The April 6th 1974 California Jam is a great story- and for the first time here is discussed by Deep Purple's Ritchie Blackmore. The man In Black stole the show with a virtuoso performance and pyrotechnics to match!
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@MiguelBaptista19812 жыл бұрын
The older I get, the more I understand and agree with Ritchie.
@Randgalf2 жыл бұрын
For all the talk I hear and read about Ritchie being 'difficult' and whatnot, he certainly was in the right here. I have a feeling he endured lots of broken promises and being taken for granted, but he simply stood his ground where other musicians played along just in order to keep peace and thus he earned a bit of a reputation. I admire him for that, a man of principle.
@DiabloOutdoors2 жыл бұрын
When a deal is made, stick to it...
@macthedrummer12 жыл бұрын
Randgalf Yea you got it, he stood his ground. he knew he was right. I watched the california jam vid again after this, and yea he was right about going on at dusk. What a performance
@Steve.Cutler2 жыл бұрын
That was how it was with most bands back then, even big ones. The record labels ruled!! Richie was right in this case. A show always looks better under the lights.
@razorramoneljefe59562 жыл бұрын
Go and say hello to him see what happens buddy
@deadshot42452 жыл бұрын
absolutely i wouldve done the same thing
@hankd82145 жыл бұрын
If anybody is still listening --- I was there in 1974 and am so glad that he held up the show til dark as it was something I can still remember to this day-- About 30 yards from front and center---- Incredible
@yanges4 жыл бұрын
I was there too! It was the best concert EVER,!!😎
@awickedtribe4 жыл бұрын
Then you were probably one of my 'neighbors' because me and my friends were about in the same spot.
@stephaniewhite56444 жыл бұрын
I was also there in 1974. It was my first live concert ever, I was only 14 at the time. I think it changed me, like I finally got to attend something that was cool!
@charlesviner15653 жыл бұрын
AWESOME SHOW
@blakeh85822 жыл бұрын
I was 70 yrds back middle of the 4 speaker columes
@stevef40107 жыл бұрын
I could listen to Ritchie play or talk all day and not get tired of it.
@joeym66807 жыл бұрын
Not me....Ive been listening to his MORBID chit chat for 40 years.....WHEN HE SPEAKS....
@homoiratus59957 жыл бұрын
JOEY M are you his wife or something ?
@hlyhhhhgvgknghgnfrbk6 жыл бұрын
Such a smart guy
@sally123clausen95 жыл бұрын
Me too
@markgowans5 жыл бұрын
@@homoiratus5995 Which one. He's been married 4 times :p
@kevinkhoy7171 Жыл бұрын
Ritchie's certainly was right! Had a vision of how performance should look + sound. It made History!
@kevinkhoy7171 Жыл бұрын
Of course his anger got the best of him! Smashing! ABC TV camera. The band never got paid 💲=0‼️
@mozartfx17 жыл бұрын
He's spot on about the dusk thing.
@dumpygoodness40864 жыл бұрын
what's REALLY funny is how hard Deep Purple tried to UNDERMINE ELP, ha ha. (I love both bands.) EX: they did a long RONDO-type jam that was nearly identical to ELP's famous piece (!!), and Lord even used his knees etc on his hammond, to Steal Emerson's Thunder (!), AND did crazy synth stuff that was Emerson's trademark, so the umpteen regular ppl in the crowd would think those were DP trademarks and ELP would be LESS impressive, and everyone would say DP were the best band of the show.
@Obscured19724 жыл бұрын
He is, but you're no longer a band when 1 vote overrides everybody else
@AlhunAydinАй бұрын
@@dumpygoodness4086 I don't think he TRIED to undermine ELP. ELP has been under Deep Purple on ALL aspects, including the progressive rock.
@josephpowelliii9169 Жыл бұрын
You gotta love a man of pure conviction who stands his ground! Thank you Ritchie!!! Thank you for that, and thank you also for your wonderful musical talent!
@sholland42 Жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to see the Perfect Strangers tour in 85. Great show, great band.
