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.
A gem is Rat Bat Blue & one of many wonderful songs from that superb album, WDWTWA.
May 3rd, 2022 at 23:41Jon 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.
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 00:19If 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@ Dr. Bob: So would I. 🙂
May 5th, 2022 at 09:51I would love to hear Rat Bat Blue live, however… the riff is borrowed. 🙂
May 6th, 2022 at 11:08Rat 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@ 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@5
https://youtu.be/xokONwQUa6M
May 6th, 2022 at 23:15I 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 15:39That was a great tour, lots of fresh ideas.
May 11th, 2022 at 18:15