VH1 - Where Are They Now - Ritchie Blackmore

[@ianrobertson5884]

Ritchie Blackmore Is the Very Best🎸A Guitar Legend* whos memory will live on Forever*Ian R🎩

[@jamesmcelroy2159]

Purple music will always be moving through the universe

[@chasz8487]

I love Blackmore. He just keeps evolving musically. people say its genius and they are wrong. Its from his heart and his music touches your soul especially the music of Blackmores Night. That is the music that will live forever

[@kimlooff2401]

Absolutely love him ❤

[@laika5757]

Purple is the best Rock group ever. Ritchie is the best Rock Guitarist ever. 🎼🎶🎶🎸🎸🎸

[@MONGOLFIGHTER1]

this guy is funny as fuck... hes a KING

[@norebooberon1122]

One of all Understated guitar player in history but one of the greatest of all time.

[@irishelk3]

I've only really discovered this guy, i heard smoke on the water years ago and was never really mad onto it -- i love man on the silver mountain though and burn. And i like his take on life, peasant clothing, enjoying music and connecting with friends and looking at the moon.

[@Cashcrop54]

Difficult or big ego (which he admitted) or whatever else, he plays very, very well. I find that every year I appreciate that the more and more I see of him.

[@jopass6810]

Pioneer of modern Guitarsound, solo and fantastic expressions in Music

[@douglasarthur2673]

An incredible talent. Rainbow Rising still gets played regularly in my house.

[@jordan9339]

It's not only Richie there. Cozy Powell, Jimmy Bain, Tony Carey, and of course, Ronnie James Dio. Maybe the best Rainbow lineup.

[@peshmadscientist1833]

Thats a great album!

[@wildbill2122]

since 1995, I hang out in Port Jefferson, NY every once in a while and have seen Ritchie there a few times ! Its funny he actually lives in that town.

[@willissudweeks1050]

He lives in NY? Lol

[@wildbill2122]

@@willissudweeks1050 Yeah, RB's Wife, Candace, born and raised Eastern Long Island....RB shops/hangs out/walks around Port Jeff Station village w/out a wig, wears a hat instead...and almost no one knows who he is.

[@willissudweeks1050]

@@wildbill2122 Lol that’s awesome. I have seen interviews of him saying he hated being in the US so bad that it made him cry. I actually felt that way about europe when I went as a kid though so it makes sense.

[@argsigil7208]

“Being called very, very difficult is the beginning of success. Until you’re called very, very difficult you’re really nobody at all.” - Bette Davis

[@tonyharwood]

No one is a bigger fan than Ritchie Blackmore

[@johnr7279]

Best of the best...of the very best = Ritchie Blackmore! There seems to be a certain kind of Purple fan that elevates Blackmore to the top of the heap of guitar gods and I am proud to be one of them. Lots of great guitarists of course but he's the very best in my humble opinion.

[@alkholos]

Me too!

[@DannyGadish]

The king of melodic guitar playing

[@Beterano60]

Sin dudas y a mi juicio, el mejor guitarrista que e escuchado en su genero. me atrevo a decir que hoy en el 2019 mas lo escucho y mas cosas descubro.

[@ponytrekker9315]

They skipped over the dio era that was the real era rainbow.

[@seabud6408]

Ritchie said he developed that front to keep people at a distance, for his own survival in ... the business called show. He wanted management to get another guitarist to tour the USA as he was being worn down so much he had a breakdown. I remember when several of the band became ill in the early 70’s. You may not know that they split the same year they outsold every act on the planet. That isn’t usually what happens. They now put it down to exhaustion but if it hadn’t happened we wouldn’t have had many other great bands in the Purple family.

