Deep Purple "Burn" Isolated Guitar Track

[@georgem5589]

I was a kid, in one week saw Rush then Rainbow. After Rush I was amazed how Alex Lifeson played, the PW record note for note, perfect. Then I saw Ritchie, opened my eyes to a different world, improvisation in a monster way. What a week for a young kid. Today Blackmore still my fav.

[@Classic_DM]

However..... Alex served the song..... kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6GoZmhupNGhhsksi=Gl0Mos_GLWZcQOrv

[@garyharris2940]

67 years young here. Still my favorite guitarist the man can make you feel his playing.

[@louiesalinas4720]

RIGHT?

[@timrussellguitar1516]

Yeah my favorite as well

[@copperheadh1052]

67 with a heavy fur coat.

[@muurtalo]

I understand the comment here should be about Ritchie but Jon Lord's synth countermelody during the hammond solo is a stroke of genius. RIP Big Man!

[@Cali62825]

Lord’s organ solo on this song is the absolute BEST in his career

[@Cali62825]

Lord’s organ solo on this song is the absolute BEST in his career

[@rimmersbryggeri]

@@Cali62825 The organ was the main instrument on most DP songs. Especially live.

[@imacmadman22]

Having seen Deep Purple live, I have to agree. @@rimmersbryggeri

[@rimmersbryggeri]

@@imacmadman22 I have only seen live videos but frankly. Ritche seemed to be mostly dicking around when he wasnt playing a solo. And when you really listen to made in japan you could cut the gutar out and not lose alot for most of the songs but if you cut the organ there would just be the drums (The bass is great butt complementary to the bass that jon plays).

[@markbeaver5010]

How many millions of guitar players started out because of Mr.Blackmore, he was truly a Master!!!!

[@guitarmemoir]

I would be one of those millions.

[@pxv4951]

I would also add how many millions listeners fell in endless love with rock cause of Ritchie..

[@dashriprock5720]

Was? He's still alive.

[@hotdogwater7037]

7

[@hugowolf7013]

No 1 forever Love him!!!!!

[@rodmac8358]

This guy is the ultimate guitar hero. Up there in the Top 5 of all time.

[@Roadking26]

I had an email conversation with the father of liliac, and he commented that strats, and all fenders could not play metal. Yeah this isn't death metal, but a strat can play metal with the best of them. Kind of ignorant coming from a music producer.

[@raycochrane3971]

ULTIMATE and IN THE TOP FIVE - you need to commit.

[@rodmac8358]

@@Roadking26 He hadn't listened to Ritchie Blackmore or Jimi Hendrix, that's why.

[@rodmac8358]

@@raycochrane3971 Up there, for sure. Then, it'll be a matter of taste. What's best a Ferrari, a Lamborghini or a Rolls Royce? It's all of them, innit?

[@mybluguitar6051]

​@Roadking26 has he never heard of judas priest or iron maiden?!? Both bands def used strats, especially Dave Murray

[@luisvolpon1598]

Among all guitar players, to me Blackmore is the best. His riffs are amazing; he rarely plays power chords. His sense of harmony is very high. Every song he created usually has 3 main parts: a very singable riff; the quiet part he plays with the vocals / keyboard, and the solo. Even if he plays quietly when vocals or Jon Lord plays, he still has beautiful lines that combine very well with the song. Regarding his tone, he has way less distortion than I thought. And that makes his style even better.

[@barryrammer7906]

He and Jeff Beck were the 2 best of that generation on lead guitar. I'd go Beck 1 Blackmore 2. PAGE 3 and Oimmi 4. Best riffs PAGE 1 Blackmore 2 Oimmi 3 to me.

[@themuleify]

Amazing precision and simplicity when in the background. Not filling the song with overwhelming power chords or nonsense noise just to show off. This is a master properly handling his tool.

[@johnbuell8035]

It’s always good to see somebody properly handling his tool

[@charlesrenniemacki]

Ooh, matron!

[@thecroft6070]

First heard Burn as a 13-year old on Live in London, and was so impressed I decided the whole town (Stornoway) had to hear it so I put the hi-fi speakers on the windowsill and turned the volume to 11.

[@leathleyg5995]

Yeah, remember that.... I could hear it in Yorkshire !

[@geoffpoole483]

Quite right too.

[@francescospider1469]

duro!

[@louiesalinas4720]

LOVE IT!!!!

[@kochevnik88]

Hahaha))) we also did the same, the whole street listened!!! Magadan, Rossia 😂

[@Gruntle]

What i love about this is there are so many little imperfections in his playing, yet it sounds so perfect.

[@fireball1066]

Agree. I think that's the mark of a great song. Minor issues fall away into their rightful place.

[@LogaBiga]

‘Imperfections’? Call it ‘out of tune’, ‘out of rhythm’ or ‘crapped out in picking’ please

[@gordoncrawford6300]

Mark of a true great uitarist that he refuses to let any little mistakes mess up the jam

[@johnc1666]

@@LogaBiga and that's what makes this art that that trensends, compared to Paul Gilbert's precision picking, it is sad because of the amount of work Paul put in it, but it is just an observation.

[@jamesalllan7806]

Triads at outro of solo are very difficult to play clean and on tempo. No slouch playing for greenhorns here.

[@joeystratman]

Ritchie Blackmore is a genius! The guitar parts he recorded are an essential for the tune, orchestrating melodies etc. in coordination with keyboardist Jon Lord and the rest of the band. Great stuff!

