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Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow

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Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow is a Heavy metal and Progressive rock act. Their sound grew out of Deep Purple, The Yardbirds and The Outlaws. Those roots explain a lot about how Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as UFO, Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, Ian Gillan and Europe, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Blackmore's Night, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 18 connections around Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, reaching back through Deep Purple and forward to Blackmore's Night. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow is the debut studio album by British rock band Rainbow, released in August 1975 on the newly created Oyster record label.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Ritchie Blackmore's RainbowDeep PurpleThe YardbirdsThe OutlawsBlackmore's NightUFOWhitesnakeThin LizzyIan GillanEuropeKissAlcatrazzW.A.S.P.

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Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow connections

Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow grew out of Deep Purple, The Yardbirds and The Outlaws, shares an orbit with UFO, Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy and Ian Gillan, went on to shape Blackmore's Night. 18 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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