Tony Carey found no beauty in Rainbow: “I wouldn’t tell Ritchie Blackmore if his hair was on fire”

By Steve Newton Back in May of 1984 I did a phone interview with Tony Carey, who at the time was basking in the success of a solo career that had produced such radio-friendly hits as "A Fine, Fine Day" and "The First Day of Summer". He'd first caught my ear as the keyboardist for … Continue reading Tony Carey found no beauty in Rainbow: “I wouldn’t tell Ritchie Blackmore if his hair was on fire”

Tony Carey rips into Rainbow after “A Fine, Fine Day”, just before “The First Day of Summer”

The memories of his time in Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow are not joyous ones for Tony Carey, who was a member of the band for three years.