DP's made In Japan and Rainbow's On Stage - 2 great bands at their freaking best. Incredible musicians at their peak with Ritchie at the heart of it all.
My favourite band of all time. The first time I saw Rainbow in 1979 changed my life . Ritchie was awesome and 40 odd years later he still is . Quite simply the greatest guitarist of all time
Because they're your fav. band then Blackmore must simply be he best guiatris of all time. REALLY?? There is no best guitarist. You sound like you're in High School.
@@flexiblestrategist9922 He's the best for his taste as He is for mine. Schenker is my 2nd favorite and Iommi is next. But yes, there is No truly Best in any field really. I mean, when I hear Comfortably Numb solo...I'm always blown away, but Ritchie has so many legendary solo's and riffs. Ritchie is my #1....and I'm 56 now. I graduated from high school 40yrs ago !
I followed all the transitions of Rainbow "real time" between On Stage and Difficult to Cure. It was always a surprise to get a new album and see changes to the lineup. This was all before the internet, so even album releases were a mystery. I'd be walking in the record store and see a new album, and go "Whoa", and grab it.
When i was a kid and started playing the guitar rainbow was the holy grail for me. I was ( and still be) a huge ritchie blackmore fan, he was my idol but heard him before only with deep purple. First song i heard him with rainbow was kill the king from on stage. What a impact for a 11 years old hard rock guitar studend🤘 rainbow was the blueprint for all power metal, neoclassical and nwobh bands
If you never heard or saw these interviews this was a good explanation for why Rainbow was amazing and why it failed to hold the same status as Deep Purple. It was to original for people to accept things that are new. Which Ritchie always had new everything because he destroyed everything from his guitar to relationships. If you are younger and never heard the band you should definitely listen to every album for all the real magic of rock!
I was only three when my older brother brought the Rising album into our home, not long after it was released. He played it non stop. Now that I'm approaching 50 I can honesty say that it's influence throughout my life has never dwindled. Thank you Ritchie, Ronnie, Tony, Cozy and Jimmy for enriching this commenter's existence.
Agreed mate. Those solos, man those are good. I love the feel of these old shows, no computers/sequencing making every note perfect...the ebb and flow of meter, the odd missed notes etc. Raw rock music by musicians of this calibre is pure bliss.
This is the band that defines my entire existence, spirituality and the way of approaching several issues in everyday life, no matter how weird it seems to you, reading right now my comment. And it started when I caught myself crying while listening to the musical beauty entitled as "THE TEMPLE OF THE KING", on a radio show. A father dedicated it to his new-born son. Sadly, this remarkable recording was performed live only few times. Nevertheless, it was one of the most touching moments of my life. To be honest with you, it still is. And will always be, until my final days.
Graham Bonnet was amazing with "eyes of the world"...fantastic lyrics but Cozy, Richie and Don Airey were also fantastic...particularly on the live versions/recordings..
I remember buying "Down To Earth" in 1979.....to this day in my opinion the best Rainbow line up and Graham Bonnets vocals made that album the masterpiece it was/is. It is haunting, soulful and in your face. There isn't one bad track on that album and the only song that stands out as being a removed from the rest is "Since you've been Gone" a song I heard before but never got my attention nor would even care to listen to but, the version on this album is f..king killer. As far as Grahams looks/presence with the short hair and suit....I got over it real quick. Gimmick may be the wrong description but I thought it was a good one and added a twist on the expected usual visual....after all Halford had short hair....to bad it ended after one album. Blackmore should have lightened up to any of Grahams quirkiness and looked in the mirror to see the master of quirkiness....Anyway Alcatraz was a good line up as well and filled the void with a young Malsteem and Steve Vai....also don't forget "Impellatari" and MSG. None of those big hair fantastic guitarist had a problem with short hair and suits
Joe Lynn Turner is such a wonderful talented gifted songwriter...besides being a legendary voice of melodic rock... Ritchie loved writing with him - incredible chemistry they had together! Thank you!!!
26:50: ain’t it the funniest thing. Singers want reverb and echo…. but not the real thing in a real room. Nope, they need a vocal booth. And then add echo and reverb from machines. As for Ritchie, he deserves a huge amount of credit for lots of things. And he rarely gets that credit. From Pete Townshend stating that Blackmore invented heavy rock (go research it) in the early 60s, to the constant introduction of previously not well known singers and musicians to the big time, to the invention of prog-metal on Rising and the heavy pop of Difficult to Cure, yeah. He’s covered enormous ground in the industry.
It might be about control. Get the driest vocal (or whatever instrument) to start with, then fiddle. If it's already there, harder to get rid of it if it's too much. And also if you're singing in an echo-y room, it might affect how you perform.
Whoever did the subtitles deserves a special mention. My personal favourite is where Dougie White refers to Joe Lynn Turner (at 58.21) and the subtitle says "Julen Tunnel". That is priceless.
