Tag Archives: Ritchie Blackmore
No Point Running. . .
. . . ‘cuz it’s coming your way” I’m keeping in tune with today’s “storm” theme. From 1974. I remember talking my parents into buying this album as a Christmas present and I listened to it again and again and … Continue reading
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Tagged Deep Purple, Jon Lord, music of the 1970's, Ritchie Blackmore, stormbringer
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Same Bands, Different Players
Note: For those of you looking at this on FB, this post is filled with multiple links. By clicking on the link to the blog, you will get to see the full post, complete with links to appropriate websites. Just … Continue reading
Posted in Ritchie Blackmore
Tagged Henry Gross, Ritchie Blackmore, The Casino Arena, thin lizzy
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We Must Be Over The Rainbow
In my previous post, I made reference to a great, Deep Purple song that ended up being pre-empteed by a Lawrence Welk diddy. Well, it was not exactly Deep Purple, but close. The very first concert I ever went to … Continue reading
Beware Of A Place…..
Driving home tonight, this song popped up on the shuffle. Ah, memories. The album is Rainbow Rising, by Rainbow. It was one of the 8-tracks we had on the pool deck when I was a lifeguard at Forest Lodge during … Continue reading
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Tagged Aiken Bloggers, Aiken SC, Forest Lodge, rainbow rising, Ray Visotski, Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio, Tarot Woman
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Sandy, On An iPhone
Steve Forbert wrote a song about Hurricane Sandy and then shot a video on the boardwalk at Asbury Park, NJ, just six days ago… with an iPhone! As the video opens, we see the facade of The Casino Arena, where … Continue reading
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Tagged Aiken Bloggers, Aiken SC, Asbury Park, bon jovi, bruce springsteen, Hurricane Sandy, iphone pictures, iphone videos, july 4 1976, NJ music scene, Ray Visotski, Ritchie Blackmore, Steve Forbert, Steve Forbert Sandy, stone pony, The Casino Arena, The Stone Pony, thin lizzy, video
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Ghost Of A Rose
From the Album of the same name…. Ghost of a Rose finds itself somewhere on the list of my ten favorite albums of all time…at least on my “Now That I am older list” The lyrics to follow along
Ding Dong Merrily On Home
From the album, “Winter Carols” by Blackmores Night The harmonies are exquisite…and Ritchie picks this one out nicely.
