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Ritchie Blackmore

April 09, 2023

This article is about the musician. For the rugby league player, see Richie Blackmore (rugby league).

Richard Hugh Blackmore (born 14 April 1945) is an English guitarist and songwriter. He was a founding member of Deep Purple in 1968, playing jam-style hard rock music that mixed guitar riffs and organ sounds.[1] He is prolific in creating guitar riffs and has been known for playing both classically-influenced and blues-based solos.

Ritchie Blackmore
Blackmore in 2017
Background information
Birth nameRichard Hugh Blackmore
Also known asThe Man in Black
Born (1945-04-14) 14 April 1945 (age 77)
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England
OriginHeston, Middlesex, England
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • songwriter
InstrumentsGuitar
Years active1960–present
Member ofRainbow, Blackmore's Night
Formerly ofDeep Purple, The Outlaws
Spouse(s)
Margit Volkmar
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(m. 1965; div. 1969)​

Bärbel
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(m. 1969; div. 1971)​

Amy Rothman
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(m. 1981; div. 1983)​

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(m. 2008)​
Websiteblackmoresnight.com

During his solo career, Blackmore established the hard rock band Rainbow,[2] which fused baroque music influences and elements of hard rock.[3][4] Rainbow steadily moved to catchy pop-style mainstream rock.[2] He later formed the traditional folk rock project Blackmore's Night along with his current wife Candice Night, shifting to vocalist-centred sounds.

As a member of Deep Purple, Blackmore was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2016.[5] He is cited by publications such as Guitar World and Rolling Stone as one of the greatest and most influential guitar players of all time.[6][3]

Early life

Blackmore was born at Allendale Nursing Home in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, as second son to Lewis J. Blackmore and Violet (née Short). The family moved to Heston, Middlesex, when Blackmore was two. He was 11 when he was given his first guitar by his father on certain conditions, including learning how to play properly, so he took classical guitar lessons for one year.[7]

In an interview with Sounds magazine in 1979, Blackmore said that he started the guitar because he wanted to be like British musician Tommy Steele, who used to just jump around and play. Blackmore loathed school and hated his teachers.[8]

While at school, Blackmore participated in sports including the javelin.[citation needed] He left school at age 15 and started work as an apprentice radio mechanic at nearby Heathrow Airport. He took electric guitar lessons from session guitarist Big Jim Sullivan.

Career

1960s

In 1960 he began to work as a session player for Joe Meek's music productions and performed in several bands. He was initially a member of the instrumental band the Outlaws, who played in both studio recordings and live concerts and like many bands of the era, used other names (such as The Rally Rounders and The Chaps) to secure multiple repeat gigs. Otherwise, in mainly studio recordings, he backed singer Glenda Collins, German-born pop singer Heinz (playing on his top ten hit "Just Like Eddie" and "Beating Of My Heart"), and others.[9] Thereafter, in mainly live concerts, he backed horror-themed singer Screaming Lord Sutch, beat singer Neil Christian, and others.[10]

Blackmore joined a band-to-be called Roundabout in late 1967 after receiving an invitation from Chris Curtis while living in Hamburg and arriving at the Curtis flat to be greeted by Curtis’ flatmate, Jon Lord. Curtis originated the concept of the band, but would be forced out before the band fully formed. After the line-up for Roundabout was complete in April 1968, Blackmore is credited with suggesting the new name Deep Purple, as it was his grandmother's favourite song.[11] Deep Purple's early sound leaned on psychedelic and progressive rock,[12] but also included cover versions of 1960s pop songs.[13] This "Mark One" line-up featuring singer Rod Evans and bass player Nick Simper lasted until mid-1969 and produced three studio albums. During this period, organist Jon Lord appeared to be the leader of the band,[12] and wrote much of their original material.[14]

1970s

 
Live in Norway, 1977

The first studio album from Purple's second line-up, In Rock (1970), signalled a transition in the band's sound from progressive rock to hard rock, with Blackmore and Lord having heard bands such as Vanilla Fudge and albums such as Led Zeppelin II and King Crimson's debut album.[4] This "Mark Two" line-up featuring rock singer Ian Gillan and bassist Roger Glover lasted until mid-1973, producing four studio albums (two of which reached No. 1 in the UK), and two live albums. During this period, the band's songs primarily came out of their jam sessions, so songwriting credits were shared by the five members.[1] Blackmore later stated, "I didn't give a damn about song construction. I just wanted to make as much noise and play as fast and as loud as possible."[15]

Famous guitarist Steve Vai was more complimentary about Blackmore's role in developing song ideas: "He was able to bring blues to rock playing unlike anybody else."[16]

The third Deep Purple line-up featured David Coverdale on vocals and Glenn Hughes on bass and vocals. Songwriting was now more fragmented, as opposed to the band compositions from the Mark Two era. This "Mark Three" line-up lasted until mid-1975 and produced two studio albums. Blackmore quit the band to front a new group, Rainbow. In 1974, Blackmore took cello lessons from Hugh McDowell (of ELO).[17] Blackmore later stated that when playing a different musical instrument, he found it refreshing because there is a sense of adventure not knowing exactly what chord he's playing or what key he is in.[18]

