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A philosophical question: is it still a tribute album when you have six former members of the band on it? The album in question is Ride ​The Rainbow, it is a tribute to you-know-what, and features Bob Daisley, Graham Bonnet, Don Airey, Joe Lynn Turner, Doogie White and Ronnie Romero, among other people. [Updated Apr 23 with sample track]

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Lost in Hollywood Again

Graham Bonnet has appeared on the Different Stages Radio podcast. The occasion was an impending release of his new live album Lost in Hollywood Again, recorded in 2024 at the storied Los Angeles club Whisky A Go Go. The album is due out on December 12, 2025 via Frontiers, and Graham mentions a studio album […]

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He kept his pants on

BraveWords reviews the Graham Bonnet Band show at the Landis Theater in Vineland, NJ, on May 10, 2025. Tonight was the last night of a short US run. In addition to the music, Bonnet proved to be a good storyteller, often with a dose of self-deprecating humor, relating tales about certain songs and/or his time […]

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A new life for the New Life

The Moonstone Project album New Life will see a re-release later this year via Escape Music. The Moonstone Project is the brainchild of Italian guitarist Matteo Filippini, with participation of guest musicians. New Life, originally released in 2005, features Ian Paice, Glenn Hughes, and Graham Bonnet, among many other rock luminaries and session musicians. The […]

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How about singing into the microphone?

Graham Bonnet and his bass player and life partner Beth-Ami Heavenstone recently appeared on the Disturbing The Priest podcast. Graham tells, amongst other things, a story of how his then lucrative career in commercial jingles was interrupted by a phone call from a French château. It’s about an hour long, and you may have heard […]

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No chain of events can shackle him down

Graham Bonnet appeared on the Vintage Rock Pod(cast), talking about his illustrious career, starting all the way from back in the 60s. Almost half of the conversation dealt with his days in Rainbow. That segment starts at about 7’15” into the podcast, however, we encourage you to listen to the whole 50+ minutes thing — […]

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Collar, tie, shades

Bristol 24/7 has a positively glowing illustrated review of the last gig of the Dead Daisies/Graham Bonnet UK tour held in town this past Thursday, December 15, 2022. Graham Bonnet was always the unlikeliest looking hard rock star. At a time when those filthy herberts of Motörhead were winning over pimply metalhead teenagers, the clean-cut […]

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Who did it better

Vocal teacher Ken Tramplin did a Who Did It Better? series of videos comparing different singers who were in the same band at different times. Here is the episode on Ian Gillan vs. David Coverdale vs. Glenn Hughes (Rod Evans didn’t make the cut for some reason). There are some keen insights interspersed between his […]

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Hobgoblins and pixies

A pretty nicely put together documentary on the history of Rainbow. It is stitched together from both contemporary interviews from the people involved (and some not at all), and retrospectives from Graham Bonnet, Richard the Difficult Misunderstood, Joe Lyn Turner, Bobby Rondinelli, and Dougie White.

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Day Out in Nowhere

Graham Bonnet Band has a new album. It is called Day Out in Nowhere, and is due to be released on May 13, 2022, via Frontiers Records. The album features a number of performance and co-writing guest appearances, including our own Don Airey. Similar to the first two [Graham Bonnet Band] albums, it will reflect […]

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