Ritchie Blackmore | Guitar World

Legendary music photographer Ross Halfin has announced a huge new Ritchie Blackmore book, limited to just 400 copies

By Matt Parker

Running to more than 300 pages, the book collects together hundreds of unpublished images from the guitarist’s time with Rainbow in the early 1980s

Petition launched for Ritchie Blackmore’s hometown to honor the guitarist with historic blue plaque

By Matt Parker

The petition seeks to pay homage to the Deep Purple and Rainbow guitar hero in his native Weston-super-Mare

How to play blues like Ritchie Blackmore

By Richard Barrett

This solo workout goes deep into Deep Purple MkII-era Blackmore and unpacks his electric blues style in detail

Catalinbread Ritchie Blackmore-inspired pedal boxset

Catalinbread unleashes Ritchie Blackmore-inspired double-pedal boxset

By Matt Owen

These trippy-looking offerings aim to sound as good as they look by way of period-accurate appointments and like-for-like preamp and treble booster circuitry

Ritchie Blackmore wields his Fender Strat once more on bluesy Blackmore's Night instrumental, Der letzte Musketier (The Last Musketeer)

By Sam Roche

The Deep Purple legend offers up some tasteful electric blues lines in this cut taken from the band's new album, Nature's Light

How to play guitar like 7 Fender Strat icons

By Chris Bird

Master the tones and techniques of 7 legendary Stratocaster players

Steve Morse says he combined Ritchie Blackmore and Joe Satriani's playing styles for his first Deep Purple gig

By Sam Roche

"That's what I brought – to make the other guys feel comfortable," the shredder recalls

Ritchie Blackmore and William Shatner team up to cover B.B. King’s The Thrill is Gone

By Michael Astley-Brown

The track will appear on Shatner’s forthcoming star-studded album, The Blues

Watch Ritchie Blackmore and Deep Purple perform in New York in 1973

By Damian Fanelli

See the band's classic Mark II lineup at the peak of their powers

Adrian Smith on Iron Maiden’s three-guitar line-up: “If you had three Yngwie Malmsteens, it would have been a fight after about five minutes”

By Richard Bienstock

The guitarist opens up about transforming the band into “Lynyrd Maiden”

Ritchie Blackmore, David Gilmour, Brian May and Others Play "Smoke on the Water" in 1989

By Christopher Scapelliti

One of the greatest guitar hero gatherings of all time.

Listen to a New Song from Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, “The Storm”

By Richard Bienstock

The track was originally recorded by the guitarist for his folk-oriented project, Blackmore’s Night.

Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow Premiere Updated Version of "Black Sheep of the Family"

By Jackson Maxwell

"Black Sheep of the Family"—itself a cover of a 1970 track by Quartermass—was recorded by the original incarnation of the band for their self-titled 1975 debut album.

Watch Eddie Van Halen Play Ritchie Blackmore Riffs

By Damian Fanelli

Some rarely seen footage of Eddie Van Halen backstage playing some of the riffs that influenced him the most.

Ritchie Blackmore Shows Off His Favorite Guitars

By Damian Fanelli

Ritchie Blackmore exhibits his collection, and discusses the arduous process of scalloping his fretboards.

'It's Unfortunate': Joe Satriani Responds to Ritchie Blackmore Comments

By Jackson Maxwell

Ritchie Blackmore on Joe Satriani: "If You’re Always Playing the Correct Notes, There’s Something Wrong"

By Jackson Maxwell

Ritchie Blackmore: Talking Tone, Gear, Deep Purple Years and a Rocking Rainbow Revival

By Alan di Perna

What to Remember When Performing Rainbow's "Man on the Silver Mountain"

By Jeff Perrin

Deep Purple Bassist Roger Glover Talks Ritchie Blackmore, Playing with a Pick and Producing Judas Priest

By Joe Lalaina