The BLACKMORE connection...

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Best/favorite vocalist to have worked with Ritchie Blackmore.

Rod Evans (Deep Purple)
Ian Gillan (Deep Purple)
David Coverdale (Deep Purple)
Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple)
Ronnie James Dio (Rainbow)
Graham Bonnet (Rainbow)
Joe Lynn Turner (Deep Purple, Rainbow)
other (Blackmore's Night?)

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IAN GILLAN is my choice. He is one of my all time favorite vocalists/screamers. His work with Blackmore was outstanding. Some of the earliest and best proto-metal.

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Gillan for me too!
Followed by Dio, Turner and Coverdale

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mini boss Number of posts : 21101 Age : 54

No contest for me, Ian Gillan, one of rock/metal's greatest vocalists.

Metal is Forever Number of posts : 5704 Age : 49

Impossible to choose.

A lot of those guys are excellent in their own way, though some of them had their best material with other guitarists.

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Ian Gillan

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Gillan

Master Sailboat Number of posts : 9301 Age : 45

Dio

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Man, I wish the DIO smiley was working right now.

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It should be quite obvious how I voted.

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tohostudios wrote:: It should be quite obvious how I voted.

there had to be at least one fan of the Flowery Blackmore.

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mini boss Number of posts : 21101 Age : 54

What is amazing every single singer on that list (including his beautiful wife Candice Night) are a great and above average singers.

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Heart of Metal Number of posts : 1268 Age : 57

I voted Gillian cuz that era('70-'73 DP) ruled, but Dio(mid to late 70's Rainbow) was a close second. The 1 year, 2 album era that Coverdale and Blackmore were together were a couple of underrated albums IMO. "Burn" is one of Deep Purple's greatest songs ever.

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I chose DIO, barely over Gllian.

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RONNIE JAMES FREEKIN DIO!!!

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Temple of Blood wrote:: Impossible to choose.

A lot of those guys are excellent in their own way, though some of them had their best material with other guitarists.

I couldn't have said it better. It's either Gillan or Dio, as much as I loved Hughes with Trapeze and Evans with Captain Beyond. I didn't vote.

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Gillan shortly before Dio.

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Dio, of course.

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Gillan

Subject: Re: The BLACKMORE connection... Tue Oct 20, 2009 11:00 am

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I chose Gillan in connection to Blackmore as I am sentimental and hold that Ritchie's best work was with Purple during that era of the band. I do enjoy Dio's vocals more, but get less satisfaction from a Rainbow album (though still heads above a ton out there, then and now). So Ian followed by Ronnie.