@user-lr8qr1or8d2 ай бұрын
ALWAYS A GREAT SHOW, I SAW THEM SIX TIMES!!! M.O'B
@yannickbousquet397514 күн бұрын
so do I
@j.bradley Жыл бұрын
“It’s the principle” is Blackmore’s motto.
@tassobear8 жыл бұрын
When you here Ritchies side of the story's it all makes perfect sense! People just dont respect peoples wishes and deals. Good for him to make them rethink there bullshit way of dealing with musicians. A hero true all the way
@aquamarine999116 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's like Van Halen and the "no brown M&Ms" contract rider. The band's perspective is admirable and makes perfect sense. But it's always used as an example of "childish, arrogant rock bands".
@hoodoohullabaloo28484 жыл бұрын
But throwing stage gear/instruments on the innocent crowd is not really a heroic behaviour
@dumpygoodness40864 жыл бұрын
@@aquamarine99911 WELL... i've worked in the PRESS for 30 years... and they lie 99% more than your worst fears. (ANd I worked in NYC, Media Capital of Earth.) The entire press could and should be arrested today. FRAUD is their bread and butter. (ANY deception [or omission!] for monetary gain is a felony. But the press makes sure no earthling knows this!)
@dumpygoodness40864 жыл бұрын
@@hoodoohullabaloo2848 you're off a bit: 1) the fans WANT all that stuff as souvenirs; 2) reportedly, those amps etc were BORROWED from someone who was a dick, which is WHY Ritchie trashed them. (I'm no fan of destruction, but a-holes only speak that language.) 3) I WATCHED THE CLIP AGAIN THE OTHER DAY... and it almost looks STAGED (which would make sense for obvious reasons) (DRAMA SELLS)... watch it and tell me I'm wrong. EX: RITCHIE pulls each hit of the ABC camera! LOOKS FAKE. Staged drama. (REMEMBER THIS: almost everything is FAKE. Even the sky isn't really blue!)
@davidmoore83974 жыл бұрын
@@hoodoohullabaloo2848 It didn't go onto the innocent crowd, there was a fenced off area between the stage and the crowd. What he did was fking awesome to watch, which is exactly what you want to see at a huge gig like this.
@MerkinMuffly6 жыл бұрын
True story, I once met Blackmore after a show and he was super nice, we talked for awhile about music and guitars. He was very modest and said there were at least a 100 guitarists with better chops than himself. I said surely not Ritchie, your' the best there ever was, he was so happy that he signed one of his white strats and gave it to me ... and then I woke up in a cold sweat.
@vbassone5 жыл бұрын
LOL. so it was a dream?? you said "true story"
@stevieblow17395 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that would be only in a dream. Rumor has it Blackmore is awful to deal with.
@vbassone5 жыл бұрын
yes but he isn't ALWAYS difficult. I have heard several stories where Ritchie was very cordial to fans as well.
@stevieblow17395 жыл бұрын
I guess. I loved him as a teen. I wanted to be him. But stories about how Purple dealt with personnel changes and his drinking and mood swings,etc....just turned me off!
@Kombi-15 жыл бұрын
:(
@mad_cat_1st Жыл бұрын
I'm happy to finally hear Ritchie's side of the story. Too much has been made of his "adverse" attitude and blah blah blah. He's an innovator and one of the most important guitarists of the 20th Century, and if he knows it then that's your problem. When you hear about the fates of musicians like Badfinger and post Terry Kath Chicago, Don Felder of the Eagles, etc. - people like Ritchie Blackmore get more and more of my respect. From a musician's standpoint, if you didn't have a manager like Peter Grant your career was always in a state of flux. Ritchie just didn't take any shit from anyone and didn't have to. Good for him. Now start playing with both Ians and Roger again, dammit!!!!!!
@ScienceTalkwithJimMassa8 жыл бұрын
And it was in the contract as to what time Purple would take the stage. From a legal point of view, ABC was violating the terms of the contract. Ritchie was well within his right.
