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#36 – DINOSAUR ROCK GUITAR ALCHEMY – Ritchie Blackmore

This is a deep dive into the Dinosaur Rock Guitar Alchemy Profile of Ritchie Blackmore, best known for being the guitar player in legendary rock bands Deep Purple and Rainbow.

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Ritchie Blackmore is, along with Tony Iommi, and Jimmy Page, one of the founding fathers of Heavy Metal, and THE founding father of the Neo-Classical guitar school. Ritchie has also discovered some of the best rock singers on the planet including: Ian Gillan, David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes, Ronnie James Dio, along with somewhat less-legendary rock mainstays Joe Lynn Turner and Graham Bonnett.

Read the full Guitar Alchemy Profile here on dinosaurrockguitar.com.

Listen to other Dinosaur Rock Guitar episodes here.

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00:00:00 – Guitar Alchemy episodes intro

00:05:30 – Early days, and style

00:18:07 – Clips: Speed king, Into the fire, Strange kinda woman, Highway star, Smoke on the water, Space Truckin’, Woman from Tokyo, Burn, Lay down/stay down, Man on the silver mountain, Stargazer, Long live rock ‘n roll, Lady of the lake, Sensitive to light, Kill the king, All night long

00:26:30 – Hard to work with, CalJam 1974 incident

00:35:35 – Strengths, playing style, technique, and chops

00:56:40 – Weaknesses

01:05:40 – Guitars, amps, effects, tone

01:25:40 – Playing style, technique

01:37:40 – Deep Purple

01:51:04 – Rainbow

01:57:10 – Deep Purple Mk. 2 reunion & conclusion

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Recording details

Recorded using the RODE RodeCaster Pro and Rode ProCaster microphone on 7 feb 2021. Rotterdam, The Netherlands & New York, NY.

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