Actor
Ritchie Blackmore
April 14, 1945 · Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK
Richard Hugh Blackmore (born 14 April 1945) is an English guitarist and songwriter. He was one of the founding members of Deep Purple in 1968, playing jam-style hard rock music that mixed guitar riffs and organ sounds. Blackmore is prolific in creating guitar riffs and is often noted for his classically influenced solos.
During his solo career, Blackmore established the heavy metal band Rainbow, which fused baroque music influences and elements of hard rock. Rainbow steadily moved to catchy pop-style mainstream rock. He later formed the traditional folk rock project Blackmore's Night, transitioning to vocalist-centered sounds.
Often works with
Jon Lord
7 titles together
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers Live, Deep Purple: Live in concert 72/73, Deep Purple: Come Hell or High Water
Ian Paice
7 titles together
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers Live, Deep Purple: Live in concert 72/73, Deep Purple: Come Hell or High Water
Roger Glover
7 titles together
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers Live, Deep Purple: Live in concert 72/73, Deep Purple: Come Hell or High Water
Candice Night
7 titles together
Blackmore's Night Castles and Dreams, Rainbow: Black Masquerade, Blackmore's Night: A Knight In York
Ian Gillan
6 titles together
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers Live, Deep Purple: Live in concert 72/73, Deep Purple: Come Hell or High Water
David Coverdale
2 titles together
Deep Purple - History, Hits & Highlights '68-'76, Deep Purple - California Jam 1974
Full filmography · 27
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow - Memories in Rock - Live in Germany
as Guitar
2016
Rainbow: Monsters of Rock - Live at Donington 1980
as guitar
2016
Blackmores Night: All Our Yesterdays
cast
2015
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers Live
as Guitars
2013
Rainbow: Black Masquerade
as Guitars
2013
Blackmores Night: Dancer and the Moon
cast
2013
Blackmore's Night: A Knight In York
as Guitars
2012
Deep Purple - History, Hits & Highlights '68-'76
cast
2009
Ritchie Blackmore: Guitar Gods
cast
2008
Blackmore's Night: Paris Moon
cast
2007
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow - Live At Budokan 1984
as Guitar
2006
Rainbow: Live in Munich 1977
as Guitar
2006