Jimmy Bain – Bass

I still think that the 1976 Rainbow ‘Rising’ album is the greatest Rock album of all time and this is the opening track from that album. There is a 90 second synth intro on the record and Don Airey remains arguably the most important Rock keyboard player next to Deep Purple’s Jon Lord. Bain wasn’t in any way a chopsy player (very few Rock players were in those days) but this is a recording that is greater than the sum of its parts and most of us would be proud to have this one on our CVs.

The tune is ‘Tarot Woman’. An easy read but there are a couple of banana skins in there so don’t get complacent!