He cracked a joke about Turner when Axel Rudi Pells 30th Anniversary tour. He held up a white leather coat w rhinestones and said JLT couldn’t make it but sent his jacket.
It's very interesting to hear Ritchie's version, and Ronnie's about the same subjects. I find Ritchie to be much more caring and grateful to Ronnie than Ronnie is to Ritchie.
I have to admit, Blackmore genius came through with Rainbow. I like the way he did a blank sheet and did not carry anything through from Deep Purple. He even repaid his debt to Roger Glover by bringing him into the band, eventually. I think Rainbow were refreshing, compared to Whitesnake who I thought were just an extension of Deep Purple.
Love Deep Purple forever! I am a big Rainbow fan. Straight Between the Eyes and Bent Out of Shape are regulars in my CD Player in my van. Slaves and Masters is another one I always enjoy hearing. You can feel the energy!
@@crusheverything4449 the truth is Graham bonnet had a stellar voice, it didn't matter what he looked like it was his voice that mattered. You got over his fashion sense or lack there of the moment he started singing
@@stevehalling816 - Oh, come on - Bonnett looked like an oddball with his James Dean in pink aesthetic. I didn’t say he couldn’t sing - he just looked like he didn’t fit. Even he says so.
A light in the black.....Stargazer....kill the king....catch the Rainbow....Greensleeves....still im sad.....LIVE on 30 recorded concerts on a USB in my old car...but if I could I would squeeze in eyes of the world, Magic and many other live Graham , JLT and Doogie songs......
Great band seen them many times even when Blackmore was in deep purple I seen them many times in the1970s when I was a heavy metal hippy saying that I don't think I have changed mutch ROCK ON ♥️♥️♥️
I saw Ritchie with Blackmores Night in 2004. I saw Bobby Rondinelli with Quiet Riot in 1992. I saw Graham Bonnett with Alcatrazz in 1986. It's amazing how many of the Rainbow members over the years have played with other bands.
Bloody Brilliant Documentary 👏 👏👏 Well done to the person who produced this mastpiece. The painstaking effort to out these interviews together must have taken years. 👍 Again . . . Well Done ! 👌
I saw this version in Providence RI. Was standing behind RB checking in at the same hotel and when I went to dinner Doogie was sitting next to me. Great time
What's interesting is that Dio had said that Ritchie asked him to rejoin .. before the album that would be become Stranger in Us All . But he declined as felt it was too much like the album they made in 76 . And wanted to make a different style album . It's a shame Ritchie never reunited with Dio , and JLT as well . They had the best Rainbow songs , even though they were very opposite types of songs .
Blackmore's been always looking for new things including musicians. He clearly said that in the recent lives he did with Rainbow and all the new wacko players he chose. 😁 Having said that late 80s and early 90s , Dio was going through his own crap, the reason many of his original band mates left, his wife took advantage of the friendship and refused to pay the band what they deserved, great example of those band mates is Vivian Campbell.
I think with the recent reincarnated of rainbow Richie missed an opportunity to do what Michael schenker did and have a celebration of Rainbow and get together with as many past members as he could, now that would have been something I would have loved to seen
From what I understand from the Bob Daisly interview, that All were on board to reform the Rainbow Rising crew, including Dio and they had the backing, but the untimely tragic death of Cozy ended it all, and it fell apart . And then it was reformed with all unknowns except for Chuck Burgi who came in towards the end. I really liked this lineup and this 1 album is always overlooked. Haunting Humans is such a dark creepy song with great guitar work from Ritchie, just like B-mores Night " Locked in a Crystal Ball" has more amazing guitar work from Bmore .
Im a very devout ozzy osbourne fan and cannot/ will not listen to or own any sabbath without him. Oh my god though.....rainbow gave me the opportunity to really enjoy Dios singing and power. Great combination, live in munich,Germany is the most amazing live performance I've ever heard!!!
Great band. So underrated. Best line up was the Munich 77 one. Amazing. Wish cozy stayed for a couple more albums. I don’t think it was the same after he and Airey left.
I’m not sure they were underrated, they were hugely successful and people are still talking about them now. I saw that lineup in Manchester in ‘77, it was definitely the version of the band that had magic. Later on he tended to hire more pedestrian pros that were easier to handle. Also, he saw the writing on the wall in going with a more pop sound & he was right, they had hits.
Great documentary, thanks for posting. It provides a straight forward timeline of the singers. Say what you like about Blackmore, he has had some of the best rock lead vocalists in the history of rock.
I was a young kid during Rainbow’s heyday happily raised by rock fans. What strikes me about them in hindsight is that I’m sure they were the only band of their kind apart from Thin Lizzy that regularly had chart hits, at least in the uk. I’m sure someone will correct me if I’m wrong.
Great documentary! I really enjoyed the music of every stage of Rainbow's career, except the thankfully brief Grahm Bonnett album. I saw them live 3 times with Dio and 3-4 times with Turner, and they were always a great live band. Never even knew about the album with Doogie White until a couple years ago, and it's turned out to be one of my favorites! Great band, that's still not in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Dolly Parton and various rappers all beat them in!
