Ritchie Blackmore is an incredibly varied guitar player and wears his influences on his sleeve, which is why he adores these three guitarists.

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In his Deep Purple days, Ritchie Blackmore was known ... because I used to buy my guitars from him,” Blackmore told Guitar Player in 2018. “He was a drum teacher, and he had a music shop ...

Former Deep Purple bandmates Ian Gillan and Ritchie ... That’s no reflection on Ritchie, who was a fantastic, amazing guitar player – in fact I said: ‘You can come and play in my band ...

Life in Deep Purple has never been dull ... This meant Purple were effectively without a guitar player for their subsequent Japanese tour. Purple were daft enough to issue the recordings anyway ...

The Deep Purple keyboard player overdrove his Hammond organ until it would distort like a fuzz toned electric guitar, his ...