Following his run as co-founder of one of hard rock’s most influential group’s, Deep Purple, guitarist, and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Ritchie Blackmore tied together some of his more ...

With Deep Purple, and later with Rainbow, British guitarist Ritchie Blackmore played a critical role in the history of hard rock and heavy metal. On albums like Purple's 1972 masterpiece ...

Ritchie Blackmore will always be best known for the titanic riff he supplied to 'Smoke on the Water,' but there's more to the guitarist than Deep Purple. He also co-founded Rainbow, a band that ...

Coming from the dark, broody, mischievous prankster that was Ritchie Blackmore, to having this hippie in glam pants… it was completely the opposite.” “He looked great; he had this Native ...

Ritchie Blackmore detailed his decision to step away from Deep Purple in the ‘90s and pursue the more traditional folk-rock project Blackmore’s Night, explaining that he had grown bored with ...

Deep Purple fans have expressed their awe after learning how long it took the band to write one of their most well known ...

Credit: Gutchie Kojima/Shinko Music/Getty Images There are few players who have wielded the Fender Stratocaster with more authority than the legendary Ritchie Blackmore. The firebrand guitarist ...

In his Deep Purple days, Ritchie Blackmore was known for two things: his habit of torturing his Fender Stratocasters and his ...

If you had to guess Ritchie Blackmore's favorite band, how many guesses would you have made before you landed on ABBA? That's right, the Swedish pop four-piece whose music spawned the Mamma Mia ...