Rainbow: Rainbow Rising

[The Story Of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow]




ISBN:
ISBN-10: 1900924315
ISBN-13: 978-1900924313

Writer:
Roy Davies

Publisher:
Helter Skelter Publishing

Released:
May 2002

Notes:

Blackmore quit Deep Purple at the height of their stardom to form Rainbow with Elf's Ronnie James Dio, going on to record classic '70s rock albums like 'Rising' and 'Long Live Rock'n'Roll' before a new leaner sound redirected them into the singles charts with AOR classics like 'Since You Been Gone' and 'All Night Long'.

Rainbow were also one of the great live bands, and their ever changing line-up featured some of the most accomplished players of the day, including former Purple colleague Roger Glover and legendary and much missed drummer Cozy Powell.

Ritchie's public image was of a moody and tyrannical dictator, however freinds describe him as an intelligent, frank yet shy man of sensitivity and dry humour.

So what was the real story behind the convoluted, often troubled but always fascinating history of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow?

And how does this more personal project stand up against its more famous and more democratic Purple precursor? Read on.

First edition: only 500 hardback copies published.