Joe Lynn Turner had the difficult task of replacing two iconic hard rock singers — first stepping in for Ronnie James Dio in Rainbow, and then later filling Ian Gillan’s role in Deep Purple. “I got crucified several times,” he says.
] was “Stroke of Midnight” written by me and Jim Peterik from Survivor. Ritchie loved it. It was very Purple. It had a great bluesy riff. I heard he’d play it later through the PA when Gillan was there to piss him off because it was a great track. I put it my solo albumHow did they tell you that you were out of the band, and Gillan was coming back?
I don’t think he really appreciated that, with seniority and ego and all, God love him. But that song became a very popular song. It still is to this day. People request it. That’s a true story. And I love Jon. I don’t hold any grudges with anybody. But I had to acquiesce to certain things to be in the band. “I like it this way, not that way.” I’d go, “OK, let’s keep the peace. I would have done it this way, but OK.” There’s a give and take.I’ll give you the short version of this.
And I heard from a very reliable source, an insider, a producer, exactly what she was telling him. She was telling him a bunch of lies. I got offered a wage. I went, “A wage?” I told that to [bassist] Bob Daisley. I wanted to bring him in. He’s a good friend of mine. Daisley went, “I won’t work for a wage.” I go, “No. How could we work for a wage? We need a little percentage of this thing. Throw us a bone.
She’s asking me all these questions. I finally get the idea, “Hey, wait a minute. She thinks I’m Ritchie.” I go, “Excuse me, what’s your name?” She goes, “Candy.” I looked her up and down. Say, “I bet you’re as sweet as candy,” or some chauvinistic remark. I go, “I’m not Ritchie. I’m the singer. Ritchie is there doing an interview.” She goes, “Oh, I’m sorry.” And she walks over to him. That was it. Oh, she also asked me, “What kind of music does he like?” I go, “Truthfully? Renaissance.
When he drove me back to the train to Stockholm where I was flying out of, he handed me a track, which later became “Don’t Fear the Dark” on thealbum. I sent it back to him with my lyrics and vocals, he said, “Amazing. It’s great. Why don’t you come to Sweden and we’ll do some more.”
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