Rainbow were an English rock band formed in 1975 by the former Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. In addition to Ritche Blackmore, the band also comprised of Ronnie James Dio, Mickey Lee Soule, Gary Driscoll, and Craig Gruber. Rainbow had a frequently changing lineup, due to Ritchie Blackmore’s perfectionism, but still managed to become renowned for their powerful live shows. Rainbow was disbanded in 1984 after Deep Purple made an offer to Ritchie Blackmore to rejoin the band. However, even though the Deep Purple reunion was a success, Ritchie was dissatisfied, and left to form a new Rainbow in 1993. They embarked on a lengthy world tour, and release a new album in 1995.
Here the video for ‚Black Masquerade‘ of Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow
Critics have said that this was possibly the best period of Rainbow; however, Ritchie again disbanded the group in 1997 after turning his attention to medieval music. Their biggest commercial hit was „Since You’ve Been Gone“.
Rainbow live at Rockpalast in Germany 1995: Ritchie Blackmore (Guitar); Doogie White (Vocals); Candice Night (Vocals); Paul Morris (Keyboards); Greg Smith (Bass); Chuck Burgi (Drums)
TRACKS (DVD) 1) Introduction 2) Spotlight Kid 3) Too Late For Tears 4) Long Live Rock‘n’Roll / Black Night 5) Hunting Humans 6) Wolf To The Moon / Difficult To Cure 7) Keyboard Solo 8) Still I’m Sad 9) Man On The Silver Mountain 10) Temple Of The King 11) Black Masquerade 12) Ariel 13) Since You’ve Been Gone 14) Perfect Strangers 15) Sixteenth Century Greensleeves 16) Hall Of The Mountain King
