Candice, all fans are very grateful that you pulled Ritchie in front of the camera. He may like the attention or not, he ís one of the most important guitarists ever. Plus he has truckloads of interesting stories to tell. On top of that he's brutally honest about himself as well.
He can be sure that lots of people are listening. There is a website collecting his interviews. In short: Ritchie is an important source for rock history.

I would love to see ritchie interviewed by Rick Beato , he has such a relaxed  interview style .He asks simple  informed questions and lets the guest speak and reply in any direction  they choose

The world is full of awesome guitarists, and Blackmore is one of them..

How nice to see Ritchie so laid back and reminiscing about the early rock-n-roll years. He is wealth of history, and we hope for more anecdotes.  Thanks Candace.

Keep pushing Candice, there are millions of people worldwide who are dying to hear Ritchie's story and time is of the essence

"I forgot to hit record..."    ;)   She's got a wicked sense of humor!

Ritchie Blackmore is the true legend

Ritchie needs to continue his dialogue with his long time fans. We who appreciate the genius he is and the memories of enjoying his music. NO one compares to him as far as the type of music he has created in his life. None of these other guitarists comes close to his versatility and talent. When he first came out with the first Rainbow album I thought that album should have earned him a Grammy award for the most inniovative rock album produced during that time. I met him and spent about 2 hours with my best friend after a rainbow concert in Chicago when I was 18 years old. He was such an interesting soft spoken and kind person to us and not at all like what the press made him out to be. I adored him and always will.

Ok, I've been a critic of Blackmore for years, but this story regained him my respect. That was hilarious!

Ritchie,  we could listen to you for hours

My first album was Made in Japan. It made me want to learn guitar. 50 year’s later I’m still playing. Thank you Richie.

I met Ritchie a couple of times in 1978, thanks to a long time friendship with Black Sabbath's personnel director, Mark Forster, who knew Rainbow's management. The second time I saw Ritchie (in Nashville) he said he "remembered the face".  I wrote a manuscript about it in 1987 and soon after gave part of it to Colin Hart (in St. Louis) to show Ritchie how his unique talents affected my life.  In the late 90s, I also sent Candice's Mom a copy of this chapter.  I am almost 70 now.  It would be so wonderful to say thank you in person one last time.  Until then, thank you Sir.   Pat Renau

Ritchie Blackmore, I once helped a roadie back in the early 1970’s who fell off the back of my motorcycle and did his ankle in. He was drunk and unhappy as he said as a roadie he would lose his job. I had just arrived in the Uk from Rhodesia as a draft dodger. So I filled in for him for a few weeks. I believe DP were rehearsing for a proposed EU tour that never happened. Anyway the soundboard engineer was setting up levels and ask me to pluck a guitar string, I stupidly played a bad smoke on the water riff and Mr Blackmore (potential a little hungover from the previous night’s session), said I was the worst guitarist he’d ever heard. I was a huge DP fan and Rainbow fan and Blackmore’s Night fan. I’m now 68 years old and never played guitar well but ended up as a Computer Scientist and had 2 sons, one a PhD Mathematician and the other with a Master in organic chemistry (with honours). The Maths son is a good guitarist. Took me to see John Mayall at Warwick University the night Stan Lee did a closing set for Mr Mayall.  We spoke with John who was impressed with my son’s musical knowledge. On the way out we bought some boogie woogie piano CD from John and Stan Lee was introduced to my son. He asked what he thought of his set. My son said, yeah not bad, over loud and a bit sloppy in places. Mr Mayall laughed, Stan less so. Ritchie was a real prankster, so hearing Candice saying “oops forgot to hit record”, was a got you - and your prankster antics were always great got you pranks. Glad to see you settled with a woman who seems to have your heart and your measure. 🤣🤣. I don’t care if DP reforms, I like just hearing your artistry on guitar. Your one if my teenage guitar icons, I send much love to you, Candice and your family. 🥰🥰😎😎🎸🎸

Thank you for getting him to do these series of telling storys for us fans Candice! That's a very very nice gift for all the fans around the world! Thank you so much for that!

Love to hear Ritchie tell stories. Once I properly imagine him without the wig, looking very much like a cheery English senior, he fits right in…

Ritchie Blackmore the fender stratocaster legend

Thank you Ritchie Blackmore my favorite guitarrist ❤❤❤

Lovely smile from Ritchie right at the end even though smiling ain’t his thing.

A really funny story about Eric Clapton told by the great Ritchie Blackmore and the story about the guitar strings which Clapton used was rather interesting.

I remember hearing Ritchie Blackmore's guitar playing on HUSH when I was a kid and my father was teaching me guitar. His technique was superb . He sounded skilled and he had finesse.

As a teenager several guitar players around me , ( New Jersey & Philadelphia), wanted to play like Ritchie Blackmore.

In 1976 when I began playing the Rock circuit guitar players acted like they were overwhelmed by him. It seemed like guitar players wanted to be like him! They wanted to dress in black and they struggled to learn his solos!

He was a huge inspiration to young guitar players in America.  He became legendary! I recall that I liked Paul Kossoff a lot and I recall Ritchie Blackmore stating that he was a good guitarist....years and years ago in Rock magazines.  

Ritchie Blackmore was very impressionable to young musicians in the U.S.  He was really important to the youth. The way he incorporated a Classical influence into Rock was amazing and many guitar players I knew had to practice for hours to even get close to sounding like him. It was a serious situation and kids took him very seriously and devoted their time to his legacy

It's good to have Ritchie's memories on the record.