The Gig Cartel - Artist profiles: Deeper Purple

Deeper Purple deliver the most authentic tribute to the giants of Classic Rock that has influenced generations of musicians and music fans alike for over fifty years! So, if you like your music loud and proud, the Deeper Purple show delivers the most authentic tribute to these Classic Rock giants with over two hours of the best of music, delivering energetic performances of hits such as 'Highway Star', 'Black Night', 'Woman from Tokyo', 'Child in Time', 'Perfect Strangers' and 'Mistreated' and of course their best known hit 'Smoke on the Water'.

The band are a truly international act with the line-up comprising of enigmatic Italian vocalist Luca Ravase (now living in Greece), guitarist Rob Sas from Spain, drummer Thomas Hauser from Germany, and two British musicians Phil Crombie on bass and David Chapman on keyboards and backing vocals. In 2020 ex Rainbow keyboard player Paul Morris joined Deeper Purple completing a UK tour with them as well as appearing in numerous videos which the band created during the Covid lockdown.. Additionally, ex Rainbow vocalist Doogie White sometimes guests with the band and appears in one such lockdown video.

Deeper Purple were formed in south Spain in 2014 and since then regularly play shows in both Spain and in the UK where especially the band have toured annually since 2016. Having just completed their most successful three week UK tour, the band will be playing right across the UK and at selected shows in Spain in 2024 for their 10th anniversary celebrations! The tour will be sponsored once again by Pro Steel Engineering based in Cardiff, Wales and by ARfm, the UK based internet radio station, where guitarist Rob Sas presents his weekly radio show. Rob is also endorsed by Planet Tone – guitar pickup manufacturers based in Colorado in the USA.