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The Last Goodbye
A second single The Last Goodbye from the upcoming Candice Night’s solo album Sea Glass has been released. This is the track with Ritchie Blackmore making a guest appearance on guitar, but lowering your expectations is in order. There are no fiery solos, and his contribution can be described as ‘some acoustic accompaniment’.
Thanks to BraveWords for the heads-up.
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I don’t listen to it, I feel so sad when I think that 30 years ago I was here
https://youtu.be/BKkhtaAwJk0?si=7DrBvUoadDMvYTnJ
it was the only one Rainbow in my life
March 27th, 2025 at 05:43I wonder if Ritchie will ever join DP for one last goodbye. It would be a lovely ending to say goodbye and we can say thank you for the music.
March 27th, 2025 at 06:51Peace ✌️
It’s not overtly emotional at all. As somber and subdued as a scene from a Steven Spielberg movie.
Best watched while standing on one leg.
March 27th, 2025 at 08:191995 I was in the very first rows, so there weren’t all those alienating cell phones but only arms raised full of enthusiasm, joy and adrenaline. Already with the intro of the concert the roar of the people was sky high.. I feel nostalgic for the past. That formation of the band was also great even if unfortunately they only made one album: too bad.
March 27th, 2025 at 10:21Gad.
March 27th, 2025 at 11:21Remember when Ritchie played session guitar on a new song, and we would be all excited to hear it?
Not here.
Bring back Glenda Collins!
@1… All we have are the memories now. Which are some of the best times in my life. Thank you Ritchie.
March 27th, 2025 at 12:31Edith says it‘s a nice number, well-sung and that Candice‘s voice has come a long way, developing a warm timbre and eschewing melismas and squeaky acrobatics popular with so many female singers of her generation (or younger).
I guess if you want to describe the number positively then you can say it’s ethereal.
I prefer my female singers a bit more broken/damaged goods:
https://youtu.be/IAV1JWnBErQ
Candice always sounds eager to please and a little too perfect.
Ritchie‘s acoustic guitar is tastefully song-serving, he didn‘t want to turn his wife‘s album in a guitar showcase for his devotees.
March 27th, 2025 at 13:10Lyrics are a bit telling … trouble in the Blackmore’s Night camp?
March 27th, 2025 at 14:13@5 Breis Heim Well remembered, man! 🙂 While we’re at it, please bring back Gunilla Thorne and Laurent Voulzy, too! 🙂
March 27th, 2025 at 19:39nice song, scary video!
#1 AndreA
March 27th, 2025 at 22:23I was there too, third line!
Yes, Laurent Voulzy!
March 28th, 2025 at 00:35“Guitare Heraut”.
That’s our Ritchie.
Wonderful!!
@10
March 28th, 2025 at 11:24Bellissimo!👍
@10 Fla
March 28th, 2025 at 12:15when i see Blackmore (in this video) I retrace my steps because I think he eats all the others who came after him. Blackmore with the guitar is the most enchanting.
Khm. Egy on Earth?
March 28th, 2025 at 16:15@13
AndreA, you’re right, he is a poet with the guitar 🥰
March 28th, 2025 at 17:44D E E P I N T O T H E N I G H T:
The wife …
of the former guitarist …
of that band …
which had that one dun-dun-duuun song …
elucidates how her solo album came about:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks25Kck59Kk
“We sat down with award-winning singer-songwriter Candice Night to talk all about her long-awaited third solo album, Sea Glass, out April 25 via earMUSIC. In this in-depth interview, Candice opens up about the inspiration behind the album, the years between releases, motherhood, and even bringing her children into the music this time around. She also shares the story behind her latest singles, including Angel and Jezebel and The Last Goodbye, which features legendary guitarist Ritchie Blackmore.”
March 31st, 2025 at 09:13@16
March 31st, 2025 at 12:19Moses will be happy, as a good disciple she is….🙈
#13 AndreA
You’re probably right I think it happens to all of us in here
March 31st, 2025 at 22:51I listened to Candice’s interview (linked @16) all the way through (rhymes!) and I’m glad I did! It’s really deep, unaffected and pleasant:
– For the Ritchie acolytes: @20:45 she relates his involvement in The Last Goodbye, it was chiefly an arrangement thing and explaining to her producer what she wanted with her song idea. Ritchie immediately understood and acted as an interpreter.
– For those who worry about Candice & Ritchie as a couple because of the song: All is well. This year is their 35th year. But she says not everyone is that lucky and that they have many friends and acquaintances who have divorced/separated during that time. The Last Goodbye is about realizing that moment in a relationship where you bury all hope and finally part. Her time with Ritchie has had ups and downs too and sometimes they need to get away from each other. Candice likes to travel and experience things, Ritchie hates it (likely done it too often and long in the past), so she does it by herself, often taking Autumn along for road trips and overnighters into other States.
– If you ever wondered why BN gigs have that lengthy instrumental middle part where the musicians solo and Ritchie leaves stage: He needs to pee, he can no longer spend 90 or more minutes on stage without following nature’s call. In future BN gigs that “bathroom break” will be used by Candice to present a couple of her own songs, Ritchie is ok with it, I guess he went with the flow.
– Size matters: Both Autumn (14) and Rory (13) are by now a head taller than their mother, she has become the family midget, her kids resting their chins on her head to taunt her.
– Autum’s and Rory’s voices will feature on a song on the album: Promise Me. Candice is happy to preserve Rory’s voice “before it breaks” which seems to be imminent.
– I KNEW IT, YET YOU DOUBTED ME: Autumn is a Swiftie! Candice surprised her and her two cousins (daughters of Candice’s brother, who lives in Charlotte with family, + also Swifties) by organizing tickets (no mean feat) to a Taylor Swift gig in Toronto last November. Candice loved every minute of it, not so much because of Taylor on stage, but because she was so moved by the three girls in front of her knowing every song and lyric and being totally immersed in the performance, lost in the very moment of it. Autumn said afterwards she would never need another present from he mother again, they “were good”. 😂
– Rory is not a Swiftie, but the day after the Buffalo Bills played (and won against!) the Kansas City Chiefs in the Highmark Stadium in Buffalo (close to the Canadian border), so he had something from the trip too.
It’s a charming interview, well worth your time.
March 31st, 2025 at 22:58