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When did the band, Deep Purple form?
The band, Deep Purple began forming in 1967.
How did the band, Deep Purple form?
Former Searchers drummer Chris Curtis contacted London businessman Tony Edwards, in the hope that he would manage a new group he was putting together, to be called Roundabout.

Question: What did Edwards then say?
Self-contained rewrite: What did Tony Edwards then say to Chris Curtis?