The band gets it's name from a favourite song of guitarist, Ritchie Blackmore's Mum.. Up until adopting Deep Purple, the band WA sknown as "Roundabout". The song was covered with some success by Donnie and Marie Osmond (!) in the 1970's..
Steve Morse is the current guitar player in Deep Purple, having been with the band since 1994.He replaced Joe Satriani, who stepped in for a year to replace original founding member Ritchie...
