Guitar Player magazine celebrated Ritchie Blackmore’s 80th birthday by reprinting online a 1996 feature, including an extensive interview with him. This interview originally appeared in the December 1996 issue of Guitar Player under the title “Mistreated: Will Ritchie Blackmore Ever Get His Due?” Deep inside a German castle, Ritchie Blackmore sits at a long table, […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-04-15
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In this latest instalment of Tales from the Tavern Ritchie Blackmore discusses the genius of Django Reinhardt and how to get thrown out of a hotel.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-04-14
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An addendum to the recent series of classic Gillan clips, all restored and upscaled. This time it is M.A.D. as mimed on the Top of the Pops
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2025-04-04
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Another interview with Candice Night, in which she reveals that Ritchie Blackmore’s touring career is, ahem, on hold. He was told by the doctors not to fly (at least for now), so any shows now can only be within the driving distance from their home in Long Island.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-04-03
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Candice Night was interviewed for the Folk N Rock podcast. She explains the title of her upcoming solo album, how exactly her hubby became involved in it, what it’s like to live in the house with a thousand guitars, and you get a peek at the medieval interior decor of the humble abode.
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2025-03-31
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A second single The Last Goodbye from the upcoming Candice Night’s solo album Sea Glass has been released. This is the track with Ritchie Blackmore making a guest appearance on guitar, but lowering your expectations is in order. There are no fiery solos, and his contribution can be described as ‘some acoustic accompaniment’.
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-03-26
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The Bass Player magazine (part of the Guitar World stable) has a short interview with Bob Daisley. It inevitably steered towards his stint with Rainbow, before turning the sights on Ozzy. The Rainbow record you appeared on, 1978’s Long Live Rock & Roll, you played on only a few tracks? “The reason I just played […]
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2025-03-25
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Steve Vai shares with Music Radar a couple of stage mishap stories from his stints with David Lee Roth and Whitesnake. Vai recalls a similar incident on stage with Whitesnake and the band’s singer David Coverdale. “It wasn’t too different,” Vai says. “Fast forward a couple of years and I was playing Jones Beach Theater […]
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2025-03-18
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Truemetal.it has an interview with Don Airey on the occasion of his new solo album Pushed To The Edge about to be released. The conversation also veered to discuss other parts of Don’s illustrious career — just check out the anecdote of parting the Red Sea at six o’clock in the morning to meet Jerry […]
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Posted in News by Nick on 2025-03-17
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This is a 1977 vintage interview with the country gentleman Ian Gillan, taken during the IGB Japanese tour.
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Posted in Blog by Nick on 2025-03-15
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