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PS: "
Ritchie with Pilgrim hat and Ronnie" is actually a promo shot from when they both started Rainbow in 1975. Ritchie's rapidly receding hairline had become an issue (for him) by then and it would take a few years before he had his first hair transplant which had him all of the sudden change from this (1974):
WHADDAYA MEAN, I HAVE
"THINNING HAIR"?!to this here (1977):
BACK WITH A BANG(S)!!!Once the hair problem got fixed, the Pilgrim hat made no reappearance though Ritchie retained a penchant for more dramatic headwear even in later years.