R&P: Happy Birthday Ritchie Blackmore!! What's your favorite song from Deep Purple?

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

Good afternoon Punch :)

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

Highway Star <3

Highway Star

Deep Purple: Child In Time

Rainbow: Street of Dreams

Blackmore's Night: Mond Tanz/Child In Time

Smoke On The Water

Smoke on the Water, vocally. Highway Star for guitar prowess.

Deep Purple - Help!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx8RHoeGUWI

Hey Joe - Deep Purple

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xm4os2ugaA&feature...

Deep Purple - Mandrake Root

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iLFdca0Aek&feature...

Deep Purple - Lalena

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvUfUCQpCfM&feature...

April - Deep Purple

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wok0fV4Fp7w&feature...

Deep Purple Strange Kind Of Woman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAzjVdD06z8&feature...

Deep Purple - Speed King

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4I--kl9wbY&feature...

Deep Purple - Fireball

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usrA4VWONa4&feature...

Deep Purple - No No No

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7NVn8XZW_U&feature...

Deep Purple - Fault Line , The Painter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb02LOx05Kg&feature...

take care

dave

"Strange Kind of Woman" - Deep Purple

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZWJMl_Ys3c

"Rat Bat Blue" - Deep Purple

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOS99e6Gih0

"Jealous Lover" - Rainbow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce_53dapuBk

Happy Birthday, Ritchie!!

Happy birthday,Ritchie!!I don't care what Ian Gillan says about him-hes a cool guy!!

deep purple mkII:Highway star

deep purple mkIII:Burn

Rainbow/Dio:Do you close your eyes and stargazer

Rainbow/Bonnet:All night long

Rainbow/Turner:Spotlight kid

Rainbow/White:Ariel