Blackmore originally planned to make a solo album, but instead in 1975 formed his own band, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, later shortened to Rainbow. Featuring vocalist Ronnie James Dio and his blues rock backing band Elf as studio musicians, this first line-up never performed live. The band's debut album, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, was released in 1975. Rainbow was originally thought to be a one-off collaboration, but endured as an ongoing band project with a series of album releases and tours. Rainbow's music was partly inspired by elements of medieval and baroque music[4][19][20] since Blackmore started to play cello for musical composition.[15][18] During this period, Blackmore wrote a crucial part of Dio's basic melodies, particularly on their debut album.[21] Shortly after the first album was recorded, Blackmore recruited new backing musicians to record the second album Rising (1976), and the following live album, On Stage (1977). Rising was originally billed as "Blackmore's Rainbow" in the US.[22] After the next studio album's release and supporting tour in 1978, Dio left Rainbow due to "creative differences" with Blackmore, who desired to move in a more commercial sounding direction.[23]

Blackmore continued with Rainbow, and in 1979 the band released a new album titled Down To Earth, which featured R&B singer Graham Bonnet. During song composition, Bonnet says that he wrote his vocal melodies based upon the lyrics of bassist Roger Glover.[24] The album marked the commercialisation of the band's sound and contained their first smash hit with the single "Since You Been Gone" (penned by Russ Ballard).[25]

1980s

 
In San Francisco, 1985

The next Rainbow album, Difficult to Cure (1981), introduced melodic vocalist Joe Lynn Turner. The instrumental title track from this album was an arrangement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with additional music. Blackmore once said, "I found the blues too limiting, and classical was too disciplined. I was always stuck in a musical no man's land."[3] The album marked the further commercialisation of the band's sound with Blackmore describing at the time a liking for the AOR band, Foreigner.[26] The music was consciously radio-targeted in a more AOR style,[27] resulting in some degree of alienation with many of Rainbow's earlier fans.[2] Rainbow's next studio album was Straight Between the Eyes (1982) and included the hit single "Stone Cold". It would be followed by the album Bent Out of Shape (1983), which featured the single "Street of Dreams". In 1983, Rainbow was also nominated for a Grammy Award for the Blackmore-penned instrumental ballad track "Anybody There".[28] Rainbow disbanded in 1984. A then-final Rainbow album, Finyl Vinyl, was patched together from live tracks and the B-sides of various singles.

In 1984, Blackmore joined a reunion of the former Deep Purple "Mark Two" line-up and recorded new material. This reunion line-up lasted until 1989, producing two studio albums and one live album. Although the reunion's first album Perfect Strangers (1984) saw chart success, the second studio album The House of Blue Light (1987) displayed a sound that was closer to Rainbow's music and did not sell as well. The album's musical style differed from the traditional Purple sound due to Blackmore's Rainbow background, which distinguished him from the other members.[29]

1990s

The next Deep Purple line-up recorded one album titled Slaves and Masters (1990), which featured former Rainbow vocalist Joe Lynn Turner. During song composition, Turner wrote his vocal melodies.[15] Subsequently, the "Mark Two" line-up reunited for a second time in late 1992 and produced one studio album, The Battle Rages On.... Overall, the traditional Deep Purple sound returned.[30] During the follow-up promotional tour, Blackmore quit the band for good in November 1993. Prominent guitarist Joe Satriani was brought in to complete the remaining tour dates.

Blackmore reformed Rainbow with new members in 1994. This Rainbow line-up, featuring hard rock singer Doogie White, lasted until 1997 and produced one album titled Stranger in Us All in 1995. It was originally intended to be a solo album but due to the record company pressures the record was billed as Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow.[31] Though Doogie White wasn't as distinctive as previous Rainbow singers, the album had a sound dissimilar to any Rainbow of old.[27] This was Rainbow's eighth studio album, made after a gap of 12 years since Bent out of Shape, and is regarded as Blackmore's last hard rock album. A world tour including South America followed.[28] Rainbow was disbanded once again after playing its final concert in 1997. Blackmore later said, "I didn't want to tour very much."[32]

Over the years Rainbow went through many personnel changes with no two studio albums featuring the same line-up: Blackmore was the sole constant band member.[25] Rainbow achieved modest success; the band's worldwide sales are estimated at more than 28 million album copies, including 4 million copies sold in the US.[33]

In 1995 Blackmore, with his girlfriend Candice Night as vocalist, began working on a more traditional folk rock project, which later became the debut album Shadow of the Moon (1997) for their duo Blackmore's Night.[27] Blackmore once portrayed their artistic characteristics as "Mike Oldfield plus Enya".[31] Blackmore mostly used acoustic guitar,[31] to back Night's delicate vocal melodies, which he often wrote.[34] Night said, "When he sings, he sings only for me, in private".[35] As a result, his musical approach shifted to vocalist-centred sounds, and their recorded output is a mixture of original and cover materials. The band's musical style is heavily inspired by medieval music blended with Night's lyrics, which often feature themes of love and medieval times. The second release, entitled Under a Violet Moon (1999) continued in the same folk-rock style, with Night's vocals remaining a prominent feature of the band's style. The title track's lyrics were partly written by Blackmore. "Violet" was his mother's first name and "Moon" was his grandmother's surname.[32]

2000s–present

 
Blackmore's Night in 2012

In subsequent albums, particularly Fires at Midnight (2001) which featured the Bob Dylan song "The Times They Are a Changin'", there was occasionally an increased incorporation of electric guitar into the music, whilst maintaining a basic folk rock direction. A live album, Past Times with Good Company was released in 2002. After the next studio album's release, an official compilation album Beyond the Sunset: The Romantic Collection was released in 2004, featuring music from the four studio albums. A Christmas-themed holiday album, Winter Carols was released in 2006. Through numerous personnel changes, the duo has utilized over 26 backing musicians on their releases.[36] Blackmore sometimes played drums in recording studio.[32][37] They choose to avoid typical rock concert tours, instead limiting their appearances to small intimate venues.[38] In 2011, Night said, "We have actually turned down a lot of (touring) opportunities."[39] They have released eleven studio albums, with the latest one being Nature's Light in 2021.

