Los Angeles, California: As the clock continues ticking down to the June 19 release of Ride The Rainbow - The Ultimate Tribute To Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, one of the most powerful - yet, at the same time, delicate - performances on the entire album spins off as Rainbow’s latest single.
Long time followers of Ritchie’s post-Rainbow Blackmore’s Night will already know that vocalist Candice Night is no stranger to the Rainbow catalog - “Man On The Silver Mountain, “ Difficult To Cure” and “Temple Of The King” have all found a place in Blackmore’s Night’s live show over the years. And no matter who voiced Rainbow’s original, still Night made the song her own.
She’s done it again on Ride The Rainbow. “I Surrender” was first heard on Difficult To Cure, Rainbow’s fifth album (from 1981) and their first to feature vocalist Joe Lynn Turner - who also appears on the tribute, alongside both his predecessor, Graham Bonnet and his successor, Doogie White.
Night and co-conspirator Marcus Nand, however, have a very different vision of Rainbow to those others, so much so that, alone among the 13 Rainbow classics selected for this tribute, “I Surrender” is the only song to be given two airings - the other, truly rocking storm, is voiced by Tim “Ripper” Owens (Judas Priest) and it’s be hard to imagine two greater extremes. Picking favorites, on the other hand, is a lot tricker.
Night’s vocals, as mystic and magnificent as they ever are with Blackmore’s Night, offer the song an entire new lease of life - even those among of us who can sing along with every Rainbow song have probably never truly acknowledged the depths of emotion and tenderness that hallmark “I Surrender,” but - seemingly effortlessly - Night and Nand bring them sparkling into full view. “I Surrender” (Acoustic Version) is, quote possibly, the most radical reimagining on the album… which, if you’ve listened to any of the past singles, is one helluva achievement.
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Ride The Rainbow itself is an absolutely star-studded journey through the many faces of the Ritchie Blackmore-led legend, with stunning performances from no fewer than six Rainbow alumni - Romero is joined on the album by Bob Daisley, Graham Bonnet, Don Airey, Joe Lynn Turner and Doogie White! Plus Steve Morse (Blackmore’s successor in Deep Purple), and many more.
As the subtitle says, it truly is “The Ultimate Tribute To Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow.”
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Track listing
1. Long Live Rock ’n’ Roll - Bob Daisley, Graham Bonnet, Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, Carmine Appice, Don Airey
2. Man on the Silver Mountain - Sebastian Bach, Doug Aldrich, Bob Daisley, Carmine Appice, Mick Box, Jonathan Cain
3. Stargazer - Derek Sherinian, Marty Friedman, Vinny Appice, Jürgen Engler, Joe Bouchard, Ronnie Romero
4. Lady of the Lake - Angel
5. Rainbow Eyes - Mike Tramp
6. Since You Been Gone - Marty Friedman, Vinny Appice, Graham Bonnet, Jürgen Engler
7. Kill the King - Rick Wakeman, Bob Daisley, Vinnie Moore, Marc Lopes, Chris Adler
8. The Temple of the King - Steve Morse, Phil Soussan, Ronnie Romero, Simon Wright, Jonathan Cain, Kevin James Morse
9. Jealous Lover - George Lynch, Vinny Appice, Andrew Freeman, David Ellefson, Jonathan Cain
10. I Surrender - Eric Gales, Tim "Ripper" Owens, Phil Soussan, Don Airey, Chris Adler
11. Catch the Rainbow - Doogie White, Derek Sherinian, Chris Poland, Vinny Appice, Bob Daisley
12. Street of Dreams - Paul Shortino, Joel Hoekstra, Joe Bouchard, Fred Aching, Jonathan Cain
13. Stone Cold - Vivian Campbell, Joe Lynn Turner
14. I Surrender - Marcus Nand, Candice Night
