Happy Birthday Ritchie Blackmore!!

[lerxstcat]

59 years old today! One of the guys that made me want to pick up a guitar, along with many others including Yngwie J. Malmsteen (don't confuse him with all the other Yngwie Malmsteens)!

Fender should love him; he's sold a boat load of Strats in the past 35 years!

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[madhuskey]

Re: Happy Birthday Ritchie Blackmore!!

Yeah, Deep Purple in Rock is the album that got me tinkering on the 6 string, though i cant say he's ever inspired me to play a Mandolin [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Happy Birthday anyway to the man in black,

Steve

[mariner99]

Re: Happy Birthday Ritchie Blackmore!!

The shredmeister of his time (yet still damned tasteful)! [img]graemlins/headbang.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/toast.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

[horns666]

Re: Happy Birthday Ritchie Blackmore!!

Much like Uli ...he gets better with age..

Now only if he quits that Blackmore's night with his wife ... [img]graemlins/brow.gif[/img]

I know his wife is a young piece of ass for him ....but jeeeesshh...elf boots and a tutu ...where do you draw the line... [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Miffy rules]

Re: Happy Birthday Ritchie Blackmore!!

What's Ritchie been doing lately? Playing folksong?

[Ninja Guitar]

Re: Happy Birthday Ritchie Blackmore!!

Blackmore's Night is awesome. Not rock or metal, but it's good music.

Happy birthday Ritchie!

[horns666]

Re: Happy Birthday Ritchie Blackmore!!

Ninj you like Blackmore's Night ...I really tried and bought a couple ...I just can't get into it


Give me Gates of Babylon and Stargazer anyday!!!!! [img]graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

[Cleveland Metal]

Re: Happy Birthday Ritchie Blackmore!!

Isn't he dead yet?

[Brad]

Re: Happy Birthday Ritchie Blackmore!!

Originally posted by horns666:
I know his wife is a young piece of ass for him ....but jeeeesshh...elf boots and a tutu ...where do you draw the line... [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">That's freakin' hilarious! [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Ninja Guitar]

Re: Happy Birthday Ritchie Blackmore!!

Yep, I love Blackmore's Night. Like I say, it doesn't satisfy my need for headbanging medal, but it is good stuff.

[pro-fusion]

Re: Happy Birthday Ritchie Blackmore!!

I like a couple of the Blackmore's Night songs, but overall I wish he would get back to doing rock'n'roll. But he's been wanting to do medieval music for many years, so I guess he's exactly where he wants to be.

And it seems to be a law of nature that old geezers will do just about anything for a young hottie wife...elf boots and tutus are better than signing over the bank account! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[pro-fusion]

Re: Happy Birthday Ritchie Blackmore!!

BTW, Blackmore was a HUGE influence on me, as well. Probably not a shredder by today's standards, but that lead in "Burn" is still pretty damned hard to play, even though I've had 20 years to practice it.

[lerxstcat]

Re: Happy Birthday Ritchie Blackmore!!

Originally posted by Cleveland Metal:
Isn't he dead yet?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hey, EASY!!!! [img]images/icons/mad.gif[/img]

Hey, Cheech wore a tutu but Chong's the one in jail, eh?

AS for elf boots, Ronnie Dio wears 'em because they're the only ones that come in his size! [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[atomic charvel guy]

Re: Happy Birthday Ritchie Blackmore!!

although eddie van halen claims that clapton was his biggest influence, it sounds like blackmore
was to me. he was awesome with deep purple. what a band, what a player. 59 huh, man the time is flying now more than ever.
happy birthday richie, thaniks for the tunes.

[RacerX]

Re: Happy Birthday Ritchie Blackmore!!

Originally posted by lerxstcat:
AS for elf boots, Ronnie Dio wears 'em because they're the only ones that come in his size! [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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