Graham Bonnet the greatest vocalist of all time in my opinion, if he would have listened to Ritchie regarding the hair the looks and just kept what ritchie told him ,he would have dominated the world with his vocals.His voice is a gift, but he chose another route which lost his name.I loved that guys voice.
I think all of the Rainbow singers were great including Graham Bonnet, but you think he is a better singer than RJD??? I don’t know man… Dio is my favorite singer of all time
Fascinating documentary. I remember in 1979 telling my brother that I liked Rainbow, and he said "so you're into heavy metal?". I'd never heard that term before but I thought, yeah, that sounds cool! Not that Rainbow were heavy metal, but what a great band!
Well I had Richie Blackmore's rainbow live on a VHS tape back in 1984. Played it maybe a 150 times!! I'm not kidding either! Joe Turner singing. I think it was called "right between the eyes".
That was straight between the eyes, live in san antonio Texas, I'm the same , loved that concert, like you I bought it on VHS I think t cost £25 at the time which was really expensive at the time!!! Brilliant
@@stevehalling816 You're right Steve . Straight between the eyes! And start off with Dorothy Saying..... "I think we're almost there Toto".... Remember! Remember that, bro? Haha!And like Stevie Wonder said "I wish those days were back once again".
It's interesting to see the Bonnet interview. He's pretty gracious considering the band didn't give him a credit for one of their monster hits, All Night Long. Bonnet helped put Rainbow on the global, musical map.
How could one not mention "Catch the Rainbow" in the description? Blackmore still performing this live as late as 2016 (or later). Some of Blackmore's most iconic (& kick-a**) solos are of this song: 1976, 1977, 1980 (MOR) & (perhaps alittle calmed down Candace) 2016. Ritchie Blackmore the Strato-master.
Noticeable that RB & RJD are listening to Jethro Tull 'Warchild' LP whilst doing the interview at the start of this doc. RB is on record as being a fan of that record.
Graham Bonnet was the best frontman for Rainbow in my opinion, as a kid of the 70’s. I saw them on MTV for the first time in ‘79 and they became my favorite band . When we watched him do “All night long” and Since you’ve been gone, I said this version of Rainbow rocks! I actually liked the short hair too. It set him apart from the rest as his vocals do as well.
Thank You. Spot on comment. He had a brilliant voice, That line-up was phenomenally talented. They should have done more. Eyes Of The World is my favourite Rainbow track.
It's not only the "old guy" critics wanted back as J L Turnere put it, it's also the whole idea, philosophy, mood etc. that went together with that "old guy". I still liked the past-Dio albums, but not in the same way as I enjoyed the first three ones. I first discovered Street of dreams, which I quite liked as a teenager, than dug into their previous albums, beginning with the first one someone recorded on tape for me. So I discovered the band totally out of chronology. Every singer certainly brought something new, including Doug, but purely the philosophical cohesion of album 3 and 2 is simply unbeatable: so tight ! Frankly, I'm less interested in the live recordings with long and sometimes boring solo's. Plus, as a teenager my looks were closer to Bonnet than Dio. I wouldn't have been welcome anyway for the drunken riffraff of the first 67 rows of people....
I'm kinda surprised that the fans, and band image, were so demanding that Graham Bonnet had long hair. Long hair was supposed to represent freedom, and that should include the freedom to have short hair, if that's what you want.
The best Vocalist was Ronnie James Dio. Nobody can compare with him. Artistically and from his charisma he’s unique for all time. Joe Lynn Turner, Graham Bonnet or Doogie White has never his quality.
not enough about 'It can't happen here'. when I saw that video, w/ the silos which fire the nukes opening up to let fly, I said, "MTV has a serious, sense making video!!" not quite as lightweight as I'd expect . it's my favorite video from the era of MTV. in fact, it's my favorite. I knew 'RAINBOW' from 'Burn' in the '70's. they were by no means finished when they did 'it can't happen here'. a person watching who actually has a brain, could appreciate it. chilling, if you are scared by nukes.
excuse me 'BURN' was a DEEP PURPLE tune. saw THEM in '72 on BOSTON COMMON, but what stays w/ me is the then new, 'MACHINE HEAD'. RAINBOW later would tear thru 'BURN' also.
IF THERE ARE GODS OF HARD AND LOUD MUSIC, THEY WOULD BE DEEP-PURPLE, RAINBOW, LED-ZEP, IRON-MAIDEN AND OF COURSE METALLICA !!!!! THEY ARE SOLID AND SUPERB !!!!!
Yeah, I remember seeing that "All Night Long" video! I'm like--"Whose this little nerd trying to look like John Travolta? He doesn't belong a metal band. He doesn't even belong in a new wave or punk band!" I also wondered what DIO thought seeing his replacement?
