Yes, this is surely great, the line up speaks for itself, but I can´t help it, Ronnie James Dio was perhaps not the easiest singer/frontman to replace. On the record Down to earth, Bonnet sings great, more than great, but I still miss the Great Ronnie James Dio here. Graham Bonnet was amazing on the studio album, but as a frontman and his stage presence, not like Dio or Doogie White, for that matter. But around this period, Rainbow actually had their top period, at least in popularity. But of course it´s great, it´s Rainbow we are talking about, can´t be other than great, really great!
Graham was born and raised in my hometown of Skegness in the UK. We’re inordinately proud of him. Not only an awesome singer but a great Down To Earth guy!!!
Did not know of him till now. What shocks me is he looks like a 'Disco singer', in his cool threads and that feathered Saturday Night Fever hair cut ----it looks cool and he ROCKS it, his singing pipes on top of it. Sharp baddass dresser and look ---to singing Rock and fronting for Blackmore. To Fn cool and different.
Ritchie hated every vocalist that challenged his stage presence. He always seemed to sabotage any situation that he pursued. I love his guitar playing, but wouldn't want to have to work for him in any capacity.
Ritchie Blackmore had Mr Bonnet in mind for future projects as far back as the late 60's after hearing him on the radio singing Only One Woman when he was in a band called the Marbles. I think that was written in the biography of Mr. Blackmore......
@@stormbringercoming8105 TRUE STORY!!! And very well articulated. Ritchie grew weary of vocalists in short order. He got tired of RJD and his writing style ( The whole Good vs. Evil/ Mythological heroes themes that permeated most Dio songs). Then he got tired of Bonnet getting more hype than he did, so he was gone, brought in Joe Lynn Turner... who while a very different style than either Dio, or Bonnet, had a great rock n roll voice of his own. And while Cozy Powell lasted a while as the drummer, other great rock drummers (See Rondinelli, Bobby for example) ended up leaving of their own accord because Blackmore was just such a megalomaniac. Ironically, Blackmore ended up the last 15 years or so making music with his wife Candace Knight, ( calling the duo Blackmore’s Knight) playing... wait for it... ‘Medieval’ style folk rock. Maybe it was meant to be all along, huh, Rich! Lol!!!
Should have stuck with Bonnet, man on the silver mountain is the only tune with Dio that's worth listening to & yea he's from a few short miles about 25 miles ,where I live and grew up , doesn't make him any better
@Willie_McBride He seems to finally be happy with his lot. His music is quality, his wife is beautiful and talented I just wish they'd cross the pond and play some gigs in the UK. 😊
@Preston McDonald Halford had a mullet back then. Udo was suffering Male Pattern Baldness and had long hair before he shaved it off. Ozzy only shaved his head in order to avoid touring until it had grown back. Bonnet had short hair, in an actual hairstyle. Which I repeat, wasn't acceptable in a metal band back then. Only Proggers could be forgiven it. And Rainbow weren't Prog.
One of the best and most underrated singers/performers ever. What a shout. As many, many others have said, so refreshing him not to play long haired rock guy and just be that maniacal guy looking like just another guy. Blackmore was a total idiot running him off.
@@Anjohl Yeah - just the three more albums before Ritchie split up the band of Ritchie, Roger and three completely different people... Roger stuck it until the end.
This era was the most phenomenon instrumentalists to this day. Like the back of their hand. I will never be bored of it. Especially blackmore ..cosy rip 🙏
Боннет, по моему, самый веселый и наименее пафосный из вокалистов в истории группы. А орет - как боцман на палубе, любо слушать! :) И костюм отличный. Кто там говорил, что он не рокер? К черту глэм! :)
There is an even better version on the bside of Cant Let You Go with Joe Lyn Turner on vocals, it's a live version from the Bent out of Shape tour recorded at Cardiff's St David's Hall it's fucking excellent
I like the version from Fresno 1979, it heavier and more noisy. I suppose this Donnington version is half way between that and the more poppy Joe Lyn Turner recording.
En esa gira pasaron por Barcelona, fue mi primer concierto de muchos que he ido, yo tenía 12 años. Nunca olvidaré ese concierto...me quedaba fijo mirando a Cozy Powell!!! IMPRESIONANTE.....