@MisterGuitarItalia8 жыл бұрын
This guy was my first guitar hero (still is by the way), but now that I hear him talk I admire him even more for having the courage to always stick to his principles and not putting up with any nonsense.
@the_great_gavonne8 жыл бұрын
+MisterGuitarItalia Blackmore used to be my favorite guitar player but 20 years of kissing his amatuer wife's twat with that inferior folk shit has dulled his playing & his legacy.
@zaltaire8 жыл бұрын
+the great gavonne You are sadly misinformed there gavonne. Blackmore has said since the seventies he had a desire for medieval music up the classical era hundreds of years before his time. You or me don't know the facts but according to interviews Candice said that "it was just a spark. We clicked" talking about music tastes. IT DOES HAPPEN. As for Blackmore's legacy, if it has been shattered at all it was because of the man himself. Ritchie is my favorite guitar player as well - close to a hero at that for me. But I still understand he is a 5-star douchebag and a bit of a nutcase. He has lame excuses to act the way he does not just at California Jam but to EVERYONE. You should look up Ronnie James Dio and what he's said about the man in black here. Not positive, I'll tell you that. Nevertheless he's up there with Hendrix, Page, Beck, and Iommi.
@the_great_gavonne8 жыл бұрын
+Jesse King Jan Akkerman blows them all away. Uli Roth is the best (&original) neoclassical guitarist & Michael Schenker is the greatest rock player.
@MisterGuitarItalia8 жыл бұрын
the great gavonne Your vulgar choice of words makes your opinion/comment a little irrelevant
@zaltaire8 жыл бұрын
Don't know. If it was personal that means it's private information lol. What can I tell ya? Ritchie is an odd eccentric. He has a wife but who knows, maybe he came onto Ian and Ian didn't like that too much. Some weird shit like that I really don't know. Anything could have happened.
@Cinemagoer_64 Жыл бұрын
Ritchie Blackmore is great story teller and terrific interviewer as well. Townshend is fantastic at interviewing too.
@hairylarry61672 жыл бұрын
I don't know who told this Ritchie Blackmore guy he could play a guitar?! Because he can. He is one of the greatest of all time.
@InterestingStuff888 Жыл бұрын
Idk "Who told him" but... As he said in an interview, Tommy Steele was one of his early inspirations. His father, Lewis was a former ww2 sergeant and as a military man i guess he was kinda perfectionist, so when he bought Ritchie his first guitar, he encouraged him "if you want to learn how to play, then learn it perfectly". He took a few lessons with Big Jim Sulivan. and the rest is the result of his talent+practice.
@mikael66985 жыл бұрын
Deep Purple one of the best live playing bands ever!!! Ritchie sure knows how to deal with pushy people!!
@lenhudson8194 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, his list of demands isn't pushy at all.
@JaminJim20105 жыл бұрын
We the crowd was glad they waited. The sun going down happened to set right center of the stage. As the sun settled behind the horizon Deep Purple came out cranking. Thanks Ritchie!
@jeffk12124 жыл бұрын
Saw the Smoke on the Water tour...in Pittsburgh...that was the greatest rock show I ever saw...period.....I can still remember 17,000 people going stark raving bonkers....one hell of a night.....one hell of a band..
@godihardbuenaflor3482 жыл бұрын
I got great respect for Ritchie and I still do now. He is one of my top 5 guitar heroes! And he was on point! He stuck to his side of the bargain but the people on the other side of the fence just don't care! He stuck to his principles like glue! I love this guitar god and he did an awesome performance on that night! Thanks also to that roadie with quick thinking!
@DivingHawk16 жыл бұрын
Blackmore was 100% Correct!!!
@catinthehat9064 жыл бұрын
Purple needed a manager like Peter Grant, he wouldn't have put up with this nonsense.
@dumpygoodness40864 жыл бұрын
@@catinthehat906 Almost all managers are DIRTY CRIMINALS. That's why POLICE were invented: to protect the RICH CRIMINALS from their zillion victims.
@leandroitapolis4 жыл бұрын
@@catinthehat906 we would have a Rainbow some years before 75...
