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Ritchie Blackmore
Ritchie Blackmore | |
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.jpg) Blackmore performing in 2017 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Richard Hugh Blackmore |
| Also known as | The Man in Black |
| Born | 14 April 1945 Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England |
| Origin | Heston, Middlesex, England |
| Genres | |
| Occupations |
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| Instruments | Guitar |
| Years active | 1960–present |
| Member of | Rainbow, Blackmore's Night |
| Formerly of | Deep Purple, The Outlaws |
| Spouses | Margit Volkmar
(m. 1964; div. 1969)Bärbel
(m. 1969; div. 1971)Amy Rothman
(m. 1981; div. 1983) |
| Website | blackmoresnight |
Richard Hugh Blackmore (born 14 April 1945) is an English guitarist. He was a founding member and the lead guitarist of Deep Purple, 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.
After leaving Deep Purple in 1975, Blackmore formed 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] Rainbow broke up in 1984 with Blackmore re-joining Deep Purple until 1993. In 1997, he 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]
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Guitar Internationalwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "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.
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