Ritchie Blackmore was very much on the scene in London in the years before he helped form Deep Purple. In addition to serving as a regular tour guitarist for Jerry Lee Lewis when the rock and roll ...

There’s a great deal of symmetry to be found in the early years of Jimmy Page and Ritchie Blackmore. Both would leave behind their small village of Heston in Middlesex to become two of British rock ...

CD boxset collects Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, Rising, three full live shows, plus unreleased and rare recordings.

The 9-CD collection houses studio and live material from the two years mentioned in its title, namely the 1975 debut Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow and 1976 follow-up Rising, plus concert recordings from ...

Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore was an integral part of the 1960s rock scene, creating some of the most iconic riffs of all time (i.e., “Smoke On The Water”) and keeping his finger on the ...