[@yellingelk]

What a unique tone he had. So trebly and thin on its own.. yet when mixed in with the band... it sounded meaty as hell and really cut through!

[@chickentwisties2298]

That's because he had Jon Lords Hammond Organ to fill that sound out

[@yellingelk]

@@chickentwisties2298 The two worked together really well.

[@DanielBrandurSigurgeirsson]

What I find really interesting is how little distortion he's really using.

[@highestsettings]

Even the heaviest of heavy metal uses distortion sparingly. It's like salt, you don't want too much of it. But a little really brings out the flavour.

[@closetotheedge91]

@@highestsettings Ritchie pretty much exclusively used a Stratocaster with single coil pickups, not something you'd associate with a heavy sound but he made it happen.

[@colonialbacon3]

What you're hearing is probably a tube amp cranked up. Maybe a little fuzz...Bridge pickup with lighter strings, tone low. That's what it sounds like to me for the main riff.

[@J0HNJ0RDAN]

Right. It was the whole band, that made this music so heavy.

[@adrianshingler9783]

@@J0HNJ0RDAN agreed! After following them for most of my life I only realised a few years back that Jon Lord beefs the Purple sound out so much with his distorted Hammond and couple that with thunderous Paicey drumming, you get a huge rock sound uniquely Purple 👍❤️🎶🎸🥁

[@lucasvonbraun]

Burn, Man On The Siler Mountain, Smoke On The Water, All Night Long, damn, Ritchie knew how to make magic from that G chord position

[@glennscott2488]

He mastered those power chords 2 the point of "ownership" it became his sig sound... Same as ACDC "own" same kinda structures in a different key or keys... But completely agree brother... I'm 50 and made same opinion 30 yrs ago. Great observation man :))

[@lucasvonbraun]

@@glennscott2488 keep on rockin Glenn !

[@msh6865]

Don't forget Can't Happen Here. 👍

[@rejdrouin]

Kill the King, Long Live Rock n roll, Woman from Tokyo, ..

[@msus4791]

too lare for tears

[@123wowi]

One of the best rock songs ever. Great composition, wonderful arrangement and instrumental features, fantastic vocals. And the only song I know with a constant drum solo inmidst the verses :). Burn was the first LP I owned many, many years ago. And I will love it until my last days.

[@sinisapetrovic4707]

An ultimate hard rock song.

[@jameshook1862]

Ritchie Blackmore'will be my God on strings forever, nothing compares...

[@paulmea3166]

It's cool that you can hear Blackmore switching between the neck and bridge pickups constantly.

[@slidersson]

Yeah like all strat players. Duh.

[@JawTooth]

I love isolated tracks. This is what I imagine my guitar sounds like to my wife. She may not agree : (

[@k7479448]

Still awesome since i first heard it and bought the album 40 years ago. Richie 's guitar technique is on fire Long live Rock and Roll!!

[@ВалентинЛузин-ч6е]

У Ритчи не просто запилы - а красивая лид гитара , с красивым запоминающим соло ! Вот высочайший класс Короля хардроковой гитары.

[@teryaj]

Да, не тупой полив по пентатонике.

[@АлексейСкворцов-ы2э]

Если к пальцам прилагается голова, то не надо поливать на третьей космической скорости, чтобы хоть как то выделиться. Многие рокеры, прошедшие школу 60-70-х годов этим славятся.

[@volf6899]

@@teryaj причём очень ..кривой..

[@ANT-adamsstratos1967]

Никто не может так!!!

[@СергейМанько-ж7л]

@@volf6899 Кривой у тебя мозг 😏

[@Azfun6]

Such an amazing musician.....thank you Ritchie for all you have shared with the world, truly a master.

[@themotocrossmodchannelWulfMX]

I opened for Deep Purple at the Providence Civic Center in RI on 4-27-87 when they were on out supporting a tour for The House of the Blue Light record. It was the best night of my life, I was still in High School and Joan Jett cancelled the week before the show so the Arnold Freeman group called ahead to local venues and looked for an opener and we got it, a 30 min set. Being the guitar player in the band I was of course terrified of this but managed a good night and will have that for the rest of my life! He had a few modified plexi Marshalls with 4x12 cabinets and they were LOUD...way over 100 watts each. I had a JCM800 model 2210 and a (2) 4x12's it was barely enough lol. He was very quiet and told me, "NO guitar solos", I was like uh, what about the ones in the songs? He said that was OK but no stand alone solos like where it was just me. Of course I was like, NO PROBLEM. On the Perfect Strangers tour the yr before, Guffria opened up for them and the guitar player Craig Goldy apparently did some stand alone solos early in the tour, (he is a monster player), and Ritchie got butt hurt and had them fired and replaced. From that point forward if you opened for DP, NO SOLOS. Anyway, long live Deep Purple, what a band! Joshua

[@Azfun6]

@@themotocrossmodchannelWulfMX What a great story....Ritchie was my idol, I started playing electric guitar as soon as I heard Lazy. I had just been strumming along with CCR songs on acoustic and my brother bought Machine Head.....Ritchie just blew me away and I knew then I had to learn that. I never got to open for DP, but really enjoyed your story....that would for sure be with me all my life too. Very cool, thanks for sharing.

