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Hannah Wicklund & The Steppin Stones performs during Day 1 of Shay Knees Music Festival at Atlanta Central Park on May 03, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Hannah Wicklund on how a blues lawyer got her playing boutique guitars aged 9 – and the weapon she picked to take on Deep Purple and Yes

By Henry Yates Published

South Carolina’s rising blues-rocker on her expensive tastes, the “turn-off” of gold hardware, and why she is ready to bring out her flame-painted T-type again (despite the jibes)

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Left–Ritchie Blackmore performs live on stage during a concert at the Velodrom in 2018 in Berlin, Germany; Right–Yngwie Malmsteen performs during the Generation Axe show in 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada
What Ritchie Blackmore thinks of Yngwie Malmsteen

By Janelle Borg Published

From the Archive As Malmsteen’s guitar hero, Blackmore’s fingerprints are all over the Swedish shredder’s gear choices and repertoire

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Ritchie Blackmore and Simon McBride perform live (composite image)
Deep Purple guitarist Simon McBride on sharing the stage with Ritchie Blackmore – and the reunion nobody thought would happen

By Andrew Daly Published

Deep Purple’s current guitar player was caught off-guard when the band got the call from Blackmore. But as he tells Guitar World, he was very happy to be his rhythm guitarist that night

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Ritchie Blackmore performs live with Deep Purple
“I wasn’t there to play correct notes”: Ritchie Blackmore opens up on his Deep Purple reunion performance

By Phil Weller Published

Blackmore has hit back at critics of his playing in Smoke on the Water

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Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore from Deep Purple performs live on stage during the band's American tour in November 1974
Why Ritchie Blackmore’s iconic Marshall stacks were actually Vox amps in disguise

By Janelle Borg Published

From the Archive Back in the ’70s, the Deep Purple guitarist was on the hunt for a specific sound, look and wattage, so the Marshall team found a way to get the best of all worlds (even if it meant using a rivals’ components)

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Ritchie Blackmore of the British band Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow performs live on stage during a concert at the Velodrom on April 18, 2018 in Berlin, Germany
Ritchie Blackmore reunites with Deep Purple for the first time in 33 years – watch him play Smoke on the Water

By Matt Owen Published

The rock guitar legend announced he’d hatched surprise plans to join the band on stage earlier this year

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Ritchie Blackmore of the British band Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow performs live on stage during a concert at the Velodrom on April 18, 2018 in Berlin, Germany
Ritchie Blackmore to reunite with Deep Purple for the first time in over 30 years

By Janelle Borg Published

The last time Blackmore wielded his Strat with the Smoke on the Water legends was back in 1993

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Glenn Hughes performs during his concert on "The Chosen Years Tour" at The Box at Portsmouth Guildhall on October 15, 2025 in Portsmouth, England
Glenn Hughes announces retirement from touring due to health issues

By Matt Owen Published

The former Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Trapeze frontman is set to undergo open heart surgery

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Simon McBride poses with his PRS guitar
Simon McBride on Deep Purple’s new golden age of heavy

By Andrew Daly Published

The band's fleet-fingered, PRS-toting guitar-slinger tells GW how the rock legends nailed their ‘70s sound in the 21st century on their new album, and the pedal people would be surprised to hear is on his 'board...

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Ritchie Blackmore, Tommy Bolin, Joe Satriani, Steve Morse and Simon McBride
Every Deep Purple guitarist, from Blackmore to McBride

By Rich Davenport Published

The British rock pioneers have survived almost continuously since 1968, partly because of their ability to choose the right players to stand in Ritchie Blackmore’s place

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