Editing Deep Purple (section)

===Touring musicians===
* [[Christopher Cross]] – guitars (substitute for Blackmore at one show in 1970)<ref>By Cross's account, he was recommended by a local promoter as a last-minute replacement when Blackmore fell ill before a scheduled performance in San Antonio, Texas during the band's first tour of the United States. Cross described himself as an ardent Deep Purple fan in his youth and familiar with their recordings, so the group played some their songs Cross felt able to perform along with a few [[blues music|blues]] standards.{{Cite interview |last=Cross |first=Christopher |interviewer=Greg Prato |title=Christopher Cross |url=https://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/christopher-cross |access-date=21 June 2022 |work=Songfacts |date=18 October 2013}}</ref>
* [[Randy California]] – guitars (substitute for Blackmore at one show in 1972; died 1997)
* [[Candice Night]] – backing vocals (1993)<ref>{{cite web |author=Gary Hill, Rick Damigella and Larry Toering |date=28 January 2011 |title=Interview with Candice Night of Blackmore's Night from 2010 |work=Music Street Journal |url=http://www.musicstreetjournal.com/index_interview_display.cfm?id=100483|quote=He asked me to join him on tour in 1993, Purple's last tour as the famous Mark 2 line up, and requested I sing back up vocals on his Difficult to Cure solo}}</ref>
* [[Nick Fyffe]] – bass (substitute for Glover at some shows in 2011)
* [[Jordan Rudess]] – keyboards (substitute for Airey at one show in 2020)
* [[Adam Wakeman]] – keyboards (substitute for Airey at one show in 2023)