Neither did the guys in the band! The basic story was that as they jammed and sought a vocalist, Cozy would play this little game with a tape recorder where he'd play a snippet of this song or that and the other guys would have to guess who it was and/or who was singing. Of course, he happened to play the band and song you just mentioned, and the reaction was along the lines of "Wait a second....stop the presses." Apparently in all of this some guy by the name of Brian Johnson had auditioned as well, likely not seeing much of a future with Geordie.
I love every Rainbow lineup. Brilliant band. Rainbow's an all time favorite for me.
Same everything theyve done ( minus ronnie remero years) has been fan bloody tastic
Graham was born to sing with Rainbow, his voice is perfect for hard rock…I guess he knows that now!
Love this band, just awesome throughout the years. Dio's years being the best.
@@robertbeachler31 since when did Ian Gillan sing for Rainbow? Don't get me wrong, Ian has a fantastic voice and is the best Deep Purple front man.
Who is Ian Gillian? It's Gillan.
@@robertbeachler31 If you’re going to be rude to someone at least get your facts right. 🙄🤦🏻♂️
@@jalkabre5904 Nowhere in this video is it claimed that GilliAn was a Singer for Rainbow....Ever !
@@highwaystar3780 Of course, Ian Gillan never sang with Rainbow. However Dio did sing with Deep Purple.
DP's made In Japan and Rainbow's On Stage - 2 great bands at their freaking best.
Incredible musicians at their peak with Ritchie at the heart of it all.
the recording quality of Made in Japan is totally insane. Better than most studio albums.
Saw them on the Down to Earth tour, in Leicester, 1980. Absolutely superb, from beginning to end. I'll never forget that night.
My favourite band of all time.
The first time I saw Rainbow in 1979 changed my life .
Ritchie was awesome and 40 odd years later he still is .
Quite simply the greatest guitarist of all time
Your absolutely right Paul I've been telling people for years when throw everything in hat Ritchie is the best!
BLACKMOOOOOOOORE!!!!
Because they're your fav. band then Blackmore must simply be he best guiatris of all time. REALLY?? There is no best guitarist. You sound like you're in High School.
@@scottbada4998 It's YOU'RE; not YOUR
@@flexiblestrategist9922 He's the best for his taste as He is for mine. Schenker is my 2nd favorite and Iommi is next. But yes, there is No truly Best in any field really. I mean, when I hear Comfortably Numb solo...I'm always blown away, but Ritchie has so many legendary solo's and riffs. Ritchie is my #1....and I'm 56 now. I graduated from high school 40yrs ago !
I followed all the transitions of Rainbow "real time" between On Stage and Difficult to Cure. It was always a surprise to get a new album and see changes to the lineup. This was all before the internet, so even album releases were a mystery. I'd be walking in the record store and see a new album, and go "Whoa", and grab it.
When i was a kid and started playing the guitar rainbow was the holy grail for me. I was ( and still be) a huge ritchie blackmore fan, he was my idol but heard him before only with deep purple. First song i heard him with rainbow was kill the king from on stage. What a impact for a 11 years old hard rock guitar studend🤘 rainbow was the blueprint for all power metal, neoclassical and nwobh bands
I was 12 in 1978 and a friend of mine in school lent me rainbow rising...one day I will give it him back 🤘🤘
lmao
The definitive Rainbow doc imo, thank you to whoever put this together!
If you never heard or saw these interviews this was a good explanation for why Rainbow was amazing and why it failed to hold the same status as Deep Purple. It was to original for people to accept things that are new. Which Ritchie always had new everything because he destroyed everything from his guitar to relationships. If you are younger and never heard the band you should definitely listen to every album for all the real magic of rock!
Love Rainbow. All eras are great. Dio, Bonnet and Turner. Stargazer, eyes of the world and eyes of fire - awesome
Those are my top 3 fav Rainbow songs!
Bent out of shape is such a good album, my world came to an end when they announced that it would be the last one 😥
You know man…I like that album too. A lot of people think they were done by that album, but there are some great tracks on that one
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I was only three when my older brother brought the Rising album into our home, not long after it was released. He played it non stop. Now that I'm approaching 50 I can honesty say that it's influence throughout my life has never dwindled. Thank you Ritchie, Ronnie, Tony, Cozy and Jimmy for enriching this commenter's existence.
The live version of Catch The Rainbow on the 76 tour is a masterpiece.
The slow intro is just sublime. One of the greatest compositions ever.
Little Wing Hendrix
Yes I agree wholeheartedly
Agreed mate. Those solos, man those are good. I love the feel of these old shows, no computers/sequencing making every note perfect...the ebb and flow of meter, the odd missed notes etc. Raw rock music by musicians of this calibre is pure bliss.
More than anything, this made me reconnect with how much I love Joe Lynn Turner. What a talent and a true classy guy.
Well said
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Joe was phenomenal live, Graham was powerful and Dio was...well Dio. Always a great band.
I just love, love, love Joe Lynn Turner! His voice puts me in a trance!
my favorite era of Rainbow.
