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Schlager vs. hip-hop

Another interview with Blackmore in German. This time he professes his love for Schlager music, talks about his arthritis and the recent finger surgery he had. He didn’t call any of the old Rainbow members for the fear of the band becoming an “old men’s club”. JLT in particular was not tapped to sing because Blackmore wants to focus on the Dio era songs. He revealed that there were plans of writing some new music together with Jon Lord, but the schedules didn’t work out, and then Jon died.

The interview is available in Die Welt (in German).

In related news, Deep Purple Italia had a chat with the new Rainbow bassist Bob Curiano. Apart from being known as Sir Robert of Normandy in his Blackmore’s Night days, Bob is a talented multi-instrumentalist (who has not been fired by Blackmore, yet).

He sends this tongue-in-cheek message:

Read the interview on Deep Purple Italia (scroll down the page for the English version).

Thanks to Yvonne and Francesco for the info.

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Posted by Nick on Friday, May 6th, 2016, filed under News. You can follow comment on this post through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a comment. Pinging is currently not allowed.

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6 Comments to “Schlager vs. hip-hop”:

  1. 1
    kraatzy says:

    very nice …

    Kraatzy

    May 6th, 2016 at 16:29
  2. 2
    gerriet says:

    Actually, this (the Welt-interview) is the same one you reported in the last news (last week): http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/2016/04/29/big-fat-tires-and-everything/

    May 6th, 2016 at 16:36
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    Blackwood Richmore says:

    There will not be a new Rainbow studio album. There will only be the three live concerts, that’s all. If you don’t like it, that’s your problem.

    May 6th, 2016 at 17:17
  4. 4
    Dick Pimple says:

    ‘Wants to focus on the Dio era songs’…….Got the tickets, flights booked, car hire sorted……. can’t wait.

    May 6th, 2016 at 19:08
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    Yvonne says:

    @ 2 – Nope, they are not the same interviews, they are completely different.

    Obviously Ritchie influenced Candice with his penchant for German music. She posted a photo, showing herself with the great late Udo Jürgens. RIP

    https://www.facebook.com/candicenightofficial/photos/a.161867390577382.33607.141925182571603/784544448309670/?type=1&theater

    May 7th, 2016 at 09:42
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    gerriet says:

    @Yvonne : You are right, I read them both directly in a row (before this news was posted) and had them mentally merged into one. Sorry!

    May 9th, 2016 at 08:57

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