new live album and home video
captured during his acclaimed
performance at Frontiers Rock
Festival III in Milan, Italy on April
24, 2016. Titled Live… Here
Comes the Night the recording
finds Bonnet masterfully deliver-
ing a thrilling “Best of” career-
spanning set which included
songs from his stints with bands
such as Rainbow, MSG, Alca-
trazz, Impellitteri, and of course
his solo material too. The col-
lection opens with “Eyes Of The
World” and what is immediately
eye-opening is how amazingly
strong the nearly 70 year old
singer presents the material. If
there was ever any question of
whether a hard rock catalogue
can hold up at an age when
most people are heading for the
retirement homes – Bonnet puts
it to rest. He sounds so good you
have to wonder why his former
bandmate Richie Blackmore
didn’t reach out to him for his
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ill-conceived reboot of Rainbow.
Bonnet’s presence surely would
have added a bit of legitimacy
to that poorly reviewed project.
Graham led Rainbow as they
transitioned to a more commer-
cial sound and his two big hits
“All Night Long” and “Since You
Been Gone” are still staples of
his live shows and they stand
up well here as do the album’s
13-other tracks. Like a bee in a
bonnet Graham is still making
hard rock that stings and this ef-
fort should create a nice little
buzz for him, too. Well done, sir!
After an impressive debut stu-
dio album (Hard Road) Tom
Killner is back with a new live
record. Tom is a British blues
guitarist and singer. Live was re-
corded at The Old School House
in Barnsley, England where Kill-
ner with his band killed it at the
venue with a dozen creative cov-
ers. The set starts off strong with
“Like It This Way” and a regal
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