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"Maybe I'm a Leo" Song by Deep Purple from the album Machine Head Released March 1972 Recorded December 6 - 21, 1971
Montreux, SwitzerlandGenre Hard rock, heavy metal, blues rock Length 4:52 Label EMI (UK)
Warner Bros. (US)Writer Ritchie Blackmore
Ian Gillan
Roger Glover
Jon Lord
Ian PaiceProducer Deep Purple Machine Head track listing "Highway Star"
(1)"Maybe I'm a Leo"
(2)"Pictures of Home"
(3)"Maybe I'm a Leo" is a song by the British rock group Deep Purple, from their 1972 album Machine Head.
Contents
History
Roger Glover says: "I wrote the riff to "Maybe I’m A Leo" after hearing John Lennon’s "How Do You Sleep?". I liked the idea that the riff didn’t start on the down beat, like 99% of riffs do. Most of the songs on Machine Head were from the first take, or not long after."[1]
Singer Ian Gillan is a Leo (born August 19), the only group member at the time with that astrological sign.
The song was rarely played by the band live, but two live recordings of it have been released on albums, Deep Purple in Concert, recorded in 1972, and Live at the Olympia '96.
The SACD version of Machine Head has an alternate guitar solo on "Maybe I'm a Leo".
Cover versions
- The Atomic Bitchwax on their album 3.
- Gov't Mule on The Deep End, Volume 1
- Javier Malosetti Electrohope on Ten
- Paul Gilbert on Smoke on the Water, a Tribute to Deep Purple
Personnel
- Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
- Ian Gillan – vocals
- Roger Glover – bass guitar
- Jon Lord – keyboards
- Ian Paice – drums
References
- ^ "questiontime". Roger Glover official site. http://www.rogerglover.com/writings/questiontime.php. Retrieved 19 November 2007.
Categories:- 1972 songs
- Deep Purple songs
- Songs written by Ian Gillan
- Songs written by Roger Glover
- Songs written by Ritchie Blackmore
- Songs written by Jon Lord
- Songs written by Ian Paice
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