How did it feel to be writing and touring with Ian Gillan?Ī. You also toured with the band before and after the album release. After Garth Rockett and The Moonshiners, you went on to co-write 9 of the 11 tracks with Ian (and played guitar) on the Ian Gillan album Naked Thunder which was released in July 1990. I got a call from Phil, who passed me over to Ian, unbelievably, and next day I was at his house planning the Garth Rockett gigs. I just wanted to play all sorts of different types of rock music for a while. as I was gigging every night in Liverpool with all sorts of bands, as my main band Export had been dropped by Epic after two records. Phil Easton from Radio City had been contacted by Ian, who was a good mate, with a view to helping him get a little touring band together, to do some covers and do a short tour, while Purple were ‘resting’. How did that come about and what did that lead to?Ī. A phone call back in 1989 began that journey. It has been a 20 year journey for you down the road to Morocco. Lee Worrall recently spoke to Steve Morris for Darker Than Blue about working with Ian Gillan on One Eye To Morocco, his first studio album of all new material in 10 years, which came out in 2009.
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