Purple were always known for their improvisational, there's a ton of it going on here. Just brilliant musicians at the top of their game, reacting to one another.
As a matter of trivia, in 1963, 18 yr old Blackmore was that accomplished as a guitarist he toured Europe with the Outlaws as they were the backing band for superstar Jerry Lee Lewis for his tour, Blackmore also did the same in 1963 with Gene Vincent and was also the go to session guitarist for legendary UK producer Joe Meek starting around 1962 …many don’t realize Blackmore was an accomplished guitarist before forming Deep Purple in 1968 with Jon Lord ….playing in bands like Screaming Lord Sutch, Heinz and the Wild Boys, The Outlaws, Neil Christian and the Crusaders etc …even doing a stint as house guitarist at the legendary Star Club in Germany during the 60s ... the difference with Blackmore back in the early 60s from his peers was he attacked guitar not only from the blues but also like a violin from his classical training .... maybe the reason he was shredding, introduced volume swells and brought sweep picking from jazz into rock etc before his Purple days ..certainly the godfather of the neo classical style
Ritchie Blackmore is awesome- my favorite! It is SCARY to think that this is from 1969! HUGELY ahead of his time. The whole band is fantastic. This is from the Deep Purple DVD "History, Hits and Highlights."
There was a bunch of guitarists back then, Jeff Beck, Johnny Winter, Alvin Lee, Eric Clapton, , , the list goes on!! But right here is 5 excellent musicians playing at there best!! Hard to beat Live Deep Purple!! 1970 to 1974! Tommy Bolin was with Deep Purple for about a year!
Consider this is Aug 1969 and then one month later Purple is performing their original Concerto for Group and Orchestra live with the Royal Philharmonic …a groundbreaking performance, even opening the Concerto with Child in Time
Ain't called "Jazz Bilzen" for nothing. Yes, they were all highly acomplished musicians technically but also possessed a strong knowledge of the fundamentals, with what came before them in jazz and the classical genres. This was what set them apart in so many ways.
Agree and the difference is the playing style, innovation, evolution and longevity of Blackmore that separates him from most of his peers going forward from the 60s along with players like Jeff Beck ....
Don't get me wrong this is just my opinion. The usual suspects were around at the same time, Hendrix, Clapton, Beck and Page etc. But for me the least recognised but best, even better than Hendrix for me, was Ritchie. For me he indeed stood alone!
1969. That was my introduction to rock music. 😃A year later I entered music school. Much later, in the 90s, I got to see them live. True, without Blackmore. Lord, Gillan, Glover, Paice. Almost the entire golden lineup of Mark II. 12:15 Another keyboard underfoot. Jon Lord plays with his feet. In 1969 there were guitarists too. 🙂B.B. King, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana, Jimmy Page and many others.
As a note of trivia and juxtapostion, across the Atlantic Hendrix had just played Woodstock as the flower power hippie era was ending and Purple was charting a new course..
Many forget before the Deep Purple days Blackmore was well known in guitar and recording circles in the UK and Europe ...at 17 he was the go to session guitarist for legendary producer Joe Meek, played in numerous bands and in 1963 the 18 yr old Blackmore was backing Jerry Lee Lewis on his European guitar and then later that same year Gene Vincent ... and live recordings are available from those shows on UA-cam
Note as a matter of trivia and a juxtaposition, when Purple was doing this concert, Hendrix was across the Atlantic playing Woodstock as flower power hippie style music was ending and Purple was laying the groundwork for so much that was to come ….
Many forget before the Deep Purple days Blackmore was well known in guitar and recording circles in the UK and Europe ...at 17 he was the go to session guitarist for legendary producer Joe Meek, played in numerous bands and in 1963 the 18 yr old Blackmore was backing Jerry Lee Lewis on his European guitar and then later that same year Gene Vincent ... and live recordings are available from those shows on UA-cam
This is a very heavy edit of two songs that could both run to over twenty minutes in concert. There are musical cues the band uses but these performances are largely improvisations around a familiar structure. There is another edited performance from France of these same two songs which is in colour which shows up different aspects of the band's performance. I don't think any other rock guitar player was innovating as much as Ritchie was at this time, but the jazzier style of playing was something he mostly left behind when he traded his Gibson for a Strat.
