The Ritchie Blackmore Problem That The Rainbow Couldn't Survive

Ritchie Blackmore built Rainbow with his own hands, then spent ten years quietly tearing it apart. Nearly 20 musicians passed through the band in a single decade. A keyboardist woke up to find his bedroom bricked shut. Fourteen drummers were run through a punishing 45-minute audition just to find one who wouldn't quit. The band recorded inside a French chateau they believed was haunted by a demon named Bal, and printed a warning about it right on the album sleeve. And the one partnership that made Rainbow legendary, with Ronnie James Dio, collapsed the moment Blackmore decided he wanted to sound like ABBA. This is the story of how Deep Purple's most brilliant guitarist created one of hard rock's most iconic bands, Man on the Silver Mountain, Stargazer, Since You've Been Gone, while making it almost impossible for anyone to survive working inside it. Why did Ritchie Blackmore keep firing the very musicians who made him successful? The answer says more about Rainbow's legacy than any of its hits ever could. #70sRock #ClassicRock #rainbow #richieblackmore #BestRockSongs #nostalgia #1970s #1970smusic #70s #70smusic 0:00 Intro 0:27 The Band That Never Stayed Together 2:54 Escaping Deep Purple 5:41 Nobody Was Ever Good Enough 8:45 Letting Ronnie James Dio Walk Away 11:57 The Endless Search That Destroyed Rainbow 15:07 The Band That Never Lasted About Yesterday's America 🎥 Videos, the real history behind the classic rock bands and songs you grew up on 🎨 Written, voiced and produced by Yesterday's America 🔔 Subscribe for more classic rock history, new videos every few days ⭐ Join as a member for access to exclusive videos and other perks, and to help support the channel Watch More from Yesterday's America 🟢    / @yesterdaysamerica   _____________________________________________________ 💼 Business Inquiries and Contact • For business inquiries, copyright matters or other inquiries please contact us at: yesterdaysamerica84@gmail.com. ⚠️ Copyright Disclaimers • We use images and content in accordance with the YouTube Fair Use copyright guidelines • Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act states: “Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.” • This video could contain certain copyrighted video clips, pictures, or photographs that were not specifically authorized to be used by the copyright holder(s), but which we believe in good faith are protected by federal law and the fair use doctrine for one or more of the reasons noted above.