Blackmore should be in the top 8 of legends
'Man On The Silver Mountain" grabbed me the first time I heard it. The band did an awesome job covering "Still I'm Sad" too.
This is the band that defines my entire existence, spirituality and the way of approaching several issues in everyday life, no matter how weird it seems to you, reading right now my comment. And it started when I caught myself crying while listening to the musical beauty entitled as "THE TEMPLE OF THE KING", on a radio show. A father dedicated it to his new-born son. Sadly, this remarkable recording was performed live only few times. Nevertheless, it was one of the most touching moments of my life. To be honest with you, it still is. And will always be, until my final days.
"Man on the silver mountain" was atleast 10 yrs ahead of it's time, really listen to that...NOTHING sounded like THAT in 1975❗️❗️
I still love to put that on and it sounds as great as it did way back then..!!!
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It is alleged that Zeppelin's😊 John Bonham absolutely loved it l, o,😊😊??.......?...??.......?..................... 😢
Graham Bonnet was amazing with "eyes of the world"...fantastic lyrics but Cozy, Richie and Don Airey were also fantastic...particularly on the live versions/recordings..
Bonnets voice was amazing
Yo, if you like gram bonnet check out.... "man on a silver mountain" live! Baddest mother OUT!!!!
David check out bonnet singing "man on a silver mountain" live, bro!! He was screaming on that 1!
I remember buying "Down To Earth" in 1979.....to this day in my opinion the best Rainbow line up and Graham Bonnets vocals made that album the masterpiece it was/is. It is haunting, soulful and in your face. There isn't one bad track on that album and the only song that stands out as being a removed from the rest is "Since you've been Gone" a song I heard before but never got my attention nor would even care to listen to but, the version on this album is f..king killer. As far as Grahams looks/presence with the short hair and suit....I got over it real quick. Gimmick may be the wrong description but I thought it was a good one and added a twist on the expected usual visual....after all Halford had short hair....to bad it ended after one album. Blackmore should have lightened up to any of Grahams quirkiness and looked in the mirror to see the master of quirkiness....Anyway Alcatraz was a good line up as well and filled the void with a young Malsteem and Steve Vai....also don't forget "Impellatari" and MSG. None of those big hair fantastic guitarist had a problem with short hair and suits
Joe more/less did make that 4th Rainbow album with Ritchie...It was just under a Deep Purple band name (Slaves and Masters).
Jealous Lover and Stone Cold are the best Rainbow songs and Richie`s solo on Stone Cold is his ultimate solo. It is one of rock music greatest solos.
Joe Lynn Turner is such a wonderful talented gifted songwriter...besides being a legendary voice of melodic rock... Ritchie loved writing with him - incredible chemistry they had together! Thank you!!!
Possibly the worst thing to happen to rainbow and deep purple
Joe Lynn Turner was the best thing to happen to Rainbow
@@robertizzard8398 You spelled Ronnie James Dio wrong.
@@Thebeastfromnorth75 Dio is great, but not be listened for a long time; if so, it gets tiring for the ears.
One of my favorite bands ever!!!!!
26:50: ain’t it the funniest thing. Singers want reverb and echo…. but not the real thing in a real room. Nope, they need a vocal booth. And then add echo and reverb from machines. As for Ritchie, he deserves a huge amount of credit for lots of things. And he rarely gets that credit. From Pete Townshend stating that Blackmore invented heavy rock (go research it) in the early 60s, to the constant introduction of previously not well known singers and musicians to the big time, to the invention of prog-metal on Rising and the heavy pop of Difficult to Cure, yeah. He’s covered enormous ground in the industry.
It might be about control. Get the driest vocal (or whatever instrument) to start with, then fiddle. If it's already there, harder to get rid of it if it's too much. And also if you're singing in an echo-y room, it might affect how you perform.
Whoever did the subtitles deserves a special mention. My personal favourite is where Dougie White refers to Joe Lynn Turner (at 58.21) and the subtitle says "Julen Tunnel". That is priceless.
He cracked a joke about Turner when Axel Rudi Pells 30th Anniversary tour. He held up a white leather coat w rhinestones and said JLT couldn’t make it but sent his jacket.
And how about "John" Airey?, and Don "Harry" (38:53)? And Castle "Donovan" (34:58) LOL Must have been done by a robot.
We're not psychics. Lol!
It's very interesting to hear Ritchie's version, and Ronnie's about the same subjects. I find Ritchie to be much more caring and grateful to Ronnie than Ronnie is to Ritchie.
Amazing that se still care
Dio was full of Shit
I have to admit, Blackmore genius came through with Rainbow. I like the way he did a blank sheet and did not carry anything through from Deep Purple. He even repaid his debt to Roger Glover by bringing him into the band, eventually. I think Rainbow were refreshing, compared to Whitesnake who I thought were just an extension of Deep Purple.