A re-formed Rainbow performed three European concerts in June 2016. The concert setlists included both Rainbow and Deep Purple material. The band featured metal singer Ronnie Romero, keyboardist Jens Johansson and bassist Bob Nouveau.[40]

Equipment

 
Blackmore in Hamburg, 1971

During the 1960s, Blackmore played a Gibson ES-335 but from 1970 he mainly played a Fender Stratocaster until he formed Blackmore's Night in 1997. The middle pick-up on his Stratocaster is screwed down and not used. Blackmore occasionally used a Fender Telecaster Thinline during recording sessions. He is also one of the first rock guitarists to use a "scalloped" fretboard which has a "U" shape between the frets.

In his soloing, Blackmore combines blues scales and phrasing with dominant minor scales and ideas from European classical music. While playing he would often put the pick in his mouth, playing with his fingers.

In the 1970s, Blackmore used a number of different Stratocasters; one of his main guitars was an Olympic white 1974 model with a rosewood fingerboard that was scalloped.[41] Blackmore added a strap lock to the headstock of this guitar as a conversation piece to annoy and confuse people, as it didn't actually do anything.[42]

His amplifiers were originally 200-Watt Marshall Major stacks which were modified by Marshall with an additional output stage (generating about 27 dB)[citation needed] to make them sound more like Blackmore's favourite Vox AC30 amp cranked to full volume. Since 1994, he has used ENGL tube amps.

Effects he used from 1970 to 1997, besides his usual tape echo, included a Hornby Skewes treble booster in the early days. Around late-1973, he experimented with an EMS Synthi Hi Fli guitar synthesizer. He sometimes used a wah-wah pedal and a variable control treble-booster for sustain, and Moog Taurus bass pedals were used in solo parts during concerts. He also had a modified Aiwa TP-1011 tape machine built to supply echo and delay effects; the tape deck was also used as a pre-amp.[41] Other effects that Blackmore used were a Uni-Vibe, a Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face and an Octave Divider.

In the mid-1980s he experimented with Roland guitar synthesizers. A Roland GR-700 was seen on stage as late as 1995–96, later replaced with the GR-50.

Blackmore has experimented with many different pick-ups in his Strats. In the early Rainbow era, they were still stock Fender equipment, but later became Dawk-installed over wound, dipped, Fender pick-ups. He has also used Schecter F-500-Ts, Velvet Hammer "Red Rhodes", DiMarzio "HS-2", OBL "Black Label", and Bill Lawrence L-450, XL-250 (bridge), L-250 (neck) pick-ups. In his signature Stratocaster, Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound Flat SSL-4's are used to emulate the Schecter F500ts. Since the early 1990s, he has used Lace Sensor (Gold) "noiseless" pick-ups.

Musical influences and tastes

Blackmore credits fellow guitarist Eric Clapton's music with helping him develop his own style of vibrato around 1968 or 1969.[43]

In 1979,[8] Blackmore said: "I like popular music. I like ABBA very much. But there's so much stigma like, 'you can't do this because you're a heavy band', and I think that's rubbish. You should do what you want ... I think classical music is very good for the soul. A lot of people go 'ah well, classical music is for old fogies' but I was exactly the same. At 16 I didn't want to know about classical music: I'd had it rammed down my throat. But now I feel an obligation to tell the kids 'look, just give classical music a chance' ... the guitar frustrates me a lot because I'm not good enough to play it sometimes so I get mad and throw a moody. Sometimes I feel that what I'm doing is not right, in the sense that the whole rock and roll business has become a farce, like Billy Smart, Jr. Circus, and the only music that ever moves me is very disciplined classical music, which I can't play. But there's a reason I've made money. It's because I believe in what I'm doing, in that I do it my way—I play for myself first, then secondly the audience—I try to put as much as I can in it for them. Lastly I play for musicians and the band, and for critics not at all."

Personal life

In May 1964, Blackmore married Margit Volkmar (b. 1945) from Germany.[44] They lived in Hamburg during the late 1960s.[45] Their son, Jürgen (b. 1964), played guitar in the touring tribute band Over the Rainbow. Following their divorce, Blackmore married Bärbel, a former dancer from Germany, in September 1969[46][47] until their divorce in the early 1970s. As a result, he is a fluent German speaker.[45]

For tax reasons, he moved to the US in 1974.[48][49] Initially he lived in Oxnard, California,[4] with opera singer Shoshana Feinstein for one year.[50] She provided backing vocals on two songs in Rainbow's first album. During this period, he listened to early European classical music and light music a lot, for about three-quarters of his private time. Blackmore once said, "It's hard to relate that to rock. I listen very carefully to the patterns that Bach plays. I like direct, dramatic music."[4] After having an affair with another woman, Christine, Blackmore met Amy Rothman in 1978,[51] and moved to Connecticut.[52] He married Rothman in 1981,[53] but they divorced in 1983. Following the marriage's conclusion, he began a relationship with Tammi Williams.[54] In early 1984 Blackmore met Williams in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where she was working as a hotel employee. In the same year, he purchased his first car, having learned to drive at 39 years of age.[55]

Blackmore and then-fashion model Candice Night began living together in 1991. They moved to her native Long Island in 1993.[56][failed verification] Having been engaged for nearly fifteen years,[57] the couple married in 2008.[58] Night said, "he's making me younger and I'm aging him rapidly."[59] Their daughter Autumn was born on 27 May 2010,[60][61] and their son Rory on 7 February 2012.[21][37] Blackmore is a heavy drinker,[21] and watches German-language television on his satellite dish when he is at home.[45] He has several German friends[45] and a collection of about 2,000 CDs of Renaissance music.[45][60]

