If he’d stopped playing after recording the iconic intro to Tarot Woman and the influential solo to A Light In The Black on the uber classic, Rainbow Rising, then Tony Carey’s stature in music would …READ MORE
Who would have thought that a “one-off” hit single in 1968, written by the Bee Gees would have kick started a career in music lasting half a century? During a fruitless search for a singer …READ MORE
Many of us never dreamed that it would ever happen again. The mere thought of Ritchie Blackmore laying down is lute and return to full on Hard Rock was little more than a pipe dream …READ MORE
In Rainbow and Deep Purple, Joe Lynn Turner worked closely with legendary guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. Mick Burgess spent time with Turner to chat about his solo career as well as his time with Rainbow and …READ MORE
Posthumous, fans of the great Ronnie James Dio have been treated in recent years to previously unreleased recordings, both studio and live, and the latest to come out of the woodwork is DIO’s last concert …READ MORE
The term “legend” is one that gets bandied around far too frequently these days and in most cases to those who barely deserve such lofty acclaim. Yet with an incredible career spanning from 1957 to …READ MORE
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When Ritchie Blackmore decamped from Deep Purple following his final show in Paris in 1975, his escape strategy was already in place. Accompanied by former Purple support act Elf, minus guitarist Steve Edwards, Blackmore lost …READ MORE
The cover tune: that quirky rendition of some timeless gem given the breath of new life by different musicians; when one of your favorite bands pulls out a borrowed tune from their peers, you feel …READ MORE
The promotional materials accompanying this CD, along with its title, Blackmore’s Castle, seem to indicate this is a tribute album to Ritchie Blackmore. However, the second half of this CD’s title goes on to explain …READ MORE
Ronnie James Dio, the legendary vocalists and one of nicest persons in Hard Rock! In this interview from 1996 Ronnie talks openly about leaving Black Sabbath twice and why he doesn’t want to join forces …READ MORE