Ritchie Blackmore

Richard Hugh Blackmore, (born April 14, 1945) is a noted British guitarist. Born in Weston-super-Mare, He is famous for being the guitarist in the revolutionary band Deep Purple and the highly successful band Rainbow

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After being born in Weston-Super-Mare he moved to Heston, Middlesex at the age of two. His father bought him his first guitar when he was about 10 in 1955 and he then took some classical guitar lessons.

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In the 1960s he started out as a session player and performed in several bands, Heinz & Wild Boys, Screaming Lord Sutch (other musicians who followed the Black-Outfit of Lord Sutch were Alice Cooper, Jimmy Page and Tom Jones), The Outlaws, Glenda Collins and BOZ. He co-founded hard rock group Deep Purple in 1968, and continued to be a member, and the main creative anchor, of Deep Purple from 1968 through 1975 and again from 1984 through 1993.

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