Ritchie BLACKMORE: A CASE For The CRAZIEST SOLO Ever..??

[@dzivin7069]

Not just richie but deep purple, I'm so tired of zeppelin zeppelin, i think deep purple was a much better group

[@pieterd5376]

Nobody cares what you think about zeppelin, little boy...

[@gsxrkz]

Well, I think you're wrong!!! Zeppelin. Zeppelin Zeppelin will always trump Deep Purple.

[@michelpasse]

So tired too ! Agree !

[@johnroberthines7811]

​@@gsxrkzno way especially live and I've have seen them both live, zeppelin to many dodgy notes by Jimmy and started getting very disappointing, Purple on the ball from start to finish just no comparison.

[@gsxrkz]

@johnroberthines7811 Yes, Page was a disaster live in the mid-seventies I'm not saying Jimmy Page's technically a better guitar player. Just a much better composer.

[@Footygodsarewatching]

Child in time is also a jaw dropping, insane solo and Ritchie to this day is a phenomenal guitarist!

[@phillthorpe2643]

I love Lazy and Stargazer

[@harislade6676]

My favourate solo is Ritchie's solo on Child in time.

[@tashatsu_vachel4477]

I agree. Ritchie described it rather modestly as 'a throw away solo'. Outstanding.

[@reboniak1966]

@@phillthorpe2643 And "A Light in the Black"

[@thomasberry2198]

I agree.

[@DeenDesperado]

His solo on Burn is out of this world too.

[@johngrabowski2325]

I'm 65.. And I still idolize this man.. This LEGEND .

[@jamespell8091]

61 here. Been fooling with guitar (as a hobby)since maybe 13. Yes on my totem pole or recognition he has always remained difficult to knock down.

[@iansimpson5112]

@@jamespell8091 68 here - inspired me in~1969 , just took me decades to pluck up courage to do so!!

[@Robynloveshred]

69 almost 70 here and Awesome Guitar Work....

[@keithmarkham8787]

I listened to Highway Star for hours as a teenager, still Love it at nearly 67 yo

[@VolkerHett]

yes, we where 13 when Made in Japan came out. It was just great! This and the first love, still know her name :)

[@davidklepinger4809]

Highway Star! Will never get tired of Ritchie’s solo on that one.

[@alexanderSydneyOz]

Yes, it’s quite amazing isn’t it?

[@KarstenNygaard-d8c]

@@davidklepinger4809 That's my favourite too! However, you should check out the solo on Gates of Babylon (again?) by Rainbow! Crazy chord progression😉

[@KarstenNygaard-d8c]

That's my favourite too! However you should check out the solo on Gates of Babylon (again?) by Rainbow! Crazy chord progression 😉

[@fuglbird]

Never hear it before but I will give it a try. You may be right. I loved so much else from Deep Purple. I mostly focused on John Lord and the organ. Everybody played the guitar then, The organ was special.

[@diatonicdoug6525]

The Made in Japan version was mind blowing. I would find myself speeding while listening to it in my 1973 VW with 8 track player

[@FuturePast2019]

The most energic recording of all time

[@billyblackmore4282]

MADE in JAPAN = the greatest live album in the history of rock!

[@BebopHardRock]

Haha the tone, the feedback, the drama!!

[@larrycashion752]

Perfect road tune!

[@larrycashion752]

​@billyblackmore4282 fantastic album! Played well, recorded with great tone. I'd put ABB Live at the Fillmore next to it

[@pbtran]

As a boy (around 11) in Thailand, Highway Star was the first rock (underground) song I ever heard. What a cool song. What a solo which sounded very pleasant in my ears. Fell in love with the song immediately and still love it 50+ years later. Ritchie Blackmore and Deep Purple were GOD in Thailand and still are.

[@nickcooper1000]

Whilst understanding that this is a video about Ritchie's solo in Highway Star it is a little naive to ignore the contributions by the late, great Jon Lord that complimented Ritchie so well. They needed each other to make that sound.

[@crumblenaut9776]

The solo on Child in Time has been my favorite since it was released. But Ritchie has an incredible catalog killer solos/tunes that will live forever in my head!

[@tedcabana]

Ritchie "IS" the greatest guitar influencer of all time. He was not one to brag about his prowess, but rather one to let his performances speak for themself.

[@tedcabana]

@@gsxrkz Sorry, not dreaming. Just stating what it is. Of course, there are many other influencers. And you forgot to add Jeff Beck, Ritchie Blackmore, and Clapton.

