Ritchie Blackmore
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 14, 1945 (age 81)
- Birthplace
- Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK
Biography
Richard Hugh Blackmore (born 14 April 1945) is an English guitarist and songwriter. He was one of the founding members of Deep Purple in 1968, playing jam-style hard rock music that mixed guitar riffs and organ sounds. Blackmore is prolific in creating guitar riffs and is often noted for his classically influenced solos. During his solo career, Blackmore established the heavy metal band Rainbow, which fused baroque music influences and elements of hard rock. Rainbow steadily moved to catchy pop-style mainstream rock. He later formed the traditional folk rock project Blackmore's Night, transitioning to vocalist-centered sounds. As a member of Deep Purple, Blackmore was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2016. He has been cited by publications such as Guitar World and Rolling Stone as one of the greatest and most influential guitar players of all time.
Known For
The Ritchie Blackmore Story
Classic Albums: Deep Purple - Machine Head
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers Live
Deep Purple: Live in concert 72/73
Deep Purple: Come Hell or High Water
Classic Albums
Blackmore's Night Castles and Dreams
Deep Purple - History, Hits & Highlights '68-'76
Made in Japan: The Rise of Deep Purple Mk II
The Joy of the Guitar Riff
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow - Memories in Rock - Live in Germany
Deep Purple - California Jam 1974
Filmography
Building the Beatles
Movie · as Self
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow - Memories in Rock - Live in Germany
Movie · as Guitar
Rainbow: Monsters of Rock - Live at Donington 1980
Movie · as guitar
The Ritchie Blackmore Story
Movie · as Self
Blackmores Night: All Our Yesterdays
Movie
Made in Japan: The Rise of Deep Purple Mk II
Movie · as Self
The Joy of the Guitar Riff
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
Movie · as Self
Rainbow: Black Masquerade
Movie · as Guitars
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers Live
Movie · as Guitars
Blackmores Night: Dancer and the Moon
Movie
Blackmore's Night: A Knight In York
Movie · as Guitars
Deep Purple: Phoenix Rising
Movie · as Self
Gettin' Tighter: The Story of Mark IV Deep Purple
Movie · as self
Deep Purple - Deepest Purple
Movie · as Self - Guitar
Rainbow: Live in Japan 1984
Movie · as Himself
Deep Purple - History, Hits & Highlights '68-'76
Movie
Ritchie Blackmore: Guitar Gods
Movie
Deep Purple In Rock
Movie · as Self - Guitar
Blackmore's Night - Paris Moon
Movie
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow - Live At Budokan 1984
Movie · as Guitar
Guitar Legends: The Ultimate Anthology
Movie · as Guitar
Rainbow: Live in Munich 1977
Movie · as Guitar
Deep Purple: Live in concert 72/73
Movie · as Guitar
Blackmore's Night Castles and Dreams
Movie
Blackmore's Night Castles and Dreams 2005 (Bonus)
Movie
Deep Purple: Rock Review 1969-1972
Movie · as Self (Archive Material)
Blackmores Night: Shadow of the moon & Beyond the sunset
Movie
Classic Albums: Deep Purple - Machine Head
Movie · as Self
Blackmore's Night: Under a Violet Moon Castle Tour 2000
Movie
The Best of Musikladen: Vol. One
Movie · as Self
Deep Purple: New, Live & Rare - The Video Collection 1984-2000
Movie · as guitar
Blackmores Night: Shadow of the Moon – Live In Germany 1997–1998
Movie
Blackmores Night: Shadow of the moon
Movie
Classic Albums
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Deep Purple: Come Hell or High Water
Movie · as Guitar
Weihnachten bei uns
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Deep Purple: Heavy Metal Pioneers
Movie · as Self
ZDF-Fernsehgarten
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Rainbow: The Final Cut
Movie · as Himself
Rainbow - Coloring New Jersey
Movie · as Guitar
Rainbow - Live at The Capitol Theater, Passaic NJ
Movie
Deep Purple - California Jam 1974
Movie · as guitar
Rockpalast
TV · 1 ep
Deep Purple: Made In Japan
Movie · as Self
Deep Purple in Montreux
Movie · as Self
Deep Purple: Concerto for Group and Orchestra
Movie · as Self - Guitar
Deep Purple – Doing Their Thing
Movie · as guitar
4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Live It Up!
Movie · as Guitarist "The Outlaws"