@DMSProduktions3 жыл бұрын
@@dumpygoodness4086 In the US, this was correct:To subdue organised labour!
@MichaelHemotoxin3 жыл бұрын
I'd say the only problem is kinda being apart of the reason 200,000 people sat around for two hours wonder wtf is going on, but thats 99% management/organizers fault. But also being the first band with lights is a super pompous thing to request so I can understand how one guy requesting that out of the whole band not even caring in the first place is pretty egotistical in it's own right.
@3rdandlong4 жыл бұрын
This is fascinating to see this. I was there-mainly to see ELP. Seeing Deep Purple and Sabbath for the first time even made it all the more interesting. But when I heard ELP was performing, I told myself I was going. I will never, ever forget it. I got there the night before and waited in parking lot. About an hour after I got there, got a taste of ELP doing sound-check and apparently Carl tuning his Synth-drum kit. We all heard it and loved all 15-20 minutes of it!!
@leesmith82202 жыл бұрын
ELP pissed all over Deep Purple.
@Ilanawolf12 Жыл бұрын
Best live band ever!!
@RTOneZer08 жыл бұрын
It all makes sense when Blackmore talked and explained about it.
@DODO-vy6sf4 жыл бұрын
Ritchie was spot-on. KZbin any of their performances that night and you’ll see the difference between night and day. That dusk made for it as much as the massive crowd ... the rest was Purple.
@bertjones32354 жыл бұрын
He's so right about going on at dusk.
@brendarangel81273 жыл бұрын
EPIC Event... I was 16 and attended the C Jam with my cousins. Just an Epic event with thousands of people people. 👍
@patrickbooten70284 жыл бұрын
Darknes is so important to ritchie , even writing songs in darkness brings him on a higher level . Thats when the magic begins for him , Because he is the guitar wizard .
@russmickjagger1512 жыл бұрын
Why the darkness Richie, your going g back to the darkness for sure do not mock lucifer
@jeph33 Жыл бұрын
@@russmickjagger151 why not? 'The proud spirit cannot endure to be mocked' Thomas More
@jeph33 Жыл бұрын
So he was the bloke Geezer was writing about on the Black Sabbath album. Oi!
@JoeyP3225 жыл бұрын
Black Sabbath played that festival after a long break of not playing or practicing together... they kicked ass...
@88hh403 жыл бұрын
Whatever this has to do with anything
@ulrichprieser66982 жыл бұрын
@@88hh40 it adds to the story you punk
@blakeh85822 жыл бұрын
Yea, they got the crowd going, that's for sure..
@jackhopkins97452 жыл бұрын
I guess deep purple had to make sure they get noticed with sabbath there
@GG-Wolfhound2 жыл бұрын
See Sabbath in the light of day was like fucking vampires out at noon. Pale pasty with no light show. kinda weird, but yes they kicked ass
@GG-Wolfhound2 жыл бұрын
A man with principles. Hard to find today
@jeph33 Жыл бұрын
I'm one
@kevinshannon9552 жыл бұрын
Ritchie is the best. I’m as happy listening to him interview as I am when he’s playing. Good for him.
@me_angelo4 жыл бұрын
This guy has got some balls to interview while having a drink with Blackmore
@amirgoldline2 жыл бұрын
Ritchie is always interesting to both listen to and hear his great music. Right on Ritchie !!👍✌✌✌
@coop15215 жыл бұрын
I was@Cal Jam..Ontario Speedway. They went on at dusk. It took me 30 minutes to get to the front. Sea of humanity, well worth it. Richy hair caught on fire. And still played a great show.
@nathanmartin18506 жыл бұрын
Yeah, Ritchie has a massive ego, but he’s also very principled and professional. It’s more about being a professional and making sure things go right. No wonder he was so pissed at the end of the set. I really don’t blame him.
@dougj72952 жыл бұрын
Professional? That’s an embarrassment to every person who ever played an instrument. Total douche bag. Blame everyone else.
@fivestring65ify2 жыл бұрын
@@dougj7295 They violated the contract.
