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Ritchie Blackmore: Candice Night
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In the 70s, Blackmore used a number of different Stratocasters. However, around the time of the Long Live Rock n' Roll album, Blackmore found one particular Strat that was his main guitar up until Blackmore's Night. Like most of Blackmore's guitars, this Strat had its fingerboard scalloped. The pickups in it have been changed quite a few times, as described below. Blackmore added a strap lock to the headstock of this guitar as a conversation piece.
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Dio left Rainbow to front Sabbath; in retaliation, Blackmore stole Sabbath's keyboardist Don Airey. He ... brought in new vocalist Graham Bonnet, reunited with Glover, and put him in the producer's chair. The result is a terrifyingly generic late 70s rock record: Bonnet has Meat Loaf's blue-collar operatic quality, and Russ Ballard's "Since You've Been Gone" sounds like every Boston song you ever heard, only worse. There's even a cheesy keyboard homage to Close Encounters (the opening of "Eyes Of The World"). The opening "All Night Long" rocks in a KISS kind of way, though, despite the silly backing handclaps.
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October 1999 - Blackmore's Night commences the first leg of the US tour - bringing the Under A Violet Moon tour to the Midwest/New York area. Blackmore's Night will perform two charity shows in October to benefit the Saltare foundation to bring Performing Arts to underprivileged children - ... a charity benefit show was performed for abused and homeless animals - donating their time and proceeds of their Halloween show to Best Friends Society and the North Shore Animal League.
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January 2006 - Blackmore's Night "Street Of Dreams" was chosen as the ending theme song for "Junk Sports" broadcast on Fuji TV, Japan's biggest TV station. Guests include famous sports personalities such as Tiger Woods (golf), David Beckham (soccer) & Maria Sharapova (tennis).
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