock, but other songs like "Frail" and "The Divine" are mellower and lean towards acoustic songwriting.
It is notable that From Now On… is the only Glenn Hughes studio album which features no bass playing from Hughes himself (a situation that apparently made him uncomfortable in Black Sabbath), claiming that he wanted a ‘knees up without the bass’.
Glenn Hughes left the band in 1973 to join Deep Purple, although briefly returned for a tour in 1976.. In April 1973, Deep Purple members Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord and Ian Paice attended a Trapeze show at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles, California, with a view to asking Hughes to replace bassist Roger Glover in the band.
It is generally considered Hughes' heaviest solo album, both musically and topically. Hughes describes the period of his life when he made the album as a dark one; various issues he was going through are addressed in the songs. Many of them focus on the drug addictions that marred Hughes’ life throughout the 80s. [4]