Ritchie Blackmore

Wanted Dead Or Alive · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 11:30 am **Posts:** 3303

Blackmore is a genius...

gminer · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:17 pm **Posts:** 2453

.... not to keep beating the same drum but from a composition point of view tied into great playing ... this tune offers a haunting hurdy gurdy by Blackmore on the opening notes with acoustic guitar and then to electric guitar and a use of the slide within the Blackmore snake charmer scale producing a wonderful vibrato ...... and again a great solo as well ... and rips it again into the closing ... Take care

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5qlBi79 ... re=related

scarified · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2010 5:52 am

The Storm is beyond addictive :banghead:

I still listen to his live version of Greensleeves/Bach Brandenburg concerto with Rainbow (1976?) every now and then. I wonder if any other guitarist in his department of music came up with anything like that at that time. Blackmore is a pure fucking genius!

R.I.P. Ronnie James Dio :sad:

gminer · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:17 pm **Posts:** 2453

Gene Vincent & The Outlaws feat. Ritchie Blackmore
Live At Saturday Club 1963 (Radio Broadcast) .... Take care

01- Crazy Beat
02- Rip It Up
03- Frankie & Jhonny
04- Another Saturday Night
05- Catch Me a Rat
06- Long Tall Sally

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1uRr7nnWW4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xvjycdt2VI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz02LmHKujw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nILIz6xK ... re=related

Aric · **Joined:** Wed Nov 24, 2010 3:09 am **Posts:** 22

some Coronarias Redig... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeqmX0VjRF0

I know Ritchie wasn't the biggest fan of funk but got damn he could find a groove in a flawless piece of paper....

Glad to see gminer is still holdin down the fort.... :cheers:

gminer · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:17 pm **Posts:** 2453

Aric wrote:

some Coronarias Redig... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeqmX0VjRF0

I know Ritchie wasn't the biggest fan of funk but got damn he could find a groove in a flawless piece of paper....

Glad to see gminer is still holdin down the fort.... :cheers:

... very good to hear from you my friend, hope all is well with you and all the best during this holiday season ... Take care

Aric · **Joined:** Wed Nov 24, 2010 3:09 am **Posts:** 22

gminer wrote:

Aric wrote:

some Coronarias Redig... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeqmX0VjRF0

I know Ritchie wasn't the biggest fan of funk but got damn he could find a groove in a flawless piece of paper....

Glad to see gminer is still holdin down the fort.... :cheers:

... very good to hear from you my friend, hope all is well with you and all the best during this holiday season ... Take care

Likewise....wishing you and your family all the good stuff over the holidays and throughout the new year.... :tiphat:

But anyhow, I was catching up on some of the threads and was wondering if you didn't happen to hack into clashwho's account and post the following?:

According to the RIAA, perhaps, but RIAA certifications are problematic. Much of that data is incomplete and the RIAA doesn't even bother with certifications unless a record label asks for it. The charts are a much more complete set of data, so that's what we use. By that data, Elton John and Led Zeppelin are very close in albums for the seventies, while Elton John trounces Led Zeppelin on the singles chart. :what?:

gminer · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:17 pm **Posts:** 2453

.... Take care

Timi · **Posted:** Sun Jan 23, 2011 2:13 pm

Gminer, as one of the biggest Blackmore-fans in the forum, what would be your top 10 guitar solo-list by him? (Including both live and studio performances)

gminer · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:17 pm **Posts:** 2453

...so many to pick from ... here are 10 of my Rainbow/Deep Purple live ones ... Take care

1) Catch the Rainbow live - On Stage
a) and then Live in Germany 76
2) Stargazer live - Live in Germany 76
3) Tearin Out my Heart live - Finyl Vinyl
4) Difficult to Cure live with full orchestra - Finyl Vinyl
5) Still I`m Sad live - On Stage
6) Man on a Silver Mountain - Live in Dusseldorf
7) You Fool No One - Made in Europe
8) Black Night - Made in Japan
9) Wring That Neck - In Concert
10) Anya - Nobody`s Perfect

Studio from 1964 to now .... hmmmm ... don`t think I can narrow this down .. here are 10 ..

