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Vibrant Rainbow
Goldmine magazine promises an interview with Ritchie Blackmore done by Martin Popoff for their Summer 2026 issue (with Charley Crockett on the cover):
Ritchie Blackmore explains how he combined his talent with vocalist Ronnie James Dio to produce a vibrant Rainbow.
We have no further details at the moment. The issue can be purchased from the publisher.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
Incidentally, far too little credit is given to theses four relative unknowns who backed RJD expertly, but also unfortunately only in a rather shortlived fashion …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72GXsvZo83Y
A penny for Jon’s thoughts while he was playing this. ☝️😎
June 11th, 2026 at 23:23@1: It’s a mark of their modest good nature that they agreed to do it, and of their talent that they did it so well, but, yes, Jon was underemployed!
June 13th, 2026 at 01:35#1 Uwe:
June 13th, 2026 at 11:06absolutely heavy metal rhythm section!
I had forgotten such a damn tough Steve!
It’s ok, even Dio has said that the song is banal (and the silly synth melody was Jimmy Bain’s idea, much to the initial incredulity of RJD who didn’t think he was serious about it), but Dio fans took a liking to that song, as a band you cannot really determine what people will like —> SOTW.
I thought 4/5 of DP backing the little man lightened up the mood at the time and did not mind it at all. The song is kinda naff though. That said, Jon’s pumping organ in the verses added something to it.
I think my favorite Dio song is actually Egypt …
https://youtu.be/Gd-KhQFv0Qs
which is of course stylistically Dio-drawing-by-numbers-Heaven & Hell, but somehow he pulled it off (again).
June 13th, 2026 at 16:25My late wonderful Dog Monte loved Rainbow! His favorite songs were Long Live Sausage Rolls, Ham in the Silver Saucepan, and Fetch the Mainbone. Purple wise, it’s Bonebringer!! One time I caught him smoking catnip listening to Pink Floyd’s Bark Side of the Bone album. 🙂
June 14th, 2026 at 11:25But the (trained!) Rainbow preference of your hairy companion only came because you withheld THIS>
https://youtu.be/QUW7PvvbbO4
from him, Leslie!
June 14th, 2026 at 15:25You are correct Uwe!! I should be ashamed of myself!! 🙂
June 15th, 2026 at 06:23Can someone tell me where the link is on this one? what am I reading here?
June 16th, 2026 at 15:44Final triple vinyl installment RAINBOW LIVE IN GERMANY 1976. Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow // Live in Nurnberg 1976 – Nurnberg Messezentrum Halle 28.9.1976
https://townsendmusic.store/products/artist/ritchie-blackmores-rainbow?utm_campaign=TM+Recommends+Ritchie+Blackmore%27s+Rainbow&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Mailjet
Hopefully someone will issue on colour vinyl? Cheers – PJ
June 20th, 2026 at 06:18