◇ image via WikipediaRitchie Blackmore's Rainbow
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow is a Heavy metal and Progressive rock act. Their sound grew out of The Yardbirds, The Outlaws and Deep Purple. Those roots explain a lot about how Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Deep Purple, UFO, Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy and Ian Gillan, 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 23 connections around Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, reaching back through The Yardbirds 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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Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow connections
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow grew out of The Yardbirds, The Outlaws and Deep Purple, shares an orbit with Deep Purple, UFO, Whitesnake and Thin Lizzy, went on to shape Blackmore's Night. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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