Graham Bonnett had a huge following in Australia. He could have moved down under and settled on a career. ✌️🏴🇦🇺
Love Deep Purple forever! I am a big Rainbow fan. Straight Between the Eyes and Bent Out of Shape are regulars in my CD Player in my van. Slaves and Masters is another one I always enjoy hearing. You can feel the energy!
Rising is the best album, perfection
Although I had long hair at this time I really loved Graham Bonnet for his short haircut. He looked SO COOL! And his voice was awesome!!
@DocSolstice - You’re the first to say they thought Bonnett looked cool. I hear Hilary Clinton still wants her salmon pants suit back from him.
@Sergeant Death Sentinel - My comment had nothing to do with politics and everything to do with Bonnet’s fashion sense, or lack thereof.
@@crusheverything4449 the truth is Graham bonnet had a stellar voice, it didn't matter what he looked like it was his voice that mattered. You got over his fashion sense or lack there of the moment he started singing
@@stevehalling816 - Oh, come on - Bonnett looked like an oddball with his James Dean in pink aesthetic. I didn’t say he couldn’t sing - he just looked like he didn’t fit. Even he says so.
If Bonnet had done want Blackmore wanted, he would today be mentioned with Elvis and Pavarotti as the greatest singer of all time
Rip Ronnie and Powell and Bain
Agree , Rebecca.
A light in the black.....Stargazer....kill the king....catch the Rainbow....Greensleeves....still im sad.....LIVE on 30 recorded concerts on a USB in my old car...but if I could I would squeeze in eyes of the world, Magic and many other live Graham , JLT and Doogie songs......
Loved the Dio albums and Down to Earth. Was at the Wembley riot.
When Ritchie Blackmore asks you to do something just o it. Don’t question him.
I will always be a fan of all the Dio Rainbow years by far. That being said, Turner singing "Stone Cold" was an awesome song commercial or not.
Great band seen them many times even when Blackmore was in deep purple I seen them many times in the1970s when I was a heavy metal hippy saying that I don't think I have changed mutch ROCK ON ♥️♥️♥️
I think he's very humble and serious in love of baroque music by playing Jethro Tull in the background during the interview 😀
Those first 3 albums are amazing
I saw Ritchie with Blackmores Night in 2004. I saw Bobby Rondinelli with Quiet Riot in 1992. I saw Graham Bonnett with Alcatrazz in 1986. It's amazing how many of the Rainbow members over the years have played with other bands.
Oh! It is a valuable video. We are fun of Ritchie & Rainow forever.
I love Rainbow....They are absolutely classic.
Ritchie had a knack for finding the best singers in history...
Bloody Brilliant Documentary 👏 👏👏
Well done to the person who produced this mastpiece.
The painstaking effort to out these interviews together must have taken years. 👍
Again . . . Well Done ! 👌
Great clip this! I finally got "Down to Earth" on CD because of it!
Stranger in Us All is an epic album. Right up there with Blackmore’s Rainbow and Rainbow rising, albeit more polished
I saw this version in Providence RI. Was standing behind RB checking in at the same hotel and when I went to dinner Doogie was sitting next to me. Great time
What's interesting is that Dio had said that Ritchie asked him to rejoin .. before the album that would be become Stranger in Us All . But he declined as felt it was too much like the album they made in 76 . And wanted to make a different style album . It's a shame Ritchie never reunited with Dio , and JLT as well . They had the best Rainbow songs , even though they were very opposite types of songs .
Blackmore's been always looking for new things including musicians. He clearly said that in the recent lives he did with Rainbow and all the new wacko players he chose. 😁 Having said that late 80s and early 90s , Dio was going through his own crap, the reason many of his original band mates left, his wife took advantage of the friendship and refused to pay the band what they deserved, great example of those band mates is Vivian Campbell.
@S J Apparently when Cozy Powell died, that was the end of the planned reformation in the late 90's.
I think with the recent reincarnated of rainbow Richie missed an opportunity to do what Michael schenker did and have a celebration of Rainbow and get together with as many past members as he could, now that would have been something I would have loved to seen
From what I understand from the Bob Daisly interview, that All were on board to reform the Rainbow Rising crew, including Dio and they had the backing, but the untimely tragic death of Cozy ended it all, and it fell apart . And then it was reformed with all unknowns except for Chuck Burgi who came in towards the end. I really liked this lineup and this 1 album is always overlooked. Haunting Humans is such a dark creepy song with great guitar work from Ritchie, just like B-mores Night " Locked in a Crystal Ball" has more amazing guitar work from Bmore .
@@grobbler1 may he Rest in Peace.
Great Doc! Big fan of Rainbow.
No other artist has discovered more talent than Blackmore
It's Amazing
Zappa I would argue
Im a very devout ozzy osbourne fan and cannot/ will not listen to or own any sabbath without him. Oh my god though.....rainbow gave me the opportunity to really enjoy Dios singing and power. Great combination, live in munich,Germany is the most amazing live performance I've ever heard!!!
You have never listened to “heaven and hell”??? Do your self a favor, this album is EPIC!!! I refuse to believe that you have never heard it!
