OVER THE RAINBOW isВ a recreation of Classic Hard Rock band Rainbow (band), featuring some ex members of the band:
vocals: Joe Lynn Turner (1980-1984),В also withВ Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force, Deep Purple, Hughes Turner Project, Brazen Abbot etc;
keyboards: Tony Carey (1975-1977),В played also withВ Jennifer Rush, John Mayall and The Bluesbreakers, Joe Cocker, David Knopfler;
drums: Bobby Rondinelli (1980-1983), played also withВ СЃ Blue Г–yster Cult, Quiet Riot, Black SabbathВ and Riot;
bass: Greg Smith (1994-1997), played also withВ Alice Cooper, Wendy O. WIlliams, Blue Г–yster Cult, Dokken, Vinnie Moore, Joe Lynn Turner, Tommy James & the Shondells;
and on guitar -В JURGEN BLACKMORE.
JГјrgen was born in London in 1964 as the son of Ritchie Blackmore – founder of the legendary rockgroup Deep Purple (Smoke on the Water), Rainbow, etc. – and his German wife Margit.
Raised in Hamburg he received his first acoustic guitar at the age of 10. Blessed with the exceptional musical talent of his father and the self-assertion of his mother, a career as a musician was looming early in his life.
In 1979 he started apprenticeship as a guitar maker at the famous Georg’s Music Shop, first experiences were gained in small rock bands.
When he joined the rock band Iron Angel their first CD ‘Winds Of War’ was his starting point as a professional musician. Parallel to this there were small solo projects, followed by the collaboration with the bands Straight, J.R. Blackmore’s Superstition and finally the foundation of the J.R. Blackmore Group in 1990.
TheВ Over The RainbowВ project got together in December 2008 and started a World tour in February 2009 with concerts in Russia.
They will play on the Central city square in Kavarna – Bulgaria on September 5.