#graham bonnet

[wearingcrazyclothes]

A little something @onstrangehighways and I thought up.

Also, thank you @monarchetype for humoring me 😪.

[dahliavxvii]

Wish Ritchie Blackmore a happy birthday!!🎉🐈‍⬛

[metalheadjim]

Impellitteri - Stand in Line (1988)

[deep-purple-lore]

According to Ritchie Blackmore, Graham Bonnet from Rainbow was told repeatedly not to cut his hair and to grow it out. Ritchie Blackmore says he'd gotten someone to guard Graham's hotel room so that he wouldn't sneak out to get a haircut. Graham Bonnet then proceeded to climb out of the window, as Blackmore tells. He found it hard to be on the same stage as that haircut and had to suppress the urge to smash him with his guitar.

According to Graham Bonnet, he simply got it cut as he passed by a barbershop. When he came on stage that evening with his new hairdo, Ritchie was shocked and played from behind the stack of amplifiers the entire show. The following day, Ritchie called for a band meeting and pointed out Graham's hair was too short and that he must've gotten it cut as a personal attack to Ritchie. Everyone laughed at him.

Bonnet also says they had rooms on the seventh floor of the hotel and claims that, everytime Ritchie tells the story, he adds something new.

Sources: Ritchie Blackmore's side and Graham Bonnet's side

[hartotarto]

Drew this for Ritchie Blackmore’s birthday even though I drew it originally to celebrate 50 years of Rainbow’s debut album (also my favourite of theirs) ^_^

I admit I kinda rushed it a bit so that it’s finished on this day… I’m just glad I finished it :)))

🎶Meet me when the sun is in the western sky

The fighting must begin before another someone dies

Crossbows in the firelight

Greensleeves waving

Mad men raving

Through the shattered night, yeah🎶

[strangekindaerin]

Have some more incorrect Rainbow quotes ya gremlins.

[metalcultbrigade]

Rainbow - "Denver 1979:Down To Earth Tour" 12/05/2015

[dickinson-devotee]

Hey all! Graham here! I just had a fantastic weekend that I'm still buzzing about. The band and I had the unique pleasure and privilege to shoot a video for the song "the Fifth Force of Nature" that Bruce Dickinson and I duetted on for the impending Graham Bonnet Band 4th studio album. It was a terrific experience from start to finish. Bruce is the consummate professional and has great intuition and skill as an actor. Director Leo Liberti was incredible and captured the essence of all of us. The band line-up for the song/album consists of me, Graham Bonnet (of course), my partner in crime, bass player, executive producer of the album and band manager, Beth-Ami Heavenstone, guitar player, co-writer of this track and musical producer, Conrado Pesinato, incredible keyboard player Alessandro Bertoni and drummer extraordinaire Shane Gaalaas. The band and I want to say a heart felt thank you to each and every one of the crew and cast for making this day something we will remember forever. We also want to extend a special thank you to Serafino, Mario and everyone at our record label, Frontier's Music Srl for standing behind us for all these years.

——

via Graham Bonnet

February 10, 2026