[@grahammaguire404]

Just flipping through the SKY ARTS CHANNEL and lo and behold what a freeking treat I stumbled accidentally upon , almost a 2 hour documentary about one of the most amazing , outstanding, original and mean and moody men in rock none other than RITCHIE BLACKMORE , a extraordinary and rather personal insight and quite often HATED guitarist ever known to pick up an axe blow the AUDIENCE AND OCCASIONALLY THE BAND AWAY AND THEN STICK TWO FINGERS UP TO EVERYONE AND ANYONE ( ASK DAVID COVERDALE... "MEOW").Love him or Loath him you can't dispute what he doesn't know around a guitar/ lute etc isn't worth knowing!!!!!.It's one of those jewel in the crown finds and you realise extremely and rather quickly ...why didn't I know about this a damn sight sooner!!!!!! I'm not going to spoil it,find it,watch it,digest it,it makes for outstanding viewing," ENOUGH SAID"...... thank you.

[@lancerx1759]

Ritchie Blackmore Guitar on Stone Cold Does Something to Me !! Its Fluidity, Complexion is So Unassuming But Yet it So Powerful I Truly Love This Arrangement !!! Is It Just Me ??

[@davidpawlowski6909]

Yes, there is something about how he plays all the way through the song that- puts me in an hypnotic trance ! Probably my most favorite Rainbow song . Just DP song "Hallelujah" does up to the solo, or is it just me ?

[@darklord1134]

No it's not just you , I love that solo .

[@MrStevecro]

I don't really want to engage myself in his newer stuff but good for him, doing as he wishes. I remember him as a man who could do variations of one cord for 5 minutes and still keep me intrigued

[@jonesy2111]

Blackmore is the best most fluid heavy guitarist from the UK. There are many great ones like Page, Beck and May etc and the rest but when he does a solo its on a whole different level

[@kennethmoh9042]

I agree. Steve Howe maybe better.

[@michaelholmes3446]

Iommi

[@comparedtowhat2719]

NO! Peter Green is the best UK guitarist whether rock, blues, heavy, you name it plus he can sing.

[@michaelholmes3446]

Iommi as to be one if not the best we've produced in the UK

[@michaelholmes3446]

just play Lonely is The Word by Black Sabbath then come back to me

[@yanikem6655]

I always thought Blackmore was a simple guitarist but he’s not, he is a genius.

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Ritchie is wherever he wants to be. The real guitar God of the 1970s

[@khalillachheb5195]

He's a great guitarist .in morocco it was difficult to find this music in the eighties and nineties but i did .i love his music

[@MetalSalvation]

That was a good era for vh1...it kind of replaced mtv for a few years back then.

[@puru397]

Excellent guitarist.

[@Dogdrum]

You can tell it's Ritchie Blackmore in half a bar. That's how unique he is as a musician.

[@jjrj8568]

Ritchie Blackmore is probably playing an acoustic guitar in Sherwood Forest right now

[@rusynlig1]

And you? Playing on your lips, in Bedlam??

[@georgetempest9627]

LMAO - I'd guess more Black Forest in Germany...

[@patricksmith7492]

I know. I wish he'd come down off that elves and castles shit and get back to reality

[@willissudweeks1050]

Dude he really is with his wife!

[@richardmathews6236]

RB’s humour is so dry and self mocking he makes me chuckle.

[@captainobvious3859]

In rock, Fireball then peaking with Machine Head. Thanks for the hours of enjoyment RB.

[@kevwoods6827]

Captian Obvious you forgot the best album ever Made in Japan my friend 👍😀😀😀

[@rickleblanc8900]

@@kevwoods6827 Who Do We Think We Are is also awesome !! C'mon !

[@paulchristopher3887]

I’m sure he got his sense of humour from Lord Sutch. He was nuts too

[@rubo1964]

Saw Rainbow in LA live and one of the best concerts ever I went to.

[@paistecat]

He’s the best guitarist… bar none!

[@38Vitale]

The only thing i think he is mistaken, and he deliberately says so, i'm sure he knows it's no true. There are not 5 egos in DP, only 2, Ian and Ritchie. I mean, DP couldn't last so much at all if all five of them they had such egos. Ritchie knows this, but doesn't say it like that. But for me, he is one of the best ever, and i love him for just being different, a true genius.

[@markvanslooten5311]

Ritchie blames himself for a very nasty blow Ian Gillan took on the head after falling of stage in the early days (one of his practical jokes, no doubt) He says Ian Gillan changed as a person after that, he became more gloomy and withdrawn.

