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"Stargazer" is a song by the British-American rock supergroup Rainbow, released as fifth track from the band's second studio album Rising (1976). It is an epic song narrating the story of a powerful wizard whose attempt to fly by constructing a mystical tower to the stars leads to the enslavement of vast numbers of people.
The first CD issue had a slightly different mix to that of the original LP, including a longer delay before the band entered after Carey's opening solo in "Tarot Woman", and a longer play-out on "Run with the Wolf". The track "Stargazer" had the vocals mixed without the delay, the extra synthesizer deleted and some of the phased sounds deleted.
Rainbow (also known as Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow or Blackmore's Rainbow) was a British rock band formed in Hertford in 1975 by guitarist Ritchie Blackmore.Established in the aftermath of Blackmore's first departure from Deep Purple, they originally featured four members of the American rock band Elf, including their singer Ronnie James Dio, but after their self-titled debut album, Blackmore ...
Graham Bonnet (born 23 December 1947) is an English rock singer. He has recorded and performed as a solo artist and as a member of several hard rock and heavy metal bands including Rainbow, Michael Schenker Group, Alcatrazz, and Impellitteri. [1]
Rainbow. Ritchie Blackmore – guitar, bass on tracks 1–3, 6 (also bass on rough mix tracks 1–6, 2012 Deluxe Edition) Ronnie James Dio – vocals; Cozy Powell – drums; Bob Daisley – bass on tracks 4, 5, and 7; David Stone – keyboards on tracks 4, 5, and 6, piano outro on track 3; Tony Carey – keyboards on tracks 1, 2, and 8 ...
He also had stints fronting Elf, Rainbow with Ritchie Blackmore, Black Sabbath during Ozzy Osbourne’s solo years, and Heaven & Hell, which reunited Dio with Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi ...
In 1980, Blackmore's Rainbow headlined the inaugural Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington in England. [10]Songs from Down to Earth have been performed by Graham Bonnet at his solo shows, as well as at concerts performed with Don Airey (2001) and Joe Lynn Turner (2007).
Beck told Blackmore that Hendrix's guitar playing hit him "straight between the eyes". [7] The sleeve-art is by British artist Jeff Cummins and Hipgnosis, though has been described as "one of [Hipgnosis]' very worst; in fact, so bad, it taints the music." [8] The original vinyl issue had the lyrics printed on the inner sleeve.