Let's not forget, though, how much we owe to and how much we love our Sweet Lord, whom we miss enormously 😥 RIP Jon

He is very kind to fans. Nothing like the press says. Love him, met him several times, eaten dinner with him and his awesome wife Candice

My mentor on guitar 👑Blackmore… the best ever 🎸🤘🎸

He’s so well spoken and articulate, it’s hard to believe that he can be such an awkward so and so. My favourite rock guitarist (apart from Jeff Beck RIP).

I love how Richie is so matter-of-fact about things, he doesn't mince words. He appears to be a pretty witty and funny fellow underneath his somewhat dark demeanor. He's clearly in my top 5 favorite players of all time. Thanks for your great music, sir!!!

Whatever his persona, whatever ex band mates may say about his personality, Ritchie Blackmore was a giant of a guitar player. Concise, melodic and economic with what he played, he does not get the more public recognition that he should have. From the rest of us it's just a case of thank you, Mr. Blackmore.

Mr. Blackmore is very down to earth and a humble man out of the stage ( I heard Hendrix was so). As to their best song, to my thinking it's Lazy - it still inspires me after all those years.😎💙

Ritchie Blackmore is one of the greatest if not the greatest of all guitarist in my opinion. He never play garbage solo (Jimi Page) or force a solo in every song. Very Humble, he never inserted a solo if not needed, (Fireball, space Truckin) etc. It takes humilty as a leader of the band to control your emotion. I heard that even the best players in the world has a hardtime to copy the solo Highway Star. You have to control your emotion. Deep Purple without him - becomes a tribute band. Not a single hit after he left the band. The band popularity in concerts relied on the music he was part mostly all those years ago. Its a shame how underated he is as a best player in the world. He is is not fastest player but he has something that shred player dont have - he has substance, He dont bored his audience, unlike some shred music good only for 3 minutes, and then your brain tells you eh its the same. I still play Deep Purple and Rainbow music on a weekly basis.Not tiring to listen at all.

This is the Ritchie that I had come to know......the one I admire....because this is who he is.....he offered me food in Pittsburgh, which I was grateful to receive. Later, I was able to return the favor, by having inserted a Euro support act CD in a gift I gave to him in Pittsburgh. The support act succeeded in being the support act in Europe, somewhere, shortly afterward. It all worked out well. Thank You Ritchie for your kindness......

That period..the early '70s..inspired me as a young guy to become a rock guitarist...and it was exactly those records..Led Zep 1..Deep Purple In Rock..Black Sabbath..I worshipped Page, Blackmore, and Iommi. WORSHIPPED..and learned. Thanks to you Mr. Blackmore, you inspired me to go out and buy my first Fender Strat, a lifelong addiction now with several Strats by Fender and Charvel in my arsenal..You truly inspired my playing and my style, and my sound. Thank you.

Brilliant guitarist best ever my idol meet him once what a gentleman

Well said about radio picking up songs, DP has so many great songs which didn't get enough recognition, songs from The House Of Blue Lights, Spanish Archer, Bad Attitude ot Battle Rages On, Fortune Teller, Cut Runs Deep, Mandrake Root and my all the time fav Picture of Home.Ritchie I am wishing you long live and health , love you.

Just started getting into purple and rainbow and I think Blackmore is my favorite guitar player especially on those first few Rainbow albums.

50 years ago I fell in love w. Ritchie as a guitarist. ❤️ 5 minutes ago I fell in love with him 💕 as a personality, having just listened to his interview, his most important interview ever, as it : 1) clears up all the ambiguous points in his image and dissolves some dark clouds that used to cover his past behaviour. "you can tell by the look in his eyes" 2) he told the world in a few minutes everythng that I myself have been wanting to say since decades, but I didn't have the "tribune" to do so. Finally, Jesus declared Himself everything His disciples have failed to . LONG LIVE THE KING 🙏

first time I ever watch and hear Ritchie like this interview !!! That's it - the great guys are just like him and this is why they are great.❤👍 👏 All my respect to you, Ritchie 🙏

I’ve seen Ritchie in concert about 15 times first with Rainbow and then Deep Purple and Blackmore’s Night. I grew up in the 60’s and 70’s and saw many big bands and their guitar players. Blackmore was like no other. His style, his flair, his persona, his energy and his playing technique were far beyond anybody else that I saw. Some others were great technical players but dull to watch. When Blackmore was on fire he could burn the whole place down. He was incredible.

Awesome interview! Love Ritchie!

Thanks to Ritchie I picked up a guitar many years ago and now play in my own band our grand finale is Smoke on the Water and I get to play the solo. It’s a crowd favorite

So happy he mentioned FREE one of the best bands to come out of the Uk ever.Ritchie sounds like a nicer guy.

Ritchie always a professional musician and a real showman..A huge inspiration..Used the 70's strats with the well balanced bigger headstock..Amazing player loved much...jam on !!!