[@chrisparnham]

@@gsxrkz That's just your opinion, mate Many people, especially guitar players, would include Ritchie Blackmore and Jeff Beck with them.

[@JohnSmith-mx8wp]

Ted Nugent? Really???

[@chrisparnham]

@@JohnSmith-mx8wp Yeah I couldn't believe anybody would think Ted was an influence on anything much except slavishly supporting fascist political madmen. He was decidedly ordinary when it came to writing music and his guitar playing besides a couple of tracks has made no impression on the musical world.

[@Wastelander13]

@@gsxrkz Ted nugent 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@KarstenNygaard-d8c]

Deep Purple were the reason I started playing music ❤ Greetings from Denmark!

[@MrTea7]

The kids are still learning starting with Smoke on the Water the way we learned off Louie Louie or Gloria.

[@WölS2025]

Ritchie is the best, Ian Anderson explained it clearly

[@filthyloops9821]

OK. Now I wait for your explanations, not some s#¡t you read or heard from other guitarists. You can take 100 opinions from 50 different peoples and you'll see that most of them say white in one interview and black in another interview 2 years later. Are you so influencable that you may change your "opinion" cause X or Y talked positive or negative about an Artist you like? If yes, you're really a poor guy.

[@RabihChaaban-yw7ry]

Top 6 best for me - it ranks as follows 1) Jimi Hendrix 2) Jimmy Page 3) Eric Clapton 4) Jeff Beck 5) David Gilmouur 6) Ritchie Blackmore

[@kaffekopp5313]

Alvin Lee 💎

[@Sreng444]

Stargazer is my favourite..Blackmore truly rocks 🎶👍

[@tobiasholst8946]

Stargazer is one awesome song and if not one of the best songs in the world

[@Verkkoman]

RJD and Blackmore 2 legend

[@jameshurtado5389]

Knocking at your back door and Stone Cold are good ones too

[@huguesvanreet3270]

2 Gods ​@Verkkoman

[@huguesvanreet3270]

Stargazer : Ritchie, Ronnie RIP, Cozy, Jimmy Bain and Tony Carey

[@billyblackmore4282]

Ritchie Blackmore = the greatest guitarist in the history of rock, from the greatest band on planet earth, .... DEEP PURPLE !

[@WilsonLinderman]

Deep purple 💜 forever....best of the best in my world. None other can match the intensity and pure raw passion...I admit my favorite is probably child time ..I miss him Playing with Deep purple....

[@gusmarokity6482]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@europeanzorro4330]

My favourite solo is the one in Child in time.

[@GarryWaltz]

Just a simple MASTER of the guitar 🎸

[@512bb]

I may be a proud 9th gen American but the British musicians are in a league of their own,,,and they don't get any better than Ritchie Blackmore!

[@adamredman3000]

Because they listened to American music!

[@ronnieharford3326]

@@adamredman3000but took it to another level😊

[@jeffbauer3425]

Ritchie's solo on 'Highway Star' from ' Made in Japan ' album was raw and stellar. I've never heard him repeat it , or anyone duplicate it .

[@MadMaxMiller64]

Blackmore-Lord duels say it all. Both were classically influenced and played at the same high level.

[@rogerdelaurentis3964]

Absolutely one of the best,just the rudiments of classical,blues,a lyrical approach

[@iansimpson5112]

100%

[@tonyansbro1242]

Deep Purple was a sound that we thought that came from another planet,

[@Cluless02]

Still my no. 1 since Machine Head came out. With Blackmore it is primarily about emotional expression, as one should expect in music. Heard a few live versions of Catch the Rainbow that are wicked and fiercely intense, with a certain touch of poignancy. That's Class! "To play a wrong note is insignificant. To play without passion is inexcusable." - Beethoven

[@robertburke784]

I have seen him live 6-7 times with Purple and Rainbow, and he is always one of the most exciting players I have ever seen....and I've seen almost every great rock guitarist live, except for Hendrix. My first guitar was a white Strat, because he played one!

[@richardfoulds421]

Sounds like you and I have lived a parallel life.

[@Veggamattic]

Just wondering if you have ever seen Frank Marino...if not try Ain't Dead Yet from 1981. If so...thoughts ?

[@richardfoulds421]

@Veggamattic 1977 free trade Hall, Manchester as a student ! Dont remember much to be honest.

