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Hey baby, what you gonna do

Here’s a track not covered too often — Rat Bat Blue, performed by Dario Mollo and the Space-T.

Space-T are:

Andy Senis – Bass
Fabio Meggetto – Keys
Andrea Biancheri – Vocals
Alessio Benedetto – Drums
Dario Mollo – Guitar

Thanks to BraveWords for the heads up.

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Posted by Nick Soveiko on Monday, May 2nd, 2022, filed under Blog. You can follow comment on this post through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a comment. Pinging is currently not allowed.

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10 Comments to “Hey baby, what you gonna do”:

  1. 1
    MacGregor says:

    A gem is Rat Bat Blue & one of many wonderful songs from that superb album, WDWTWA.
    Jon Lord’s solo is classic Lord indeed on the album & the guitar riff, drums, vocal & bass make it one of Purple’s heaviest songs to my ears. Good to see a band cover a lesser known track, although this vocalist struggles to deliver in many ways. I am familiar with the guitarists name as he worked with Tony Martin post Sabbath. Cheers.

    May 3rd, 2022 at 23:41
  2. 2
    Andy says:

    I always thought this song was one card short of a full deck. It’s a good song, but it could have been great. The band was facing alot of difficulties at the time. This is a really good cover and I liked the way the keyboardist and guitarist shared the solo. I think that was an improvement over the original version.

    May 4th, 2022 at 00:19
  3. 3
    Dr. Bob says:

    If I had to the power to add one song to a DP concert set list, it would be this one. What a fantastic riff. Space-T does it justice.

    May 4th, 2022 at 04:36
  4. 4
    max says:

    @ Dr. Bob: So would I. 🙂

    May 5th, 2022 at 09:51
  5. 5
    Petr says:

    I would love to hear Rat Bat Blue live, however… the riff is borrowed. 🙂

    May 6th, 2022 at 11:08
  6. 6
    Petr says:

    Rat Bat Blue riff comes from Bobby Parker´s Watch Your Step (probably most “borrowed” riff in rock history). And if you find that Bobby Parker riff, you will notice that actually Rat Bat Blue is grandkind of What´d I Say from Ray Charles. 🙂

    May 6th, 2022 at 11:12
  7. 7
    MacGregor says:

    @ 6 – indeed it is, I learn something new every day. Not surprised at all though with Blackmore & Page & others, they sure did ‘borrow’ ideas etc from previous musicians & certain songs. Thanks for the information. Cheers.

    May 6th, 2022 at 22:15
  8. 8
    Boswell's Johnson says:

    @5

    https://youtu.be/xokONwQUa6M

    May 6th, 2022 at 23:15
  9. 9
    Andy says:

    I never knew they played this live, Deep Purple – Rat Bat Blue, Live, Reading, UK 1996

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TudO6TvBkg8

    May 10th, 2022 at 15:39
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    Uwe Hornung says:

    That was a great tour, lots of fresh ideas.

    May 11th, 2022 at 18:15

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