1) Heinz and the Wild Boys - Movin In
2) Deep Purple - Faultline/The Painter
3) Deep Purple - April
4) Deep Purple - Child in Time
5) Deep Purple - Burn
6) Rainbow - Kill the King
7) Deep Purple - Fire in the Basement
8) Blackmore`s Night - The Storm
9) Blackmore`s Night - Fires at Midnight
10) Blackmore`s Night - I Still Remember

Timi · **Posted:** Sun Jan 23, 2011 2:43 pm

Great picks. :cheers:

Yousha · **Posted:** Sun Jan 23, 2011 3:11 pm

gminer wrote:

...so many to pick from ... here are 10 of my Rainbow/Deep Purple live ones ... Take care

1) Catch the Rainbow live - On Stage
a) and then Live in Germany 76
2) Stargazer live - Live in Germany 76
3) Tearin Out my Heart live - Finyl Vinyl
4) Difficult to Cure live with full orchestra - Finyl Vinyl
5) Still I`m Sad live - On Stage
6) Man on a Silver Mountain - Live in Dusseldorf
7) You Fool No One - Made in Europe
8) Black Night - Made in Japan
9) Wring That Neck - In Concert
10) Anya - Nobody`s Perfect

Studio from 1964 to now .... hmmmm ... don`t think I can narrow this down .. here are 10 ..

1) Heinz and the Wild Boys - Movin In
2) Deep Purple - Faultline/The Painter
3) Deep Purple - April
4) Deep Purple - Child in Time
5) Deep Purple - Burn
6) Rainbow - Kill the King
7) Deep Purple - Fire in the Basement
8) Blackmore`s Night - The Storm
9) Blackmore`s Night - Fires at Midnight
10) Blackmore`s Night - I Still Remember

be sure that i'll listen to the handful there that i havent gminer :cheers:

gminer · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:17 pm **Posts:** 2453

Timitzii wrote:

Great picks. :cheers:

... problem is there is at least another 20 that would seem important to add my friend ..... Take care

gminer · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:17 pm **Posts:** 2453

Yousha wrote:

gminer wrote:

...so many to pick from ... here are 10 of my Rainbow/Deep Purple live ones ... Take care

1) Catch the Rainbow live - On Stage
a) and then Live in Germany 76
2) Stargazer live - Live in Germany 76
3) Tearin Out my Heart live - Finyl Vinyl
4) Difficult to Cure live with full orchestra - Finyl Vinyl
5) Still I`m Sad live - On Stage
6) Man on a Silver Mountain - Live in Dusseldorf
7) You Fool No One - Made in Europe
8) Black Night - Made in Japan
9) Wring That Neck - In Concert
10) Anya - Nobody`s Perfect

Studio from 1964 to now .... hmmmm ... don`t think I can narrow this down .. here are 10 ..

1) Heinz and the Wild Boys - Movin In
2) Deep Purple - Faultline/The Painter
3) Deep Purple - April
4) Deep Purple - Child in Time
5) Deep Purple - Burn
6) Rainbow - Kill the King
7) Deep Purple - Fire in the Basement
8) Blackmore`s Night - The Storm
9) Blackmore`s Night - Fires at Midnight
10) Blackmore`s Night - I Still Remember

be sure that i'll listen to the handful there that i havent gminer :cheers:

... what ones would you add, if you don`t mind me asking ... and the same question for Timitzii as well ... Take care

Timi · **Posted:** Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:56 am

Your lists were really great! I'd probably agree with all of your live-picks, though I'd include "Highway Star" (It is really overplayed song but it still gets me!) and probably "Gates of Babylon" in my list, those two are great.

By the way Gminer, here are two of my favourite Rainbow-covers ever made, these guys totally nail the feeling and the notes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rfrFs4kS7M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3eFSWO9PoU

The guitarist (Anssi Kela) nails pretty much all of the parts by Blackmore, and the other instrumentalists do really great job too. The vocalist doesn't get into Dio's level (obviously!) but he is still really skilled vocalist who actually sounds a bit like Bruce Dickinson. I apologize for the 'quiet sound' but the quality of the performances themselves is astounding! I hope you like those links. :parrot:

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