[@themotocrossmodchannelWulfMX]

@@Azfun6 The tune that of course turned me on to them was Smoke on the water..first song every player learns lol,,then I heard highway star and I was like Oh Man,,,been a fan ever since. I was fortunate enough in my life to eventually turn to the professional audio career at the worlds largest casino in CT where I worked as one of the head Supervisors there for 23 years. I worked with every major act to come through there, including, Ritchie's "Black Knight" band and man o man did it bring back memories!!! Onto a different career now and that part of my life is kinda over but at least I got to do it. God bless buddy, I hope you still play a little!! Joshua

[@bobin4454]

The pure anatomy of the song. You literally see the bones and tissue

[@bigben4016]

of Joseph Kobzon?:)

[@bobin4454]

@@bigben4016 It's not my comment. I don't know why it has stuck to my name. But anyway the rhyme is a good one.

[@JG-no3iz]

John Lord really added to his perceived sound.

[@anthonyiannozzi6777]

This band had the best keyboard player, the 3rd best guitarist and a top 5 drummer of all time. Vocals not too shabby other, both Gilliam and Cloverdale.

[@x00p3]

@@anthonyiannozzi6777 Hughes and Coverdale.

[@saulevans1088]

@@anthonyiannozzi6777 In the early 70's nobody were anywhere near their league, the best of everything.

[@anthonyiannozzi6777]

@@saulevans1088 Zeppelin was better overall, Page a slightly better on guitar, Bonham definiely the best drummer and Plant outsung both Ian Gilliam and Cloverdale. But Deep Purple was much performing better live in concert. I saw them both, Deep Purple in 1974 and Zeppelin in 1975.

[@hotdogwater7037]

@@anthonyiannozzi6777 both vocalists? rod evans- am i a joke to you?

[@freefromleftwing]

The riff it's one of the best in rock history . The parts in between I never realize it for decades until now . He is a genius .

[@antonelloschiano5815]

Ritchie is magistral guitarist....very fantastic musician, number one 70 years......thank you for pubblication.....ciao

[@pbc18]

Blackmore sometimes "criminally" underrated altough he actually one of the best guitarist in this planet.

[@geoffpoole483]

Back in the early 80's the BBC broadcast a series called Guitar Greats, featuring seven British and seven American guitarists. Among the Americans were Joe Walsh, Scotty Moore and BB King; among the Brits were Clapton, Beck, Page and Blackmore. He's a very able guitarist with an impeccable knowledge of music.

[@kempguitar6235]

Blackmore underrated???

[@dirkbag22]

@@kempguitar6235 Call it underappreciated perhaps.

[@vladavasiljev]

He has never been underated. He has always been praised as one of the best rock guitarist in the history of rnr music.

[@dirkbag22]

@@vladavasiljev Yes he is underrated. Rolling Stone's survey of the top 100 guitarists has him at #50! Ahead of Mr. Blackmore are: The Edge (38), Billy Gibbons (32), Johnny Ramone (!) (28), Neil Young (17?) and Keith Richards (4). This is a list of the voters; they know enough to have done a lot better with this list. Ritchie is known to be what you have said, but is also clearly underrated and underappreciated. Voters: Trey Anastasio, Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys), Brian Bell (Weezer), Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple), Carl Broemel (My Morning Jacket), James Burton, Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains), Gary Clark Jr., Billy Corgan, Steve Cropper, Dave Davies (The Kinks), Anthony DeCurtis (Contributing editor, Rolling Stone), Tom DeLonge (Blink-182), Rick Derringer, Luther Dickinson (North Mississippi Allstars), Elliot Easton (The Cars), Melissa Etheridge, Don Felder (The Eagles), David Fricke (Senior writer, Rolling Stone), Peter Guralnick (Author), Kirk Hammett (Metallica), Albert Hammond Jr. (The Strokes), Warren Haynes (The Allman Brothers Band), Brian Hiatt (Senior writer, Rolling Stone), David Hidalgo (Los Lobos), Jim James (My Morning Jacket), Lenny Kravitz, Robby Krieger (The Doors), Jon Landau (Manager), Alex Lifeson (Rush), Nils Lofgren (The E Street Band), Mick Mars (Mötley Crüe), Doug Martsch (Built to Spill), J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.), Brian May, Mike McCready (Pearl Jam), Roger McGuinn (The Byrds), Scotty Moore, Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), Tom Morello, Dave Mustaine (Megadeth), Brendan O’Brien (Producer), Joe Perry, Vernon Reid (Living Colour), Robbie Robertson, Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes), Carlos Santana, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Marnie Stern, Stephen Stills, Andy Summers, Mick Taylor, Susan Tedeschi, Vieux Farka Touré, Derek Trucks, Eddie Van Halen, Joe Walsh, Nancy Wilson (Heart)

[@michaelondrusek3768]

Blackmore knew how to write parts that fit sonically into the Deep Purple mix: slightly understated during verses and ripping when it came solo time

[@Dan-zq5wt]

Love his vibrato. Blackmore should be in the top 5 rock guitarist discussion. He’s really underrated historically. All the great riffmasters (Blackmore, Page etc.) wrote riffs that sound deceptively simple but yet can’t be copied perfectly - they’re so engrained with the personality of the player!

[@DangerHiVoltage]

Not sure he is underrated by old heads like myself but I agree definitely top 5. Also how could you forget the riffmaster himself Iommi, the epitome of deceptively simple.

[@Dan-zq5wt]

@@DangerHiVoltage not forgetting Tony! In that big 3!

[@mrpositronia]

Blackmore is not underrated. He's up there with Hendrix, Clapton, Page, Beck & Gilmour.