@dominicijavier15752 жыл бұрын
yeah throwing that fit was very professional considering he could have injured audience members and backstage personnel. sure he should stand for what is owed to them but not like that. the principle was right but the action with which to uphold it was wrong.
@jeph33 Жыл бұрын
ALL pop stars have big egos...even if they don't admit it
@alexscott7306 жыл бұрын
He's absolutely right.
@sdingeswho2 жыл бұрын
Great discussion! I was curious to hear what Ritchie had to say on any issue because there are a lot of people who badmouth him. I just found out why: He’s a highly intelligent, highly skilled, highly talented man who knows how things SHOULD be, and will accept nothing less than the fulfillment of that vision. Ordinary people can’t take that, so they start talking trash about their betters. Me? I’m with Mr. Blackmore. He gets it right!
@zigzagbigbag8 жыл бұрын
I don't blame him. I'd be pissed off too.
@cryptoking70932 жыл бұрын
Ritchie is a man of integrity.
@afaith19408 жыл бұрын
I met Ritchie 29th November 1984, He wanted me to be in his football team, This was in Perth Western Australia, We had a jam at the Sheraton Hotel, Eric Clapton was staying in the next room, Eric sent his heavy man Alfie to Knock down the door! And Threatened kill us! It was Ritchie 's plan to get back at the Hotel, Because they had workmen in at 6.00am each morning renovating waking him up. Ritchie played my Guitar He played it resting on his knees, He was playing it like a piano! I like Ritchie as a person because He only goes off his head if things are not going His way, I found him to be a genuine good bloke!
@cinematicpassages88842 жыл бұрын
Man...Eric Clapton can be a boring A- hole most of the time...he used to dislike all these heavy groups (zeppelin included) and he even dismissed cream's heavy music. When asked about the white stripes, the black keys or other new bands he goes: "NAH i'll pass...tooo freakish or loud"...it's almost like if he quit being associated with all sorts of hard rock artists shortly after Cream's demise, he became wayyy too soft when he was hanging out with delaney and bonnie. Lol
@stonelegend94015 жыл бұрын
I think his best solo was from the California jam in 1974, not to say he didn't play equally as good with Purple in 93', or with Blackmore's Night in 2011, but his tone in 74' was perfection to heavy progressive rock fans alike.
@RhemieleBoue8 жыл бұрын
Ritchie is totally correct about what he's saying here. I agree festival nightmare rubbish.
@boataxe46055 жыл бұрын
Thank you Richie! As a lighting director it’s great to hear how much you believe in the importance of the light show!
@igortchernowitzer9272 ай бұрын
I did an interview with Ritchie back in 2000. he told me exactly the same when I asked him about that issue at California Jam. He said he insisted on playing next to last.
@rv6205Ай бұрын
was Richie hard to deal with ,..was he friendly to you ?
@igortchernowitzer927Ай бұрын
@rv6205 he was both very amicable and talkative. I didn't feel any arrogance or anything like that. He was candid and true, so I had awesome hours of conversation with him and Candice
@JokersWild703 жыл бұрын
It was in their contract, but with the Cal Jam running ahead of schedule, they wanted Purple to go on early. Essentially, they were trying to break the contract, so Blackmore had every right to stick to his guns and say "not until dusk."
@AndrewGrey229 ай бұрын
As the leader of my band, I agree with Richie 100%. I would have told them the same damn thing.
@carlosm5274 жыл бұрын
I have absolutely no understanding as to why many voices carry on a bad message of this man - as a hooligan. I love his approach in his recollection of life. I respect his mature seasoned conversation. He may be someone that I would ask to be in my band.
@jeph33 Жыл бұрын
I don't know, man. Dio didn't get along with him, but that may say more about elfling RJD than Blackmore. I mean, Ronnie knew what he was getting into, and with that voice could have started his own band then.
@jeffreym42735 жыл бұрын
He's incredibly entertaining.
@acegibson95333 жыл бұрын
Ritchie always seem to remain calm and level headed even during the most heated of discussions.
@markymark5602 жыл бұрын
I love it when Richie says No no no!
