🎼19 January 1947. Rod Evans would be 75 today... but nobody knows whether he's still alive 😳
I've always been fascinated by this kind of Rock Stories: famous musicians who suddenly retire from the scenes and completely disappear!
#RodEvans was the first #vocalist of Deep Purple in 1968. After recording the first 3 albums, #DeepPurple substituted him with #IanGillan, who they considered more rock oriented.

Rod went on to form #CaptainBeyond who released a couple of great Hard Rock albums 🤟
In late 1970s Rod was approached by a questionable management company who convinced him to tour with former #Steppenwolf musicians under the name of Deep Purple 🤦‍♂
A lawsuit followed and the real Deep Purple easily won the controversy: Rod Evans lost all royalties for being an original member, after that he completely disappeared!
Deep Purple members attempted to contact him in following years just to say hallo, but without success and still today after more than 40 years, they don't know anything about Rod 🤷‍♂
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📌19 January 1973

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An interesting story about
👉 Rod Evans (Deep Purple Mark I singer) here