[@rickleblanc8900]

@@mrpositronia no way he's underrated. Everyone tripping on Machine Head and Made In Japan and rightly so but his guitar playing on Deep Purple In Rock is pretty unbeatable imho. A legend !

[@Dan-zq5wt]

@@rickleblanc8900 I agree with you guys, because we all know guitar and who’s awesome and influential in history. However, Richie is rarely listed in that top 10 because he’s not a household name. In any given guitar list by some wanker publication I’d warrant that Jack White and the Edge end up rated higher than Blackmore. Because he’s not a household name outside of our universe. Maybe because Deep Purple music not as crossover as Zep and Black Sabbath to younger folks. Dunno

[@edcunion]

Liked this riff, first heard it on the live broadcast of California Jam in '74, another riff that was a fave at that time was Sabbath's Supernaut. Only found out recently and surprisingly that Supernaut was one of Frank Zappa's favourite tunes at the time too. Eddie VH apparently put the Burn riff on his favorite riff list too. Rock & RIP to both of them.

[@rickleblanc8900]

And EVH loved Iommi's Into The Void riff, said it was the heaviest, most badass thing he'd ever heard

[@PiotrstrashcanŚmietnikPiotra]

One of my favourite riffs, what a legend....

[@Footygodsarewatching]

To this day there will not be a guitar solo that meant so much. Made you pay attention,punched you in the face and kept you mesmerised the whole way through. You didnt know what was coming unlike todays guitarists. But you are still amazed to this day! Legendary!

[@trevorflarty1811]

Blackmore=Energy, Excitement,.. EXCELLENCE!!!

[@gonepostal9101]

I’ve always considered this to be possibly his best studio solo.

[@rickleblanc8900]

It's up there with his Highway Star and Child In Time solos.

[@seabud6408]

@@rickleblanc8900 Agree. I love it because he keeps on one note (plucked many times) during this solo. Others have said almost that a 12 year old could play it but are missing the point .... It fits the dynamic of the song perfectly and sounds great ... what the song needed.

[@x00p3]

@@seabud6408 Maybe a 12 year old or two who could play it , but it takes genius to construct something so sublime to the ears.

[@camilo1455]

I really like Wring that Neck.

[@kurtsherrick2066]

@@camilo1455 You are right about Stormbringer. So much originality from Ritchie. His mind for putting so much thought into every music piece is actually astonishing. Ian Anderson of Tull said much of his genius was his appreciation of the silence between the notes. Sometimes all the Shreedding that came along in the very late seventies and eighties became somewhat boring. 50% of the solos didn't go with the songs. Just a crash of notes. Blackmore's ability play every solo stayed within the song and music. Stormbringer Album did show another aspect to his playing. I really like Blackmore's Night because I can't think of another Rock Guitarist to have the balls to go back to a Acoustic Guitar and actually sell millions of albums doing it. When you watch him finger pick so fluently and play such beautiful arrangements is mind boggling.

[@LeloMigueis]

The most complete guitar player ever. Genius.

[@jjoneski2203]

THis guy is the best hard heavy rock player of all time for me. And what a great showman live too!

[@romanoconti9358]

Blackmore: the Past.. the Present.. and the Future of milion guitarist🎸🎸🎸

[@lukasmarzell5598]

Marshall... and a treble booster.... he was and is the godfather of neoclassical metal guitar playing.... no one before did it, listen to the guitar solo, he was the first to play arpeggios...with a classical influence.... during the solo of lord he just picking on the strings. So unique... all that came after... the early metal guitar players like from the band slayer, metallica or judas priest, guns roses all had their said blackmore showed them a skill that is not available any more.... its practicing, rehearsal and self-confidence to produce a music like that. 👍

[@marmelaki]

Pretty simple arrangements, but it sounds so full with the whole band behind it. Brilliant!

[@AlexAlexon3897]

If you're under a certain age, it's easy to believe that RB is underrated, because a lot of music writers have chosen to ignore him for committing the "sin" of reforming Deep Purple (in '84). It wasn't always like that. He started topping the Sounds Guitarist poll yearly from around '74 (and Jimmy Page at that time averaged #4). I believe he won that poll until '81, then did the same at Kerrang! (which started that year). Micky Schenker pipped him in '82, and Gary Moore in '86, but those two were easily the best of the newer talents (EVH in America, of course). Around the time of The House of Blue Light, the press started writing more about Purple's age than their music. (Coverdale and Dio, surprisingly, got bad press at that time too.) What's odd is that Zeppelin and Yes were the bands most derided during the punk era, but all that changed around '88, when the press suddenly decided Zep were hip. A complete about-turn. I like Zeppelin/Page almost as much as DP/Rainbow/Blackmore, by the way. Burn is one of the most exciting rock songs of the '70s and beyond. Perfect. Incidentally, Ian Gillan says that he makes deliberate small errors, as he dislikes total perfection! Maybe Blackmore's similar.

[@JulesDBN]

Isolated guitar tracks with the overdubs show how Blackmore meant each song as a complete classical composition

[@churchmouse2146]

Did he like a certain classical composer ?

[@JulesDBN]

@@churchmouse2146 mostly Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart and Beethoven. But also renaissance music as shown with Blackmore's Night

[@Cthulhu_Awaken]

Amazing song, he was really a genius when he would write such things!

[@VStrom2019]

No one and I mean NO ONE can do what he has done, no one ever will !

[@rickblackers88]

yesss sir!!

[@mythesto]

I will try tho

[@barryrammer7906]

​@@mythestoplease do we need another once in a life time genus. Good luck my friend.

