Mistreated

(Burn, 1974)

“Mistreated really resonates with me because the style of it reminded me of bands like Free and Bad Company. My favourite incarnation of Deep purple was the MK III line-up with David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes. As a teenager, me and King King bassist Zander Greenshields spent many a late night watching the 1974 California Jam concert, and it wasn’t until years later that I realised how much that show influenced me. Coverdale’s voice on Mistreated reminds me of Paul Rodgers. They have similar phrasing and such raw power, it’s amazing.”

ALAN NIMMO, KING KING

“It’s weird, because before I heard the real version of Mistreated [by Deep Purple], I knew it as a song played by Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio on the Rainbow live record [On Stage, 1977]. I thought it was brilliant, but I mistook it for a Rainbow song. I was just a kid, collecting records.

“I knew all about Deep Purple at the time, but I had not got into the Mk III line-up yet. When I heard the real version, featuring Glenn and David, along with Jon and Ritchie and Paicey, my appreciation kicked up to a whole other level.”

“Many years later I got to play Mistreated many times on stage with Glenn, and the coolest thing was that it was never the same. Glenn makes that song special and different every time he plays it. I also went to see him play it with Søren [Andersen, guitarist] on his Classic Deep Purple tour. Basically, every one of those versions were so good they should have been freeze-framed as a unique moment in time.”

DOUG ALDRICH, THE DEAD DAISIES