[@robertburke784]

@@Veggamattic Yes, I have seen him several times, A LONG Time ago, in the late 70's. He was excellent, and the thing I remember most, was he used a strobe light during his playing of Johnny B, Goode, and the crowd went nuts! He did a lot of jamming, and it was an exciting show. He got bad rap of being a Hendrix ripoff, but lots of guys borrowed from Hendrix back then. I didn't mind, I never saw Hendrix, so this was a way to experience what Jimi was like through other guys.

[@steveberti7060]

Ritchie does play like a Wild Beautiful Animal and when i saw him for the first time 1976 in Melbourne with Rainbow i had tries in my Eyes and can still feel that Emotion and Excitment all those years when i was 17 never felt anything like it Thanks Dear Ritchie

[@ilikechopin8112]

Great narrative on Ritchie Blackmore, filled with comments of other giant guitarists! 👏👏👏

[@ScottBivens-h6t]

So great! Yet.. under appreciated

[@jamesmdr_]

My favorite guitar player by far!

[@sciencedaemon]

You haven't heard that many guitar players then.

[@rictwelve-j4l]

The man in black is simply the best. Ritchie is number 1, end of story.....

[@gib59er56]

Yes, Johnny Cash is the best. lol

[@famsim]

Richie is the original Guitar God, if you ever saw him live´ in his prime you just know. I saw him both with Rainbow with Dio and DP in the 80´. His was a fireball from start to end of the shows, like a conductor full of driving force orchestrating his band on that stage. Magical memories

[@yvonnebutler3196]

I did back at the Apollo in Glasgow ! Still feels like yesterday and it was over 50 years ago

[@repetitivemotion]

I saw him beginning in 1975 with Rainbow and then every time he passed thru Chicago. He was the most exciting guitarist that I’ve ever seen.

[@KevinHallSurfing]

Ahhh yes. Now fifty years after seeing Deep Purple live in '71 I finally feel exonerated. Driving interstate at a pit stop I was trying to explain how Richie changed the way electric guitar was "approached" and a game changer but was treated as "you're nuts"! Well here we are. Brian May, Phil Collin, Joe Satriani, Steve Lukather and Ian Anderson sure get it. Maybe I wasn't nuts? 😆

[@davida.737]

Deep Purple and Black Sabbath, 1971 in Del Ray Florida one beautiful Florida night when I was in high school.. Damn! Great time to be alive!

[@aschule5684]

I can't even begin to imagine how utterly fantastic that must have been, 71 so Sabbath was touring Paranoid and Purple Fireball I envy you.

[@marklondon2008]

The solo from Lazy is amazing. Every rock / blues guitarist should learn it. It's surprising awesome, fluid and melodic. In a weird key for a guitar.

[@GarryWaltz]

Just a simple MASTER of the guitar 🎸

[@erichhartmann6539]

If you want to hear him shredding a 1963 Gibson ES335..give their cover of Hey Joe off their Shades of Deep Purple a listen to. Jimi Hendrix loved Purple's version, especially Ritchie's solo.

[@filthyloops9821]

Thanx God or Shiva or the Moon or... Artists have more respect for each others' works than these clones of Kpop fans. When they write X or Y is the greatest drummer of the world, they always forget to say IMHO (and they never say how many drummers they know/listened to). Imagine if we only had Artists playing all the same MuZiK in 4 or 5 members formations (B, D, LG, RG, S). Was Freddie Mercury better than Pavarotti? How do you compare 2 singers working in 2 totally different styles of Musick? Freddie couldn't give his best in operas. And Pavarotti couldn't do Freddie's moves and wear his stage costumes. I would be curious to know what your comparisons would be based on...

[@rickadkins8277]

Truly the best of the greats. Love ya man.

[@DavidOHara-t4b]

Pure genius.

[@wildbill7081]

Blackmore - Simply THE BEST

[@kreuzzer2845]

Blackmore was a long time my inspiration! Greetings from Germany, Kreuzzer!

[@PaulBrown-il3wl]

I think Ritchie is influenced by Germany. He speaks German I believe, his son lives in Germany too I believe.

[@petervanatta]

Excellent Segment. So True about Master Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore!