As much as I love Deep Purple, I have always loved Rainbow way more. Especially the Dio era and the Bonnet era.
I love DP but Rising and Long Live RnR are better than every DP album.
I like the Joe Lynn Turner era too. Actually it was Stone Cold that I first heard on a Jukebox back in 1981. So it has a special place in me.
*Long Live Rock n Roll*
Great band. So underrated.
Best line up was the Munich 77 one. Amazing. Wish cozy stayed for a couple more albums. I don’t think it was the same after he and Airey left.
I would sell my soul of I could go back in time and be at that concert .
I was at that Munich concert! Still have a length of the power cord from when he destroyed the 🎸
I’m not sure they were underrated, they were hugely successful and people are still talking about them now. I saw that lineup in Manchester in ‘77, it was definitely the version of the band that had magic. Later on he tended to hire more pedestrian pros that were easier to handle. Also, he saw the writing on the wall in going with a more pop sound & he was right, they had hits.
Brilliant doc. on a neglected
bit of rock history. I'd not even
heard of Dougie.😀
Doogie White is a great singer. There may still be a Musikladen concert from Rainbow on RUclips with Doogie singing...
Great Documentary.
Great documentary, thanks for posting. It provides a straight forward timeline of the singers. Say what you like about Blackmore, he has had some of the best rock lead vocalists in the history of rock.
Thanks for watching!
None of this without Richie Blackmore, he is the genius, nice words from JLT
I was a young kid during Rainbow’s heyday happily raised by rock fans. What strikes me about them in hindsight is that I’m sure they were the only band of their kind apart from Thin Lizzy that regularly had chart hits, at least in the uk. I’m sure someone will correct me if I’m wrong.
Well put together doc!🤘
Jman
For me Ronnie was the main reason to listen to Rainbow. Ritchie is great, but Dio took it to the next level.
Thank G that JLT was able to leave crap Fandango, and do this wonderful band. LL RnR & GB & JLT
His new album is excellent!
Rainbow is a greatest legend ever.
Great documentary! I really enjoyed the music of every stage of Rainbow's career, except the thankfully brief Grahm Bonnett album. I saw them live 3 times with Dio and 3-4 times with Turner, and they were always a great live band. Never even knew about the album with Doogie White until a couple years ago, and it's turned out to be one of my favorites! Great band, that's still not in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Dolly Parton and various rappers all beat them in!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This was fantastic - Thanks!
Graham Bonnet the greatest vocalist of all time in my opinion, if he would have listened to Ritchie regarding the hair the looks and just kept what ritchie told him ,he would have dominated the world with his vocals.His voice is a gift, but he chose another route which lost his name.I loved that guys voice.
Greatest tragedy in music history.
I think all of the Rainbow singers were great including Graham Bonnet, but you think he is a better singer than RJD??? I don’t know man… Dio is my favorite singer of all time
Fascinating documentary. I remember in 1979 telling my brother that I liked Rainbow, and he said "so you're into heavy metal?". I'd never heard that term before but I thought, yeah, that sounds cool! Not that Rainbow were heavy metal, but what a great band!
"Still I'm Sad" from the Live album
Well I had Richie Blackmore's rainbow live on a VHS tape back in 1984. Played it maybe a 150 times!! I'm not kidding either! Joe Turner singing. I think it was called "right between the eyes".
That was straight between the eyes, live in san antonio Texas, I'm the same , loved that concert, like you I bought it on VHS I think t cost £25 at the time which was really expensive at the time!!! Brilliant
@@stevehalling816 You're right Steve . Straight between the eyes! And start off with Dorothy Saying..... "I think we're almost there Toto".... Remember! Remember that, bro? Haha!And like Stevie Wonder said "I wish those days were back once again".
Great documentary. Getting the story from the horse's mouth. Very informative. Thanks.
It's interesting to see the Bonnet interview. He's pretty gracious considering the band didn't give him a credit for one of their monster hits, All Night Long. Bonnet helped put Rainbow on the global, musical map.
Agreed, amazing singer and quite a gentleman, too.
Catch The Rainbow on stage guitar solo. Out of this world!
Ritchie Guitar God Blackmore.
Love the TULL in the background
Hated the JLT era but it still produced Maybe Next Time one of Ritchies finest moments
Joe Lynn Turner is my favorite Rainbow era.
How could one not mention "Catch the Rainbow" in the description? Blackmore still performing this live as late as 2016 (or later). Some of Blackmore's most iconic (& kick-a**) solos are of this song: 1976, 1977, 1980 (MOR) & (perhaps alittle calmed down Candace) 2016. Ritchie Blackmore the Strato-master.
The live version from Boston 1981 is good too.
Noticeable that RB & RJD are listening to Jethro Tull 'Warchild' LP whilst doing the interview at the start of this doc. RB is on record as being a fan of that record.
I wanted much much more rainbow songs written with joe lynn turner
Graham bonnet is good can't deny it!?
