page_title: Ritchie Blackmore
section_title: The Rainbow
hierarchical_section_title: Ritchie Blackmore / The Rainbow
caption_attribution_description: Ronnie James Dio and Ritchie Blackmore in Rainbow, Chateau Neuf, Oslo, Norway
context_page_description: Ritchie Blackmore is an English guitarist. He is former member and founder of British hard rock band Deep Purple.
context_section_description: In 1975, Blackmore founded the band The Rainbow. The band included Ronnie James Dio as singer, Craig Gruber on bass, Micky Lee Soule on keyboards, and Gary Driscoll on drums. The band's first album, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, was released August 4, 1975. It was followed by Long Live Rock 'n' Roll in 1978, with Cozy Powell in drums. On Difficult to Cure (1981), The band included the vocalist Joe Lynn Turner, replacing Dio. After several changes in it's members, Blackmore disbanded the band in 1997.
caption: Rainbow Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio
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