Great interview Ritchie somewhat serious in this. 70s bands he mention are my favorites. He is such a great person, great interview. .🎸🎻

One of the greatest rock musicians I have followed this man for a long time. Alex life son from rush is also fantastic

Whether Ritchie was difficult or not is not my problem he was a phenomenal musician and a great composer of 70’s rock, had an eye for talent and was super driven to succeed. Has never written anything I couldn’t listen too.

Blackmore e o melhor de todos os guitarristas.

Clapton certainly kept his stint with Free quiet.

Richie’s perspective on Purple is always interesting to hear.

Ritchie is an introvert, Ian Gillan is an extrovert , that’s why they clashed . I’ve got a huge amount of admiration for both. I could sit and listen to Ritchie Blackmore talk for hours and he likes a pint .

Hot summer nights in the mid 70's crusing on backroads flying high smoking and listening to Made in Japan. I wish i could go back and relive that decade...

Thanks for the eternal Child in Time.

Yeah. Ritchie is a class act that's for sure.

It´s always a pleasure to hear Ritchie´s perspective. Much respect.

You’re a very kind, sweet man. I admire you and Deep purple very much. Never got to see a concert, a huge regret. We all have an assortment of stories. I’m just glad to see you.

Great interview

It seems like Ritchie has changed Even within the last decade or so. Although I don't know him personally I've been following him since before I was old enough to pick up my first guitar. I hate that younger people don't appreciate what he's done for music in general much less the hard Rock genre being basically royalty to the sound. But he seems happier you can tell when he's around his children he just glows; and Candice is gracious enough to show personal photos of family together and you can just see proud dad beaming. Showing his sense of humor during live streams. I know he's had a history of being aloof and distant but being in front of the camera and doing this shows that he really cares about his fans. I love it when they do the live streams and you get to see more than just a few minutes of Richie's character and personality not to mention his incredible musical talents. Such a magical blend with Candice's Angelic voice it's just a beautiful thing to watch and listen to. Thank you Ritchie for doing this and giving us all the magical music and stage presence throughout all these years somebody needed to say thank you. Y'all have a beautiful family and we appreciate you sharing them with us. Please continue to make the Beautiful music we've all come to love and cherish. Your lovely melodies and mystical sounds are certainly an inspiration to us all. Thank you both.

Howdy. Credits to Ritchie. I don't think Gillian ever would arrive at this kind of authenticity and honesty ... Regards.

What an amazing and authentic person...

Você é uma pessoa especial e diferenciada. 🇧🇷

Спасибо, Ричи за твои произведения, шедевры!!!❤❤❤👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬

BAD BOY ! YOU ARE!

Awesome interview! You're my eternal idol and guitar hero! I want you to play on my band new album as great guitarist!

Blackmore is a musical genius the over dubbs on highway star are out of this world 🌎 top tier guitar player

He always has a guitar in his hand, even while being interviewed!

Ritchie your badass. Love Deep Purple, Zeppelin, Black Sabbath. I grew up listening to all of you thanks to my step dad. Oh let's not forget Kiss..all 4 were and still is I think the best bands. Now being 56 and watching my kids listening to all of you they were like..dang dad they are bad ass bands..this new genre today is scary because there's no soul and meetings in the music today.

Mr. Richard Hugh Blackmore ⚡🔥🎸💪👊🤘😎

My husband gave me a 2004 Yamaha V Star. I’m painting it a deep purple color. It’s going to say “Deep Purple-Highway Star” on it 😁

Richie is the god of the guitar, without him there is no deep purple

When he says 'we' does he mean 'he'? Ritchie Blackmore is an inspirational player, by the way. Melodic and structured in contrast to the guitar shredders who don't seem to know what a melody is! My top three guitarists (1) Hendrix (2) Blackmore (3) Clapton.

Maestro ❤️

Спасибо, Ричи! Спасибо за всё!❤

Un chitarrista iconico e mitico Blackmore e uno dei più grandi di sempre

I wish there were more backstage video recordings of 70s bands.

Te amo, Blackmore. In Rock, Machine Head e Burn são discos acima da média sim... Tu és um guitarrista fantástico, esplendoroso, espetacular. Vida longa a ti, mestre!!! Em inglês: "I love you, Blackmore. In Rock, Machine Head and Burn are above average albums... You are a fantastic, splendid, spectacular guitarist. Long live you, master!!!" Obrigado por tudo!!! Thank you for all!!!

The greatest

My favorite guitar player growing up I wanted a Fender Stratocaster just like his but at that time I couldn't afford it .

Great. Greetings from Israel.

I'm glad Ritchie explained the backstory for the infamous plate-of-food in Ian's face. Just a very unfortunate misunderstanding. Yeah, Ritchie seems down-to-earth, which is refreshing.

Loudest band(s) in the world. Blue Cheer, Cream.

Funny he missed Mark Farner and Grand Funk, Inside Looking out live 1969 was amazing.

That story about the food and the people in wheelchairs and all, priceless.😆 I don't believe a word of it but I think I am not meant to.

I think Blackmore meant Clapton with "Free Creek" and not Free. Two different bands. "Free Creek was a band composed of many internationally renowned musical artists, including Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Keith Emerson, Mitch Mitchell and Linda Ronstadt, who recorded one album, in 1969, in a 'super session' format" source Wikipedia

Don't mess with the food, man! It's the first rule of rock n roll.

