The Other Side of Rainbow
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Review "I really enjoyed reading 'The Other Side of Rainbow.' In fact I couldn't put it down until I had finished it. The years flew away and I was transported back to those years where Ronnie and I were so young and life was a rollercoaster. Ronnie learned so much from Ritchie - what to do and what not to do." -Wendy Dio"I read this cover to cover and the selected passages again. It was fascinating to read what my fellow band members had to say about events we were involved in. Its never something we have talked together about. And reading other guys stories from years before was equally absorbing. All new interviews, none culled from other publications. That means while the memories may be older the take is fresh and all the better for it." - Doogie White (Rainbow singer, 1994-1997)"As cliché as it sounds, I’d recommend this book for any fan of Rainbow or fans of Melodic Metal who really want to explore the excellence that is Rainbow in all of it’s incarnations across the ages." - Metal-rules.com"In a style that Prato has used in manyof his books, he has collected interviews from a variety of people suchas former band members (Tony Carey, Doogie White, Joe Lynn Turner), aswell as those who worked with the band in some capacity (Wendy Dio,Flemming Rasmussen), as well as admirers of the band (Eddie Trunk,Charlie Benante)...Another superb job by Prato." - Screamer Magazine"These various narratives tell the tale of how the band formed, all the exits and entrances of various members and why the music was so special. A must-have book for any fan of Ritchie Blackmore and Rainbow." - CurledUp.com Read more About the Author Greg Prato is a Long Island, New York-based journalist, who has written for Rolling Stone, Classic Rock, and Vintage Guitar, and has authored such books as German Metal Machine: Scorpions in the ‘70s, Iron Maiden: ’80 ’81, MTV Ruled the World: The Early Years of Music Video, and Touched by Magic: The Tommy Bolin Story. The Other Side of Rainbow is his 20th book overall. Read more
Reviews
I would recommend the book. It’s basically comments by band members and peripheral people. I like the honesty in it. I think Tony Carey has demonstrated over and over that he is a really good guy. By all accounts he could have trashed Blackmore to no end but he really doesn’t do that. My regrets are with Eddie Trunk comments. I think he’s more of a head banger at heart and I don’t respect his opinions that much in the book. his idea that the first Rainbow album had only one good song was irritating. I think he said he only liked “Man on the Silver Mountain”. Ok, the production is much like Stormbringer and therefore isn’t a “heavy sounding” album but, For me, those tunes are magical and every guitar solo on that album is a thing of beauty. Even Blackmore and Dio are on record as saying the first album is the best one. Don’t get me wrong because “Rising “ was intense and it further clarified the vision of the intense dramatic side of Rainbow but if I could only have one it would be the first. So aside from the dread in reading the Trunk comments it was good. Nothing against Trunk as he has done a lot for amplifying the greatness in Metal music but I don't find his input to be coming from the perspective of a sophisticated Blackmore fan. The cover of the book is truly horrible and the pictures are pretty bad too but I am liking the book just for the raw content. Kind of cool reading the Wendy Dio input too. The good and bad of life with Blackmore. Like I said no regrets in buying it.
