When Rock Stars were asked about Ritchie Blackmore
The Versed: Masters of Music
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When Musicians were asked about Ritchie Blackmore
He dressed in black, played a Strat through a Marshall, and had a name that sounded like it had been invented specifically to intimidate fifteen-year-olds. But behind the image was something far more interesting than shock value, a guitarist who brought classical composition into hard rock before anyone else thought to try it, and who played with a precision and a confidence that left other musicians reaching for words like arrogance, except they meant it as a compliment.
In this video, fellow musicians, bandmates, and people who spent time in Ritchie Blackmore's orbit share what he was actually like, the enigmatic figure who toured with people for two years without speaking to them, the guitarist who once stormed off when Eddie Van Halen was introduced to him, and the player whose sound sent more than one teenager straight to their parents to demand a guitar the morning after seeing him live.
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
02:23 - An Amazing Player and an Enigma
02:51 - Already Crazy as Hell
03:17 - He Had This Extra Thing
03:40 - Dressed in Black With a Cool Name
04:04 - Holding the Strat Above His Head
04:25 - We Didn't Speak for Two Years on Tour
04:41 - You're a Great Singer
04:57 - His Transition Changed an Entire Generation
05:22 - I Went Home and Said I Need a Guitar
05:51 - I Wrote the Riff to Smoke on the Water, Suck It
06:24 - I Only Live Around the Corner, Can I Jam
06:49 - A Strat Into a Marshall, This Is What I Do
07:20 - A Great Player, a Strange Dude, Nobody Sees Richie
07:40 - Eddie Van Halen Wanted to Meet Richie
07:59 - Why Is Richie Blackmore
08:29 - You Never Quite Knew What Was Going to Happen
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And he basically brought classic to metal/rock. Without him there wouldn't be Uli Jon Roth, Malmsteen, ....
and I am grateful to have seen him live three times; those were truly magical moments.
When Rock Stars were asked about Ritchie Blackmore
The Versed: Masters of Music
167,155 views
When Musicians were asked about Ritchie Blackmore
He dressed in black, played a Strat through a Marshall, and had a name that sounded like it had been invented specifically to intimidate fifteen-year-olds. But behind the image was something far more interesting than shock value, a guitarist who brought classical composition into hard rock before anyone else thought to try it, and who played with a precision and a confidence that left other musicians reaching for words like arrogance, except they meant it as a compliment.
In this video, fellow musicians, bandmates, and people who spent time in Ritchie Blackmore's orbit share what he was actually like, the enigmatic figure who toured with people for two years without speaking to them, the guitarist who once stormed off when Eddie Van Halen was introduced to him, and the player whose sound sent more than one teenager straight to their parents to demand a guitar the morning after seeing him live.
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
02:23 - An Amazing Player and an Enigma
02:51 - Already Crazy as Hell
03:17 - He Had This Extra Thing
03:40 - Dressed in Black With a Cool Name
04:04 - Holding the Strat Above His Head
04:25 - We Didn't Speak for Two Years on Tour
04:41 - You're a Great Singer
04:57 - His Transition Changed an Entire Generation
05:22 - I Went Home and Said I Need a Guitar
05:51 - I Wrote the Riff to Smoke on the Water, Suck It
06:24 - I Only Live Around the Corner, Can I Jam
06:49 - A Strat Into a Marshall, This Is What I Do
07:20 - A Great Player, a Strange Dude, Nobody Sees Richie
07:40 - Eddie Van Halen Wanted to Meet Richie
07:59 - Why Is Richie Blackmore
08:29 - You Never Quite Knew What Was Going to Happen
#RitchieBlackmore #DeepPurple #RockMusic #MusicHistory #RockLegends