When Did David Coverdale Join Deep Purple !!link!! -

: Coverdale, then an unknown 21-year-old working at a boutique called "Stride In Style" in Redcar, answered an open audition call in Melody Maker . He submitted a demo tape featuring a soulful version of Harry Nilsson's "Everybody's Talkin'".

The breakthrough occurred when Roger Glover, while visiting a friend in London’s West End, heard a demo tape of a local band called "The Government." The vocalist was David Coverdale. Glover was impressed not only by Coverdale’s bluesy, soulful, and powerful voice but also by his lyrical ability. Coverdale was invited to audition at the band’s rehearsal space, a converted church in Hertfordshire.