Release 1999
Ritchie Blackmore career started with the band THE OUTLAWS (UK) + solo single in 1965
+ sessions including in Germany with Mandrake Root; Lord Sutch; Randy Pie & Family
before starting with DEEP PURPLE as one of the founders.
He quit in 1973 and started his own band RAINBOW in 1975.
Today he plays mainly acoustic traditional middle age influenced music.
Style: Hardrock
see:
Outlaws (UK) ; Randy Pie & Family ; Deep Purple ; Marbles ; Dio ; Elf ; Black Sabbath ;
Jeff Beck ; Cozy Powell ; Mungo Jerry - Kahvas Jute - Widowmaker ; ELP ; Ozzy ;
Uriah Heep ; Brand X ; Joe Lynn Turner - Fandango ; Bedlam ;
Musicians :
Ritchie Blackmore - guitars, voc.; Ronnie James Dio - lead vocals;
Mickey Lee Soul (1975), Tony Carey (76-77), David Stone (-78), Don Airey (-81) - keyboards;
Dave Rosenthal (-83) - keyb.; Graham Bonnet (78-79), Joe Lynn Turner - lead vocals;
Craig Gruber (75), Jimmy Bain, Mark Clarke (77), Bob Daisley (77-78), Roger Glover - bass, voc.;
Gary Dricoll (75), Cozy Powell (76-), Bobby Rondinelli (-82), Chuck Burgi - drums;
Producer: Martin Birch;
Art Direction: Fin Costello; Design: Ken Anderson;
Photos: Dieter Zill (Didi & ABC Boys) ; Fin Costello, Watal Asanuma, Watanabe;
Tracks:
Kill the King (Cozy Powell-Ritchie Blackmore-Ronnie James Dio) 5:31
Medley: 11:15
Man on the Silver Mountain (R.Blackmore-R.J.Dio)
Blues (R.Blackmore)
Starstruck (R.Blackmore-R.J.Dio)
Catch the Rainbow (R.Blackmore-R.J.Dio) 15:36
Mistreated (David Coverdale-Ritchie Blackmore) 13:07
Sixteen Century Greensleeves (R.Blackmore-R.J.Dio) 7:37
Still Im sad (J.McCarthy-Paul Samwell-Smith) 11:05