The artist Ritchie Blackmore called this generation’s Beatles
The next phase of hysteria.
Ritchie Blackmore
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 only musician Ritchie Blackmore has ever admitted to truly admiring: “He’s the one”
Two very different musicians.
The night yacht rocker Christopher Cross replaced Ritchie Blackmore in Deep Purple: “A great moment”
“It’s a very cool thing.”
Ritchie Blackmore quit classical music because he thought it was “too difficult” for him
Couldn’t wrap his head around it.
Ritchie Blackmore explains why Paul McCartney is the “best composer of the last 100 years”
A compliment of the highest calibre.