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Over The Rainbow Palace of Sports, Minsk, Belarus February 14, 2009  Setlist : Tarot Woman Kill the King Street of Dreams Man on the Silver Mountain Death Alley Driver Eyes of the World Ariel Wolf To The Moon Power Can't Happen Here Jealous Lover Drum Solo Stargazer Long Live R'n'R Encore 1 Since You Been Gone I Surrender Encore 2 All Night Long Total time around 1:50 - bad sound - not very powerful - Tony & Greg played some parts from papers - separate persons left palace of sports before the end Setlist by "Ritchie Blackmore" @ The Rainbow Fanclan Forum More stuff from Minsk February 16, 2009 Live Video Clips on YouTube  Big Concert Hall, St-Petersburg, Russia February 16, 2009  Setlist : Tarot Woman Kill the King Street of Dreams Man on the Silver Mountain Death Alley Driver Eyes of the World Ariel Wolf To The Moon Power Can't Happen Here Jealous Lover Drum Solo Stargazer Long Live R'n'R Encore 1 Since You Been Gone I Surrender Encore 2 All Night Long Setlist & photos provided by "Ritchie Blackmore" @ The Rainbow Fanclan Forum More stuff from St Petersburg February 16, 2009 Interview & Live excerpts on Nevex.tv Pro-shot Photos on Darkside.ru The view from the back of the bus.... otherwise known as the 'jesse james seat' – (no one can sneak up on you...) Over The Rainbow in Russia We rehearsed like madmen for several days in a Moscow studio – JR and I had pre-rehearsed, at my house in Germany and Bobby and Greg in New York. After the first 10 minutes it was pretty clear that when we didn't suck, we were pretty good. The tricky part is playing balls-out, take-no prisoners, and still being (reasonably) accurate. If you start thinking about what you're playing, you're automatically using a safety net... 
First couple of shows had great moments and some fairly dodgy ones, as well. What surprised me was the turnout and the excitement level coming back to the stage.
The last 4 gigs were light-years better.Everybody had sort of figured out how they wanted to play the songs (this doesn't include Greg and Bobby, they had it cold from the beginning, for which they've both earned my eternal emnity). I think Joe's doing a great job on songs he'd never sung before, great frontman, and Jürgen - well, I knew he was good going in but he's killer and growing with each performance. And yes, he IS a Blackmore. The band reminds me of my highschool R&B group - we played at my senior prom - in that the 'little kid' in each of us is alive and kicking (although we might have been more serious back in high school). They say 'don't sweat the small stuff' and we've all been around the block once or twice since then. So 'Cool's the Rule.' It's a big help when nobody's plastered, too. As for me, I'm having a ball playing organ and synths again, After 30 years of singer-songwriter stuff. I have to be reminded to sing background vocals. Usually Greg either 1) cues me or 2) shoots me 'the Look' when I miss the cue. Workin' on it, though. The dressing room running gags are pretty sophomoric... more like a locker room back in the day. The band has a good chemistry goin on. Some of the funniest moments I won't relate here, but if you ever run into Rondinelli you can ask him how he responded when the Tour Manager said he (The Tour Manager) was getting fat... that one woke me up laughing at least twice............. With my eerily empathetic talent for saying the worst possible thing at the worst possible moment, the 'Tony Carey Charm School' is now open and accepting applications. So, on to Japan. I'll keep you posted. Tony Carey, Germany - March 2009 posted on the Over The Rainbow MySpace site   |