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Couldn’t get any weirder
A couple of letters addressed to our trainspotting department.
White Stripes were inducted to the infamous Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame this year, and in his acceptance speech, Jack White mentioned Rainbow among their inspirations:
Meg and I want to thank just a few of the bands and artists that inspired us and came before us, and also helped us along the way: The Gories, The Gun Club, Loretta Lynn, Fugazi, The Misfits, Emerson Lake And Palmer, Love And Arthur Lee, The Flat Duo Jets And Dexter Romweber, The Hentchmen, Dick Dale, Beck, Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, Tampa Red, The Sonics, Pavement, Jethro Tull, The Strokes, Black Flag, Sleater Kinney, Death, The Creation,The Breeders, The Cramps, Merle Haggard, The Hives, Them,The Damned, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Troggs, Minor Threat, The Rats and Captain Beefheart. To them we all say thank you.
Meanwhile in New Zealand, British comedian Bill Bailey appeared on a morning talk show and, among other things, shared an anecdote of him playing cowbells with Deep Purple (that happened at the Sunflower Jam 2011), with an inquisitive Prince Charles in attendance.
The Purple bit starts at 7:42:
Here’s a contemporary video account of the event:
Thanks to Georgius Novicianus and David Black for the heads-up.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
ELP, Ritchie and his Rainbow, Jethro Tull and a few others from the ‘old’ brigade. Hell yeah, maybe this guy does know a little about rock ‘n roll after all. Cheers.
December 9th, 2025 at 08:06That is a very diverse group of bands, artists.
December 9th, 2025 at 13:06The cows want their bells back!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cpi3JpSPmGo
December 9th, 2025 at 15:04