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Rainbow: Rainbow Rising [The Story Of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow] 
ISBN: ISBN 9781900924313 Writer: Roy Davies Publisher: Helter Skelter Publishing Released: May 2002 Notes: Ritchie Blackmore post-Deep Purple sob project, Rainbow, recorded 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'. Along the way, Rainbow forged a reputation as one of the great live bands, while their ever changing lineups featured some of the most accomplished players of the day, including former Purple colleague Roger Glover, legendary and much missed drummer Cozy Powell, and keyboard maestro Don Airey. Ritchie, perfectionist tendencies led the press to portray him as a difficult, volatile and perverse dictator - an image endorsed by his 'hire-'em-fire-'em' attitude to talented band members. Yet most that meet Ritchie find him 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, And how does his more personal project Rainbow stand up against its more famous and more democratic Purple precursor? This book attempts some answers. Re-print with new cover.  |