Glad they made what they did
Graham Bonnet was the best frontman for Rainbow in my opinion, as a kid of the 70’s. I saw them on MTV for the first time in ‘79 and they became my favorite band . When we watched him do “All night long” and Since you’ve been gone, I said this version of Rainbow rocks! I actually liked the short hair too. It set him apart from the rest as his vocals do as well.
Thank You. Spot on comment. He had a brilliant voice, That line-up was phenomenally talented. They should have done more. Eyes Of The World is my favourite Rainbow track.
MTV launched August 1, 1981, “Video killed the Radio Star” by the Buggles. Peace!
Superb wig from Dougie White in that interview….
It’s really bad, what’s he thinking??
Mr. Ritchie Blackmore. Deep Purple. Rainbow. Blackmore Night... Guitar god. Untouchable accurate dan cleanest guitar sound.
It's not only the "old guy" critics wanted back as J L Turnere put it, it's also the whole idea, philosophy, mood etc. that went together with that "old guy". I still liked the past-Dio albums, but not in the same way as I enjoyed the first three ones. I first discovered Street of dreams, which I quite liked as a teenager, than dug into their previous albums, beginning with the first one someone recorded on tape for me. So I discovered the band totally out of chronology. Every singer certainly brought something new, including Doug, but purely the philosophical cohesion of album 3 and 2 is simply unbeatable: so tight ! Frankly, I'm less interested in the live recordings with long and sometimes boring solo's. Plus, as a teenager my looks were closer to Bonnet than Dio. I wouldn't have been welcome anyway for the drunken riffraff of the first 67 rows of people....
I'm kinda surprised that the fans, and band image, were so demanding that Graham Bonnet had long hair.
Long hair was supposed to represent freedom, and that should include the freedom to have short hair, if that's what you want.
Cracking documentary all great singers doggie is so underrated thou
I agree completely...Doogie was grossly underrated....by me also...years later I came to really admire that era ..the Doogie era.
Doogie. Doggy is a style.
The best Vocalist was Ronnie James Dio. Nobody can compare with him.
Artistically and from his charisma he’s unique for all time. Joe Lynn Turner, Graham Bonnet or Doogie White has never his quality.
After dio, Dougie was probably the best. I found Graham to be a bit of screamer.
@@manfredleupold5505 - Two great comments! Bravo! 🤘🏼😆
not enough about 'It can't happen here'. when I saw that video, w/ the silos which fire the nukes opening up to let fly, I said, "MTV has a serious, sense making video!!" not quite as lightweight as I'd expect . it's my favorite video from the era of MTV. in fact, it's my favorite. I knew 'RAINBOW' from 'Burn' in the '70's. they were by no means finished when they did 'it can't happen here'. a person watching who actually has a brain, could appreciate it. chilling, if you are scared by nukes.
excuse me 'BURN' was a DEEP PURPLE tune. saw THEM in '72 on BOSTON COMMON, but what stays w/ me is the then new, 'MACHINE HEAD'. RAINBOW later would tear thru 'BURN' also.
I was down front at one of the Down to Earth shows.
When Graham came out my friend said: Dude looks like a cop.
IF THERE ARE GODS OF HARD AND LOUD MUSIC, THEY WOULD BE DEEP-PURPLE, RAINBOW, LED-ZEP, IRON-MAIDEN AND OF COURSE METALLICA !!!!! THEY ARE SOLID AND SUPERB !!!!!
If Graham had grown his hair a little longer and ditched the sport coat he would have been perfect his voice was epic
Yeah, I remember seeing that "All Night Long" video! I'm like--"Whose this little nerd trying to look like John Travolta? He doesn't belong a metal band. He doesn't even belong in a new wave or punk band!" I also wondered what DIO thought seeing his replacement?
His voice was easily awesome enough against anything you’d hear on radio 😃
Love the fact that he had the character to not give into the peer pressure of that scene and do his own thing. The irony.
@@Emanresuadeen yea but it’s a bit like auditioning for the movie Die Hard and then refusing to pick up a gun
Yeah dude had a cannon for a voice. But his insistence on the Miami Vice reject look was ridiculous!
Rainboe, RIOT and Royal Hunt are my favorite bands ever then come the rest perhaps I can add Virgin steel as well
The first album is my favorite, every song on the album is good.
Well done. Thanks.
Крутые ребята!
Спасибо!
Graham bonnet amazing voice
Great band.
Thanks!
Not many people know that Graham Bonnet was the vocalist for a 60's band called "The Marbles" and they had a hit called "Only one woman"
Neither did the guys in the band! The basic story was that as they jammed and sought a vocalist, Cozy would play this little game with a tape recorder where he'd play a snippet of this song or that and the other guys would have to guess who it was and/or who was singing. Of course, he happened to play the band and song you just mentioned, and the reaction was along the lines of "Wait a second....stop the presses."
Apparently in all of this some guy by the name of Brian Johnson had auditioned as well, likely not seeing much of a future with Geordie.