[@davidledford6482]

he is fast witted an impatient,an doesnt ever miss a trick

[@charlesmaguire6286]

Rick Jones I respect your views on RITCHIE BLACKMORE and without a doubt that rings true with a multitude of musicians and fans,I prefer Ritchie's early back catalogue... definitely his loudest and technically brilliant...fast forward to Blackmore's night and he shows an extremely diverse sound coupled with his wife's enchanting vocals Ritchie has raised the benchmark yet again.Its incredible how musicians of advancing years still produce music that in my humble opinion influence so many artists half and less than Ritchie's age he is without a doubt a MONSTER of a GUITARIST and to finish of my post I'm gonna quote something that's sums up the" man in black"and his STRAT "LONG LIVE ROCK AND ROLL"!!!!!, constantly changing and consistently brilliant!!!!!

[@stevecoscia]

Gotta admit, Ritchie is a great guitarist. His reputation for firing and hiring musicians is legendary, albeit quirky. You could fill a senior living home with ex-Ritchie Blackmore musicians.

[@Two4Brew]

About half of them have filled in with Blue Öyster Cult over the years.

[@88hh40]

@@Two4Brew and Black Sabbath..

[@guitarworks2546]

lovely sense of humor....from the "pointing the loudest amp in the world at the singer....and now "being a wizard" after composing "Smoke on the Water" riff....

[@dashriprock5720]

He smiled at the end..WOW! Personally DP should have never reunited in the 80's, Ritchie was making better music in Rainbow. Deep Purple's magic was gone. Gillan's voice was never the same. Other than Knocking at your back door and perfect 'strangers. The songs and lyrics were getting kind of corny and Lord was playing synthesizers. DP early 70's is the best Rock Band in the solar system. They had a beautiful formula that worked every time..Gillan's unbelievable vocals..organ solo...more killer vocals..then a great guitar solo like no one was doing in those days.

[@shaunrish9516]

Dont be fooled by the swinging guitar stuff and the self ego stuff on camera Blackmore is a very clean and technically way before his time first class guitar player and a very down to earth person

[@neil1390]

Love his dark sense of humour, HaHa 'consequently ,I am now a wizard '!

[@JoggoJuniorMan]

Blackmore - the perfect Spinal Tap character

[@dawnamallow9925]

Hush, hush... I think I hear them calling my name now hush oh, hush...

[@robbie3051]

Finest guitarist I’ve seen. And I have seen all the greats.

[@slingingsammy]

pay close attention kids....this is a rock god

[@frank-peterlautermann5991]

Ritchy rules

[@rockhard2654]

once i saw rainbow im in like the tenth row up front a guy to my right in like the 5th row throws something at richie during a slide solo richie dosent blink dosent look up he just whips out the slide and pegs the guy right between the eyes coolest thing i ever saw

[@rockhard2654]

same guy

[@coolrocknroll]

Sounds like something Clint Eastwood would do. Could have gone horribly wrong if he'd hit the wrong guy.

[@jacobearly6589]

rockhard

[@SavoirRare]

The irony is that he could've thrown a temper tantrum, ended the show and caused a riot. A class act to take care of it himself.

[@ristotakkala4188]

Easy to recognize when it's Ritchie who's playing. Unique sound and feel, great riffs

[@marioibarravidal3046]

Eres el mejor blackmore

[@Stratubery]

Ritchie. *_Ritchie._* What are you _doing,_ man?

[@jamilnadour7486]

i will always love you Ritchie

[@minchiominchioli5409]

it was 112 db

[@MochaDaisy8645]

3:14-3:22 So Deep Purple had five big egos, one of which was Roger Glover (bass) but Ritchie was the only ego in Rainbow, even when Roger was brought into that band? Got it 👍

[@william66100]

I love Blackmores Night

[@petermazei9243]

Ritchie Blackmore one of the best in the world

[@melodyleiber8562]

Luv Deep Purple and Rainbow!!!!!

[@wildbill2122]

ITS IRONIC, Blackmore sez he can't stand it any longer BUT if it weren't for playin' "ARENA's" and getting RICH doing it, Blackmore could not do what he is doing now! Which is boppin his 35 year Old Wife (who is half his age! Way 2 Go Ritchie !) and playing "HOBBITT" music that no one I know can listen to.

