Song 55 ( Blackmore’s Night - Rainbow Blues )



I found this song a couple of months ago, it is cover of Jethro Tull song which went unreleased until put as a bonus track on the M.U.--Best of Tull album.
For those unaware, Blackmore's Night is a Renaissance-style band with metal influences. The band is primarily Ritchie Blackmore, (from Deep Purple and Rainbow), and his wife on vocals.
I really like what they did with this 'Tull song and how they made it their own. The song itself is really good but did not make it on to any of their albums for a variety of reasons; mostly because it doesn't fit musically on the album which it was written for. The song seems to use symbolic representation to describe what Ian Anderson goes through before and after a show; maybe one show in particular. Anyway, I really like this cover, especially the vocals and guitar.

Here is the studio version on YouTube.

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