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Former DEEP PURPLE/RAINBOW Guitarist RITCHIE BLACKMORE: 'I'm Thinking About Playing Rock Again'


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Former <b>DEEP PURPLE</b> and <b>RAINBOW</b> guitar legend <b>Ritchie Blackmore</b> says that he is contemplating a return to his rock roots for several shows next year.

<b>Blackmore</b>, 70, quit rock and roll in 1997 to form a medieval folk band called <b>BLACKMORE'S NIGHT</b> with then-girlfriend and now-wife <b>Candice Night</b>. Since then, <b>BLACKMORE'S NIGHT</b> has released nine studio albums, with a new CD, <b>"All Our Yesterdays"</b>, due in September.


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More likely, Blackmore was thinking about becoming relevant again.

Quote:More likely, Blackmore was thinking about becoming relevant again.

Come on, I'm sure he was a smash at Renaissance festivals.

Quote:More likely, Blackmore was thinking about becoming relevant again.

 

I'm thinking medieval folk music doesn't pave the way for a comfortable retirement.  It doesn't pay what it did back in ye olden days. 

Got me some Deep Purple blasting now, Perfect Strangers CD from 1984, what I consider their last hoorah.......

Quote:Got me some Deep Purple blasting now, Perfect Strangers CD from 1984, what I consider their last hoorah.......

Say it is so...Got Deep Purple in Rock swaying the speakers.

He is well represented in my favorite riffs of all time:

 

Man on the Silver Mountain

Smoke on the Water

Since You've Been Gone

Stone Cold

 

and my personal favorite:

 

BURN

Quote:He is well represented in my favorite riffs of all time:

 

Man on the Silver Mountain

Smoke on the Water

Since You've Been Gone

Stone Cold

 

and my personal favorite:

 

BURN

 

My favorite Deep Purple song:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1PNvopXjbg

Quote:My favorite Deep Purple song:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1PNvopXjbg

That's at the top of my list as well.  Love that song.