[@pleun315]

Playing a guitar is one thing..... inventing riffs like he did is divine, he is not human and not from this universe ☝️ this solo and Highway star are my favorites ❤❤❤

[@АртёмБайбуз]

Ричи Великий Музыкант...!

[@anatolrudenko2939]

Сегодня 14.04. День рождения у Риччи Блекмора!!! ПОЗДРАВЛЯЮ!!!!

[@seraphfin2931]

The best part is when he plays the guitar

[@freakyrandy]

LOL!

[@flemminghedemann8119]

See that is funny, you are funny dude. 😂😂 wish i came up with that one, i even had 6 full minutes,

[@einarabelc5]

Wrong, the best part is the Hi-Hat in the back. Bet you can't hear it.

[@louiesalinas4720]

my Idol

[@AllThroughALife]

@@einarabelc5 - Blackmore's guitar sound is what's vibrating that hi-hat. Blackmore wins again! In all seriousness, I worked in a studio for a while and we ended getting a great sound out of the guitar left on a stand near the kick drum. We ended up mixing that channel in so every hit on that kick drum had a guitar vibration as well.

[@gmac6503]

Damn, been a fan since day one but this blows my mind.

[@FatalArrivalMetal]

One of the most iconic Pruple songs of all time. Masterpiece \m/

[@perrinerik2793]

I love it ! Thanks. I play guitar since i heard the songs of Deep Purple and those riffs !! Brilliant guitarist. I love his guitar sound and technique ...

[@bowestersund3054]

Blackmore has always been underrated in all those "best guitar player" ratings. Don't really understand why. Was fabolous in both Purple and Rainbow.

[@maddog8621]

That is such a cutting riff. It serrates. Beautiful

[@kurtsherrick2066]

The greatest guitarist in my humble opinion. No one has his Resume or his volume of original work. You have to understand that Blackmore has sold millions of albums of Acoustic Guitar. His Neoclassical style was what took Rock away from only Blues influenced music. Although Ritchie is a great Blues guitarist. He is considered the most influential guitarist in History. He is the Master of the solo.

[@seabud6408]

Agree. Of course Ritchie says almost in one breath “I don’t need someone to tell me, I know I’m a great guitarist” to “I just got lucky” / “ I’m still waiting to create something great” (I paraphrase) Live his recollection of the early 60’s - “ I’m thinking .... “ why am I in this band, that keep speeding up and slowing down and playing the wrong chords, while I’m coming out with these interesting solos”😀

[@scottwaszak698]

The most influential guitarist in history? Lol! Yeah, right.

[@kurtsherrick2066]

@@scottwaszak698 Seriously think about it. What is the first riff everybody that picks up a Electric Guitar the first time and doesn't try Smoke on the Water. If that isn't influence I don't know what is. Also Ritchie was the original speed guitarist. Ritchie was hitting metal licks in 68 and 69 improving with Mark One. In Rock was where Blackmore played Proto Thraah and Metal. On Child in Time he put the S in solo. His solo on Highway Star ushered in Speed Metal. Ritchie was the Father of Neoclassical Rock with Jon Lord. The studio version of Kill the King has the First Thrash licks although it was only about 3 to four seconds and just really kick of Speed Metal. Many Artists give Ritchie a major influence. Eddie Van Halen for instance. Eddie's Eruption was completely inspired by Blackmores Entry into Speed King on most copies of In Rock. Metallica said there wouldn't be a Metallica if there wasn't a Deep Purple. There is a lot more but I think I made a good case. The solo on Burn is serious Neoclassical Guitar. Rock on man!

[@seabud6408]

@@scottwaszak698 Ritchie didn’t put himself in the BBC radio series “guitar greats” in the late 70’s. However according to the book of the series, when he was left out of the original run of programmes the “only letters” they got were to complain that he hadn’t been included. Quote - “when he is undeniably a great guitarist”. Most people who scratch their heads when he is lauded are likely to have heard a 10th or less of his output in my experience. He is self deprecating “there are brilliant guitarists that no one has ever heard of” He would be the first to deny any hyperbole about him/his playing and has always name checked his contemporaries like Beck and the founders of electric guitar style plus *new kids on the block (*not the band) He does know he is a great guitarist however ... he said he doesn’t need anyone to tell him or to tell him when he did his “best work”. The point is his uniqueness in the way that the other greats are unique. Technique isn’t the point. His footprint on rock music is the point. You are probably comparing him to Vai. Have just watched a video clip from Steve on the Purple Facebook page lauding Purple’s achievements to the heavens. The point? Some people just don’t get what it is that is great about Ritchie. My other favourite is John McLaughlin. In his sphere he impresses in electric and acoustic too (Mahavishnu Orchestra/Shakti) Beck prostrated himself when they played together once. I know from interviews over the years that Ritchie cant relate to John’s playing. It’s not his bag though he knows that he is a great player. Possibly that’s where you are with Ritchie. As to why I bother writing any of this. I’m a life long Purple fan who is aware of just how ignorant the music press/critics are with regard to Purple’s/Ritchie’s legacy. Steve Vai ain’t. Metallica - “Purple were just better than everyone else” Deep Purple just put out one of their best albums. No 1 in Germany (as have the last 3 albums) and Austria and charted high, all around the world, more than 50 years after they formed. 5 star and 10/10 reviews ... and that is without Ritchie and Jon Lord! (Hail Steve Morse and Don Airey!) Still hear people spout forth in ignorance ... when all they know is “that riff” and part of the song it comes from.

