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1975 - Rainbow.
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September 5, 1975 - 2025: 50 years of: Rainbow.

A union made in rocknroll heaven.

Another supergroup would burn hardrock's foundations to the ground. A UK / US coalition, led by Ritchie Blackmore's top marksmanship and ex-ELF frontmen Ronnie James Dio. Between Heaven and Hell ...hard-rocknroll morphs into a RAINBOW.

The hot boogie riffraff of "Man On The Silver Mountain" and "Self Portrait" boils blood to a dangerous point. A white "Snake Chamer" drives the house wild, as also displayed on "If You Don't Like Rock 'N' Roll" ...a statement that should never be uttered.

Two reprises: a wicked upbeat vibe possesses QUATERMASS's "Black Sheep Of The Family" and THE YARBIRDS's "Still I'm Sad" gets extra overdrive ...while the bluesy "Catch The Rainbow" ...made blind men cried.

The birth of a monolith, a rock hard Stonehenge, that would inadvertently lead Ronnie Dio on a collision with 1980's BLACK SABBATH. RAINBOW's next stratospheric appearance shall be 1976's Rising LP ...featuring ex-Jeff Beck Group Cozy Powell and future DIO bassist Jimmy Bain.

RIP Gary Driscoll (1946-1987)
RIP Ronnie James Dio (1942-2010)
RIP Craig Gruber (1951-2015)

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Rainbow = full LP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORnvO1VyYMk&list=PL6ogdCG3tAWhztRSZHys4pR2JVoL7R_SQ
Interview in 1975
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR5hy2me6gA
Live in Upper Darby in 1975
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaSCRFMDhBc

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