@beatlehmann34245 жыл бұрын
Ritchie does what he Likes - and what he think it is Right ! Love him for that !!! His Fender Strat Playing is one of a Kind and He made some Great Records !
@kikiu26194 жыл бұрын
Ritchie is THE REAL DEAL.. Thank God for him and Jim Morrison❤❤
@jeph33 Жыл бұрын
For Richie. Y'all can have Jimbo
@southernfriedawesomeness94646 жыл бұрын
I decided to watch some KZbin videos of some classic blackmore solos and I’ve got to say he is a complete genius so people say things that are bad about him but he’s got major rocket fuel behind guitar.
@delight10572 жыл бұрын
I love Ritchie and his music.
@wkmac24 жыл бұрын
I went to several of those big festivals back in the early 70's (and I was the lone person of the era who was actually not at Woodstock LOL!) but Ritchie is right as these festivals were nightmares for both musicians and fans alike. The sound typically wasn't that good and more often than not, the weather some how or another impacted the day. By the time it hit the mid 70's, you couldn't get me to a festival regardless who was on the bill. And Ritchie was also right in forcing them to honor the contract they had agreed too.
@fivestring65ify2 жыл бұрын
Hell yes. If I hired a contractor to do something for me, and they show up and tell me that the main thing in the contract isn't going to be honored, then yes, I'm going to get pissed too.
@jeph33 Жыл бұрын
Right, I think the last one I attended was Alice's Nightmare. The heat- ya deal with it; it's SoCal in summer. But the fkn firecrackers all day long! And a drunken Alice stumbling around. Pretty sure that was it for me.
@gamajungam88763 жыл бұрын
Смотреть на него и слушать- настоящее блаженство! Евгения Гамаюн.
@scottjackson163 Жыл бұрын
Good for Ritchie! 👍✔️
@khj87162 жыл бұрын
He is absolutely correct about festivals. They suck for everyone involved including the audience.
@elsquibbs2 жыл бұрын
I don't go to many festivals, but every time I do, I regret it.
@qua77712 жыл бұрын
I don't see how such chaos could be organized. Every band has different requirements, and a single show is bad enough.
@deansusec87452 жыл бұрын
The vibe is always off. Plus I think festival goers dont even like the music, they just like crowds and drugs.
@72superlead2 жыл бұрын
This makes me love and respect Ritchie just so much more
@awickedtribe4 жыл бұрын
Actually it was a bit of a good thing to have to wait because the lines for water and to use the restroom were so long it let us play a little catch-up. My group partied and had a great time waiting. We were refreshed for DP who kicked ass and for ELP, who also put on a great show.
@jonathanlocke64045 жыл бұрын
As a twelve-year-old kid who waited all week, and got permission to stay up until midnight, to watch the ABC broadcast of California Jam on television (with simulcast on FM), I'd like to thank Mr. Blackmore for all the irritation he put up with to go ahead and play. You could pretty much tell he was pissed, and I think the performance was better for it. I always wondered why they agreed to go on before Emerson, Lake & Palmer. I hadn't thought about the fact that they just didn't want to be waiting around all day to go on at 3 O'Clock in the morning...Heh...That was an epic experience back then...Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and ELP on network television...
@zendakk3 жыл бұрын
@Blake T And I would not exist until 2 years after that :(
@mr4nders0n2 жыл бұрын
I doubt blackmore was pissed, he said himself in this interview that he'd only had a few drinks and there's no way a few drinks would have got him pissed, probably not even half-cut. Obviously he'd have been pretty pissed off with management and maybe a little miffed at the other guys in band.
@jonathanlocke64042 жыл бұрын
@@mr4nders0n Well, I meant "pissed" in the American sense (as "mad") not the British sense of being drunk.
@mr4nders0n2 жыл бұрын
@@jonathanlocke6404 oh so pissed when using the american dialect means to enter lunacy (smirk). Much thanks for edifying me.
@jeph33 Жыл бұрын
@@mr4nders0n that's why we love you Brits: such pomposity!