I was lucky enough to be at this first Donnington with an amazing line-up. Seems that the whole festival has quite rightly passed into legendary status.
Amazing voice, you look at him and don’t expect him to belt out like that. He’s a good looking guy just can’t believe that’s coming from him. He has to have a very strong voice to sing with those guys jamming with the dials at an 11!
I would have loved the opportunity to see Rainbow at any time with either Dio or Bonnet. Incredible singers. Brilliant band. They could rock hard and give it a little prog too. Legends!
I was there 40 years ago standing in 6 inches of mud, at front left wearing platform shoes. After the concert when I tried to walk away the soles of my shoes got left behind in the mud! I went home with only the tops of the shoes and bare feet. In 1000 years time some archeologist will dig the soles out of the mud and wonder what kind of shoes we were wearing!
Just read the review in sounds do you agree best bands Riot,Saxon,Priest worst April Wine ;Scorps Rainbow to much solos and drawn out songs but one helluva bonfire
At the same time you had the best Whitesnake line up - Marsden, Moody, Murray, Lord, Paice and Coverdale. And Dio was doing some great albums with Black Sabbath, and Ian Gillan with the IGB. I am a Deep Purple tragic, but these bands from 1975 to 1983 that had at least part of their roots in Deep Purple, or people associated with Deep Purple members, played some of my favourite music at that time, and it is still great.
One of the best live concerts I ever saw! I recall Rainbow had an amazing quad sound system on the night ! The worst part was taking 2.5 hours to find my car afterwards in the pitch black!
Brought up on great music and this was a track I remember. I must say after rediscovering it I'm a little bit in love with Graham. He looks amazing and his voice is something else
What a summer this was. I was at Knebworth in June to see Santana and the Beach Boys, which turned out to be the last time all the original line-up played together in England. Then I managed to get a ticket to see Rainbow at Donington. Fuck me, I was blessed. Great memories.
Was at both, missed Lindisfarne and Blues Band at Knebworth got there late, was Ian Gillian band suppose to be at Donnington but didn't make it or was that 1981?
Yes it hurt Graham a lot right to this very day when his friend had the accident.Have you seen the vid when Graham hears the news and looks out his window and sees two rainbows and it was as if the end of one touched the ground!.He said 'is that you Cozy'..True.
You can tell Cozy was not having fun anymore by this point. But what a professional. Some sources say that he had been signing records with "Cozy Powell, ex-Rainbow" while he was still with the band.
Saw Glenn Hughes about 4 years ago singing his era of Deep Purple, his voice is still awesome, never missed a note, had some great tales to tell also......singing that good and playing bass at the same is talent......Bonnet was OK but not in Glenn's league
He probably is. The only problem was that he had to fill Dio's shoes, which was impossible. I also remember a review of a Rainbow concert with Ronnie Romero a few years ago. According to the reviewer, Romero had more problems with the Bonnet songs than with the Dio songs.
Jeez where's the feckin years gone , 40 years gone so quickly, can't beat monsters of Rock, they were the days , saw so many Great bands over the years. This I can't believe its 40 years though.
Que voz tan poderosa la de graham qué combinada con la lira del maestro blackmore la bataca de cozzy el bajo poderoso del maestro glover y el armonioso teclado de don airey daba por resultado este superr rainbow!!
I was there! Sat at the back, on the hill. Rainbow took AGES to come on. I remember Graham saying the "mushy peas" bit. Funny what sticks in your mind!
I saw this line up at a small venue a movie theatre on Long Island NY in 80 they were great , I drank a pint of southern comfort and a Pint of Tango and proceeded to fight with the Bouncers at the end of show ;.;. was great the parts i Remember ;.;.;.
@Sissy Davis Graham was fired for exposing his schlong onstage during a drunken performance, and Cozy left the band due to creative differences with Blackmore.
