Ritchie Blackmore

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Sweet studio portrait, and Ritchie Blackmore onstage
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

Interviews
Ritchie Blackmore holding an acoustic guitar and some Apple gift cards on display
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

Biographies
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Ritchie Blackmore on his favourite guitarist: “I think, How the hell is he doing that?”

By Paul Brannigan Published

In a typically forthright 1975 interview, Ritchie Blackmore offered his thoughts on the music business, and his peers

Interviews
A photoshopped image of Ritchie Blackmore with Abba
"We should have been writing our own songs, but it was much better to listen to Abba": Ritchie Blackmore has named his favourite band of all time

By Fraser Lewry Published

Ritchie Blackmore opens up during a 40-minute online Q&A filmed at home in Long Island

Bands & Artists
Leslie West and Ritchie Blackmore
"A lot of people don't like Ritchie Blackmore. But he feels he has nothing to say apart from what he says with his guitar": the mutual respect between Deep Purple's Ritchie Blackmore and Mountain's Leslie West was sweet and pure

By Paul Brannigan Published

Hearing Mountain for the first time in 1970 rendered Ritchie Blackmore speechless, and Leslie West was equally impressed by Deep Purple's guitar hero

Interviews
Stranger In Us All cover art
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow: Stranger In Us All - Album Of The Week Club review

By Classic Rock Magazine Published

Rainbow’s unloved final album was released in 1995, after Ritchie Blackmore’s nine loveless years married to the re-formed Deep Purple

Albums
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World Guitar Day 2017: Deep Purple’s Smoke On The Water tops greatest riffs poll

By Scott Munro Last updated

Deep Purple’s Smoke On The Water voted Greatest Guitar Riff Ever in World Guitar Day 2017 poll

Bands & Artists
Deep Purple standing in front of a statue in the gardens Clearwell Castle in Gloucestershire
Deep Purple: the turbulent story of Stormbringer and Ritchie Blackmore's exit

By Geoff Barton Published

In 1974 Deep Purple were flying high, buoyed by the success of Burn and a fiery new line-up – but it soon started to disintegrate

Albums
Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Paice and Phil Lynott
The tantalising story of Baby Face, the supergroup that almost was

By Max Bell Last updated

"Phil’s voice was staggering, wonderful. But he couldn’t play" - the story of the Thin Lizzy-Deep Purple supergroup that could have been

Bands & Artists
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Hundreds of unseen Ritchie Blackmore photos to feature in new Ross Halfin book

By Classic Rock Published

Legendary rock photographer Ross Halfin to publish 304-page Ritchie Blackmore photo book

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