Roger Glover riff to 'Maybe I'm a Leo' after hearing John Lennon's 'How Do You Sleep?'." Glover contributed bass on Jon Lord's first solo album, 'Gemini Suite' [1971), and was the featured soloist in the bass movement. Glover departed Deep Purple, along with Gillan, after the band's second tour of Japan in the summer of 1973. Throughout the 1970s Glover produced albums and/or singles by such acts as Judas Priest, Nazareth, Elf, Status Quo, the Ian Gillan Band and David Coverdale. In 1974 Glover released his first solo album, "The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast", which generated the single "Love Is
Gillan (album) Gillan (album) Gillan is the first album by British rock band Gillan, released in September 1978. It was only released in Japan, Australia and New Zealand, but the album sold well in the UK as an import, aided by positive press reviews. The sleeve notes of the original release credit Liam Genocky as playing drums and percussion, while the 1993 release "Gillan – The Japanese Album" instead credits Pete Barnacle. All songs written by Ian Gillan and Colin Towns except where noted. Side 1 Side 2 <nowiki>*</nowiki> These appear on the standard UK LP and CD formats of the Mr.