But that was the kind of music that Dio could already write in his sleep. Since he had already turned in time working with Ritchie Blackmore in Rainbow ... a story that may as well have taken place in ...

Ritchie Blackmore and Candice Night to be inducted into the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame on May 13 in ...

In 1971, Blackmore created with what is widely considered one of the most famous guitar riffs in rock history, for Deep Purple’s signature tune “Smoke on the Water.” Ritchie left Deep Purple ...

Night reveals that the former Deep Purple guitarist has been warned not to fly due to his medical conditions – hindering potential touring plans beyond the States ...

There’s a great deal of symmetry to be found in the early years of Jimmy Page and Ritchie Blackmore. Both would leave behind their small village of Heston in Middlesex to become two of British ...

Billed as “a once-in-a-lifetime” experience, the concert will bring the forgotten sounds of early and Medieval Christianity back to life, including music rediscovered in the library of one of ...

In the 1960s, he toured with the pre-fame Beatles and Rolling Stones, and had chart success with his band The Outlaws, whose early members included Deep Purple's Ritchie Blackmore and Chas Hodges ...

Among his many admirers is Ritchie Blackmore, who was another figure attempting to redefine rock and roll guitar music back in the late 1960s. Working as a session guitarist for much of the 1960s, ...