Ritchie Blackmore discusses the early days of Deep Purple
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- Опубліковано 15 тра 2024
- Ritchie Blackmore discusses the early days of Deep Purple having been asked what impact Deep Purple IN ROCK had on his life. He discusses the early albums and drummer Ian Paice.
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Very few musicians can be called masters. Ritchie Blackmore is one of them though.
He is not only the guitar master of all times. Ritchie is old school British humour in person. Most people simply dont get it.
He goes into a sarcastic full of shit mode that is almost convincing.
still dont like him
You gotta have a good sense of humor to wear a goofy wig like that!
Ian Paice, is indeed one hell of a drummer.
Indeed
I’m glad he honors that. I saw Deep Purple when Ian Paice was 71 or so and STILL was one hell of a drummer.
Makes Bonham sound boring!
Absolutely
...and the other Ian (Downey) (Thin Lizzy). But don't forget the impact, came by Cozy Powell: his double Bass Drum was "Hammer!" (...as we say in 🇩🇪) It is great to grown up in this era, from JTM45 to {insert Part of modern gear here) - Angus to Zappa... like the invention of the wheel...😊
I'm pleased to hear that Mr. Blackmore remembers Black Sabbath's influential single "Whatever That Song Was." It's a personal favorite of mine.
what was it ? , Paranoid ? or the sing Black Sabbath ?
@@Alfa75V6 He must mean "Paranoid", it's around the right time, and Black Sabbath (the song) was never a single.
You u aren't....
Thinking the same dude...
Its so amazing to see mr. Blackmore remembering these days.
I think wicked world had a lot of influences and of course warning was the aynsley Dunbar hit that Black Sabbath did a tremendous job on
This short demonstration of how he plays the intro of Black Night and the smooth changing to Hendrix´s riff of Hey Joe shows how versatile Blackmore is as a guitar player.
Machine Head, Made in Japan, and Burn are just classics from Blackmore and Purple. It just doesnt get any better than those albums.
The best thing that ever happened to Richie was the band Deep Purple.The entire band were awesome. Ian Gillan was a singing God at this time. He should feel blessed to be with these 3 musicians that crossed his path at the time. Jon Lord was Deep Purple!
Name all the purple hits with out him.
They are Deep Purple 💜 .
I would say he was a major part of the band.
As a Purple fan for 40+ years I feel, strongly, Ritchie Blackmore and Jon Lord were Deep Purple! Gillan, Glover and even Paice could have been replaced easily. Purple without Blackmore was never Purple ....sorry, my opinion. Look at Made in Europe, no Gillan, no Glover but what a record that is!
@@wernerliebaut4194 Paice is one of the greatest rock drummers of all time. No way it's the same without him.
I love Ritchie interviews. I can listen to him all day
Especially when he has a guitar in his hands.
deep purple wouldn't be deep purple without Ian Paice - he was the bedrock of their sound
Agree to disagree. Lord's hammond sound is purple's signature!
Guy is a MASTER on a guitar! I can hear it in his hands and he is an intelligent guy as well. His candor in his interviews makes him a great listen.
I like Fireball, but 'In Rock' is my favorite one of all the band's albums. Ritchie is one of the best guitarists, and Blackmore's Night are truly superb!
Deep Purple in Rock is in the top 10 of all the best albums ever made. Here in the Netherlands it is in every living room.
Next to herring and cheese I guess??
@@novola1972 Nope, I m Dutch and never wanted to try herring. I m not into football and drugs as well.I m not an average man though.
@@jonblackers4339 I visited Holland in 1976 with my family, and we loved it.
@@jmad627 its a different country now. Almost done
@@jonblackers4339 so sorry to read this. Then again neither is the USA…sorry to say..
I’ll always have fondness for visiting your country, and am very grateful to have been there.
Ritchie is so tight and clean he makes it look easy. His solo in Strange Kind of Woman is a personal favorite of mine.
Thats the professional attitude, when it not only looks easy, but comes so fluid that it sounds easy. Only when other musicians try to play it themselves, they go WTF.
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1971 a great year for music. Free were my favourite band but also loved the original Deep Purple line up.
My 2 influences as a young guitarist were the "Men in Black" !! Thank you Mr Blackmore and Mr Iommi !!!
Definitely. The two greatest of all time.
@@jameschristiantaylor123 Amen to that !!!!
