Guitar World - 30 Oct 2024
“I went there with the intention of buying a Gretsch Jet Firebird. He said, ‘Forget the Gretsch. That’s a toy compared to the 335’”: Ritchie Blackmore recalls buying his first Gibson from amp pioneer Jim Marshall's music store ...
Guitar Player - 31 Oct 2024
“After a half hour sales pitch, he said, 'Forget the Gretsch! That's a toy. You'll appreciate the Gibson 335 much more later in life.' ” Ritchie Blackmore tells how amp-maker Jim Marshall sold him the guitar he used to launch Deep Purple ...
MSN - 29 Oct 2024
"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 Ritchie Blackmore and Mountain's Leslie West was sweet and pure ...
MusicRadar - 11 Sep 2024
"If you wake us up again tomorrow we will bring all our amplification into a room and play at 3 o'clock in the morning": When Ritchie Blackmore had an "embarrassing" encounter with Eric Clapton ...
Ultimate Guitar - 04 Jul 2024
Yngwie Malmsteen on Why He 'Completely' Stopped Listening to Ritchie Blackmore at 10: 'There's Got to Be More Than This' ...
Louder - 13 Sep 2024
“80 per cent of the people I meet are very boring people.” In 1975, Deep Purple's Ritchie Blackmore named his favourite guitarist, and shared his brutally honest thoughts on the '70s music scene ...
Guitar Player - 10 Oct 2024
“He said to me very politely, 'Can I get onstage with you and use your guitar?' ” Ritchie Blackmore recalls when Deep Purple jammed with George Harrison — and how he marveled at the size of his feet ...
Ultimate Guitar - 05 Jun 2024
'Trying to Come Up With Different Augmentations of Heavy Riffs Can Be Boring': Ritchie Blackmore on Why He Felt 'Stale' Playing Hard Rock ...