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Ritchie Blackmore: Bands
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Ritchie Blackmore fired the rest of the Elf remains except Ronnie James Dio in September 1975, because they didn't fulfill his requirements. Blackmore had seen the drummer Cozy Powell on stage at the last Jeff Beck Group concert in 1972 and remembered him at the time he wanted to change Rainbow's drummer. After getting him in the band, the band kept on searching for a new keyboardist.
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Blackmore couldn't keep his band together: new faces included David Rosenthal (keys) and Chuck Burgi (drums). Glover was still around, though: he played bass and produced, giving the record a grating corporate rock sound that's like Loverboy without the hooks ("Fool For The Night"). Turner sounds just like the singer from Foreigner, which doesn't help. Things improve a bit on the Blackmore showcases: "Anybody There" is a desolate, trebly solo feature, "Drinking With The Devil" is a showoffy multi-part epic. And on the dull rock numbers, Blackmore gets weirder, playing disjointed tuneless solos with lots of scraping and whammy, and no evident relationship to the song in question. It's fun to hear someone who's really into playing his instrument, even though the results aren't very engaging.
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Fronted by lead singer and lyricist Candice Night and guitarist Blackmore, the band creates a unique rock sound that harks back to medieval minstrels and heraldry. Night has the voice to pull this off; think Stevie Nicks meets Enya. Her ethereal vocals float about the guitar playing of Blackmore; the fact that she’s quite stunning to look at adds to the effect.
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Ronnie James Dio found himself with closer ties to Ritchie Blackmore as the band Elf was essentially transformed into what would become Rainbow. The name came from the Rainbow Bar and Grill located in Los Angeles, where Ronnie and Ritchie used to spend some of their free time.
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Ritchie is magical with that .... with any guitar. He has formed one of the most richest bands ever assembled and has composed some of the most incredable music that not only touches the soul but ... brings the world togather.
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