Legacy

Readers of Guitar World voted two of Blackmore's guitar solos (both recorded with Deep Purple) among the 100 Greatest Guitar Solos of all time – "Highway Star" ranked 19th, and "Lazy" ranked 74th.[62] His solo on "Child in Time" was ranked no. 16 in a 1998 Guitarist magazine readers poll of Top 100 Guitar Solos of All-Time.[63] On 8 April 2016, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of original members of Deep Purple; he did not attend the ceremony.[64][65][66]

In 1993, musicologist Robert Walser defined him as "the most important musician of the emerging metal/classical fusion".[67] He is credited as a precursor of the so-called "guitar shredders" that emerged in the mid-1980s.[68]

Blackmore has been an influence on guitarists Fredrik Åkesson,[69] Brett Garsed,[70] Janick Gers,[71] Paul Gilbert,[72] Craig Goldy,[73] Scott Henderson,[74] Dave Meniketti,[75] Randy Rhoads,[76] Michael Romeo,[77] Wolf Hoffmann,[78] Billy Corgan,[79] Lita Ford,[80] Brian May,[81] and Yngwie Malmsteen.[82]

He was portrayed by Mathew Baynton in the 2009 film Telstar.

Discography

Main articles: Deep Purple discography, Rainbow discography, and Blackmore's Night discography

