The cover of the Deep Purple in Rock album
A ROCK historian needs help to find out more about the Ivy Lodge Club in Woodford Green which played a crucial role in the formation of Deep Purple.
Simon Robinson is researching the history of the rock band whose hits include Smoke on the Water.
He said: "In 1969 pop groups played there and in June that year, guitarist Ritchie Blackmore turned up at The Ivy Lodge Club to check out a group called Episode Six.
"After the show he offered the singer and bassist, Ian Gillan and Roger Glover, a job in Deep Purple, and within days the most famous line-up of Deep Purple was complete."
Mr Robinson is particularly interested to find out where the club was.
Email any information to gbowstead@london.newsquest.co.uk
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