Ritchie Blackmore is an exciting guitarist, but even he admits that he learnt a lot of what he knows from Jimi Hendrix, who inspired this song in particular.

For more than 30 years, bassist Bob Daisley laid the foundations on which some of the greatest rock and roll ever was built ...

Ritchie Blackmore wades in on where Led Zeppelin's heavy metal sound came from. Jimmy Page boldly reinvented the blues in the ...

In his Deep Purple days, Ritchie Blackmore was known for two things: his habit of torturing his Fender Stratocasters and his love of volume. But getting an amp as loud as he wanted took particular ...

Ritchie Blackmore will always be best known for the titanic riff he supplied to 'Smoke on the Water,' but there's more to the guitarist than Deep Purple. He also co-founded Rainbow, a band that ...

If you’ve ever heard the story about the night Christopher Cross filled in for Ritchie Blackmore in Deep Purple and wondered if it were true, we can assume you it is true.

Former Deep Purple bandmates Ian Gillan and Ritchie Blackmore have had a long and frequently tempestuous relationship. Gillan’s first stint in the band came to an end in 1973 after one too many ...

Blackmore's Blood, a tribute to Ritchie Blackmore, one of the founding members of Deep Purple, will be performing at The Brickyard in Carlisle. The show will take place on Friday, February 26, 2026.

Rainbow was founded in 1975 by guitarist Ritchie Blackmore after he had left Deep Purple. The band recorded its first three albums with legendary rock singer Ronnie James Dio (1942-2010).

Ritchie Blackmore will always be best known for the titanic riff he supplied to 'Smoke on the Water,' but there's more to the guitarist than Deep Purple. He also co-founded Rainbow, a band that ...

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