[@TheRightLadder]

So you have to get rich before you can do what you really want, which is banging a chick half your age, getting drunk and getting high playing tree music to nobody? Man, I need to get rich.

[@wildbill2122]

@@TheRightLadder......LOL, not necessarily BUT a chick like CANDACE NIGHT would not go near 75 year Odl Ritchie Blackmore if he wasn't rich ! Guys that are NOT rich hav to go to Thailand !

[@PetraKann]

love Ritchie - highly misunderstood - doesnt fit the mold of your rock and roll musician

[@cornelstefan3582]

Money Money bily idol

[@QualeQualeson]

I don't know the guy. I wasn't a fly on the wall during any of it, so take what I say with a grain of salt. But you have to understand something about this biz: it's rotten and it's cut throat, especially on the management and booking side. Screwing artists over, backstabbing, bullying, lying and shady dealing was (and to some extent still is) the order of the day. The media often is the perfect channel for cementing unnuanced (and often planted) impressions and reports of outrageous behaviour, sensationalistic and scandal driven as it is. Some, maybe a lot of the rep people like Blackmore got, was simply due to the fact that they demanded a modicum of respect and held people to their word. So not only was he trying to navigate that hellish scene, but he also had to deal with band members etc. Who got high on themselves (among other things) while he was the driving force. This is also a very common phenomenon, and most of the time you'll notice that when "the others" have had their way, unwilling as they are to accept that they may be something "lesser" than the driving force, the thing just goes poof. Fact of the matter is that there are many talents in the world, and no one will deny the importance of the chemistry of the whole, but there are very few who are able to create and run things that truly stand out. If that wasn't the case, there would be a brilliant album for every great musician.

[@paistecat]

Well said… well written.

[@DieNetaDie]

Glad he is happy

[@oldage1970]

where they are? Where is Richie? OMG What world do you´re living?

[@austingode]

If I never heard smoke 💨 again it would be too soon .....

[@markymarkjapan]

His character is a tad under stated. The guy can be a flat out prick. But, he is musically talented in a major way.

[@darrinros1177]

Joe Lynn Turner is a great singer. Great

[@kevinwoods8560]

Darrin Ros lol turner is shite saw him in Edinburgh tried child in time what a prick

[@azja6666]

Chris Manzi now only Glenn Hughes can sing early Gillans song. Lucky bustard retained his voice, as one of the few.

[@azja6666]

I like J.L.Turner, but he can't compare to Gillan or Coverdale.

[@orange70383]

Ritchies cool'

[@harrynewiss4630]

Rocking a wild wig

[@igorjajic6898]

HAHAHAHHAHAH I LOVE THIS BEATIFULL MADMAN AND OFCOURCE GENIOUS

[@jaydee1532]

Guitar hero ♥️

[@andrewschultz7930]

Wait a second...Let me tun this UP!

[@BBINGHAM032352]

Wow! Candace!

[@denisden934]

Countless reformations of Rainbow??? Where the hell did they take that idea? There was only ONE Rainbow reformation (with Dougie White) before forming Blackmore's Night. He reactivated Rainbow more than 20 years after he quit the rock scene, but that's another story, since it happened after the release of this video.

[@jesseserna8424]

I'm 53 now and I first heard of Ritchie Black more off Deep Purple album (Perfect Strangers) 1984 then Rainbow on doing research of DIO heavy metal King then I come to realize He is the guitar king...sorry eddy..by the way if anyone can sing like Ronnie James Dio bring it on!

[@louisdimov8956]

HEY 🥰 RICHARD IS A POPE DA 9TH IN 1599🥰🥰OR JUST BASS BOY 🥰

[@olgak_9932]

Великий! 👍💜

[@austinteutsch]

The only ego out of control was YOURS, Blackmore! Get real.

[@axelibrotherus3526]

I always liked more deep purple than rainbow.