@@jimking3288 also my 2 favorites from the 1940s borns for style, although for non singing guitar we also cant ignore Jeff Beck, but for me, in terms of who i can actually copy well and love playing at work, you know, Blackmore, Hendrix, Iommi, Zappa
@Shaun Ferguson I'll also throw in Billy Gibbons, Gilmour, Townshend and Nugent.
@@johndrake2729 Nuge is one of the greatest blues metal players of all time, even if he is crazy. that reminds me i need to get a trapeze tailpiece for my 7 string guitar in this case.
1:49 LOL -- his sarcasm here is hilarious.
Ritchie is the best musician ever, what a legend
It's nice to hear that Ritchie is fond of "Strange Kind of Woman" it was always one of my favourite Purple songs!
The Most Entertaining Guitarist on the Planet,Totally the God of Guitars,Acut above the rest
6:49 Blackmore o melhor e o mais versatil da guitarra.
He has light confident energy and great vibe. I feel happy to listen to him. Too unusual extraordinary person. Full respect.
Class. Beautiful sound of the amped guitar in that space.
I WAS LUCKY TO WATCH RITCHIE BLACKMORE LIVE AT 50 YEARS OLD.
Machine Head was my first Deep Purple album and I played it over and over😎🤘🤘🤘
Those other bands were so popular because not many understood the depth of your music......things haven't changed much 😉 thank you for so many years of gourmet ear candy 👏😃
This was a great interview! ❤
Born in 1963, Ritchie Blackmore was one of the guitarists who influenced me the most - Deep Purple Mark III was already history when I started listening to rock music, but the albums were still in the record stores and "Made in Japan" was a big hit - I then actively followed Rainbow and "On Stage" is in my opinion one of the best records of all time - thank you for all the wonderful music! //
Ritchie Blackmore is above of all guitar players
What an amazing interview. He has such a rye sense of humor and brutal honesty as he's havin' a pint. This interview must be in a pub. Cheers!😍☮🎵
That original Purple lineup was so damn fine!
Great interview. Thanks Richie (if you ever get to read these!).
Although Purple weren't a hit singles band, it was Black Night on TOTP that first did it for me. The sensational drumming, bass, vocal, organ, guitar most of all, and the sheer energy that was a life changing musical moment.
Ritchie, I remember you and the boys moving into #13 second avenue, acton, 1969 (I think). I lived at #24. Purple van and all, You guys were a sight to see. Keep rocking buddy.
Very, very interesting. I'd never heard Ritchie Blackmore interviewed. Very good little interview.
How cool great story and information 😊
Blackmore still the king!
one of my heroes of all time
drink beers 🍻
I feel the same way with bands too, Ritchie!
Brilliant man
Also a good guitarplayer.
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Nice stuff. Especially the Ricky Nelson bass / top line split into Black Night / Hey Joe.
Mr Ritchie Blackmore immense guitariste mon groupe préféré et de très loin merci de nous avoir cette musique très riches 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸👍👏👏👏👏👏👏
Good interview.
Thats the first deep purple album I got and been a fan ever since.😅
I think a lot of modern day players/groups tend to listen to one type of music which I think limits them. His listening to Ricky Nelson gave him a great riff for a song, and he's probably right about the Hey Joe music as well. I understand what he meant about Fireball. I think it's a great album but when artists are rushed like that they always feel they could have done better. Plus, he's spot on about the label thinking they're imparting some great knowledge by telling them they need a hit.
He say‘s The Muppets and then "what are they called?"
Gotta love Ritchie.
IN ROCK was totally ground breaking….Totally album track oriented …Then they suggested Black Night….which was Ricky Nelson influenced . Roger said that the lyrics were written to sound deliberately ambiguous..’Black Night, not right, don’t feel to bright’…lol….Strange Kind of Woman was a great arena for solo improvisation….Bobby Woodman was almost in Purple but Ian came in and had the edge on him.
Apparently Bobby Woodman wasn't that keen on Purple's sound. He described it as ''circus music.''
@@grobbler1 Yes I heard that ....I think also Woodman played a DOUBLE bass drum kit which few people did in the late 1960s. Ian didn't.....But Ian was such a virtuoso with a minimal practical kit.
@@walterevans2118 Don't forget that IP used a double bass drum that was only rolled on stage when playing 'Fireball' live in the early 70's.
@@grobbler1 yes indeed.
Interesting and thoughtful answers
Love Ritchie.Great Player With A Fantastic Memory.
In reference to the riff he was playing that Rick Nelson did earlier, listen to "We ain't Got Nothin Yet" by the Blues Magoo's. Same one! Its been used more than once prior! RB is one of my all time favorites guitarists!