@kentbeery49412 жыл бұрын
Good for him for standing up for what was originally agreed on...... A Man's word is his word
@knightlove10007 жыл бұрын
0:42 he almost laughed!genius
@claxton19594 жыл бұрын
Go Ritchie...Go Ritchie...yall were totally in the right!...I have that on DVD btw...Incredible...!!
@robertdavidson93935 жыл бұрын
ELP.....Deep Purple what a great jam!
@TheSteveSteele8 жыл бұрын
I play guitar in a Deep Purple tribute band and we got asked to play an annual outdoor spring festival this year. Guess what my one and only demand was. Damn right. Festivals tend to be a pain in the ass, I don't get off playing outdoors in the summer heat, but that one request (demand) makes it all worth it. And ok, it's just a tribute band, but Blackmore is 100% right. Being the first band to play after it gets dark is the only fun time slot of the evening.
@zaltaire8 жыл бұрын
+Steve Steele But he says it's the lights specifically lol. Your band the same?
@TheSteveSteele8 жыл бұрын
+Jesse King Exactly the same. 9 out of 10 times the other time slots go horribly wrong! In my experience anyway.
@TheSteveSteele5 жыл бұрын
Blake Q There were bands before us. We just wanted that time slot around the time when the sun went down with lights. That’s all.
@drill2.0872 жыл бұрын
Glad to have watched this. Total game changer.
@Zoso-lz8ov Жыл бұрын
I was there, one of the best times ever !
@rhondaeverett828413 күн бұрын
Me tooooo!
@Sargebri8 жыл бұрын
The irony of it all is that a lot of festivals at that time would run behind because of technical issues or just how long it took to put the stage together and Cal Jam was a rarity is that they were running ahead of schedule. No matter how pissy Richie might have been they still put on a helluva show. In fact, what a lot of people forget is that that show was one of the first for Coverdale and Hughes, so the pressure was really on that day.
@unicornsteaks67698 жыл бұрын
+Brian Washington Blackmore's antics had their desired effect. But he could have started a riot.
@Sargebri8 жыл бұрын
Rob Estees Yep and it was just four and a half years removed from Altamont.
@roberttravers39305 жыл бұрын
I was there. 17 yrs old.
@tednugent85014 жыл бұрын
I grew up not to far from the speedway.
@leehambleton9919 Жыл бұрын
A lot of people have slagged Ritchie over the years mainly he's difficult to work with but I tend to think he is a perfectionist and if you are not good enough to do the job then away yo go and he probably does not suffer fools or fake people this man is as iconic as what Jimi is
@paulconrad76495 жыл бұрын
One of the toughest guys on Earth. Brutally honest. Doesn’t fuck around. I could’ve easily played with a guy like that. You wouldn’t have to worry where you stood with him.
@gateslattes46862 жыл бұрын
Man, great to hear his side of the story. Great video.
@eddyrox51508 жыл бұрын
Right on Ritchie!
@BassedInVegas10 ай бұрын
As a teenager I was at the California Jam, Deep Purple was amazing at dusk and ELP afterwards was amazing as well. Best show I’ve ever been to in my entire life.
@BillLarkinmusic5 жыл бұрын
Great chat. Cheers !
@occamsrazor92598 жыл бұрын
Blackmore was 100% in the right!
@austinsangels123453 жыл бұрын
Blackmore the Charlie Bronson of Music, Minstrels and Badasses!!!!!!!!
@jeph33 Жыл бұрын
Oh yeah. Great caricature!😎
@whatshendrix Жыл бұрын
Sounds like Blackmore was dealing with savages and he beat them at their own savage game. Meanwhile he gave the good people a spectacle that's more than what they could've asked for. Brilliant!
@kmcewenguitar2 жыл бұрын
This is badass. Backbone and principles 🔥🔥
@leandrobego1542 жыл бұрын
The amps blowing up in this concert is epic!!!
@someoneelse1012 жыл бұрын
They only had a USD25K fine when the camera got smashed
@dalemcfarlane1798 Жыл бұрын
Great story and outstanding show. His time is off however, as the LA sunset in early April is 7:15PM.