Even now, Ritchie can make something as basic as a major scale sound new and extraordinary. (:

👍👍👍♥️

A great example of a song other than SOTW is The Painter. Amazing DP tune.

Un mito..un genio ..un maestoso chitarrista che andrebbe clonato. Come lui ,nessuno .immenso.

A nice man. A great musician and all the way to Blackmore's Night he did what HE wanted not what everybody else did. If you are a founding member of DP and Rainbow, you had it all, made it, he met this woman Candice and Blackmore's NIght is not everybodies thing, definitely not for most Blackmore fans. But look, I have records of DP, Rainbow with him and BN. So ? Good music is good music.

👍👍

After Hendrix there is Blackmore and nobody else can play the guitar as heavy and melodic as him either Deep Purple or Rainbow.

What is so surprising about Blackmore is the charm he has when he’s being himself and not being deliberately stroppy or moody.

Deep Purple MK3 is by far THE BEST lineup!

Richie - your high point was and always will be RAINBOW RISING!!!!!!!

This is 2023, not the early-late 70's! My old heroes are dying day-by-day, it seems! So I have no reason to antagonize any of them! I know many old fans of Rainbow or Purple don't like Blackmore's Knight, but that is where I realized that Ritchie Blackmore loved music more than fame! He, and his lovely wife, have given me so much! I almost hesitate to say so, but I've ended up with three Amazon parrots, even if I only opted for one of those myself, and at any time that I put on a song by Blackmore's Night, they usually sit and sing along. Oh, and they love The Saint's Prehistoric Sounds, too! Oops!

,,,,, one of the best guitar players ever, I hope the tomato sauce incident is solved between Ian and Ritchie ,,,,,,,, Long Live Rock&Roll !!!!!!

Fireball does have some great songs, Fireball, The Mule, and the incredibly unique Fools.

I'm surprised Ritchie didn't mention Jethro Tull as he has always stated his fondness for their music. He says they borrowed heavily from Hendrix. If Ritchie say that, then that's the way it is. I just don't hear it. To my ears, Ritchie is 10 times the guitarist Hendrix could ever hope to be, but he is a very humble person. This is a great interview.

I listened to purple and zeppelin when i was 16.........now i am 63 and listen to purple and zeppelin, funny that 😅

His mannerisms are very similar to those of Tony Banks. I feel like they could understand each other well.

Ritchie has so many different influences blues classical to name a few that make him the most unique player out there.. I've never heard a bad Blackmore album.

Clapton = Cream! 😂😂😂

Not a word about the Stones. :)

Anyone know when this interview actually took place? Upload date was only two weeks ago, but to my eyes Blackmore looks too cherubic here for it to be recent. Anyone?

Try to think and then dig deep and think about any guitar player that was even close to Ritchie Blackmore before Richie Blackmore... Before him there was nothing like the style he played

Not a gray hair either.. amazing..

0:34 "Eric Clapton with Free. Fantastic band." Did Ritchie means Cream, or am I unaware of that Clapton Band "Free"?

There is no doubting Ritchie Blackmores ability and prowess as a guitar player, he is simplyan icon of rock! However he is one strange and awkward character. Between Deep Purple and Rainbow there are many musicians that would vouch for his bombastic, arrogant vitriolic behaviour.

Maybe he meant "I Feel Free" by Cream?

What about Steve Marriott's bands, The Small Faces and Humble Pie? Where does The Who fit into all this?

I love the fact that he doesnt give a fuck

the Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart of hard rock : Zeppelin, Purple, Sabbath.

At last we knows who is really Ritchie Blackmore besides all the nonsence they're talking about him...."im just a musician whos can paid my bills"....

6:22 😅😅😅😅😅😅

Why has he given me an impression of a fly with one wing removed spinning round and round on the same place ?

...but this interview is not of 2022, absolutely...

I wonder why Ritchie doesn't mention Uriah Heep at the beginning of the video. I would count them among Britain's foremost classic Rock bands in the early 70s. Perhaps not on the same level as LZ and DP, but certainly on par with BS. BTW sometimes I wonder if Ritchie and Ken Hensley would have gotten along 😉(probably not, but musicwise I think it could have been quite interesting).

I composed Smoke on the water. Way back then, I did ask them to change the lyrics they wrote, when they brought them by for my approval, to smoke in the air. But they explained to me it represents that fine mist coming off a lake during early morning hours...:-( Blackmore may not know this, but I also composed for Freddy in Queen....probably why he really liked the music...;-) Surprise!

“Eric Clapton with Free” did he just say that???

RB IS GOD

I'm going to have to take Richie's side on every argument... Ian Gillen is a great singer. That being said.. Sebastian Bach or any other young guy could fill his spot almost. There's not another guitar player on the planet that could fill Ritchie Blackmore's spot. EVER.

You started to talk about this because it was inside of you for so many years Ritchie. Why didn't you tell others about it back then? Probably would make them realize what was going on...

Clapton, with Free? Oops!