[@camilo1455]

@@kurtsherrick2066 add to that..with Stormbringer he began another entire genre, the sound of the 80s in so many lite-metal bands...give it another listen, let me know what you think.

[@gesp5151]

Remember being at Donington 91 and this youngster was on about current bands. He hadn’t heard Burn, stuck it on with him scoffing but pretty soon he was in a state of shock!

[@malgorzatabak5018]

Masterpiece I love these years.

[@nikonikic269]

2:39 best part

[@lelandgaunt7130]

And by far the easiest. It's just an open, SINGLE string picking riff back and forth. A beginner can master that quickly.

[@RémyMartin-1738]

@@lelandgaunt7130 True !

[@robertjr.3579]

One of my all-time favorite Blackmore riffs as well. Like a machine gun.

[@pleun315]

NO......2:51 ☝️

[@pleun315]

​@robertjr.3579dont forget Highway star , that solo is divine ❤

[@Apollo-bw3hv]

Excellent!

[@cray611]

Как же здорово новые струны звучат!!!

[@paulkittinger4671]

RHB..one of the greatest ever..saw Mark 3 Purple in 1974..They opened with Burn.

[@devilcookie9924]

classic. super awesome riff

[@eyuptony]

Thank You really this is really amazing I bought this album in1974 the first day it was released. Brilliant............................

[@llingsen]

You can also hear Jason Newsted's bass in this.

[@ia09be14]

РБ - гений гитарного рока. Респект автору ролика, слышу раздельные партии очень редко.

[@erlgro]

Great sound! :) An overdriven , real tube amp! Stratocaster, moderatly light strings... and a real guitar player \m/ ;) ♪

[@cato451]

Seeing Ritchie Blackmore play with Deep Purple was a religious experience.

[@anthonyjohn3445]

Been listening to this album since I was a kid. Absolutely harshly, mercilessly excellent. If you haven't seen the little Japanese girl nail the living s##t out of Ian Paice's part on this tune, I highly recommend it. There's also a video of the man himself reacting to her performance..

[@jperryfan]

Best way to learn the tune! Ritchie Rules in 2021!

[@mxgr194]

That's bloody cool. You can even hear him switching pickups.

[@philippecoudert8554]

super job... merci on voit le travail de blackmore !!!

[@nathanduke5323]

This is a way better riff than Smoke on the Water

[@paulkittinger4671]

Smoke on the Water is a classic riff that establishes what's to follow with the song.. Personally, as a guitarist and DP huge fan, Burn is my favorite intro of Blackmore's 1st era with DP . When I saw Mark 3 DP they opened with Burn..Took my head off..! Story is, when recording Machine Head, (they had approx 12 days studio time booked and had recorded 7 tunes with only one more day recording time left to finish album) management said you guys are one song short of an album. We need one more song.....The boyz pulled a rabbit out the hat. Ritchie had written and recorded the famous riff awhile back..The guys liked it...Roger and Gillan began writing lyrics , inspired by the entire fiasco of the hotel fire where they were to record, they wrote lyrics telling the story of the recording of Machine Head. They were going to call it "Fire in the Sky", but went with Smoke on the Water...look at the famous Machine Head's vinyl jacket interior for photos.. Lord and Paice then flavored it . It was recorded by the deadline! Gillan even told the story ....The more impressive part of this isn't Ritchie's riff, it's that he and the band wrote, cranked out and recorded this classic track in about 24 hrs..! What if they had not been able to deliver under pressure? Hard to imagine Highway Star, Lazy space truckin" etc not being heard or shelved because Smoke O T Water wasn't written, or went over allotted recording time?! Gillan told story much more eloquently , but still worth repeating...Back in the day, you were owned by your recording company..there was no internet or way to put out your songs without a recording contract from a major company...Studio Time cost big money..you were a slave to them..Back in 1983, a band I played with in Minneapolis recorded a 4 song Demo...cost 5 grand back then. 4 overnight 12 hr sessions. 6pm to 6am.. Overnight rates were all we could afford..but very typical story of the music industry back then..

[@sunj9444]

No doubt

[@grantshenton7079]

@@paulkittinger4671 They left arguably the best song off it “ When a blind man cries” Blackmore hated it apparently?

[@geoffpoole483]

Both are great, but Smoke On The Water suffers from overexposure. There's a lot more to Deep Purple Mk II than that song.

[@geoffpoole483]

@@paulkittinger4671 Your anecdote about recording overnight isn't that unusual. A lot of bands used to do that because they lacked the money to pay for daytime recording sessions. There are a lot of great songs on the Burn album.

[@seabud6408]

