At the time they had:
Jon Lord 27 years old,
Ritchie Blackmore and Nick Simper 23 years old,
Rod Evans 21 years old
and Ian Paice 20 years old ! A rare surreal film clip of early Deep Purple Mark I playing their 1968
top 5 (US) smash hit 'Hush', song written by Joe South. This bizarre
mimed performance is believed to be from German TV, where the band were
asked to act as prehistoric cave men ! Link: https://deeppurple.com/