Ritchie Blackmore
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This is what Deep Purple’s Ritchie Blackmore really thought about Led Zeppelin’s John Bonham
By Classic Rock published
Friendship or rivalry? A little bit of both

Ritchie Blackmore had a heart attack 18 months ago, and won't be onstage again in Europe any time soon
By Paul Brannigan published
Blackmore appears on Candice Night's forthcoming solo album, Sea Glass

Ritchie Blackmore once asked former Deep Purple bandmate Ian Gillan to join Rainbow
By Classic Rock published
Gillan responded by asking Blackmore to join his solo band

Breaking news: Ritchie Blackmore has given his official verdict on Taylor Swift
By Fraser Lewry published
Former Deep Purple man Ritchie Blackmore has spoken

The Ritchie Blackmore albums you should definitely listen to - but none of them are by Deep Purple
By Paul Elliott published
A guitarist who helped define the sound of a genre, both pre- and post- Deep Purple, Ritchie Blackmore has a formidable back catalogue of classics

Every Deep Purple album ranked, from worst to best
By Geoff Barton published
Updated Deep Purple's albums ranked, from patchy Purple to purple patches, from iconic albums to the one Ritchie Blackmore dubbed "cattle grazing" to the one with the new chap

Listen to Sweet and Ritchie Blackmore join forces for a unique performance of Free's All Right Now
By Fraser Lewry published
The unlikely partnership hooked up onstage in Santa Monica in 1976, just five days after the death of Paul Kossoff

Terminally ill grandmother loses £140,000 to scammer pretending to be Ritchie Blackmore
By Fraser Lewry published
The victim, who is suffering from cancer, went to school with the former Deep Purple guitarist
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