The problem with musical mavericks is things can just as easily go south as stratospheric. Perhaps Ritchie Blackmore mused on that as he spent two nights in a Vienna police cell after the band's Austrian show to a nasty turn on 18th October 1977. An unforeseen circumstance that put Rainbow's next tour stop in Munich in serious danger.
“There was a problem with the hall manager; he had an attitude and I think when we went onstage, the audience got a bit rowdy and this manager was being a bit of a dick," remembered Rainbow bassist Bob Daisley in an interview for the Rainbow Live In Munich DVD. "I think he put the house lights on, which really p****d Ritchie off. Ritchie lashed out with his foot… and he caught him right on the jaw and down he went"