This is an overlong reply to several people below, who seem to think any 23 year old, bedroom “scale wizard” guitarist, can do in 6 months, what Ritchie could do with a guitar, when he formed Purple at that age. Much as I love Steve Vai and Joe Satriani all you are saying is that you didn’t hear what they said about Ritchie on camera. You can add Brian May, who thinks Ritchie is up there with the greatest. He influenced Eddie Van Halen and was playing like a maniac before anyone had heard of the great Jimi Hendrix ... who also loved Ritchie’s work. The point? Any kid with good ... hands/attention span/lockdown peace and quiet for a year or less .....could play any note Ritchie has ever played and in the right order. Would he sound like Ritchie? ... No way. Could he influence rock music, world wide, by being the linch pin a band like Deep Purple or Rainbow? Anything’s possible. Could he pull out breathtaking improvised solos while demonstrating that he was IMO, the best guitar wielding showman in rock (I saw him with Purple, 6 weeks after he recorded Made in Japan in 72 and on Rainbow’s first UK tour in 1976) That 23 year old guy, would now, in 2021, have to form a band like Purple, which, in 2026 would outsell every act in the world and then split up that same year. Then go on to form possibly the next best rock band on the planet (Rainbow) which would spawn a new phase of heavy/hard rock ... Neo classical metal/rock. This guy would then have to have several pop/rock single chart hits, for several years, all over the world, by the mid 2030’s Then he would have to fill a 15,000 seat arena in a few hours for his first indoor live rock show for 30 years, (Birmingham and 2068 in his time scale) before going back to a highly successful career, giving acoustic medieval music a new lease of life, all over the world (Blackmore’s Night) Then ... NOT turn up to be inducted as one of the rock greats in the (meaningless) Rock and Roll Hall of fame, around the same time. (Ritchie - “I’ve never seen myself as a star 🌟 I’m a musician” ) All of the above doesn’t come from playing scales night and day in ones bedroom. I’m sure however they too can make their dreams come true but Ritchie’s success didn’t come from guitar technique alone. How would I know, but it seems to come from an incredible and rare talent, a love of music, grabbing one’s guitar and diving into life/the real world, headfirst and making something magical. Oh! Forgot - Will have to come up with the *most famous guitar part in the world. *Ritchie did say, “that” riff, is “the theme from Beethoven’ s 5th ...backwards” That journalists believed him, tells you something about their gen’ musical savvy, why they weren’t qualified to rate his and Purple’s legacy when Purple first split (they didn’t)....and all you need to know about the sense of humour RB probably needed, to survive the music business, at the top ... for 60 years. Yes ... I’m a fan.

[@rickleblanc8900]

Haha great comment ! Ritchie's guitar talents are indeed legendary no matter what he played. He's basically impossible to copy/reproduce. And Rainbow Rising (Long Live Rock N Roll a close second) is imo possibly THE album which, along with Ronnie James Dio's fantasy-style lyrics, was the biggest influence in shaping power metal and classical metal (Yngwie).

[@Singer0815]

I think you are His biggest Fan. Nice words.

[@deanwitt7903]

Blackmore failed to evolve as a guitarist . He sat back and thought he was the best forever . In his day he only shined among a handful , people like vai and Satriani , malmsteen and many others shined when the guitar competition was fierce . As a kid in the late 80s we all wanted to play like vai ,malmsteen etc and nobody wanted to listen that much to Blackmore because the others had taken guitar to another level that was way more interesting . Blackmore was lost in the guitar world and never had the chops of lynch , vinnie moore , and so many others . In the grand scheme of guitarists Blackmore is average at best !

[@tomb8430]

@@deanwitt7903 When you say "we all", speak for yourself and your "we all's". Most guitarists I know around my circle, know that Blackmore has a lot more to offer that self indulgent noodling of solos. Yes Blackmore did that too on stage, but the superb playing on the studio cuts says it all.

[@deanwitt7903]

@@tomb8430 we all ,,,meaning all who I played with in my circle . So yes I am speaking for myself and my own circumstances. What is self indulgent noodling of solos ? Explain ?

[@tr3ndkiller]

Thank you for posting this! You’re doing God’s work 👏👏👏

[@kurtsherrick2066]

That was a great comment. So true!

[@Bonny4455]

The whole guitar is double tracked and perfectly in sync. Amazing.

[@fernandomontes3052]

What a f...ing KILLER guitar tone!

[@ronylemos4797]

I have been a devotee of Blackmore since my first steps in the instrument in 1984. The passion for the Stratocaster, first came through Peter Frampton and Dave Murray in my teens, (humm...ok...HENDRIX, a little bit later😂😍) but the day I heard Ritchie "riding" a stratocaster... in 1985, it became my guitar sound reference 4ever. when I turn on the amplifier... and start turning the buttons... I only stop when it fits into what my head is hearing... and it's certainly Blackmore.⚔️⚔️

[@kodiakandgrizzlybears3787]

Peter Frampton never played on a Strat.

[@robertmayer2071]

yep this is really the beauty of a strat and a marshall

[@onnyt60]

It doesn't get any more Strat than this

[@mavainfigatomareva]

Yes, but at the same time, no other Strat player sounds like Ritchie!

[@mikek8553]

@@mavainfigatomareva Should have stayed with the 335

[@evetsnitram8866]

Never noticed all the slide noise.

[@Dan-zq5wt]

No one history sounds like Richie Blackmore. I hear a little Hendrix influence but a ton of classical influence that’s totally unique.

[@rickleblanc8900]

@@Dan-zq5wt and Ritchie's the biggest influence on Yngwie

[@zoltanczifra]

What a raw sound! Amazing

[@kevrochlin4544]

That was a treat.

[@darealgodzilla]

Talented guy with lots of room for improvement. Hope he´ll get a record contract soon

[@kurtsherrick2066]

That was funny! I wonder when he will actually get the recognition in America that he deserves. The rest of the World gets it. Although Deep Purple sold more albums in America in 73 than any other band.

[@ZalMoxis]

@@kurtsherrick2066 never

[@pleun315]

😂😂😂

[@ibnuulwan6160]

What a sound ,it has spirit ,waking our soul

[@rodentcafeteria]

I'm surprised just how few notes Blackmore is playing during the verses. Apparently, less really is more.