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This article is about the musician For the rugby league player see Richie Blackmore rugby league Richard Hugh Blackmore born 14 April 1945 is an English guitarist and songwriter He was a founding member of Deep Purple in 1968 playing jam style hard rock music that mixed guitar riffs and organ sounds 1 He is prolific in creating guitar riffs and has been known for playing both classically influenced and blues based solos Ritchie BlackmoreBlackmore in 2017Background informationBirth nameRichard Hugh BlackmoreAlso known asThe Man in BlackBorn 1945 04 14 14 April 1945 age 77 Weston super Mare Somerset EnglandOriginHeston Middlesex EnglandGenresHard rock heavy metal blues rock progressive rock folk rock neoclassical metalOccupationsMusiciansongwriterInstrumentsGuitarYears active1960 presentMember ofRainbow Blackmore s NightFormerly ofDeep Purple The OutlawsSpouse s Margit Volkmar m 1965 div 1969 wbr Barbel m 1969 div 1971 wbr Amy Rothman m 1981 div 1983 wbr Candice Night m 2008 wbr Websiteblackmoresnight wbr com During his solo career Blackmore established the hard rock band Rainbow 2 which fused baroque music influences and elements of hard rock 3 4 Rainbow steadily moved to catchy pop style mainstream rock 2 He later formed the traditional folk rock project Blackmore s Night along with his current wife Candice Night shifting to vocalist centred sounds As a member of Deep Purple Blackmore was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2016 5 He is cited by publications such as Guitar World and Rolling Stone as one of the greatest and most influential guitar players of all time 6 3 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 1960s 2 2 1970s 2 3 1980s 2 4 1990s 2 5 2000s present 3 Equipment 4 Musical influences and tastes 5 Personal life 6 Legacy 7 Discography 7 1 Session recordings 1960 1968 7 2 Previously unreleased outtakes 7 3 Compilations 7 4 Select guest appearances 8 References 9 Further reading 10 External linksEarly life EditBlackmore was born at Allendale Nursing Home in Weston super Mare Somerset as second son to Lewis J Blackmore and Violet nee Short The family moved to Heston Middlesex when Blackmore was two He was 11 when he was given his first guitar by his father on certain conditions including learning how to play properly so he took classical guitar lessons for one year 7 In an interview with Sounds magazine in 1979 Blackmore said that he started the guitar because he wanted to be like British musician Tommy Steele who used to just jump around and play Blackmore loathed school and hated his teachers 8 While at school Blackmore participated in sports including the javelin citation needed He left school at age 15 and started work as an apprentice radio mechanic at nearby Heathrow Airport He took electric guitar lessons from session guitarist Big Jim Sullivan Career Edit1960s Edit In 1960 he began to work as a session player for Joe Meek s music productions and performed in several bands He was initially a member of the instrumental band the Outlaws who played in both studio recordings and live concerts and like many bands of the era used other names such as The Rally Rounders and The Chaps to secure multiple repeat gigs Otherwise in mainly studio recordings he backed singer Glenda Collins German born pop singer Heinz playing on his top ten hit Just Like Eddie and Beating Of My Heart and others 9 Thereafter in mainly live concerts he backed horror themed singer Screaming Lord Sutch beat singer Neil Christian and others 10 Blackmore joined a band to be called Roundabout in late 1967 after receiving an invitation from Chris Curtis while living in Hamburg and arriving at the Curtis flat to be greeted by Curtis flatmate Jon Lord Curtis originated the concept of the band but would be forced out before the band fully formed After the line up for Roundabout was complete in April 1968 Blackmore is credited with suggesting the new name Deep Purple as it was his grandmother s favourite song 11 Deep Purple s early sound leaned on psychedelic and progressive rock 12 but also included cover versions of 1960s pop songs 13 This Mark One line up featuring singer Rod Evans and bass player Nick Simper lasted until mid 1969 and produced three studio albums During this period organist Jon Lord appeared to be the leader of the band 12 and wrote much of their original material 14 1970s Edit Live in Norway 1977 The first studio album from Purple s second line up In Rock 1970 signalled a transition in the band s sound from progressive rock to hard rock with Blackmore and Lord having heard bands such as Vanilla Fudge and albums such as Led Zeppelin II and King Crimson s debut album 4 This Mark Two line up featuring rock singer Ian Gillan and bassist Roger Glover lasted until mid 1973 producing four studio albums two of which reached No 1 in the UK and two live albums During this period the band s songs primarily came out of their jam sessions so songwriting credits were shared by the five members 1 Blackmore later stated I didn t give a damn about song construction I just wanted to make as much noise and play as fast and as loud as possible 15 Famous guitarist Steve Vai was more complimentary about Blackmore s role in developing song ideas He was able to bring blues to rock playing unlike anybody else 16 The third Deep Purple line up featured David Coverdale on vocals and Glenn Hughes on bass and vocals Songwriting was now more fragmented as opposed to the band compositions from the Mark Two era This Mark Three line up lasted until mid 1975 and produced two studio albums Blackmore quit the band to front a new group Rainbow In 1974 Blackmore took cello lessons from Hugh McDowell of ELO 17 Blackmore later stated that when playing a different musical instrument he found it refreshing because there is a sense of adventure not knowing exactly what chord he s playing or what key he is in 18 Blackmore originally planned to make a solo album but instead in 1975 formed his own band Ritchie Blackmore s Rainbow later shortened to Rainbow Featuring vocalist Ronnie James Dio and his blues rock backing band Elf as studio musicians this first line up never performed live The band s debut album Ritchie Blackmore s Rainbow was released in 1975 Rainbow was originally thought to be a one off collaboration but endured as an ongoing band project with a series of album releases and tours Rainbow s music was partly inspired by elements of medieval and baroque music 4 19 20 since Blackmore started to play cello for musical composition 15 18 During this period Blackmore wrote a crucial part of Dio s basic melodies particularly on their debut album 21 Shortly after the first album was recorded Blackmore recruited new backing musicians to record the second album Rising 1976 and the following live album On Stage 1977 Rising was originally billed as Blackmore s Rainbow in the US 22 After the next studio album s release and