[@barrylamb2407]

just a genius will always be my favourite player

[@genegeorge2817]

Time is on Richies side! For as long as society is still stable as his talent!👍👍😎😎🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@Milanrbbfan]

Ritchie Blackmoore is still in my top 5 guitarists. He's fun to listen to and I've always enjoyed listening to different gigs where he plays everything differently and brings surprises. His tone is something awesome too. Another thing is that he is also a very good songwriter and not just of iconic riffs. Just Ritchie is a guitar god.

[@castleanthrax1833]

It's odd that he rarely figures into the best guitarist lists, because he's without doubt a top 10 of all time.

[@Milanrbbfan]

@@castleanthrax1833 I don't know why, maybe his inaccessibility and demandingness of other musicians has created an aura that doesn't help him in this matter from the journalists' point of view. I really don't know but he's definitely in the top 10.

[@jerrywoods4066]

My favorite as well. Followed closely by Gary moore, Micheal schenker, rik emmit, Ronnie montrose, Tony iommi, evh. Hendrix, satrianni, dimeola, srv, bonamasso

[@jerrywoods4066]

Mine too. Followed closely by Gary moore, Micheal schenker, Rik emmit, Ronnie montrose, Tony iommi, evh, Jimi Hendrix, Al dimeola, satrianni, srv. Bonamasso, early Nugent,

[@hmpz36911]

​@@jerrywoods4066Must add Yngwie as he honors Ritchie well without going overboard as he does with his own, yet every tribute he does with respect! Beyond that- Brian Tatler & Dave Mustaine are also incredible!

[@delightlovesmusic]

Ritchie is awesome.

[@massdiongue3309]

Goodness me I’m 65 years old and you took me way back to my childhood days in Kaolack/Senegal West Africa. Man oh man DeepPurple was my favorite Rock Band and I loved R Blackmore playing like crazy. This is the power of Music.

[@seanbrowne6141]

One of the greatest ever , riff after riff for decades

[@kmock]

He's a power house with the looks and talent.

[@bruceharrison8160]

The best of the best.😊

[@NowPleaseReadThis]

Mr Blackmore's solos announce their start, then pick you up and carry you along for a magic carpet ride, and then at the end they set you back down as pretty as you please for you to listen to the singers next verse. You can't achieve that powerful effect with mindless shredding.

[@robertrichardson7823]

Seen him with Deep Purple and Rainbow, Ritchie has always been on the top of my all time favorite guitar players.I'm 66 now and still listen to him today as much as I did back when I first heard him!!!

[@Monsterdrumma]

What I absolutely love about Ritchie is many things but first within one note you know it is Ritchie, he plays with soul, his thick chunky single note tone and the twang of his strat and I put him with Gilmore and Beck in that they play the prettiest stuff and can make the guitar cry. Listen to his instrumental ballads with Rainbow they are some prettiest songs and playing ever and his comping is perfection oh and last year his vibrato!

[@hemantpande9897]

I started listening to hard rock a little late but Deep Purple, spearheaded by the greatest guitarist has been my favourite band for the last forty five years.

[@TinusAirius]

I feel his best solo is the one on 'Child In Time' on 'Made In Japan'. The 4 minute middle part of that performance, including Jon Lord's organ support, and Ian Paice and Roger Glover's brilliant drum-bass-locomotion, is possibly the best a band ever played ensemble, merging hard rock, jazz, classical music and blues. Peak Purple = pure genius.

[@GrrumpDaddo56]

1000%

[@MadMaxMiller64]

Yep. They were musicians. Real musicians play for the complete product, not to stick out.

[@gusmarokity6482]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@alexkorneyko6792]

GOAT for me. Ever.

[@equalleftrights3130]

Do you also have a "favorite color" like other 9 year olds?

[@alexkorneyko6792]

@@equalleftrights3130 Of course, it's BLACK.

[@daniellacroix-t9h]

Child in Time. The entry of the guitar. The sound of that first note. Nothing else.

[@TheClanrois]

Ritchie Blackmore is the Pinnacle to which All Guitarists strive to achieve. 🎸

[@BillyTobin-r6n]

Beyond THANK YOU for this precious stone of a bio pick. Been listening to purple bout 40plus years as I'm 61and seen Richie w rainbow , just an amazing musician. Still cranking em up, the car, the house, at work and I'm never board by the older groups who just lived it and partied with us for memorable nights of sharing what we love for all eternity, the music. Hope the next generation or several takes the time to explore the realm we inhabited, the lifestyle and the jams that full filled our greatest outings and parties. God Bless

[@equalleftrights3130]

One of my favorite guitar players..even now with so many greats.

