ritchie blackmore

listening to the s-t third deep purple alb -- which might be the best of the three except for the unlistenable pseud-classical closer "april" -- i'm reminded of what a total blues player ritchie b. was; he just didn't emulate the forms. here's a 1973 guitar player int that was crucial to me back when i was just starting to play in bands (and stealing more licks from blackmore than i did from jeff beck, even).

telling detail: they'd already decided to break up by this point, but not before milking the success of machine head with another coupla yrs' worth of touring.



ADDENDUM: and from crawdaddy!, here's a 1970 int w/blackmore on smashing up shit, etc.