Deep Purple were rendered speechless when, in a Munich hotel in March 1975, Ritchie Blackmore announced he was leaving the band he'd co-founded seven years earlier. In retrospect, it made sense that ...
In 1968, Blackmore co-founded Deep Purple with keyboardist Jon Lord, drummer Ian Paice, singer Rod Evans, and bassist Nick Simper. The group was initially heavily influenced by psychedelia and ...
As questions swirl about Ritchie Blackmore’s health, his wife and bandmate, Candice Night, reveals “there's the three main issues with him” prevent the guitarist from going back out on the road with ...