Guitar Player on MSN14d
Ritchie Blackmore tells how amp-maker Jim Marshall sold him the guitar he used to launch Deep Purple
Ritchie Blackmore may be considered one of the definitive rock and roll Stratocaster players, but it wasn’t until 1970’s ...
The band that shocked Ritchie Blackmore into silence: “Who the hell is that?”
Ritchie Blackmore was always excited to hear new music, and there was one band so good they stunned him into silence.
The best of the 1980s: The guitarist Ritchie Blackmore thought was “shit-hot”
"The guy that sticks out at the moment is Steve Vai. He’s really shit-hot," former Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore ...
Bob Daisley on being warned off Ritchie Blackmore, the greatness of Gary Moore – and pairing-up with Randy Rhoads
Born to be a bassist, he was warned against working with Rainbow and Sabbath alumni, but did it anyway. And his only regret ...
Ritchie Blackmore recalls buying his first Gibson from amp pioneer Jim Marshall's music store
Blackmore used the Gibson ES-335 all throughout the '60s, from The Outlaws to Deep Purple’s 1970 breakthrough album, In Rock ...
LouderSound on MSN8mon
"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 Ritchi…
For Ritchie Blackmore, hearing Leslie West's guitar playing for the first time was a life-changing experience. In an ...