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β’ Although Graham Bonnet is quite rightly best known for fronting the melodic hard rock of Rainbow, MSG and Alcatrazz, his career goes back to the 1960s, and his initial breakthrough as part of The Marbles in 1968. His style and tastes were originally geared more towards pop and R&B orientated music, recording a number of obscure, but now highly collectable 45s in the early 1970s, before releasing his eponymous titled debut in 1977 for Ring OβRecords.
β’ Kicking off with Bob Dylanβs βIt’s All Over Now, Baby Blueβ, 1977βs βGraham Bonnetβ certainly draws upon some classic songwriters, with Goffin and Kingβs βWill You Love Me Tomorrow?β, a track briefly resurrected by Rainbow at the 1980 Monsters of Rock, Al Greenβs βTired Of Being Aloneβ and βGoodnight And Goodmorningβ, originally from Hall & Oatesβ βWhole Oatsβ LP.
β’ Produced by Pip Williams and engineered by John Eden, both of whom are probably best known for their work with Status Quo, βGraham Bonnetβ is augmented by no less than seven bonus tracks, including βHeroes On My Picture Wallβ, the B-Side of βIt’s All over Now, Baby Blueβ.
β’ Wasting no time at all, his debut was followed up in 1978 by βNo Bad Habitsβ, again produced by Pip Williams. Featuring the singles βCanβt Complainβ and the Bee Geeβs βWarm Rideβ, the bonus tracks include β10/12 Observationβ, the B-Side of βWarm Rideβ, as well as a βdiscoβ version of the track βWarm Rideβ.
β’ The following year, Graham would be enlisted to join Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Don Airey and Cozy Powell in Rainbow, and that bandβs commercial breakthrough album, βDown To Earthβ. βGraham Bonnetβ and βNo Bad Habitsβ remain fitting testimonials to this singular artistβs progress as a singer and musician.
β’ Graham will be the subject of his first authorised biography this summer.
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