The “awful” Deep Purple song that embarrasses Ritchie Blackmore: “Christ”
A classic number.
Deep Purple
Deep Purple’s Ian Gillan discusses possible retirement and reveals he is going blind
“I’ve only got 30 per cent vision. That won’t get better.”
The Deep Purple album that left the band divided: “Jon liked the idea, but Ritchie never”
Taking their sound in the wrong direction.
The band Ritchie Blackmore wanted Deep Purple to be “clones” of: “They were our heroes”
A widely influential, but overlooked group.
Ritchie Blackmore always thought Deep Purple’s breakthrough was lame
“It doesn’t make you feel particularly inspired.”
The one Deep Purple album Ritchie Blackmore wants to delete from history
“…I really had no ideas and we were being worked so hard…”
The night yacht rocker Christopher Cross replaced Ritchie Blackmore in Deep Purple: “A great moment”
“It’s a very cool thing.”
