Latest about Deep Purple
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
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)
What Ritchie Blackmore thinks of Yngwie Malmsteen
From the Archive As Malmsteen’s guitar hero, Blackmore’s fingerprints are all over the Swedish shredder’s gear choices and repertoire
Deep Purple guitarist Simon McBride on sharing the stage with Ritchie Blackmore – and the reunion nobody thought would happen
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
“I wasn’t there to play correct notes”: Ritchie Blackmore opens up on his Deep Purple reunion performance
Blackmore has hit back at critics of his playing in Smoke on the Water
Why Ritchie Blackmore’s iconic Marshall stacks were actually Vox amps in disguise
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)
Ritchie Blackmore reunites with Deep Purple for the first time in 33 years – watch him play Smoke on the Water
The rock guitar legend announced he’d hatched surprise plans to join the band on stage earlier this year
Ritchie Blackmore to reunite with Deep Purple for the first time in over 30 years
The last time Blackmore wielded his Strat with the Smoke on the Water legends was back in 1993
Glenn Hughes announces retirement from touring due to health issues
The former Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Trapeze frontman is set to undergo open heart surgery
