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Yahoo Entertainment has an interview with the original Wishbone Ash guitarist Ted Turner, where he explains how Ritchie Blackmore gave the band its big break: Ritchie Blackmore played a significant role in Wishbone Ash’s signing. “He did! We were supporting Deep Purple at the Dunstable Civic in the real early days, waiting for him to […]
Read more »Music Radar has a piece that dissects Rainbow’s Stargazer. It’ll be of particular interest to those of us who can tell their third mode of G Major from the B Phrygian Dominant scale. What really catches the ear, however, is when Blackmore decides to go off-piste and start firing out notes outside of that scale. […]
Read more »Louder Sound republishes online a Classic Rock feature on Rainbow Rising and subsequent tour. It originally appeared in the Classic Rock magazine issue #158, dated June 2011. The feature was written by Pete Makowski with input from Ritchie Blackmore, Jimmy Bain, Ronnie James Dio, Tony Carey, and Cozy Powell, all collected over the years. Tokyo, […]
Read more »[Updated Jul 24 with Blackmore reaction] As you have probably heard, Ozzy Osbourne has died on July 22, 2025, just a couple of weeks after his farewell show, and a week after his last public appearance.
Read more »A couple of historical clips. The first one is about Mark 3, with snippets of contemporary interviews from Glenn Hughes and Ritchie Blackmore: The second one is a report on the 1975 Sunbury Festival from Australian TV, including an interview with Jon Lord and Glenn Hughes: Thanks to Ritchie Blackmore Official channel for posting these.
Read more »A vintage interview Ritchie Blackmore gave to Melbourne radio in November 1976.
Read more »A couple of trainspotting items of marginal interest, probably not warranting their separate posts. In a recent interview, Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull talked about guitarists who played “nicely” – Hank Marvin, Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Ritchie Blackmore — “Precise, accurate, they sang melodies.” This bit starts at 3’20” and wraps up at 5’40” into […]
Read more »Derek Lawrence recalls his association with Joe Meek, meeting Ritchie Blackmore, and a new band coalescing around them.
Read more »Ritchie Blackmore reminisces about being in Hamburg, doing nothing, when he got a telegram from Chris Curtis…
Read more »Candice Night was interviewed by The Rock ‘n’ Blues Experience about her latest solo album, her husband, their kids, her plans to sleep for three years straight, pennysaver piano ghosts, and life in general.
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