Tag: Ritchie Blackmore
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Graham Bonnet Band – The Vocal Powerhouse Takes Over the Vamp’d Stage!
The Graham Bonnet Band played Vamp’d on October 4 with The Remainz as their support act. Graham Bonnet just turned 70 last year, but it doesn’t mean this pint-sized vocal powerhouse is ready to throw in the towel. Stints with bands like Rainbow, MSG, Alcatrazz, and Impellitteri pulled the man away from his melodic pop […]
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Rainbow – Ritchie Blackmore’s New Rainbow Gives Us Two New Recordings
Legendary Deep Purple/Rainbow guitarist Ritchie Blackmore surprised longtime fans with his decision to reform Rainbow. After 20 years away from rock, performing medieval folk music, the guitar hero is back, though his decision to reform the group with no other original/classic members has drawn criticism from fans and critics alike, including other former Rainbow members. […]
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Rainbow – Memories in Rock Sees Ritchie Blackmore’s Return to Rock and Roll!
Ritchie Blackmore was long hailed as one of rock and roll’s greatest guitarists, as the classic axeman behind bands like Deep Purple and Rainbow. Longtime fans were in for a bit of a shock when he left the world of rock and roll to perform medieval folk music in the late 90s! Those very same […]
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Concerto for Group and Orchestra – Deep Purple’s classical/rock fusion experiment!
1969 saw the first change in Deep Purple’s lineup, with the departure of original vocalist Rod Evans and bassist Nick Simper. They were subsequently replaced by new vocalist Ian Gillan and new bassist Roger Glover, both of whom had played together in the band Episode Six. In the years that followed, this became Deep Purple’s […]
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Sound of Purple – Rocking the Eastside Cannery!
It has been an interesting year for this fledgling Deep Purple tribute, to say the least. Initially known as Purplesque, and then Knee Deep in Purple, the group recently changed names again with the departure of keyboardist Brandon Lynn (who had coined said moniker and will apparently be starting his own separate band), and are […]