@Sissy DavisMetalTalk interviewed Bonnet: Asked if it's true that he recorded his vocals on the classic RAINBOW song "I Surrender" before quitting the band in 1980, Bonnet said: "I started to record it, yeah. I did some backing vocals and quit after the backing vocals were done, because we had nothing else. And I looked at Roger Glover [RAINBOW bassist and producer], and I said, 'What else are you gonna do? I've done backing vocals. What else have you got?' 'We have nothing.' So I went back to L.A. And then they called me up a little bit later to say, 'We've got some more songs now.' I said, 'What's the point of me coming back now?' I said, 'I've decided to do something different.' [And they said] 'Well, look, if we get another singer in to do some of the songs you don't wanna do, we'll get somebody else to do those and you do what you wanna do, the songs you like.' And I said, 'No. That won't work - two singers.' So I just quit, believe it or not.
Yeah he can really carry his voice and grab your attention excellent singer.. excellent version of this radio staple. Just what the man in black wanted that’s why dio left and eventually cozy Powell.
Absolute magnificence!! This Is Rock Music at its finest from the the good old days of Donnington. It totally surpasses the download doom and thrash metal of today where they scream non sensible lyrics with tin like guitar riffs mixed so bad that it makes certain fans revere masterpieces like this!
True it's very hard to live up to the first three albums Dio just had his own style often credited as a defining voice in the birth of heavy metal traditional metal it sounds like they still want to sound like that musically put the song and singing approach is going more towards middle of the road hard Rock
I can't imagine standing on that stage, trying to sing in front of Glover's mini-PA bass system and Blackmore's Marshall Wall Of Death.... oh my GOD. Can you say "hearing damage"? 😲🙉
What a lineup - Cozy Powell, Don Airey, Roger Glover, Graham Bonnet and Ritchie Blackmore. All consummate musicians.
Watching a moment in history. My late brother was there and was blown away by their performance.
A Bona fide Supergroup! Nary a weak link in the bunch!
Yes, this is surely great, the line up speaks for itself, but I can´t help it, Ronnie James Dio was perhaps not the easiest singer/frontman to replace. On the record Down to earth, Bonnet sings great, more than great, but I still miss the Great Ronnie James Dio here. Graham Bonnet was amazing on the studio album, but as a frontman and his stage presence, not like Dio or Doogie White, for that matter. But around this period, Rainbow actually had their top period, at least in popularity. But of course it´s great, it´s Rainbow we are talking about, can´t be other than great, really great!
Dio was a better fit in rainbow and their earlier albums were better.
Crazy that it was Don who later took over for Jon in Deep Purple too
I was there!!! Still got the program for it!!! I was17.... 58 now. Great memories. 👍👍
So was I .went On back of my mates Kawasaki kh 250
I was 17 .and still got the program
@@garyskellon2059 I went in my mates Ford Capri. Six of us!!
We could have been stood next to each other.. 😂😂😂
Cool Andy . Left just as the fire works started . Off back to Wigan. Doesn’t seem like 40 years ago👍
@@allanbyallas7546 i mean Allan soz
OMG - I was there. I blinked and 40 years flew by. Happiest days of my life - Donnington and the Odeon in Birmingham.
Graham was born and raised in my hometown of Skegness in the UK. We’re inordinately proud of him. Not only an awesome singer but a great Down To Earth guy!!!
Used to hear this 💩while doing ya doggy what a great laid aint it lover
I see what you did there Wendy, nice one .x
He's a Skeggie man. Great rock voice. I wish he and Joe Lynn Turner would make another album with Yngwie. Could be a classic if the songs are right.
Did not know of him till now. What shocks me is he looks like a 'Disco singer', in his cool threads and that feathered Saturday Night Fever hair cut ----it looks cool and he ROCKS it, his singing pipes on top of it.
Sharp baddass dresser and look ---to singing Rock and fronting for Blackmore. To Fn cool and different.
I used to work with his cousin until he retired earlier this year aged 73. He also came from Skeggy
Love Bonnet in rock bands looking like Miami Vice! Total fuckin' 80s!!!
When he sang in Alcatrazz he looked like Jim Carrey The Mask with the yellow suit lolo
I was there. Absolutely brilliant. What a line up........
Rainbow was a great band and Graham Bonnet is excellent singer. Those were good times.
Far superior to that effeminate tosser who replaced him.
@@DokktorDeth wasn't that JLT.