These songs (from two shows 1969 and later- hence guitar change) show some of their origins music wise. Firstly- Jon Lord (Hammond). Many bands at this time were shaking off their bluesier beginnings (notice the gibson 355 in the first section, always associated with blues players) and developing what became guitar lead rock music. Bands like Ten Years After (Alvin Lee also 355), Groundhogs (Tony McPhee). Ian Paice (Drums)- No double kick. If you wanted double kick back then you needed two bass drums (Ginger Baker- Cream). He is improvising with his own variations- no memory required. Saw them 1972 Machine Head tour at the Rainbow London.
This is 3 segments of songs all from the same 1969 show in Bilzen. 1st is "Wring that Neck", 2nd is drum solo from "Paint it Black" & 3rd is the ending of "Mandrake Root" which they later used as the ending of "Space Truckin'" when you saw them
Could that interplay here between guitar and organ be same, or similar to, as in track "Strange kinda woman". ( interplay between guitar and vocalist ) from 'Made in Japan' live album ?
More trivia, you had mentioned Floyd Rose who stated it in the 70s it was the influence of Hendrix and Blackmore ….and wanting to play like Blackmore he developed his locking nut tremolo bar etc etc….
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Ritchie and Jon are my GOATs for a reason, masters at their craft.
Purple were always known for their improvisational, there's a ton of it going on here. Just brilliant musicians at the top of their game, reacting to one another.
As a matter of trivia, in 1963, 18 yr old Blackmore was that accomplished as a guitarist he toured Europe with the Outlaws as they were the backing band for superstar Jerry Lee Lewis for his tour, Blackmore also did the same in 1963 with Gene Vincent and was also the go to session guitarist for legendary UK producer Joe Meek starting around 1962 …many don’t realize Blackmore was an accomplished guitarist before forming Deep Purple in 1968 with Jon Lord ….playing in bands like Screaming Lord Sutch, Heinz and the Wild Boys, The Outlaws, Neil Christian and the Crusaders etc …even doing a stint as house guitarist at the legendary Star Club in Germany during the 60s ... the difference with Blackmore back in the early 60s from his peers was he attacked guitar not only from the blues but also like a violin from his classical training .... maybe the reason he was shredding, introduced volume swells and brought sweep picking from jazz into rock etc before his Purple days ..certainly the godfather of the neo classical style
Ritchie Blackmore is awesome- my favorite! It is SCARY to think that this is from 1969! HUGELY ahead of his time. The whole band is fantastic. This is from the Deep Purple DVD "History, Hits and Highlights."
There was a bunch of guitarists back then, Jeff Beck, Johnny Winter, Alvin Lee, Eric Clapton, , , the list goes on!! But right here is 5 excellent musicians playing at there best!! Hard to beat Live Deep Purple!! 1970 to 1974! Tommy Bolin was with Deep Purple for about a year!
Consider this is Aug 1969 and then one month later Purple is performing their original Concerto for Group and Orchestra live with the Royal Philharmonic …a groundbreaking performance, even opening the Concerto with Child in Time
Ain't called "Jazz Bilzen" for nothing. Yes, they were all highly acomplished musicians technically but also possessed a strong knowledge of the fundamentals, with what came before them in jazz and the classical genres. This was what set them apart in so many ways.
All due respect to Hendrix (top 10 for me) and Jimmy Page (also top 10 for me) AND Eric Clapton (top 30 for me due to Cream), Blackmore is king!
Agree and the difference is the playing style, innovation, evolution and longevity of Blackmore that separates him from most of his peers going forward from the 60s along with players like Jeff Beck ....
Ritchie és The goat!!!!
Don't get me wrong this is just my opinion. The usual suspects were around at the same time, Hendrix, Clapton, Beck and Page etc. But for me the least recognised but best, even better than Hendrix for me, was Ritchie. For me he indeed stood alone!