Perfect guitarrist 👏 🇧🇷 👏 🇧🇷.
Blackmore is perfection as a guitar player, perhaps that’s what made him hard to get along with.
Robert Fripp comes to mind
Just heard fierball. Its my favourite.
The song by The Blues Magoos "We Ain't Got Nothing Yet" also uses the.lick from "Black Night".
My hero guitar 👏👏👏👏
Starving! His Pa Pa sent him to get classical lessons. My PA PA bought me a 22 rifle while living on a Navy base instead of a guitar that I begged for at 15. I got away from my PaPa and moved with my Mom at 17 and she bought me a Sears And Roebuck les paul . I had to work and buy my own amp that took a year later. So Finally at the age of 18, I could start practicing and playing. Maiden, Priest, Rush, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Dio.Were my influences. Richie came later. Even though he is a prick, I love his style. Thank you Ma Ma for that Cort Les Paul that never stayed in tune.
I love Fireball, with all due respect to Ritchie, I couldn't disagree more. I think it deserves to be up there with In Rock and Machine Head. but then again, it's basically i like practically anything Ritchie does on guitar, he's had a very long long and beautiful career with 3 successful bands, all of whom are different from each other and make really good music. the only stuff im picky about is 80s Rainbow, for me a lot of that stuff is too poppy. But i understand why Ritchie wanted to work with Joe, fantastic singer. Everyone Ritchie worked with was lucky to have him, but also with the people he worked with he was lucky to have them as well. So in that way everybody benefited to one extent or another. More about that later this year.
Fireball is a great album, in diehards eyes, but as much as I love that album, I agree with Ritchie that it does sound contrived.
The proof is that it is 'book-ended' by In Rock and Machine Head...nuf said :)
@@davidmoore8397 I'm not even sure what the word contrived means. But I argue that as much as In Rock and Machine Head are probably the most important Purple albums for Popularity and Getting People Hooked On The Band that Fireball especially the 25ft Anniversary Edition is better then either one, probably as good as both together, because it has so many wonderful songs with insane energy and great playing from all 5 of the band members, Ritchie included, and it's my favorite one from the original era of Purple. Ian Paice has often said they also needed to do Fireball in order to get to Machine Head anyway. So now Fireball, no Machine Head....Ritchie and I don't agree on everything you might say. I also love The Battle Rages On album, which Ritchie passionately hates. I dont specifically pick Battle Rages On and Fireball as favorites out of spite, that's just how i feel about them. Also, Blackmore's Night doesn't get anywhere near enough attention in North American, also airplay.
He hated Stormbringer as well, but I love that one.
2:03 you got that right got to disagree with Richie on Fireball and agree with Gillian it's a kick 🦶 ass album especially the song The Mule, Fools it's got some good 😊 guitar 🎸 playing from him.
@@christopherarnett2851 thanks very much, you've also the rights to whatever you feel as well, be it the same or different from me. Blackmore might not be the best with people but that goes with being an Undiagnosed Autistic, and at guitar he will always be one of the greats. Copying him really made me a much better guitarist, i can't stress that enough. He also taught me how to truly control a Strat, or anything resembling a strat at all, properly. I think a lead guitarist still needs to have a certain amount of healthy attitude about the importance of what we do even in this day and age with all the fucking digital shit and it all being about talentless stuff surrounded by often mediocre voices. We play it manually, we improvise, we combine our scales, we make The Notes happen, and we put the catchy riffs to the notes too. Blackmore and those from that era commanded a great deal of Respect. That sort of thing very much needs to happen again, especially with the baby boomers dying off, and that is the only way we will be able to continue properly without them really. But it;s basically, nobody should get too drunk on their own power, however. Ritchie did for a time and that cost him his position in Purple, and he knows it, and he will never recover from that, but then they never recovered from losing him on some levels either, especially now that Steve Morse is gone, Morse was a wonderful longterm successor, but the current version of Purple is unlistenable for me as of right now in Mark 9. If they dont want somebody who sounds right, like say, Satriani who was in Mark 6, i really just want the band to retire and go back to doing their smaller solowork projects instead honestly.
I have visions of Ritchie all dressed in his renaissance outfit and hat mowing the grass or taking out the garbage and it just makes me chuckle.
I always felt Blackmore was too harsh on Fireball..there are some great tracks on there.
Side 2 of it is fantastic.
Plus it had a cool cover
First thing I bought from Purple..in 1971..on cassette.
All on the strength of the single...Fireball.
Great times.