@@martymartin2894 Correct. Christ knows what Blackers was thinking of, hiring a cocktail lounge crooner for a rock band. Good grief.
Saw this lineup performe.... after 2 hours it was still in my head...
AMAZING Bonnet, so ahead of his its time, that Ritchie couldn't even understand it.
Ritchie hated every vocalist that challenged his stage presence. He always seemed to sabotage any situation that he pursued. I love his guitar playing, but wouldn't want to have to work for him in any capacity.
Ritchie Blackmore had Mr Bonnet in mind for future projects as far back as the late 60's after hearing him on the radio singing Only One Woman when he was in a band called the Marbles.
I think that was written in the biography of Mr. Blackmore......
@@stormbringercoming8105 TRUE STORY!!!
And very well articulated. Ritchie grew weary of vocalists in short order. He got tired of RJD and his writing style ( The whole Good vs. Evil/ Mythological heroes themes that permeated most Dio songs). Then he got tired of Bonnet getting more hype than he did, so he was gone, brought in Joe Lynn Turner... who while a very different style than either Dio, or Bonnet, had a great rock n roll voice of his own. And while Cozy Powell lasted a while as the drummer, other great rock drummers (See Rondinelli, Bobby for example) ended up leaving of their own accord because Blackmore was just such a megalomaniac.
Ironically, Blackmore ended up the last 15 years or so making music with his wife Candace Knight, ( calling the duo Blackmore’s Knight) playing... wait for it... ‘Medieval’ style folk rock.
Maybe it was meant to be all along, huh, Rich! Lol!!!
Should have stuck with Bonnet, man on the silver mountain is the only tune with Dio that's worth listening to & yea he's from a few short miles about 25 miles ,where I live and grew up , doesn't make him any better
@Willie_McBride He seems to finally be happy with his lot. His music is quality, his wife is beautiful and talented I just wish they'd cross the pond and play some gigs in the UK. 😊
How can you not like Graham Bonnet
Madjik 25
So true he was very good. Was a beast with Rainbow.
Madjik 25: Very easily.
Madjik 25 Short hair in a metal band just wasn't acceptable back then.
Easily. If I want pop I can get that elsewhere...
@Preston McDonald Halford had a mullet back then. Udo was suffering Male Pattern Baldness and had long hair before he shaved it off. Ozzy only shaved his head in order to avoid touring until it had grown back. Bonnet had short hair, in an actual hairstyle. Which I repeat, wasn't acceptable in a metal band back then. Only Proggers could be forgiven it. And Rainbow weren't Prog.
This bloke one of the greatest,what a voice, brilliant,love yah Graham
One of the best and most underrated singers/performers ever. What a shout. As many, many others have said, so refreshing him not to play long haired rock guy and just be that maniacal guy looking like just another guy. Blackmore was a total idiot running him off.
Jeff I especially liked Bonnet with rainbow singing "man on a silver mountain".
What an outrageously great rhythm section , two absolute power houses with Cozy and Rodger
Roger really added a lot to this album. It's too bad he didn't stick around much longer.
@@Anjohl Yeah - just the three more albums before Ritchie split up the band of Ritchie, Roger and three completely different people... Roger stuck it until the end.
Probably one of the greatest rock line ups of all time
There's some talent in this line up! Cozy Powell's drumming is flawless
You aint kidding
Yep he Cozy and Charlie and Phil Rud. The best ever.
RIP Cozy Powell 😢
Unique talented vocal range like this is just about of unheard of these days.
This era was the most phenomenon instrumentalists to this day. Like the back of their hand. I will never be bored of it. Especially blackmore ..cosy rip 🙏
Love seeing Graham and Cozy together on the same stage.
I saw this lineup live in Newcastle, fantastic gig, bonnets voice was so powerful, what a show!
Was there too. And at Donnington.
Боннет, по моему, самый веселый и наименее пафосный из вокалистов в истории группы. А орет - как боцман на палубе, любо слушать! :) И костюм отличный. Кто там говорил, что он не рокер? К черту глэм! :)
Ваще тащимся с группой товарищей от его(Грэхэма) исполнения👍👍🥸
He had an amazing voice. ..nobody ever sounded like him 😮😮
The ultimate version of All Night Long is definitely this one recorded at the 1980 monsters of rock festival. Graham’s vocals are incredible.