[@sadelikurniadjaja4317]

Ritchie sangat inovativ. Permainannya sangat lincah, apik tertata sesuai dengan irama lagu nya❤❤❤❤❤

[@wayneschick2822]

For me child in time in rock was the best.

[@mehmetarifderbend6258]

I'm sooo blessed my second to sixth albums that I bought were 2 pink floyd dark side and wish you were here, black sabbath vol.4, led zeppelin houses of the holy and Deep Purple Machine Head at the age of 13 (the first one was CCR Pendulum). After 51 years I feel the same energy from the Highway Star, and the guitar solo is absolutely like no other, it's a unique peace of R&R history, I 'm proud to be part of it.

[@feduncan]

WoW! I'm glad somebody finally said it! Ritchie Blackmore could play the hell out of a guitar. I still remember rockin' out to that song on "Made in Japan" on an 8-track tape player in my '68 hot rodded Cougar. It was awesome! 😎 The solo in "Child in Time" is also mind blowing.

[@GBWagner1]

That solo was a milestone in hard rock. A very fine one. To mix the energy of rock with calssical.

[@jonkim2830]

Mr. Blackmore ,,,,,,,, what more can I say?

[@tomfavorite1020]

What an awesome video. I have been doing a bunch of research on Deep Purple and have been thinking the same thing, but the way you put this together with a "nothing but the facts" approach combined with input from some of the greats is just pure genius. I need to go research a new topic though, I can't beat this. Well done!!!!

[@maximejalbert-lg3sq]

Parmi les meilleurs guitaristes au monde, c'est à mon avis le plus spectaculaire de tous à voir jouer! #Mandrake root 🤘😈

[@Ronald-ni4rt]

Deep Purple. I absolutely use to love em . So so so good. Kudos to Richie Blackmore

[@jeffh9020]

Ritchie's emotional attachment to the guitar is why he has been my favorite since "In Rock". There may be better guitarists, however you would measure that, but no matter. He and his guitar are like a single entity.

[@noli0408]

at last, a video recognizing blackmore and what he and his music is all about

[@victorlamothe6732]

Deep Purple is my favourite band at the first time I heard them.

[@1987mule]

My lifetime guitar MAESTRO, he blew my mind in concert with Deep Purple, Rainbow, and Blackmore's Knight🤘.

[@FrancisYohannan-hx9cp]

One of the greatest influential guitar player in the world. Who is able to reinvent himself with different groups and is consistently producing iconic melodies, tunes in rock, blues, classical and folk musicality for decades since 1960s..Truly an exceptional individual in rock music.🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@johannjohann6523]

The fact Ritchie Blackmore recorded 90% of his solos in 1 take and all from the hip is Crazy! The band is in the studio for weeks and Ritchie stops by for about an hour and records 2 guitar solos for the 2 completed songs. Then takes off again. Ritchie Blackmore is that good (sometimes annoyingly) and helped write a ton of great songs being able to work with the best musicians in the business. A very special guitarist. We're still waiting for his replacement to continue to carry the torch for Rock and Roll.

[@dantegalera3875]

Simply the best.!!!!

[@vladavasiljev]

Amazing riffs and solos in one guitar player. One of the best on rock ever. Enough to be among goat's.

[@JamesCondie]

I have been playing guitar for decades . Ritchie has always amazed me since Child In Time. He is one of the greatist guitar players. The rest of us just play guitar.

[@deans.8659]

Influencend by classic music Deep Purple, John on organ and Richie on guitar created melodic Rock Music that will remain for centuries. I'm a fan since 1972 when I first heard them. Rock on guys! 🎸

[@zancraft7865]

I love the guitar solo in knocking at your back door. Even the song ends you want it to keep going for another 2 minutes. The lead is beautiful with so much feeling. I don't think I have ever heard a lead with this much feeling in my life.

[@butchbinion1560]

Thanks, he’s great. ✌🏻👊🏼

[@TheMrjimn]

You fool no one made in Europe is the one for me all day. Huge fan of sweet child in time what a journey that song takes you through has everything.

[@Grodd70]

Ritchie is a very clean player. His phrasing is amazing so precise. The other thing about him that I have always admired he never "over plays". Some people get up there and go off like an angry bee and Blackmore just made it fit without being over the top. Amazing work

[@Rekmeyata]

Ritchie Blackmore's guitar work moved Deep Purple into becoming one of the greatest bands of all time. I have a lot of favorite guitarists; they all have their personality they throw on their guitars, so I don't think anyone as being the best, but there are those who are the best at their style.