@kamuranDeliormanli8 жыл бұрын
Ritchie Legend,the True legend...
@patrickbooten70284 жыл бұрын
Its a fact ritchie loves playing in the dark , he even covered the Windows . For him its that magic moment . I could see and hear him all day and night .
@AmpasaurusWrecks5 жыл бұрын
I love this story.
@patrykwalentowicz46914 жыл бұрын
Burning and exploding amplifires was a cherry on that cake🍒
@blakeh85822 жыл бұрын
The caljam1 set up with railroad tracks platforms so bands could set up ahead of performance, made it very productive and caused the concert to be ahead of schedule a couple hours. Thats why he was waiting for sunset
@BozJust7 жыл бұрын
I watched that long ago, the whole concert. I didn't realize Ritchie set the whole stage on fire on purpose...even tho his plan wasn't to set the whole stage on fire, lol.
@aivopark5 жыл бұрын
What a badass guitar player he is! When Fast Eddie died, Fender Stratocaster have still Ritchie alive!
@MuddyHelmet698 жыл бұрын
Fucking love this guy!!
@acepaul407 Жыл бұрын
Classic Ritchie Blackmore. It's a Ritchie Blackmore world, everyone else just revolves around him.
@Gabez822 жыл бұрын
“Dusk”, Ritchie says, to me even during Summer is about 6pm, maybe 7pm. It’s when the sun is setting, not 9pm as he clarified. Perhaps it means something differently in the UK, akin to the evening time. Either way, glad those kids didn’t get wild and waited for Deep Purple! I’ve got the concert DVD, and love everything about it!
@MrAitraining6 жыл бұрын
Agree on the night thing. Gives the impression of a headliner vs. the day acts.
@Dutch2go4 жыл бұрын
I also hate it when I become the victim of others’ miscommunication. Ritchie was right to stick to his principles.
@jeph33 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, and it sucked that nobody else in the band stood with him. Fools! Lost one of the most innovative players ever...
@flipperdale515 жыл бұрын
So that's what happened. I was at Cal Jam. Over 250 thousand people. Everyone was so stoned that those "two hours" didn't matter much.
@awickedtribe4 жыл бұрын
lol... A friend and I went to get water and I wandered off to see how long the line was and ended up having one hell of an adventure that included wearing a guitar for a shoe, starting a biker war, spending an hour trying to get over a 4' fence that ended two feet away and watching crystals falling from the sky.... Thanks to 4way Clear Windowpane and three days of serious partying before that.
@igorjajic68984 жыл бұрын
haahahah good one,.....thanks for that wonderfull detaill
@goleson1002 күн бұрын
That was like 4 1/2 minutes of him saying he wasn’t gonna go on. Diva!
@Petenati20106 жыл бұрын
We love you Ritchie!!!
@matejebach54874 жыл бұрын
This reminds me about Page talking how they become no1 in the world. They already were best live band in the world, they had huge hits but main thing was their manager who was giant wrestler, protecting band to the full, ready to quarrel and fight with all "businessmen" and "organizers". And they made conditions: Whole money payment before show, no festivals, no other bands doing shows with them, they are starting when they want... They were in absolute control of everything, when, how and what they will do. Biggest bands were disbanded because of managers and organizers insolence and ruthlessness, remember how Beatles stopped to do concerts - conditions how they toured, concerts without stage monitors and open concerts on hard rain waiting electrocuting.
@jimhere13 жыл бұрын
Early on Zeppelin played festivals
@geoffpoole4832 жыл бұрын
Chuck Berry got ripped off so often that he'd demand cash payment in advance. He would also play for a specified length of time, and then stop, even if it was mid-song.
@78pbass462 жыл бұрын
Love it!!!
@ChicagoBeaver6 жыл бұрын
I must have heard "Made in Japan" about 1000 times man. That "Mule" drum solo by Paice and the entire 20 minute version of Space Truckin! I had this on vinyl, cassette, CD and now on mp3. Ha.