supporting tour in 1978 Dio left Rainbow due to creative differences with Blackmore who desired to move in a more commercial sounding direction 23 Blackmore continued with Rainbow and in 1979 the band released a new album titled Down To Earth which featured R amp B singer Graham Bonnet During song composition Bonnet says that he wrote his vocal melodies based upon the lyrics of bassist Roger Glover 24 The album marked the commercialisation of the band s sound and contained their first smash hit with the single Since You Been Gone penned by Russ Ballard 25 1980s Edit In San Francisco 1985 The next Rainbow album Difficult to Cure 1981 introduced melodic vocalist Joe Lynn Turner The instrumental title track from this album was an arrangement of Beethoven s Ninth Symphony with additional music Blackmore once said I found the blues too limiting and classical was too disciplined I was always stuck in a musical no man s land 3 The album marked the further commercialisation of the band s sound with Blackmore describing at the time a liking for the AOR band Foreigner 26 The music was consciously radio targeted in a more AOR style 27 resulting in some degree of alienation with many of Rainbow s earlier fans 2 Rainbow s next studio album was Straight Between the Eyes 1982 and included the hit single Stone Cold It would be followed by the album Bent Out of Shape 1983 which featured the single Street of Dreams In 1983 Rainbow was also nominated for a Grammy Award for the Blackmore penned instrumental ballad track Anybody There 28 Rainbow disbanded in 1984 A then final Rainbow album Finyl Vinyl was patched together from live tracks and the B sides of various singles In 1984 Blackmore joined a reunion of the former Deep Purple Mark Two line up and recorded new material This reunion line up lasted until 1989 producing two studio albums and one live album Although the reunion s first album Perfect Strangers 1984 saw chart success the second studio album The House of Blue Light 1987 displayed a sound that was closer to Rainbow s music and did not sell as well The album s musical style differed from the traditional Purple sound due to Blackmore s Rainbow background which distinguished him from the other members 29 1990s Edit The next Deep Purple line up recorded one album titled Slaves and Masters 1990 which featured former Rainbow vocalist Joe Lynn Turner During song composition Turner wrote his vocal melodies 15 Subsequently the Mark Two line up reunited for a second time in late 1992 and produced one studio album The Battle Rages On Overall the traditional Deep Purple sound returned 30 During the follow up promotional tour Blackmore quit the band for good in November 1993 Prominent guitarist Joe Satriani was brought in to complete the remaining tour dates Blackmore reformed Rainbow with new members in 1994 This Rainbow line up featuring hard rock singer Doogie White lasted until 1997 and produced one album titled Stranger in Us All in 1995 It was originally intended to be a solo album but due to the record company pressures the record was billed as Ritchie Blackmore s Rainbow 31 Though Doogie White wasn t as distinctive as previous Rainbow singers the album had a sound dissimilar to any Rainbow of old 27 This was Rainbow s eighth studio album made after a gap of 12 years since Bent out of Shape and is regarded as Blackmore s last hard rock album A world tour including South America followed 28 Rainbow was disbanded once again after playing its final concert in 1997 Blackmore later said I didn t want to tour very much 32 Over the years Rainbow went through many personnel changes with no two studio albums featuring the same line up Blackmore was the sole constant band member 25 Rainbow achieved modest success the band s worldwide sales are estimated at more than 28 million album copies including 4 million copies sold in the US 33 In 1995 Blackmore with his girlfriend Candice Night as vocalist began working on a more traditional folk rock project which later became the debut album Shadow of the Moon 1997 for their duo Blackmore s Night 27 Blackmore once portrayed their artistic characteristics as Mike Oldfield plus Enya 31 Blackmore mostly used acoustic guitar 31 to back Night s delicate vocal melodies which he often wrote 34 Night said When he sings he sings only for me in private 35 As a result his musical approach shifted to vocalist centred sounds and their recorded output is a mixture of original and cover materials The band s musical style is heavily inspired by medieval music blended with Night s lyrics which often feature themes of love and medieval times The second release entitled Under a Violet Moon 1999 continued in the same folk rock style with Night s vocals remaining a prominent feature of the band s style The title track s lyrics were partly written by Blackmore Violet was his mother s first name and Moon was his grandmother s surname 32 2000s present Edit Blackmore s Night in 2012 In subsequent albums particularly Fires at Midnight 2001 which featured the Bob Dylan song The Times They Are a Changin there was occasionally an increased incorporation of electric guitar into the music whilst maintaining a basic folk rock direction A live album Past Times with Good Company was released in 2002 After the next studio album s release an official compilation album Beyond the Sunset The Romantic Collection was released in 2004 featuring music from the four studio albums A Christmas themed holiday album Winter Carols was released in 2006 Through numerous personnel changes the duo has utilized over 26 backing musicians on their releases 36 Blackmore sometimes played drums in recording studio 32 37 They choose to avoid typical rock concert tours instead limiting their appearances to small intimate venues 38 In 2011 Night said We have actually turned down a lot of touring opportunities 39 They have released eleven studio albums with the latest one being Nature s Light in 2021 A re formed Rainbow performed three European concerts in June 2016 The concert setlists included both Rainbow and Deep Purple material The band featured metal singer Ronnie Romero keyboardist Jens Johansson and bassist Bob Nouveau 40 Equipment Edit Blackmore in Hamburg 1971 During the 1960s Blackmore played a Gibson ES 335 but from 1970 he mainly played a Fender Stratocaster until he formed Blackmore s Night in 1997 The middle pick up on his Stratocaster is screwed down and not used Blackmore occasionally used a Fender Telecaster Thinline during recording sessions He is also one of the first rock guitarists to use a scalloped fretboard which has a U shape between the frets In his soloing Blackmore combines blues scales and phrasing with dominant minor scales and ideas from European classical music While playing he would often put the pick in his mouth playing with his fingers In the 1970s Blackmore used a number of different Stratocasters one of his main guitars was an Olympic white 1974 model with