[@FloydMaxwell]

and the vocalist could keep up with him. Greatest rock vocalist of all time.

[@jamesborn4664]

Richie...The man on the Silver Mountain ! 😎🤟

[@terryleeslaughter4611]

Blackmore is my favorite guitarist, neoclassical before it was even a thing…he could do things Hendrix couldn’t

[@j.bradleyheck1589]

In an inverse world, perhaps !

[@PerArneMoa]

And vice versa.

[@nickcastings1568]

One of the, if not the best guitarist ever!

[@bensonklugh]

Na verdade estou até hoje influenciado por Ritchie nos meus solos não posso evitar isso porque é gravado na minha mente ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@robertt65250]

love that solo. my favorite, its perfection.

[@TheMichaelseymour]

It wasnt just his notes - but his tone .....you could pick ritchie out anywhere ......the mark of greatness

[@iansimpson5112]

He doesn't and didn't use a ton of overdriven distortion unlike a load of his so called copiers...superb and clear tone for me

[@TheMichaelseymour]

@@iansimpson5112 totally agree ....and his vibrato and bends were very soulful

[@TheMichaelseymour]

@@iansimpson5112 i actually think ritchie would do a brilliant blues record

[@lI_Simo_Hayha_Il]

I consider Richie one of the best guitar players and composers ever. His low popularity is related to his character. He is not an easy going person, didn't have a connection with the fans, and was the main reason Deep Purple were split twice. Dio, in one of his interviews explains how he was leaving the venue after a gig without even signing an autograph, without saying hi, or smiling. In their last tour, when they split before even finishing, there was an incident, where he throws a beer I think to the cameraman, because he wasn't focusing on him 100% when he was playing. I think this was the last straw...

[@iansimpson5112]

Saw him a couple of times and during his extended solos I thought he would get fed up quickly if the audience - or some of it - would not listen especially in his quieter(!) passages which were usually very classically based and fantastic to listen to. Once I was standing next to a guy who was so stunned by what he saw and heard he said " He's playing notes that aren't there!!!.... Indeed.

[@antonioteixeira4626]

Blackmore, o maior, o mais completo. Maestro.

[@robertburke784]

One of the top 5 guitar solo's of all-time! I saw him twice with Purple, 3 times with Dio/Rainbow, and 3-4 times with Joe Lynn Turner/Rainbow. Most exciting live guitarist I've ever seen, and I have seen almost all the greats. Didn't get to see Hendrix though.

[@Bogie3855]

Still one of my fave albums and Highway Star is at the top of the list. I have had a copy of this album since it came out and have played it many times. Feeling down? Play this album. Works EVERY time.

[@CelpipAcademy]

I am 53, I saw Deep Purple live in Bangalore, but it was Steve Morse who was copying Ritchie. Sir Blackmore , I salute you..🎉🎉🎉

[@Desmomatschi]

The first song on my first tape deck recording was smoke on the water from the made in Japan Album played live .... that was 1972 I guess, beeing 6 years old, I just loved that intro with all the instruments joining the guitar. Loved deep purple ever since. Child in time is unbeatable

[@thecarolinashreds196]

Ritchie Blackmore to me is top 5 all time. He is an absolute badass. His solos are beyond most others. Gypsy’s Kiss on Perfect Strangers is NASTY!!! Been a fan since the mid 70’s.

[@mofost1]

Absolutely this is top 5-10 all times

[@harrr53]

The 3 first great heavy metal bands are Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple. For some reason Zeppelin and Sabbath get more attention, but I seriously think Deep Purple are the best of the three. And they are still at it too.

[@celebrandorestauracaoicmav229]

Comecei a ouvir os Deep Purple em Moçambique ÁFRICA, com 14 anos (1976)

[@Shauno777]

Brilliant solo 👏

[@snoddyification]

Thanks

[@jamescaron6465]

Blackmore and Lord was one of the best sounding one two punches out there. Richie was a master of the strat and Jon was the master of the B3. Highway Star is still one of my favorites of all time.

[@lastmanstanding9389]

The great thing about Richie was that he always played off John Lord's keyboard, like a medieval sword fight, trading blows and licks.