R&P: Happy Birthday Ritchie Blackmore!! What's your favorite song from Deep Purple?
Happy 66th birthday Mr.Ritchie Blackmore!!
Ritchie is an English rock guitarist who is an American resident, known for his work in Deep Purple. During his career Blackmore fronted his own band, Rainbow. In the late 1990s he retired from hard rock for good, to start concentrating on the Renaissance-themed folk rock project Blackmore's Night, which featured his partner Candice Night on vocals. Rolling Stone ranked him #55 in their list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists Of All Time".
What's your favorite song from Deep Purple, or any of his other projects?
Have Fun!
Colin S2011-04-16T03:15:40Z
Favorite Answer
Been on holiday when the question was asked so I'm glad it's still open as Blackmore is in my opinion the greatest guitarist of all time!
Deep Purple
from In Rock: Speed King, Flight Of The Rat, Child In Time from Fireball: Fireball, No No No, No One Came, Strange Kind f Woman from MachineHead: Highway Star, Never Before, Pictures Of Home from Burn: Burn, Might Just Take Your Life, Lay Down Stay Down, Sail Away, Mistreated from Stormbringer: Stormbringer, Holy Man, Soldier Of Fortune, Can't Do it Right, Highball Shooter from Perfect Strangers: Knocking At Your Back Door, Perfect Strangers
Rainbow
from Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow: Man On The Silver Mountain, Temple Of The King, 16th Century Greensleeves from Rising: Starstruck, Run With The Wolf and of course Stargazer! from LLR&R: Long Live Rock N Roll, Rainbow Eyes, Lady Of The Lake, Gates Of Babylon, Kill The King from Difficult To Cure: I Surrender, Can't Happen Here, Spotlight Kid, Difficult To Cure from Stranger In Us All: Cold Hearted Woman, Ariel, Black Masquerade
Blackmore's Night
from Shadow Of The Moon: Shadow Of The Moon, The Clock Ticks On, Play Minstrel Play, Rennaisance Faire, Be Mine Tonight, Ocean Gypsy, No Second Chances from Under A Violet Moon: Under A Violet Moon, Avalon, Wind In The Willows from Fires At Midnight: Fires At Midnight, Home Again, The Times They Are A Changing(bob dylan cover) from Ghost Of A Rose: Way To Mandalay, Cartouche, Rainbow Blues(cover) from Village Lanterne: Village Lanterne, I'll Be There, I Guess it Doesn't Matter Any More, Street Of Dreams(Rainbow cover feat Joe lynn Turner), Streets Of London, St Teresa from Secret Voyage: Locked Within The Crystal Ball, Toast To Tomorrow, The Circle, Peasant's Promise, Can't Help Falling In Love(Elvis Cover) from Autumn Sky: Keeper Of The Flame, The Darkness, All The Fun Of The Fayre, Barbara Allen
Candice was his 'partner' when Blackmore's Night started {they've been together since 1989}, but they are now married :) (been quite a backlash recently in the UK about the term 'partner'...)
Deep Purple :~ Child In Time Lazy Help! {cover} Drifter
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow / Rainbow :~ Catch the Rainbow LA Connection Wolf to the Moon Rainbow Eyes Hall of the Mountain King Ariel Do You Close Your Eyes? If You don't Like Rock 'n' Roll
Blackmore's Night :~ Shadow of the Moon Mond Tanz / Child In Time {/cover} Cartouche God Save the Keg - Locked Within the Crystal Ball Peasant's Promise Village on the Sand I Guess it doesn't Matter Anymore