80 years ago today …
Today, on November 30, RG celebrates his 80th birthday.
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Today, on November 30, RG celebrates his 80th birthday.
If you would like to send a message, please use the “comment”-form below.
Roger.
When I started playing bass in 1970 I was told I played like you. I listened to your playing and realised I did without having heard any of your stuff. Naturally, I listened to your playing and became more like you than before. I still play, I have a 1979 Maton JB4 fretless, no longer on production, and a Maton 2013 JB4 fretted, a reissue but not as good as the originals. Love the new album, as I do all of them. Keep up the great music – old rockers just get better with time, like great wines.
Dave Tagg Adelaide South Australia – PS how about a tour here for the many faithful?
missed your birthday, but wanted to ask as per ‘Can’t happen here’, the future is here? Super lyrics.
Go Roger!
Here’s believing your amazingly creative mind and your physicality remain out of the box for an extended period of time! Best to you!
Penblwydd Hapus i ti – Happy Birthday to you Roger! A lifelong fan we spoke briefly after one of the fab Rainbow gigs at Leicester Granby Halls in July 1981. You were leaving in a Porsche and stopped for a chat. I said “Roger, we’re from Wales!” You replied “Cymru am byth!” You played a couple of nights in Cardiff on the following tour which was great! Every best wish.
Dear Mr. Glover, My name is Christina Glaser and i am writing to you as being the girlfriend of a bassist which is playing in a very good Deep Purple tribute band in Germany. For Christmas Adrian got a ticket for your concert in Coburg in June 2026. He is a very big fan of your own playing the bass. Adrian is coming from Rumania. Coming out of a poor family he started to play the bass in a young age and always with a borrowed instrument. He joined the first band in his teens. Since than he developed an amazing way of playing and with such a good given feeling for this instrument. He became one of the best players in his country. Maybe and If there is a way to meet you after the concert i would love to see him meeting his biggest idol after playing this gig in Coburg. I know this question is a big one but me as growing up with your music because my dad was a big fan as well I can’t put in words what this would mean to both of us. From all my heart i wish you and your family and friends some silent friends to the end of the year and all the best. Yours sincerly Christina Glaser
Happy 80th, dear Roger! I spent the Sunday playing some of your bass parts at home and it was pure joy and pleasure.
Happy birthday Roger. Met you once in Adelaide and you were an absolute gentleman. Love watching you play.
Happy Birthday and thank you for all the music over the years, Deep Purple and otherwise. I understand there could possibly be a new Purple album coming out. I’m eagerly waiting for it. I’m guessing the title could have something to do with the word “mad”. Thanks also for coming to Tampere, Finland next June with Purple.
Happy Birthday, Roger.
thank you for all the wonderful music, the magic you create with your groove and your positive attitude.
I wish you good health and happiness.
Have a great Birthday.
Keep on rockin’ and smiling.
See you in Finland in June 2026.
Happy Birthday, Roger.
Hope you had a wonderful day.
cheers
Matt
I saw you many times on stage over the years, and just 10 days ago so you live in Dubai, exuding energy, smiling from ear to ear, energising the crowd, very much being the centre of the band and swinging the bass (a heavy instrument, for those who have never held one) up and down às it it was a toy. Supreme energy and charisma. And 10 days later, he turns 80 years old. Mr Roger David Glover, my all-time favourite bass player, I can’t thank you enough for all the music, all the joy and all the insightful commentary in each and every interview throughout all these years. It feels redundant to thank you after so many people have done just that right above, But today I really have to say you have been for so long such an inspiration to so many of us. Happy birthday, and all the best today and always. And thank you so much.
Zdrowia w obfitości, by najlepsza muzyka trwała na zawsze.
Congratulations Roger on the 80th anniversary day. 🍀🎸🚀
So much luck and confidence.
I want to wish you much more happiness for the future. Still many beautiful experiences.
Today I would like to send you the 54′ Montreux Jazz picture just finished today as a thank you. Is your day, you are part of the work of art. I still had to wait for Sophie Hunger. Now it has finally worked “waltz for no one” it says.
And for life, “Smoke on the Water” speaks for you! Everything in Montreux was created by you and the other musicians. I want to say thank you for the wonderful time you have given us. (Admin mail)
I wish you a nice day today 💐
Greetings also to Myriam
See you soon in Meppen
Bene
Have a great birthday, Roger!!
Thank you for a lifetime of fantastic music!! Rainbow was my favorite band when I was growing up, then when Deep Purple reformed, and I saw you guys play live, Deep Purple has been my favorite ever since. I’ve been fortunate enough to see you play over a dozen times over the years, here in the US and in Copenhagen, and you guys are the best of the best. Have a wonderful birthday, and we’ll see you on the next tour!!
Kurt
Happy Bhirthday! Hope you have a wonderfull day 🙂
Helena from Sweden
Hi Roger, i’m a fan of yours from Genova (italy).
I’ve got a picture with you in the backstage after the concert you made in Genoa in 2016 when i was 11 years old.
Today 30th november i’m 20 and you 80!!! I want to wish you a great birthday. ROCK ON ROGER!
All the best, Alessio
Happy 80th birthday, Rog! This is Jade from China. I was so happy to see Purple play the week before your birthday! If you read the letter I wrote you, the postcard inside is a sign that we recognize each other. Did you see me in the front row cheering for you, Haha. Thank you for traveling the world to bring your fans the most enthusiastic tour! Good luck with the tour next year. I wish you and your family good health!Words are like faces, music is like company.Thank you forever！
Happy Birthday, Roger!! Thank you for all the
years of great music, and the 30 or so years of
friendship!!
Cheers, Roger!
Oakman 😉
Tanti auguri, grandissimo Roger. Grazie per continuare a regalarci musica ma soprattutto la tua presenza, il tuo essere con noi e continuare a darci emozioni e felicità. Un grande abbraccio e di nuovo tanti auguri. Sei nel nostro cuore da 51 anni.
Paolo. Roma.
Dear Roger,
What can I say that Erik from Sweden has not mentioned yet?
He nailed it!
So I send my wishes for you:
Stay healthy and creative and give us some more wonderful music with Deep Purple.
Next year, there will be some gigs in Germany, but too far from my home to get there and return the same day as is would have been possible when you came to Stuttgart, where I met you and Don in 2022 and watched a wonderful open-air gig in 2023.
Love from the southwest of Germany
Your fan Beate
Congratulations, dear Roger!
For this special birthday I wish you all the very best, good luck, health and happiness!
I enjoyed your amazing concerts in Grenchen, Munich and London last year – just unforgettable!
I look forward to the Deep Purple concerts in 2026 … Tickets ready!
Take good care of yourself!
Warmest regards from Kanton Zürich
Maja
Happy 80th Birthday, Roger Glover!
80 years old – and still with more groove in your bass than most of us have in our entire bodies. If anyone proves that rock ’n’ roll keeps you young, it’s you.
Thanks for all the legendary riffs, all the songs that have annoyed our neighbors, and all the times you’ve made us play air-bass like it was a full-time job. The colorful art of deep purple, poetry and witty lyrics. The glue that kept band and songs together.
As promised in neuruppin we hope to read your biography another day
Hope your day is as loud, dynamic, epic, and immortal as a true Deep Purple solo. God bless and
Keep on rockin’, Roger