Glenn Hughes (musician)

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Glenn Hughes
Hughes in 2019
Background information
Born	(1951-08-21) 21 August 1951 (age 73) Cannock, Staffordshire, England
Genres	Hard rock funk rock blues rock blue-eyed soul progressive rock
Occupations	Musician singer songwriter producer
Instruments	Bass vocals
Years active	1967–present
Labels	Frontiers, Pony Canyon, SPV, Yamaha, Zero
Member of	Black Country Communion
Formerly of	Finders Keepers Trapeze Deep Purple Hughes/Thrall Black Sabbath Phenomena Hughes Turner Project Michael Men Project Kings of Chaos California Breed The Dead Daisies
Website	glennhughes.com

Glenn Hughes (born 21 August 1951) is an English musician, best known for playing bass and performing vocals in the hard rock band Trapeze and in the Mk. III and IV line-ups of Deep Purple,^[1] as well as briefly fronting Black Sabbath in the mid-1980s.

In addition to being an active session musician, Hughes maintains a notable solo career. He fronts the supergroup Black Country Communion, and fronted California Breed from 2013 to 2015 and The Dead Daisies from 2019 to 2023. In 2016, Hughes was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Deep Purple.^[2]