I’m a little sad that I have never heard Ritchie talk about it mention Uriah Heep. In my humble opinion, Heep was up there with Sabbath and Purple in the pioneers of hard rock and heavy metal.
And the band the Sweet, for instance.
My brother baught the in rock LP the day it was released in South Africa and the rest was history for me. Fire ball was also huge in SA . Purple rocks and when I was conscripted to do my military service in 1975 those that had guitars in the barracks would be playing smoke on the water or working class hero😊
The "Black Night" riff is of course from the Ricky Nelson song which he stated. But I have to give it to Blackmore, he said this himself and is one of the most upfront musicians/composers out there. But to be fair, he adds the Blackmore touch to anything he plays. For me, there never would have been a Deep Purple without Blackmore (or maybe even Jon Lord RIP). And the early Rainbow albums, wow, just pure magic, especially "Rising". I remember going into the record store at the time and the whole front window had its artwork on it. Good promotion.
Seattle Center Coliseum ... Bloodrock, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple.
Just let that sink in a few minutes
I'm amazed that they didn't make "Flight of the Rat" and "Hard Lovin' Man" into live staples. The DPIR versions nearly take my head off. With some extended on-stage jamming, they would have reduced any venue to a pile of rubble.
Or 'Fools' for that matter ? Gillian's vocal talents i feel weren't just limited to his awesome shriek-factor ?
Hard lovin man was a very regular track in the set list since Steve Morse joined. Fools was also played quite a bit with Steve.
@@jessemcdonald3836 Every DP fan knows that. I'm talking about the Gillan-Glover lineup.
@@brianholihan5497 - 👍👍
@@earlgrey691 the slower part of Fools was always included in the live version of Space Truckin’
The best guitarist in the world-
Everybody wants The Muppets Show drummer ! But Ian Paice was not their first drummer, though he is the original Deer Purple drummer. He is also the only member left from the original line up.
Well, with their first drummer they did a wet dress rehearsal under a false name, and it turned out that he was no good live. Therefore Ian Paice was in since the first official Deep Purple live gig.
Also, it took two albums before they changed bass and singer to the 'In Rock' line up. I see it in the comments, that a lot of you are not aware of this. The early Deep Purple version of 'Hey Joe' also brings that to another level. (Who's Hendrix?)!
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I have seen most of the great early 70's guitarists live and must say instead Blackmore is in my top 5 with Howe, Beck, Page and Gallagher
Good interview. When was it done?
I Love Ritchie. I wish he would make an New Rainbow record with Real Rainbow people on it and none from Blackmore's Night. Ritchie was Great with Purple and Rainbow, Blackmore's night is waste of his final years.
SUPER!
...two of my favorite Album were "On Stage" and "24 Carat Purple" at the age of 14. I Remember my Granma let see me "Deep Purple in Japan" on colour TV in the late 70's - in Germany. We had a good acess to the new era of rock music. One of my heroes (...i had as a teen. Later i don't have such Idols 🎉)
Two public broadcasters in these days in Germany and one of them offering "Deep Purple", on a sunday morning. I will always remember, stumbling over it as a sleepy child in my loafers, Pacey with a huge "Bozzio-like" kit, transparent acrylic, very uncommon for him.
I really like fireball
agreed. It rumbles along nicely
The riff is "Ain't Got Nothing Yet" by the Blues Magoos.
That was my first impression. I bought the Blues Magoos 45rpm in the late 60's and still have the album.
I think it came from a Ricky Nelson song
DP and the magoos ripped it. I think it's a James Burton riff from his years backing RN
Agree with you on Fireball, if you were to do some Rock again, who would you have singing now? Marc Martel would be cool and do originals
Nice guitar sound
I loved all the early Purple albums- with Ritchie. I also loved Stormbringer. Ritchie called it shoeshine music. Wow. Impossibly high standards.
Purple's version of "Hey Joe", from the 1968 first album, "Shades Of Deep Purple", ain't bad really!
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I always thought DP and Led Zepplin were perfect examples of a band that was greater than the sum of it's parts vs depending entirely on one member. I only found out later that Jimi Page was not only the only interesting element in LZ but also produced and wrote all the good stuff. Ian Gillian was the weakest link but the other 4 members combined to create proper magic. When RB left they were much diminished.
spitting image
I thought Fireball is a great album. “The Mule”, “No One Came”, “Fools”, etc.
I find It very unique and genial
I’m 62 yrs old and I still remember buying “ Fireball “ on cassette as my first rock music at 12 yrs old. I still love that music to this day!! 🎸😊
Also, Animal was Moon.
