The Last Bass Outpost offical theme song.

[Muzikman7]

Rock out brother. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I&feature=youtu.be

[Muzikman7]

When I posted this I never paid attention about the gentleman who was singing this song I thought it was an intresting approach to the song. R.I.P. Israel

[gweimer]

I really liked that.  Very cool.

[GonzoBass]

Local hero/sad story.

[OldManC]

Love that voice.

[uwe]

Used in a million movies, but still wonderful.

[Dave W]

Am I missing something? Why would this have anything to do with an Outpost theme song?

[uwe]

One of those, errrm, "Stadium Rock" bands used to kick off their concerts with that song and having witnessed that particular concert in Munich 1977 myself I have nothing to complain!!! Herr Dio also in fine voice here.



You can never have too much Deep Purple and spin-off bands at the Outpost, however remote the connection! The only more rewarding subject is slamming Led Zeppelin.

But we can't go on waffling about forgotten seventies dinosaur rock heroes here forever, we need to cater for our younger, more techno-minded readers too:



XFactor and American Idol viewers with a penchant for Whitney and Mariah might prefer yet another version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRqj7v8PF7Q&feature=related

Somewhere over the shredbow:



... the beckbow:



... the godbow:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KvtbZzx1xs&feature=related

[Highlander]

... and having witnessed that particular concert in Munich 1977 myself I have nothing to complain!!!

Ditto to the same tour but having the extra kudos of seeing Rainbow, with the "Rainbow" at the Rainbow Theatre... I still have the venue poster from the gig in my hallowed items store, a bit battered but...

[Muzikman7]

Am I missing something? Why would this have anything to do with an Outpost theme song?

I was joking Dave.

[gweimer]

I interviewed Dio for The Illinois Entertainer.  He was interesting, but I thought pretty insecure.  All I had to do was mention Black Sabbath, and he went off on a rant for about 15 minutes.

[Denis]

Funny, I've been listening to Rainbow all morning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WukfC-6Gpc&feature=related

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh8Ic6MbtoU&feature=related

[gearHed289]

I have to admit - I liked the JLT era. I've been told that when the wind blows through his hair, 5 part harmonies come flying out. 

[uwe]

He's a good singer, no doubt.



Painfully New-Jersey sometimes, but a nice bloke from all I've heard about him. Never saw him give anything but the best live either even if the stage raps make you wince sometimes. And unlike many, I did not think he was the nadir of Deep Purple, his performance with DP at Hammersmith on the Slaves & Master tour is a fond memory, he sang great and the band was recharged and very musical. He sang Burn AND Highway Star without making you cringe - something all other Purple singers have failed at (Coverdale, Hughes) or not even attempted (Gillan) - and really shone on the stuff he had co-written on the then current album. Yes, it was AOR-ish, but good AOR-ish and not "Deep Rainbow" either as DP had a groove - courtesy of swinging Ian Paice and Jon Lord, the Keith Richards of Hammond Organ - that eluded any Rainbow line-up which all sounded stiff and teutonic to me.

His less than convincing stage-presence and the fact that his voice is too variable for his own good have kept him from climbing to higher stardom I think.

And with the fact that he lost all his hair as a child now in the public domain for some years, it's really time to get a different wig - a shorter one - if he must insist on wearing one. I think he would look cooler as a frontman nowadays just in his bald natural state. He's looking silly for a sixty-year old now.



That said, if you are not an AOR hater, then there is no way denying the man's talent in that particular area of music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0HTglse8Zo&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PLDC2EE98D5220A123