a rosewood fingerboard that was scalloped 41 Blackmore added a strap lock to the headstock of this guitar as a conversation piece to annoy and confuse people as it didn t actually do anything 42 His amplifiers were originally 200 Watt Marshall Major stacks which were modified by Marshall with an additional output stage generating about 27 dB citation needed to make them sound more like Blackmore s favourite Vox AC30 amp cranked to full volume Since 1994 he has used ENGL tube amps Effects he used from 1970 to 1997 besides his usual tape echo included a Hornby Skewes treble booster in the early days Around late 1973 he experimented with an EMS Synthi Hi Fli guitar synthesizer He sometimes used a wah wah pedal and a variable control treble booster for sustain and Moog Taurus bass pedals were used in solo parts during concerts He also had a modified Aiwa TP 1011 tape machine built to supply echo and delay effects the tape deck was also used as a pre amp 41 Other effects that Blackmore used were a Uni Vibe a Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face and an Octave Divider In the mid 1980s he experimented with Roland guitar synthesizers A Roland GR 700 was seen on stage as late as 1995 96 later replaced with the GR 50 Blackmore has experimented with many different pick ups in his Strats In the early Rainbow era they were still stock Fender equipment but later became Dawk installed over wound dipped Fender pick ups He has also used Schecter F 500 Ts Velvet Hammer Red Rhodes DiMarzio HS 2 OBL Black Label and Bill Lawrence L 450 XL 250 bridge L 250 neck pick ups In his signature Stratocaster Seymour Duncan Quarter Pound Flat SSL 4 s are used to emulate the Schecter F500ts Since the early 1990s he has used Lace Sensor Gold noiseless pick ups Musical influences and tastes EditBlackmore credits fellow guitarist Eric Clapton s music with helping him develop his own style of vibrato around 1968 or 1969 43 In 1979 8 Blackmore said I like popular music I like ABBA very much But there s so much stigma like you can t do this because you re a heavy band and I think that s rubbish You should do what you want I think classical music is very good for the soul A lot of people go ah well classical music is for old fogies but I was exactly the same At 16 I didn t want to know about classical music I d had it rammed down my throat But now I feel an obligation to tell the kids look just give classical music a chance the guitar frustrates me a lot because I m not good enough to play it sometimes so I get mad and throw a moody Sometimes I feel that what I m doing is not right in the sense that the whole rock and roll business has become a farce like Billy Smart Jr Circus and the only music that ever moves me is very disciplined classical music which I can t play But there s a reason I ve made money It s because I believe in what I m doing in that I do it my way I play for myself first then secondly the audience I try to put as much as I can in it for them Lastly I play for musicians and the band and for critics not at all Personal life EditIn May 1964 Blackmore married Margit Volkmar b 1945 from Germany 44 They lived in Hamburg during the late 1960s 45 Their son Jurgen b 1964 played guitar in the touring tribute band Over the Rainbow Following their divorce Blackmore married Barbel a former dancer from Germany in September 1969 46 47 until their divorce in the early 1970s As a result he is a fluent German speaker 45 For tax reasons he moved to the US in 1974 48 49 Initially he lived in Oxnard California 4 with opera singer Shoshana Feinstein for one year 50 She provided backing vocals on two songs in Rainbow s first album During this period he listened to early European classical music and light music a lot for about three quarters of his private time Blackmore once said It s hard to relate that to rock I listen very carefully to the patterns that Bach plays I like direct dramatic music 4 After having an affair with another woman Christine Blackmore met Amy Rothman in 1978 51 and moved to Connecticut 52 He married Rothman in 1981 53 but they divorced in 1983 Following the marriage s conclusion he began a relationship with Tammi Williams 54 In early 1984 Blackmore met Williams in Chattanooga Tennessee where she was working as a hotel employee In the same year he purchased his first car having learned to drive at 39 years of age 55 Blackmore and then fashion model Candice Night began living together in 1991 They moved to her native Long Island in 1993 56 failed verification Having been engaged for nearly fifteen years 57 the couple married in 2008 58 Night said he s making me younger and I m aging him rapidly 59 Their daughter Autumn was born on 27 May 2010 60 61 and their son Rory on 7 February 2012 21 37 Blackmore is a heavy drinker 21 and watches German language television on his satellite dish when he is at home 45 He has several German friends 45 and a collection of about 2 000 CDs of Renaissance music 45 60 Legacy EditReaders of Guitar World voted two of Blackmore s guitar solos both recorded with Deep Purple among the 100 Greatest Guitar Solos of all time Highway Star ranked 19th and Lazy ranked 74th 62 His solo on Child in Time was ranked no 16 in a 1998 Guitarist magazine readers poll of Top 100 Guitar Solos of All Time 63 On 8 April 2016 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of original members of Deep Purple he did not attend the ceremony 64 65 66 In 1993 musicologist Robert Walser defined him as the most important musician of the emerging metal classical fusion 67 He is credited as a precursor of the so called guitar shredders that emerged in the mid 1980s 68 Blackmore has been an influence on guitarists Fredrik Akesson 69 Brett Garsed 70 Janick Gers 71 Paul Gilbert 72 Craig Goldy 73 Scott Henderson 74 Dave Meniketti 75 Randy Rhoads 76 Michael Romeo 77 Wolf Hoffmann 78 Billy Corgan 79 Lita Ford 80 Brian May 81 and Yngwie Malmsteen 82 He was portrayed by Mathew Baynton in the 2009 film Telstar Discography EditMain articles Deep Purple discography Rainbow discography and Blackmore s Night discography This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately Find sources Ritchie Blackmore news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Session recordings 1960 1968 Edit 1963 The Outlaws The Return of the Outlaws b w Texan Spiritual Single 1963 The Outlaws That Set The Wild West Free b w Hobo Single 1963 The Outlaws Law And Order b w Doo Dah Day Single 1963 Michael Cox Don t You Break My Heart b w Hark Is That A Cannon I Hear Single 1963 Michael Cox Gee What A Party b w Say That Again Single 1963 Glenda Collins I Feel So Good the B side of single 1963 Glenda Collins If You Gotta Pick A Baby b w In The First place Single 1963 Heinz Dreams Do Come True b w Been Invited to a Party Single 1963 Heinz Just Like Eddie b w Don t You Knock at My Door Single 1963 Heinz Tribute To Eddie Tribute To Eddie Hush A Bye Baby Summertime Blues Come on