Ritchie Blackmore
British guitarist · United Kingdom · Musicians · Born 1945 · age 81
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Something wrong?The man behind some of hard rock's most recognizable riffs - "Smoke on the Water" among them - built a career on marrying classical phrasing to overdriven blues, first with Deep Purple, then Rainbow, then a sharp left turn into Renaissance folk.
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, Listening to as many guitar solos as possible is the best method for someone in the early stages. But saxophone solos can be helpful.
Guitarists who play fast are insecure. I can’t really stomach too many guitar players who just play these non-stop, incessant runs. It gets crazy; it’s just exercises.
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Richard Hugh Blackmore was born 14 April 1945 in England and started his professional run in the 1960s with outfits like the Outlaws and Screaming Lord Sutch & the Savages, filling session slots for singers including Glenda Collins and Heinz. He co-founded Deep Purple, where his classically inflected solos helped define the sound of early heavy metal, then left to form Rainbow and later Blackmore's Night, a folk-rock project that swapped distortion for lute and mandolin. Guitar World and Rolling Stone have named him among the most influential players in rock history, and Deep Purple's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2016 brought him in with it.
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Graham BonnetAlso in Rainbow - Coloring New Jersey (1979)
Ronnie James DioAlso in Rainbow: Live in Munich 1977 (2006)
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Jon LordAlso in Deep Purple - California Jam 1974 (1974)
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