Those are my words for years
1969. That was my introduction to rock music. 😃A year later I entered music school. Much later, in the 90s, I got to see them live. True, without Blackmore. Lord, Gillan, Glover, Paice. Almost the entire golden lineup of Mark II.
12:15 Another keyboard underfoot. Jon Lord plays with his feet.
In 1969 there were guitarists too. 🙂B.B. King, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana, Jimmy Page and many others.
As a note of trivia and juxtapostion, across the Atlantic Hendrix had just played Woodstock as the flower power hippie era was ending and Purple was charting a new course..
As brain may of Queen says.. Ritchie Blackmore is the goat of wild guitar playing way ahead of its time ...
Many forget before the Deep Purple days Blackmore was well known in guitar and recording circles in the UK and Europe ...at 17 he was the go to session guitarist for legendary producer Joe Meek, played in numerous bands and in 1963 the 18 yr old Blackmore was backing Jerry Lee Lewis on his European guitar and then later that same year Gene Vincent ... and live recordings are available from those shows on UA-cam
Black Sabbath,Led Zeppelin,Deep Purple the holy triad of rock music🤘
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Jon uses his feet a lot i hammond organ!
The video Hendrix fans don’t want to see lol brilliant choice!
Note as a matter of trivia and a juxtaposition, when Purple was doing this concert, Hendrix was across the Atlantic playing Woodstock as flower power hippie style music was ending and Purple was laying the groundwork for so much that was to come ….
Hendrix was great in his way. Blackmore in his way. No reason to put down any of these two music geniuses.
@@johnpsychogios8650 I have often thought of Blackmore as the stylistic bridge from Hendrix to EVH in the evolution of rock guitar ...
Many forget before the Deep Purple days Blackmore was well known in guitar and recording circles in the UK and Europe ...at 17 he was the go to session guitarist for legendary producer Joe Meek, played in numerous bands and in 1963 the 18 yr old Blackmore was backing Jerry Lee Lewis on his European guitar and then later that same year Gene Vincent ... and live recordings are available from those shows on UA-cam
This is a very heavy edit of two songs that could both run to over twenty minutes in concert. There are musical cues the band uses but these performances are largely improvisations around a familiar structure. There is another edited performance from France of these same two songs which is in colour which shows up different aspects of the band's performance. I don't think any other rock guitar player was innovating as much as Ritchie was at this time, but the jazzier style of playing was something he mostly left behind when he traded his Gibson for a Strat.
3 songs...drum solo is from "Paint it Black"
@ The Mandrake Root solo from the first album released in 1968 becomes the grandfather of Stargazer years later
Best of the best
Alvin Lee ten years after ❤
The original shredder...🤘
Alvin Lee from Ten Years After was a pretty good guitarist in that time period.
Actually it's PRACTISE! :)
These songs (from two shows 1969 and later- hence guitar change) show some of their origins music wise. Firstly- Jon Lord (Hammond). Many bands at this time were shaking off their bluesier beginnings (notice the gibson 355 in the first section, always associated with blues players) and developing what became guitar lead rock music. Bands like Ten Years After (Alvin Lee also 355), Groundhogs (Tony McPhee). Ian Paice (Drums)- No double kick. If you wanted double kick back then you needed two bass drums (Ginger Baker- Cream). He is improvising with his own variations- no memory required. Saw them 1972 Machine Head tour at the Rainbow London.
This is 3 segments of songs all from the same 1969 show in Bilzen. 1st is "Wring that Neck", 2nd is drum solo from "Paint it Black" & 3rd is the ending of "Mandrake Root" which they later used as the ending of "Space Truckin'" when you saw them
There's a better video of Paice doing a solo on the Mule and you get a closer view of his jazz and big band influence.
Peter Green, Paul Kossof, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Mike Taylor, Rory Gallagher, etc.
Could that interplay here between guitar and organ be same, or similar to, as in track "Strange kinda woman". ( interplay between guitar and vocalist ) from 'Made in Japan' live album ?
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More trivia, you had mentioned Floyd Rose who stated it in the 70s it was the influence of Hendrix and Blackmore ….and wanting to play like Blackmore he developed his locking nut tremolo bar etc etc….