There is an even better version on the bside of Cant Let You Go with Joe Lyn Turner on vocals, it's a live version from the Bent out of Shape tour recorded at Cardiff's St David's Hall it's fucking excellent
TokyoBlades i love this dvd +cd
@@garyunsworth726 Yup. I have that. It's a fabulous version.
I like the version from Fresno 1979, it heavier and more noisy. I suppose this Donnington version is half way between that and the more poppy Joe Lyn Turner recording.
En esa gira pasaron por Barcelona, fue mi primer concierto de muchos que he ido, yo tenía 12 años. Nunca olvidaré ese concierto...me quedaba fijo mirando a Cozy Powell!!!
IMPRESIONANTE.....
saw Bonnet last week , 6/6/19 in Adelaide South Australia , small sweatbox venue to 250 people, He still rocks ok...
A bunch of great guys and Ritchie Blackmore.
I was lucky enough to be at this first Donnington with an amazing line-up. Seems that the whole festival has quite rightly passed into legendary status.
Amazing voice, you look at him and don’t expect him to belt out like that. He’s a good looking guy just can’t believe that’s coming from him. He has to have a very strong voice to sing with those guys jamming with the dials at an 11!
I would have loved the opportunity to see Rainbow at any time with either Dio or Bonnet. Incredible singers. Brilliant band. They could rock hard and give it a little prog too. Legends!
I was there 40 years ago standing in 6 inches of mud, at front left wearing platform shoes. After the concert when I tried to walk away the soles of my shoes got left behind in the mud! I went home with only the tops of the shoes and bare feet. In 1000 years time some archeologist will dig the soles out of the mud and wonder what kind of shoes we were wearing!
I miss the platforms 🙄
@@davidwelsh1517 me too. Made us taller, gave us some swagger
Brilliant! 😁😁😁
MANTABBBBBSSSSS !!!!! 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
Just read the review in sounds do you agree best bands Riot,Saxon,Priest worst April Wine ;Scorps Rainbow to much solos and drawn out songs but one helluva bonfire
Давно не слышал этой вещи! В 80е был фурор этого состава! Приятно вспомнить!
At the same time you had the best Whitesnake line up - Marsden, Moody, Murray, Lord, Paice and Coverdale. And Dio was doing some great albums with Black Sabbath, and Ian Gillan with the IGB. I am a Deep Purple tragic, but these bands from 1975 to 1983 that had at least part of their roots in Deep Purple, or people associated with Deep Purple members, played some of my favourite music at that time, and it is still great.
Igb was a complete failure.
not the Ian Gillan Band it was Gillan
Bonnet is killing it ... plus he has personality unmatched
Milos Dunjic Blackmore had no personality !!! he was just this stoic no personality doll!!!
@@davidcabral3805 Thats a pretty serious accusation coming from someone who doesnt even know him...
One of the best live concerts I ever saw! I recall Rainbow had an amazing quad sound system on the night ! The worst part was taking 2.5 hours to find my car afterwards in the pitch black!
blinded by such power
Graham Bonnet é um grande frontman com uma voz excelente
Merecia ter tido mais reconhecimento na carreira
Respect!!! That guy can belt out a song
Graham Bonnet great singer! Great line up, Don Airey, cozy powell, Roger Glover & Ritchie Blackmore.
Take a bow Mr Graham Bonnet. Superb!
Graham Bonnet stuck two fingers up to the stereotypes of heavy metal and let his voice do the talking top bloke for doing it his way
Ritchie actually hired thugs to prevent him from going to the barber and cutting his hair LOL.
snuck out the window and got his hair cut anyway.
Agree totally. Bonjovi and Guns were still doing the stereotype 10 years later.
Amen! ////// It made me love Rainbow more!
He's got more voice than Bon Jovi could ever dream of.
Down To Earth was an apt title because he is.
the happiest era for Glover and Blackmore in Rainbow, and Paice and Lord in Whitesnake
Probably the greatest Rainbow line up. Pity it could not last......
One of my favourite Rainbow songs l love Graham’s vocals & Roger’s wonderful bass sound simply marvellous video 🤘🎶🎸❤️
What an amazing line up, Bonnet amazing.
