Editing Down to Earth (Rainbow album) (section)

==Writing and recording==
The writing of ''Down to Earth'' began at [[Ritchie Blackmore]]'s house in Connecticut in January 1979.<ref name="deluxe" >{{cite AV media notes |title= Down to Earth (Deluxe Edition) |title-link=Down to Earth (Rainbow album) |others= [[Rainbow (rock band)|Rainbow]] |year=2011 |first=Jerry |last=Bloom |type=CD booklet |publisher=[[Polydor Records]]  |location=London, UK }}</ref> By that time, he had dismissed both bassist [[Bob Daisley]] and keyboardist [[David Stone (keyboardist)|David Stone]] before singer [[Ronnie James Dio]] quit the band.<ref name="gi">{{cite web | url = http://guitarinternational.com/2013/04/14/roger-glover-talks-about-deep-purple-ronnie-james-and-ritchie-blackmore/ | title = Roger Glover Talks About Deep Purple, Ronnie James Dio and Ritchie Blackmore | access-date = 2013-12-08 | last = Cavuoto | first = Robert | publisher = Guitar International.com}}</ref> Blackmore had already recruited his old [[Deep Purple]] bandmate [[Roger Glover]] as producer and started auditioning musicians for the vacant slots in the band, while songwriting progressed with Blackmore, [[Cozy Powell]] and session bassist [[Clive Chaman]].<ref name="deluxe" /> The songs were largely written by Blackmore and Glover.<ref name="gi"/> "It was a great opportunity for me, and why should I bear a grudge? ''(about being dismissed from Purple in 1973)'' " recalled Glover. "I'm a huge Ritchie fan. Some of my biggest influences have come from him."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Paul|last=Rees|title=To Infinity… and Beyond?|magazine=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] #234|date=April 2017|page=40}}</ref>

By early 1979, Blackmore had recruited keyboardist [[Don Airey]] – a suggestion from Powell – and considered [[Peter Goalby]] of [[Trapeze (band)|Trapeze]], as well as another old Deep Purple bandmate [[Ian Gillan]], to replace Dio.<ref name="blackknight1">{{Cite book |title=Black Knight – The Ritchie Blackmore Story |first=Jerry |last=Bloom |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |year=2006|pages=227–229 |isbn = 978-1846097577}}</ref> In April 1979, [[Jack Green (musician)|Jack Green]] of [[The Pretty Things]] was hired as new bass player for the recording sessions at Château Pelly de Cornfeld, in the countryside of Southern France, but he did not stay for long.<ref name="blackknight1"/> Producer Glover ended up playing bass on the album and provided lyrics for all songs. While auditions for the new singer proceeded, Glover tracked down ex-[[The Marbles (duo)|Marbles]] singer [[Graham Bonnet]], who auditioned in France and was immediately hired.<ref name="deluxe" />

During song composition, Bonnet composed his vocal melodies although his contributions remained uncredited.<ref name="roadrunnerrecords1">{{cite news |title=GRAHAM BONNET Talks RAINBOW, MSG And ALCATRAZZ in New Interview |date=19 November 2010 |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=149691 |access-date=17 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121171435/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=149691 |archive-date=21 November 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> His vocals were not recorded with the other tracks in France, but later at Kingdom Sound Studios in Long Island, when all other recording sessions were completed.<ref name="deluxe" /> ''Down to Earth'' is the only Rainbow album to feature Bonnet, though he was still part of the band when writing for ''[[Difficult to Cure]]'' began.

Also recorded for the proposed next single, but unreleased due to Bonnet's departure, was "[[Will You Love Me Tomorrow]]". Bonnet had previously recorded this song for his first, eponymously titled, solo album in 1977. Rainbow's version was recorded in the studio in May 1980, during rehearsals for the Japanese leg of the ''Down to Earth'' tour. It was subsequently played live throughout that tour.