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Israeli English language newspaper Jerusalem Post has an interview with Joe Lynn Turner on the occasion of him playing a couple of gigs in the country as part of the Rock the Opera project.
He recall his audition for Rainbow in the early 1980s:
We were robbed at ChicagoFest along with Billy Joel and Jethro Tull of $80,000 of equipment – it took the wind out of our sails. I really needed a new gig, and out of the blue, I got a mysterious phone call from this guy asking me if I liked Deep Purple and Rainbow.
DEEP PURPLE is my all-time favorite band, and it turned out that the person calling was Blackmore’s personal assistant. I thought somebody was pulling my leg when he said ‘Ritchie wants to talk to you.’ Even when the next person said ‘ello mate’ in a British accent, I didn’t believe it.
I took a train out to this studio in Syosset in Long Island, walked in, and saw Blackmore and John Lord sitting there, and realized it was the real deal. At that moment, I may have been slightly intimidated, because you’re meeting your idols, but I really needed the gig so I was pretty calm.
Read more in the Jerusalem Post.
Now, the big question is what Jon Lord was doing at a Rainbow audition?
Thanks to Gary Poronovich for the info.
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November 15th, 2019 at 20:34John Lord was there? Seems out of sorts.
November 15th, 2019 at 21:40I suppose JLT told the journalist what happened when he was auditionned for Rainbow and when he auditioned for DP. The journalist mixed both, and in the end, the article talks about Jon Lord in Rainbow. I cannot imagine JLT could talk about Jon Lord being in Rainbow. He is getting old but I think he hasn’t lost his head yet !
November 15th, 2019 at 22:38I’ve read this story before.It was Glover not Lord at the audition. Maybe that was lost in translation.
November 15th, 2019 at 22:44Does anyone have a pinch of salt handy?
November 16th, 2019 at 11:00https://www.timesofisrael.com/ex-deep-purple-singer-brings-his-rock-opera-show-to-israel/
November 23rd, 2019 at 00:07Not bad at all Joe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StsIqqQxheQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLOrl_jEd60
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CZT9L38ysk
Appearantly he did this in my country, the Netherlands as well?
https://www.israel-best-trips.com/post/joe-lynn-turner-rock-the-opera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KOq0Fkvuus
November 23rd, 2019 at 00:22Gee,we know this story already. JLT makes sure we don’t forget it by repeating 100 times.
November 24th, 2019 at 04:28But this time around,kind of got mixed up.