And Dance 20 Flight Rock I Remember 1963 Heinz Heinz EP I Get Up In The Morning Talkin Like A Man That Lucky Old Sun Lonely River 1963 Heinz Country Boy b w Long Tall Jack Single 1963 Heinz Live It Up EP Live It Up Don t You Understand When Your Loving Goes Wrong 1963 Houston Wells Only The Heartaches Single 1963 Dave Adams Like A Bird Without Feathers the B side of single 1963 Dave Adams You Made Me Cry the B side of single 1963 Jenny Moss Hobbies b w Big Boy Single 1963 Geoff Goddard Sky Men b w Walk With Me My Angel Single 1963 Pamela Blue My Friend Bobby b w Hey There Stranger Single 1963 Gunilla Thorne Go on Then the B side of single 1963 Joe Meek Orchestra The Kennedy March Single 1964 The Outlaws Keep A Knockin b w Shake With Me Single 1964 The Outlaws The Bike Beat Part 1 b w The Bike Beat Part 2 Single 1964 Glenda Collins Baby It Hurts b w Nice Wasn t It Single 1964 Glenda Collins Lollipop b w Evrybody s Got To Fall in Love Single 1964 The Sharades Boy Trouble the B side of single 1964 Andy Cavell Tell The Truth Single 1964 Davy Kaye A Fool Such As I Single 1964 Houston Wells Galway Bay b w Living Alone Single 1964 Houston Wells amp The Marksmen Ramona EP Ramona Girl Down The Street I Wonder Who s Kissing Her Now Nobody s Child 1964 Heinz You Were There b w No Matter What They Say Single 1964 Heinz Please Little Girl b w For Lovin Me This Way Single 1964 Heinz Questions I Can t Answer b w The Beating Of My Heart Single 1964 Valerie Masters Christmas Calling b w He Didn t Fool Me Single 1965 The Outlaws Only For You the B side of single 1965 Michael Cox Michael Cox in Sweden EP I ve Been Thinking Is This Lonesome Old House 1965 Glenda Collins Johnny Loves Me b w Paradise For Two Single 1965 Glenda Collins Thou Shalt Not Steal b w Been Invited To A Party Single 1965 Heinz Digging My Potatoes b w She Ain t Coming Back Single 1965 Heinz Don t Think Twice It s All Right b w Big Fat Spider Single 1965 Heinz End Of The World b w You Make Me Feel So Good Single 1965 Heinz Heart Full Of Sorrow b w Don t Worry Baby Single 1965 Screaming Lord Sutch The Train Kept A Rollin b w Honey Hush Single 1965 Richie Blackmore Orchestra Getaway b w Little Brown Jag Single 1965 The Tornados Early Bird b w Stomping Through The Rye Single 1965 Jess Conrad It Can Happen To You the B side of single 1965 The Lancasters Satan s Holiday b w Earthshaker Single 1965 The Sessions Let Me In b w Bouncing Bass Single 1966 Heinz Movin In b w I m Not A Bad Guy Single 1966 Ronnie Jones My Only Souvenir b w Satisfy My Soul Single 1966 Soul Brothers Goodbye Babe Goodbye Single 1968 Neil Christian amp The Crusaders My Baby Left Me b w Yakkety Yak Single 1968 Boz I Shall Be Released b w Down in the Flood Single 1968 Sundragon Five White Horses Single 1968 Sundragon Green Tambourine I Want To Be A Rock n roll Star Peacock Dress Love Minus Zero 1968 Anan Madena b w Standing Still Single Previously unreleased outtakes Edit 1963 Chad Carson A Fool in Love Jesse James 1963 Dave Adams It Feels Funny It Feels Good You Just Can t Do It on Your Own Clean Clean Clean The Birds and the Bees Don t Put All Your Eggs in One Basket Oh What A Party Let Me In They re All Up To It Signs And Posters Out Behind The Barn There s Something at the Bottom of the Garden The Bathroom 1963 Gene Vincent amp The Outlaws Dance to the Bop High Blood Pressure Baby Blue Blue Jean Bop Lotta Lovin Crazy Beat Rip It Up Frankie amp Johnny Another Saturday Night I m Gonna Catch Me A Rat Long Tall Sally Those songs were recorded live 1963 Jenny Moss Please Let It Happen To Me My Boy Comes Marching Home 1964 Kim Roberts Love Can t Wait Mr Right 1964 Houston Wells We ll Remember You 1965 The Outlaws As Long As I Live recorded live 1965 Glenda Collins Sing C Est La Vie Run To Me Self Portrait Compilations Edit 1989 Ritchie Blackmore Rock Profile Vol 1 1991 Ritchie Blackmore Rock Profile Vol 2 1991 The Derek Lawrence Sessions Take 1 1992 The Derek Lawrence Sessions Take 3 1994 Heinz Dreams Do Come True The 45 s Collection 1994 Ritchie Blackmore Take It Sessions 63 68 1995 It s Hard to Believe It The Amazing World of Joe Meek 1998 Ritchie Blackmore Anthology Vol 1 1998 Ritchie Blackmore Anthology Vol 2 2002 Joe Meek The Alchemist of Pop Home Made Hits and Rarities 1959 66 2005 Ritchie Blackmore Getaway Groups amp Sessions 2008 Houston Wells Then amp Now From Joe Meek To New ZealandSelect guest appearances Edit Green Bullfrog 1972 a one off session hosted by producer Derek Lawrence recorded between February and May 1970 and featuring Big Jim Sullivan Albert Lee and Ritchie Blackmore Screaming Lord Sutch amp Heavy Friends Hands of Jack the Ripper 1972 recorded live in London in 1970 a one off concert featuring musicians who had previously worked with Sutch Randy Pie amp Family Hurry to the City Looking with Eyes of Love 1973 Blackmore featured on the A side of the single Adam Faith I Survive 1974 Blackmore plays intro on the title track Jack Green Humanesque 1980 Blackmore plays on I Call No Answer Rock Aid Armenia 1990 Blackmore is featured as one of the guest soloists on the 1990 rendition of Smoke on the Water re recorded to raise money to help those affected by the 1988 Armenian earthquake Laurent Voulzy Cache Derriere 1992 Blackmore plays solo on Guitare heraut Twang A Tribute To Hank Marvin amp The Shadows 1996 Blackmore plays on Apache Sweet All Right Now 1996 recorded live in 1976 Blackmore plays on All Right Now Pat Boone In a Metal Mood No More Mr Nice Guy 1997 Blackmore plays on a cover of Smoke On The Water along with Dweezil Zappa Geyers Schwarzer Haufen Live 99 1999 Blackmore plays on Gottliche Devise a bonus track off the album Geyers Schwarzer Haufen Historock Lasterzungen 2004 Blackmore plays on God s Gospel William Shatner Seeking Major Tom 2011 Blackmore and Candice Night guest on a cover of David Bowie s Space Oddity William Shatner The Blues 2020 Blackmore and Candice Night guest on a cover of B B King s The Thrill Is Gone References Edit a b A Highway Star Deep Purple s Roger Glover Interviewed The Quietus 20 January 2011 a b c Rivadavia Eduardo Rainbow Allmusic Retrieved 8 July 2010 a b c The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time Rolling Stone 22 November 2011 Retrieved 18 November 2013 a b c d e Steven Rosen 1975 Ritchie Blackmore Interview Deep Purple Rainbow and Dio Guitar International Archived from the original on 22 December 2011 Deep Purple Rocks Hall of Fame With Hits Filled Set Archived 6 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine Rolling Stone Retrieved 24 July 2016 Olsen Eric 1 February 2004 Guitar World s 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists of All Time blogcritics Archived from the original on 5 June 2011 Retrieved 30 May 2009 Alexis Korner 6 March 1983 Interview with Ritchie Blackmore BBC Radio One Guitar Greats series a b Sounds 15 December 1979 Discography The Official Ritchie Blackmore and 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