[@izzy574]

All I know is he's about 74 yrs old, has a full head of hair, and skin as smooth as a newborn baby. Everyone else his age is either bald, wrinkled face...Ritchie is getting younger, lol. Blood sucking vampire? He was, may still be deeply involved in the occult. I know he and his daughter...I mean wife, attend seances together. But, I'm just having some fun. He is one of the greatest guitarists around.

[@MrKayley10]

What documentary is this from?

[@ganunesealghulami2942]

Oh hi grandpa.....I'll be missing u

[@czaaful]

Hes an aries the god of war..they like fire n are rude n selfish as negative qualitys...ironically fine artist

[@CB-xr1eg]

Interesting how they skipped the Dio and Bonnet Rainbow line ups and went straight to Turner.

[@kneelandpray2878]

Great doc!

[@chrisscovitch7237]

WE ALL GROW , WE ALL MATURE

[@lessthanlaughing4373]

I have often said that Blackmore was a God, but I didn't know his girl was a goddess. I know he can be an arrogant azz, but I still love his playing style.

[@franknelson7044]

Give some DP LS RB TN now that's good ass kicking R R

[@maxgonzalez214]

In that thumbnail pic Ritchie looks like a 70s hard rock version of John Oliver 😊

[@kevdean9967]

He looks like Clapton

[@maxgonzalez214]

@@kevdean9967 I think Ritchie would be less unhappy about looking like John Oliver than about looking like Clapton 😆

[@gordyn5292]

Rainbow might have started out as one ego.....but then a bigger ego came along in JLT

[@paulspalace]

You need to do a little more research, you said 70's and shown the 60's version of Deep Purple, you mention him forming Rainbow which was mid 70's and shown late 70's/80's version, the only thing you got correct was Blackmore's Night line, Candice and Ritchie. 3/10 must try harder.

[@luigispadavecchia4284]

Blakmore leggenda vivente

[@izzy574]

Yes, the legend lives, molto bene!

[@nelidalobato5420]

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍idoloooooooo idolllll

[@wildbill2122]

IDC, what anyone sez, that wig Ritchie is wearing is frikkin ridiculous !

[@tremulator]

I give you The Mainstream Music Industry: Talking about "early 70s" and "heavy metal" while playing a video from 1968, with Deep Purple's line-up that wasn't the one to introduce the heavy sound they're talking about, playing the most poppy song they could've chosen from that or any other era of the band. Ignorance.

[@jonblackers4611]

+tremulator it wasnt also the beginning of the 70's the heavy bands followed the poppy acoustic ones. It was the end of the 60's .

[@jonblackers4611]

+tremulator Focussing(AGAIN!!!)too much on the smoke on the water riff is also not helping. He did so much more, better than that! Pictures of home, gates Of babylon, Stargazer, weiss heim, etc

[@Steven_H_Blackmore]

+tremulator Absolutely. Also, when they mentioned him forming Rainbow, they go right to a Joe Lynn Turner song instead of playing something from the Ronnie James Dio era.

[@Steven_H_Blackmore]

+Jon Blackers Yes! I can't stand how much smoke on the water is talked about. Great song, but come on. The guy did so much more and wrote so many great songs that blow it away.

[@tremulator]

+claycandy Who makes these films anyway? Don't they hire someone who's actually a fan to give them some advice on the subject?

[@davidwatkins204]

JG could play the solo from highway star when he was 18, Blackmore didn't write it till he was 22.

[@neosphericsoundscapes7614]

Richtie Blackmore -- Legendary-- but ....

[@jessicaantonopulos430]

they are in the country of nunca jamas

[@Kris.G]

I didn't know Graham Bond influenced Ritchie!

[@MrLU2000]

Well, not really. I assume he actually just stole it from the song "Maria quiet" by Astrud Gilberto. Now that sounds exactly the same!

[@tr3ndkiller]

Why did they show the shit Rainbow lineup only?

[@Dluv0921]

82 is what they represent what he did? try 78

[@edgregory1]

Chet Atkins; Glenn Campbell, and Roy Clark.

[@alkholos]

Who Dey?

[@kevdean9967]

@@alkholos I would imagine a guy that asks "who dey?" doesn't know very much of fuck all.

[@rickleblanc8900]

@@kevdean9967 LOL