Brought up on great music and this was a track I remember. I must say after rediscovering it I'm a little bit in love with Graham. He looks amazing and his voice is something else
Me too xxx
Graham Bonnet : What a great singer !
What a great voice
An incredible Guy voice,image stage presence the lot.
I wasn't born when Graham was in the band. But i saw his solo band a few years ago in Swansea n they kicked ass!
What a summer this was. I was at Knebworth in June to see Santana and the Beach Boys, which turned out to be the last time all the original line-up played together in England. Then I managed to get a ticket to see Rainbow at Donington. Fuck me, I was blessed. Great memories.
Was at both, missed Lindisfarne and Blues Band at Knebworth got there late, was Ian Gillian band suppose to be at Donnington but didn't make it or was that 1981?
I would say fuck you but that would be rude. Congrats on seeing those shows!
What a line up of rock legends.
Bonnet amazing!
thank-you,Cozy.
I was at the first Donnington, I was 17 with a couple of lads from my first job, it was a great day.
THE LATE GREAT COZY POWELL ON DRUMS R I P
Yes it hurt Graham a lot right to this very day when his friend had the accident.Have you seen the vid when Graham hears the news and looks out his window and sees two rainbows and it was as if the end of one touched the ground!.He said 'is that you Cozy'..True.
Here for him,my hero in heaven.
Да,Кози Пауэлл
His last performance with Rainbow.
PRECISION POWERHOUSE
Down To Earth was just a killer album. Stands up to this day. Good songs. Great players. Back then the top bands were all much better live.
Yu better f..in believe it.
LoL
subx are so up to date with what wants to be heard..brilliant 👏
Hearing them interviewed now, Don Airey and Roger Glover seem to be some of the nicest guys to have played in major bands.
What a voice on Graham!
コージーの存在感がスゴい‼️👍
The days when Rock kicked it up a notch !!
This is the next best incarnation of Rainbow after Dio..... Cozy, Roger, Don....what an era.
One of the greatest voices ever
Best lineup ever!
Mientras halla un niño escuchando Rock, pues el Rock nunca morira, LIMA-PERU.
How can he not be one of the greatest rock singers ever😮
WOW how can a band sound better LIVE then the studio!!! True musicians & them damn vocals. I really miss this musical generation.
Sounds awesome live! Best rainbow lead singer imo!
I was there on an invitation to stay in the same hotel as the band for the weekend.
17 year's old Starstruck and I absolutely loved it 😁
You can tell Cozy was not having fun anymore by this point. But what a professional. Some sources say that he had been signing records with "Cozy Powell, ex-Rainbow" while he was still with the band.
This Voice is Killing!!!
Graham, Jeeze what a set of lungs,
God rest cozy. unbelievable drummer
Graham Bonnett is so underrated.
I agree with you. the carrers of guys like him and Glenn Hughes has been in a relative darkness. And they are really good!!!.
Saw Glenn Hughes about 4 years ago singing his era of Deep Purple, his voice is still awesome, never missed a note, had some great tales to tell also......singing that good and playing bass at the same is talent......Bonnet was OK but not in Glenn's league
Exatamente 👏👏👏
He probably is. The only problem was that he had to fill Dio's shoes, which was impossible. I also remember a review of a Rainbow concert with Ronnie Romero a few years ago. According to the reviewer, Romero had more problems with the Bonnet songs than with the Dio songs.
Well, start rating him!
He still has a great voice. The new alcatraz album is top notch and to think that was I 1980. I was there. And 1981.
Jeez where's the feckin years gone , 40 years gone so quickly, can't beat monsters of Rock, they were the days , saw so many Great bands over the years. This I can't believe its 40 years though.
Рокеры рок 🎸 рольщики рокерши самые лучшие и честные музыканты не какой фанеры все делают в живую рок 🎸 навсегда здорово 👍
COZY POWELL! RIP. This rocks.
I was there, can't believe it was 40 years ago.
I bet It was a great show!!!
@@Yamagatabr Hell yeah, sure was.