[@shaunkelly9860]

He didnt play very much on a lot of songs during vocal parts. The keyboards filled the sound, which frees up the guitar. With a keyboard player in a band the guitarist plays differently than otherwise.

[@richardsuarez2146]

I may be wrong but i don`t think this is the actual recording we hear on the recording we all know and love,sounds like a different outtake from a studio session,practicing if you will..

[@rodentcafeteria]

@@richardsuarez2146 Perhaps. The thing about Blackmore was, he never played anything the exact same way twice.

[@richardsuarez2146]

@@rodentcafeteria yes your right,great guitar player no doubt.

[@ВалерийНикитюк-щ6м]

@@richardsuarez2146 sounds like the master take to me.i'm pretty shure this is the master take

[@user-ro4cu7om2g]

my #1 mega best Legendary guitar virtuoso with Legendary trademark sounds

[@lydianian]

2024 December🎉This is inevitable Guitar etude🎉

[@johndoyle486]

Yes I agree. It's a refreshing change from guitarists who feel the need to use 20 pedals for everything they do.

[@frankgib3208]

Awesome Riff!!

[@michaelsalisbury1960]

this track is like a building block for rock guitar it has it all

[@ZalMoxis]

Super playing.... super riff

[@Mr01081960]

Grandissimo ricccccci 😉

[@MichaelandCathy1999]

Master of the Stratocaster

[@sigiheinzen8066]

Genius!

[@individrus]

One of the first track, when Aiwa tape recorder came into the picture as a long time Ritchie’s preamp

[@matsnilson7727]

Nothing to dislike here. Not a single thing.

[@2112GTR]

One of the best rock riffs of all time even better than "Smoke on the water"!!! 😁

[@davebowman6497]

Ofcourse it's better than SOTW! Uses the same "inverted power chord" thing, but it's so much better - a bit more finesse (but not so much that it ruins the raw brutality and go off in a prog rock direction), leaving a perfect opening for Glenn Huges huges bass walkup, is sooo eagerly awaited afer each refrain and bridge etc etc. And i just love the "inverted" drum part - a shitload of varied fills in verses, anthen the straightes of pattern repeated through refrains. Last real Purple song for me - I am old and boring enough to think the height of Purple was the previous incarnation. Coverdale was ppssibly the best replacement you could get, but nothing beats Gillian. To be fair though, Burn would not fit Gillian as well as it does Coverdale.

[@marcoandrebriones]

The master rules!!!!

[@acebrockton1828]

Without Ritchie we wouldn't have had yngwie

[@shaunkelly9860]

Don't blame Ritchie for Malmstern.

[@acebrockton1828]

@@shaunkelly9860 lol

[@NIKTO477]

So cool forever!

[@grobbler1]

Main riff from Gershwin's 'Fascinating Rhythm.'

[@seabud6408]

It’s likely that any similarity is coincidence as you will be aware of the video he made where he spoke about every riff he adapted from other artists work (Jimmy Page to Igor Stravinsky .... name any composer, it’s ubiquitous to adapt sections from other pieces) My favourite - Some people still believe that the Smoke OTW riff, is the main theme of Beethoven’s 5th ... played backwards. That went around for years because Ritchie told this to a gullible journalist with a straight face. 😀

[@grobbler1]

@@seabud6408 RB has referenced 'Fascinating Rhythm.' Astrud Gilberto's 'Maria Quiet' is supposedly the inspiration for the 'Smoke' riff.

[@seabud6408]

@@grobbler1 I’m not implicating you here but the reason I challenge all the ignorance around Ritchie’s talent and influence is because he and his work in Purple and Rainbow have been snubbed by “journalists” since ... whenever. As Brian May said “I can’t understand why no one talks about Ritchie” ... Talk about him in the same breath as ... the U.K. “big 3” (the usual suspects) 😀 Any other guitarist would just be credited with coming up “on the spot in Switzerland” (as he stated) with the most famous guitar part in history. How many people with a vacant opinion of Ritchie’s output have heard only that song and can only remember the riff not the solo. Almost all, I would guess. How many have heard his 6 minute live improvised solo in the Concerto for Group and Orchestra 1969? How many would recognise how great that solo is. Practically none.

[@grobbler1]

@@seabud6408 Blackmore never played the game with the press and never 'went to the right places.' The guy is very much his own man and his level of success is down to that, along with his stellar talent. Kanye West is wealthier, more famous and more feted than RB will ever be. Imagine playing some Bach to those 'fans.' That example says much about the taste of the general public.

[@2500BC]

@seabud6408 its because Ritchie is a brilliant…asshole. To be specific, people who work with him like him mostly but he does not like the industry bs at all, so mgmt and the press are not gushing over him publicly.

[@Rnr196970]

This is great for learners! Better than listening to clinic(Stunt) guitarists like Vai/flatriani

[@scottwaszak698]

Vai is a far greater guitarist and musician than Blackmore, as is Satriani.

[@dusty3913]

By all means, try to prop up your "hero" by slamming other musicians that have nothing to do with the content of the video. I mean, WHY??? Just enjoy it and STFU.

[@ZalMoxis]

@@scottwaszak698 okay to say with the benefit of hindlegs.... ;-) - go watch The Mighty Boosh - The Priest and the Beast

[@oleg3701]

my Nr.1 of all times. I.S.Bach our times

[@FernandoSouza-nh7tr]

Deep Purple MK3 is by far THE BEST lineup!

[@louiesalinas4720]

OMG! LOVE THIS! THANKS BRUNO