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ELA feat J.R. Blackmore - Out of Time - Release Oct. 17, .2008

Why "Over the Rainbow" ?

Dear friends, today i want directly talk to you.

Maybe some of you read, that I am going back on Tour with “Over The Rainbow”. In case of this I want to tell you some background information.
I did get a phone call for a couple of time where Joe and Bobby ask me if I would like to do this Project.

I said…please give me some time…I will think about it: Actually I never liked to do something like this!

In this time I did often get phone calls…so I went to my dad. We both talked about this Project and he said: Go on…do it.

That was the first step in this direction.

After that I was reading in the web, talked to Fans, and many different people about this and all of them said: Please Do it! In the End I also meet people who never had the chance to see Rainbow live and they all told me what a big wish it is to see this Band live…I thought ok…that’s it and meet Joe in Germany. We both talked about everything and in case that Joe is such a nice guy I said in the end: YES OK!

In this Project I don’t want to present me or put on my father’s shoes or even lay on his back…NO

It is only for millions of rock fans who always had this dream to see this Band live. I am not my Father and I “NEVER” can replace him, but i will try to give these Fans one time the chance to see this Thing happen….because my Dad, never will do Rainbow again, he is lucky and happy with his new style ….but i will try my best and hope you will enjoy it.

All these Things gave me the feeling to do this thing and stay to this decision.

So for all Fans who want to enjoy this great musicians like: Tony Carey, Joe Lynn Turner, Bobby Rondinelli and Greg Smith together with me on stage, I am very happy and proud to bring this present to all of you.

For all fans and who wanna be in the future Yes… I am happy to see you all at these shows.

Take care
J.R.Blackmore (Rock´n Roll)

Ex-Rainbow Members Unite for OVER THE RAINBOW:

J.R. BLACKMORE on guitar

(New York, NY-USA) Former Rainbow musicians Joe Lynn Turner, Tony Carey, Bobby Rondinelli and Greg Smith have united with a second generation Blackmore to form Over The Rainbow.

Over The Rainbow is:
Vocals: Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow 1980-1984)
Keyboards: Tony Carey (Rainbow 1975-1978)
Drums: Bobby Rondinelli (Rainbow 1980-1983)
Bass: Greg Smith (Rainbow 1994-1997)
Guitar: J.R. Blackmore

Over the Rainbow Band

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J.R.Blackmore goes back on Tour

The time has arrived….the negotiations with USA are positive completed ! Tour dates and with what Project, you get this information in the next days here. It´s worth to come back in the next days, because this news are amazing interesting for every rockfan. Some of you wil be very excited about this news what coming up. Sorry, but we can´t let any information out now till everything is in cases. For this reason, we beg you all not to write emails with questions, we will bring up the news when everything is regulated. Thanks Rock´n Roll

Offer from USA

J.R.Blackmore did get a new offer from USA. At the moment he is checking out this offer with a lot of phone calls and mails. So if this gonna happen, it would be amazing news for all rock fans.

J.R. visit his father

J.R. was a guest at his fathers show in Karlsruhe. He stood at the mixer table alongside Barry Brostrom (sound engineer) and watched the Blackmore's Night show. After the show he had a chat with his dad and Jim E. Manngard about private stuff, the past and future etc... This was agreat evening…many thanks to Markus Huber and his wife (local promoter) for the friendly support.

ELA & JRB - Rocking at the Ballroom

Yes, you did hear it right! Ballroom, probably the best known Rock Club at the world famous Fischmarkt in Hamburg. This is where ELA and JRB recorded the video "Out Of Time". Ela: "I really wanted a rock athmosphere around me. I wanted the stage to make me feel as if I was in my living room and I was looking for a club that was famous for it's Rock background. And because Hamburg is one of biggest cities the club also had to be known overseas. The result? "Ballroom", a location that could not be better for me!" And what did JRB had to say about it? JRB: "hehehe... actually, I didn't really want to be on stage at this "Ballroom"... but I must also say that I had never been there before. The shooting was a lot of fun for me and I know that the location contributed to it. Rock'n'n'Roll Ballroom, what an awesome video!"

The Video for "Out Of Time" will also be on the CD, with the same name, as a bonus and it will be released on October 2008.

ELA & JRB - The Photo shoot

It all started with a press article and a radio station. After that it all went really quick as the single "Out Of Time" has already been produced. But before this exciting combination of Ela & JRB comes into the record stores some more work needs to be done. That's why last week both artists met up for a photo shoot in Hamburg at the Arcotel Rubin. After 9 hours of work and 3 days of waiting we now have the first pictures to share with you. We hope you enjoy the pictures.

We hope you enjoy the pictures.

Update: ELA featuring J.R. Blackmore

With "Out OF Time" ELA and JRB are starting up for a extra potion ROCK, what not only goes with the summertime. Improved with a singular mix of Spicy Guitarsounds and a exclusiv Guitarsolo of JRB we have a Rockversion what let us be warm, even in the Autum/Winter Time. And so exclusiv like this "OUT OF TIME" Rockversion, will also be made the comming up special edition. Digipack CD & DVD (with Bonusmaterial). And as a extra candy ELA & JRB are presenting also a Video. The Shootings are already in Schedule and will be beginning in the middle of August...we can be corious.

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Press Links (German)

31.07.20085 - FFM-Rock
31.07.20085 - POWERMETAL.de
30.07.20085 - Metalglory.de

Guest of Deep Purple

After many years once more JRB was a guest at a Deep Purple show. Unfortunately he arrived at the end of the show so he could not seeit! but appart from that the welcoming from the band was amazing. Alongside JRB came Silvia Kaufmann and her son Roger (little rocker). It was a nice but short evening and they all had fun and extremedly enjoyed it. They will meet up again in November when the Deep Purple 40th Anniversary tour starts and this time he won't miss the show! Rock'n'Roll