Me too .great day apart from the rain and mud
The very first heavy metal band I ever saw loved them
Remember this gig like it was yesterday. That was when the young ones new how to rock and have a great time.Viva the 80"s yea!
Graham freaking rocks!
Que voz tan poderosa la de graham qué combinada con la lira del maestro blackmore la bataca de cozzy
el bajo poderoso del maestro glover y el armonioso teclado de don airey daba por resultado este superr rainbow!!
Pero desde mi punto de vista no iguala a la lineup de la era rising
Puntos de vista amigo... Para mí fue el mejor vocalista de Rainbow.
Con el respeto por la memoria de Dio y la calidad de Joe Lynn Turner Graham Bonet,fue el mejor vocalista de Rainbow.
I was there! Sat at the back, on the hill. Rainbow took AGES to come on. I remember Graham saying the "mushy peas" bit. Funny what sticks in your mind!
It was a grand day out
@@Dibbdroid Aye it were, 40 years ago today, 16th August 2020!
I was there..brilliant day out and Rainbow were awesome.
I saw this line up at a small venue a movie theatre on Long Island NY in 80 they were great , I drank a pint of southern comfort and a Pint of Tango and proceeded to fight with the Bouncers at the end of show ;.;. was great the parts i Remember ;.;.;.
superb what a lineup
This was the last Rainbow show with Graham & Cozy.
@Sissy Davis Graham was fired for exposing his schlong onstage during a drunken performance, and Cozy left the band due to creative differences with Blackmore.
@@davidnissim589 The "schlong" incident was with MSG.
@Sissy DavisMetalTalk interviewed Bonnet: Asked if it's true that he recorded his vocals on the classic RAINBOW song "I Surrender" before quitting the band in 1980, Bonnet said: "I started to record it, yeah. I did some backing vocals and quit after the backing vocals were done, because we had nothing else. And I looked at Roger Glover [RAINBOW bassist and producer], and I said, 'What else are you gonna do? I've done backing vocals. What else have you got?' 'We have nothing.' So I went back to L.A. And then they called me up a little bit later to say, 'We've got some more songs now.' I said, 'What's the point of me coming back now?' I said, 'I've decided to do something different.' [And they said] 'Well, look, if we get another singer in to do some of the songs you don't wanna do, we'll get somebody else to do those and you do what you wanna do, the songs you like.' And I said, 'No. That won't work - two singers.' So I just quit, believe it or not.
I was there, One of my best memorys ever.
talk to us
Amazing!!! Great performance!
Yeah he can really carry his voice and grab your attention excellent singer.. excellent version of this radio staple. Just what the man in black wanted that’s why dio left and eventually cozy Powell.
WoW was it really 39yrs ago i went to this gig? Fantastic day.
Me too. The best gig I ever saw.
Was there to.What a day Judas Priest , Saxon, Riot & the incredible Rainbow.Played Stargazer as well.Epic
UA-cam is surely an educational tool of trivial information/ I never knew Roger Glover had ever been with Rainbow !!!###
Absolute magnificence!! This Is Rock Music at its finest from the the good old days of Donnington. It totally surpasses the download doom and thrash metal of today where they scream non sensible lyrics with tin like guitar riffs mixed so bad that it makes certain fans revere masterpieces like this!
Couldn't agree more, after the late eighties all rock music starting going down hill, f**k i feel old now !!
Roger and Don really nail it with the backing vocals.
LOL!
Harhar - absolutely!
Hope that's a joke.
Graham brought a whole new style to the already great Rainbow.
True it's very hard to live up to the first three albums Dio just had his own style often credited as a defining voice in the birth of heavy metal traditional metal it sounds like they still want to sound like that musically put the song and singing approach is going more towards middle of the road hard Rock
Peak Rainbow for me. RIP Cozy.
What a voice, Fantastic
Wish I was there.
Great days ..I remember them so well...my god I was young . Good looking. Slim. Loads of mates...how the years roll on....!!
I can't imagine standing on that stage, trying to sing in front of Glover's mini-PA bass system and Blackmore's Marshall Wall Of Death.... oh my GOD. Can you say "hearing damage"? 😲🙉
one of my top 10 bands always. supper
He still looks and sounds great in 2019
He was a "rocker" in disguise 👌