antimatter Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 What's your take on this guy? I haven't really seen many mentions of him on this site, although I may have missed them. I just found a CD that I used to have on vinyl. It's 2 concerts, one from 70 and one from 72. There's a song from 70 where DP plays a song called Wring that Neck. Blackmore and John Lords do some back and forth battling that is just brilliant. at least to me. The guy had some great riffs, clasic rock gems, as well great skill. When I watched a new Deep Purple DVD with Steve Morse on guitar, it made me realize how good Blackmore was. No knock on Morse, the man is amazing. Just that I miss hearing Blackmore. I know he still plays with his wife(?) doing Renaissance-inspired work. Not exactly the Rock he used to play. What do you think of the man? Legend? Jerk? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIAMOND DUST Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 I love him. back in my late teens he was a huge part of my daily listening rutine. I have a video of Deep Purple from 69 (i think) of them doing Highway Star. Blackmore was very progresive for the times. He has this Wizard outfit on with this huge pointy hat with stars and moons all over it. Great!!! http://b-cordova.dmusic.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicalhair Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 I too love Blackmore's playing. He has a really unique approach to slide playing, and even when he ends up in over the top self-indulgent playing he usually gets there methodically and gradually in nicely thought out solos-- that is why so many Rainbow songs are like like half the side of an album. I don't get all the witches and warlocks and middle ages references, but when I was younger I didn't give them a second thought and was a humungus fan. Still I wonder if guitarists that were in their 30's in the 1970 saw the dungeons and dragons type stuff as comical as I do now, or did we collectively need Spinal Tap to slap us in the face about it? I've not gotten around to hearing the newer stuff, but I was a huge fan of Rainbow and of Deep Purple. check out some comedy I've done: http://louhasspoken.tumblr.com/ My Unitarian Jihad Name: Brother Broadsword of Enlightened Compassion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIAMOND DUST Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 How the hell could i forget about Rainbow. The song Catch the Rainbow is one of the most beautiful songs ever recorded in my opinion. The slide playing is so sweet. Its Richie's "stairway to heaven". http://b-cordova.dmusic.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coyote Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 Blackmore was, and is, a great guitarist. In many ways he's the prototype for today's shredders, though he wasn't one to stomp all over the music his band was playing. And believe it or not, he's an influence on Albert Lee and more than a few country pickers. When you consider that a 15-year-old Blackmore was the guitarist in the Lord Sutch bands that influenced Clapton & Page and all the other great Brit axemen, you begin to see how important he is. (Blackmore, in turn, was influenced by all of them.) I'm glad he ain't with Purple anymore though; it was obvious on the last tour with them that he was done with it. Steve Morse has been great with them! I used to think I was Libertarian. Until I saw their platform; now I know I'm no more Libertarian than I am RepubliCrat or neoCON or Liberal or Socialist. This ain't no track meet; this is football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KARL FISHER Posted January 25, 2004 Share Posted January 25, 2004 You're right. I have'nt heard much about Blackmore since the Deep Purple and Rainbow days. He could/can play. Skynyrd fan forever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sysexguy Posted January 25, 2004 Share Posted January 25, 2004 Check out: http://www.blackmoresnight.com/ Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hound Dog Posted January 25, 2004 Share Posted January 25, 2004 Perfect Strangers is a great recording, considering it came out in the 80's. Blackmore is comparatively concise with his leads on this record and it has a great "band" feel. Yum, Yum! Eat em up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
not coaster MODERATOR Posted January 25, 2004 Share Posted January 25, 2004 rb was one of my favorite all-time guys. part of his signature sound is to pick every note rather than hammer on. highway star is still a great song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel E. Posted January 26, 2004 Share Posted January 26, 2004 Blackmore's influence has been pretty underplayed. You can hear him in most of the 80s metal players - the glam guys, the neo-classical guys AND the speed metal guys. Vivian Campbell, Michael Shenker, and Malmsteen all sound like they listened to him a lot. Even Eddie Van Halen shows some Blackmore influence. He has a reputation for being a Jerk but all in all the interviews I've read, he came off as humble and intelligent. "You never can vouch for your own consciousness." - Norman Mailer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coyote Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 From the Carl Little site (if you don't know who he is, check it out!): Keith Moon was a little disappointed that night at Wembley to find that Nicky Hopkins and Bernie Watson, as rumoured, had left the Savages to take up a residency with Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers in Hamburg, although Keith couldn't blame them: he would have jumped at the chance himself to get out of London and play in a foreign country. No, what really got his back up was that the new guitarist was even younger that Watson, a Middlesex boy by the name of Ritchie Blackmore whose devastating runs up and down the guitar were leaving people gasping for breath (he was eventually asked to join the Savages from May to October 1962 whilst Watson and Hopkins were in Germany, and Andy Wren was back too). Keith Moon thought he could hear his life ticking away above the noise. He turned back to checking Carlo. All the budding musicians were down the front at a show like this, monitoring the movements, studying for tips. Somehow, despite his own lack of any real musical talent, Sutch always managed to surround himself with the best musicians. Eric Clapton: "The band, then, we were all trying to sound like...was it The Wild Ones?...What were they called...with Carlo Little and Nicky Hopkins? The Savages...that's it, yeah. They were the band of the day, they were the band to emulate, because they used to do, you know, before Lord Sutch came on, they were like...a little blues set...and there was that fantastic Andy Rand [sic, Wren], who was a keyboard player, who would sing 'Worried Life Blues". It was astounding...that was our hero at the time...yeah...Carlo Little with the leopard skin drum kit. (laughter)". From an interview in British Blues Review, August 1988 If you wanted to be a guitarist, Ritchie was your man (or boy).... I used to think I was Libertarian. Until I saw their platform; now I know I'm no more Libertarian than I am RepubliCrat or neoCON or Liberal or Socialist. This ain't no track meet; this is football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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