I disagree on Fireball, though - better than both In Rock and Machine Head, it was a smashing record, when Demon's Eye was in, and when Strange Kind of Woman was added to it later. First one I bought at 12 in 1981, with No one Came, Fools, Anyone's Daughter... on my phone to this day. So, I am with Ian Gillan on this one.
'In Rock' was a full-on 'party' album, whereas 'Fireball' was more textured and experimental. Both are brilliant albums though.
Fireball was more varied but to me In Rock and Machine Head were more Rock with a cutting edge…I personally preferred the songs on In Rock…Speed King , Bloodsucker, Child in in Time, Flight of the Rat…EVERY song to me was a barnstormer…Whereas Fireball tracks like No no no and Demon Eye to me were just space fillers….Mind you Fireball had its moments and not just the title track. Fools was haunting, Anyone’s Daughter was funny, and Paice’s drum pattern on The Mule was brilliant and unforgettably original.
Made in Japan blew all those DP records away
@@ravenbonanza1522 I think Made in Japan definitely had the BEST versions of Highway Star,,,,Smoke on the Water, Lazy etc.....The LIVE versions on JAPAN were BETTER than the original Machine Head studio recordings.
@walterevans2118 I'm sorry but Smoke... had been played one time too many for my liking. Never been too keen on the 'speedy' ones like Highway Star or Speed King, too. Of course, it is personal and that's the beauty of it all.
This man is an old school genius
i thought Demon’s eye and the song Fireball iself are interesting , cool rhythms cool songs
And "Fools" is just about Purple's best song.
That amazingly stark, bleak organ outro makes it sound like the world is ending.
One beer, one wig, and a guitar. Gotta lurve it!
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2:46 It looks like the advice from the management worked out :D
Hendrix “Hey Joe” was in ‘67 and “Black Night” was from ‘70?
It’s an interesting link between these two songs Ritchie makes.
What's going on with the volume? I have it up to 100 and still can't hear anything.
"Mr Dowlands midnight!"
When was this interview recorded?
In 2014.
Blackmore: "We didn't have any ideas with Fireball..."
- Basically invents speed metal :)
In both this and another interview he seems to forget The Who. They were THE JUGGERNAUT of loud, wild English hard rock 1967-1973.
I actually met him at holiday Inn in 81. We stood in the same elevator. I asked for an autograph- guess what! He said no 🎸😊 but today it is a funny story. I have been co producer for Herman hermit around 84 in Denmark.
I’ve always loved this band, very innovative and wotnot… from this distance its hard to recall that northerners actually had something to say. Up until Black Purple were invented nobody knew state school educated kids could do this. Black Purple - saved from being plasterers, chippies and sparks innit. I did not know either that this individual had problem with hand after working at a factory. Crikey!
Ritchie is very relaxed in this interview - which is great - he even exhibits some forgetfulness - initially saying “Highway Star” was on “In Rock” 🤭 !! To quote from a song from his Rainbow days : “LONG LIVE ROCK N’ ROLL !”
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The Hey Joe thing sounds like part of Demon's Eye too
Well spotted. I hadn't noticed before.
What part exactly?
@@elenka.svaliva2 There is a descending chord/note sequence just before the words "like a demons eye"
@@elenka.svaliva2 slide slide just like a demons eye
@sickofit9247 bass line ? A bit similar rolling, but there is nothing else could be the same with Hey Joe
Fireball is a great album
he was playing Blues Magoos
yes, and also Fireball is like "Rock star"- Warpig , Canadian band.
A co-founder original member of DP and the current band wouldn’t let him perform at the hall of fame deal. Still pissed over that..
Give it up for the blues magoos ,"we aint got nothing yet"😊. They used the ricky nelson summertime lick too,before DP.
I so have to agree that to me "Fireball" sounded rushed and git-R-Done! I actually liked the more jazzy feel of Shades of Deep purple and Book of Taliesin! Had they kept the notation and only changed to the later more heavy sound it would have been grand. Not that I don't absolutely love Child in time and other tunes like Smoke on The Water, Highway Star, and Sweet Lucy, it's the less progressive/more simple rock tunes that made me question their direction. All of their singers were exceptional in their own right, and worked out fine giving plenty to work with and to build on, so that wasn't the problem.
From my experience in the business, I have to go with that they were under pressure, often self imposed, to keep putting out new material. which has killed many a band, and yet they kept on performing like few others. I have seen them a few times and sometimes I was like: Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang, take a freaking vacation duuuuuuudes!!!