Deep Purple Gillan recruited him for his new post-Purple band in the late 1970s. According to Blackmore, Deep Purple was only interested in Gillan and not Glover, but Roger was retained on the advice of Ian Paice. This created the Deep Purple Mark II line-up, whose first release was a Greenaway-Cook tune titled "Hallelujah". At the time of its recording, Nick Simper still thought he was in the band, and had called John Coletta to inquire about the recording dates for the song. He then found that the song had already been recorded with Glover on bass. The remaining original members of
Jill Paice Jill Paice Jill Paice is an American actress best known for her musical theatre roles. She originated the roles of Laura Fairlie in the musical "The Woman in White" in the West End (2004) and on Broadway (2005); Niki in "Curtains" on Broadway (2006); Scarlett in London's "Gone With The Wind" (2008); and Grazia Off-Broadway in "Death Takes a Holiday" (2011). Among other roles, she appeared in the Broadway play "The 39 Steps" (2009). Paice attended Beavercreek High School in Beavercreek, Ohio,graduating in 1998. She then attended Baldwin-Wallace College, graduating with a bachelor of musical theater in 2002. There, she