Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow Mark 2 on tour in 1976. A monstrous event complete with state of the art RAINBOW featuring Ritchie Blackmore, Cozy Powell, Ronnie Dio, Tony Carey and Jimmy Bain
Cozy has got to be the most overlooked drummer EVER. While a lot of folks in the U.S. are aware of this monster talent, he should have been a household name to music fans in general. RIP, Maestro.
Just what planet do you come from? Are you even from our Solar System? Cozy is immensely respected by the likes of Dio, Blackmore, Robert Plant, Jeff Beck, David Coverdale... need I go on? You need to wonder where your life is if you're the only one who thinks he's overlooked.
Powell played on many heavy-duty guitarists' records as well as his 3 solo albums - his place as a good, but not one of the top, drummers is well-documented
Ray, nice to meet you. I was there also. It was an awesome show and saw them also a few other times in jersey. Capital theater also. It was a great show. I remember it like yesterday.
@@barryrammer7906 Likewise…Henry Gross wasn’t exactly Thin Litzy, but Phil Was already sick. It was my only Rainbow show, but I wish I could have caught RJD when he was at his peak.
Just for some background info...this gig was at Houston, Texas on July 10th 1976 and was filmed (at least in part) by Polydor for promotional purposes...no information on whether this was filmed in its entirety or not, or even if the original footage still exists, but at least we got some amazing footage of Rainbow rockin' it in their early days...Awesome!
I was fortunate enough to have caught up with/ Rainbow 🌈 in Indy back in the late 70's right after the Dark knight left Purple. Only thing was, venue had awful acoustics, probably couldn't book any other hall bec. MANY groups came thru the Midwest at this point 👉, cheers from ETn Smoky Mtns👊🤙
Saw them in 1976, Edinburgh Playhouse. Just brilliant. No one could play like Ritchie back then. Often not given his place amongst the greatest electric players .. ever. Great showman/presence .. great band that gave 100%
Was there as well. The queue to get in was the longest crowd I can remember for any concert. Think it was the first tour Ritchie did after Purple. Great days.
Remember going to a mate’s house (they’d gone away for the weekend). We brought stack speakers, we knew a local band who brought them in (I think). No idea of the wattage but it was certainly loud. We partied, and I think the mate got absolutely roasted when said parents returned but we played ‘Rising’ on repeat so guess the neighbourhood knew the songs by heart by the time we departed. Great days, happy times. Ritchie and the band just rocked and so did we…….
"I dont like to be predictable" Understatement of the bloody century. Nobody knew what the mad bastard was going to do next. Brilliant, but mad as a box of frogs.
Yeah me too. It was the night before a supposedly important high school exam and I found the ears still ringing had a wonderfully calming effect ... I hadnt heard Stargazer until then , it was magic
That was fantastic, I didn’t realise such footage existed of that first proper line up with Cozy. Thanks for sharing, made an old man very happy tonight!
I’m a huge fan of blues, hard rock and heavy metal music, as well as fantasy literature so obviously Rainbow is one of the few bands that I deem…. ICONIC.
Oh,my goodness-- sheeesh 😮😳🤯this documentary is stellar, 2 say the least. Ritchie and Dio speaking-- I've never heard Blackmore comment about the beginnings of Rainbow 🌈!! My brain is blown, cheers from ETn Smoky Mtns
My brothers and I couldn't stop playing the Stargazer album when it came out. Ritchie, Ronnie, and Cozy - just magnificent. Jimmie Bain and Toy Carey rounded out the band nicely. Great songs and timeless performances. Thanks for posting this rare footage! RIP Cozy, Ronnie, and Jimmy.
Saw Rainbow in late November 1976 in Adelaide (Australia)... they were everything you''ve read, seen & heard and more. For a 16yo it was absolutely mind-blowing
"A Light In The Black" absolutely rules!! A truly groundbreaking modern Metal song. "Something's calling me back There's A Light In The Black Am I ready to go? I'm coming home!!"
Ronnie was in amazing form that night, Voice and stage presence fantastic, and it's an especially enthusiastic performance even for him. I'd love to hear the audio of the entire concert.
Thx for sharing!! Finally some footage from one of the best songs ever….stargazer🥰. And footage from „a light in the black“🎉. How I‘d love to have those videos in good quality. Unfortunately they weren‘t played in Munich 1977.
This has just come up on my feed, so I've saved this to watch later as it's nearly midnight here in Australia. Can't wait to watch it, but also I had to comment on the thumbnail of the video - it had a 3XY logo, and as any good Aussie, Victorian would know that "1422 3XY Rocks Melbourne". It was a kicker of a radio station, it was Melbourne's best in the '70s and' '80s
We´re getting there, s-l-o-w-l-y. Hopefully, one day a full concert from the first tour, with full-blown sound. For me, it was the best lineup. I saw every tour up to Bent out of Shape.
@steven milstead he is special flash look speed phrasing leaves space when needed. Got it all. Unique sound plays slide blues rock speed in one package.
I seen them on this concert tour in the Toledo Sports Arena in Toledo Ohio. Heart was the opening band. There were not many people in the audience. They missed a killer show. I think Ritchie was a little pissed off and they came out smoking as well as Heart. Those were the days. $4.50 for tickets back then.
For some reason Rainbow was pushed in the USA instead they chose to promote bands like Journey, Styx and REO Speed Wagon. I think that is what turned Blackmore to commercial music later.
Dio apabullante. Mira que debe ser difícil cantar "a light in the black" en directo y va y supera a la versión de estudio. Es lo mejor que he visto de este hombre.
As much as I love all the old Rainbow stuff with Dio, I'm always reminded how detrimental drugs can be to a performance, especially when ego gets in the way. Cozy was the fuck'n man!
I miss you sooo much Ronnie I loved your singing and you are sorely missed. You were the greatest metal singer ever. For a little man you made up for that with that amazingly powerful voice. A true gift from above. R.I.P. my friend. lml horns forever!!!
What a great lineup..it’s a shame Richie was such a A hole that this lineup wasn’t able to produce at least a few more albums. Because the ones they were able to produce are 2 of the best metal albums ever!
This looks like it may have been recorded off of one of those big satellite dishes that everyone had in there yards back in the 1980s recorded off of satellite onto VHS and now digitized for the masses to consume amazing... I could be wrong but thats what the distortion in the colors that you see on the guitar and various other places looks very much like to me.
When Dio went solo he didn't Bill the band. At least Blackmore Billed the Band on Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow. The Second line up was one of the best lineups there was.
Love the comment from Dio that Ritchie doesn’t want the band to be called Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow forever because everyone contributes. I guess Ronnie was the only contributor in the band Dio.
