Ritchie Blackmore
Ritchie Blackmore
Richard Hugh "Ritchie" Blackmoreis an English guitarist and songwriter. He began his career as a session musician as a member of the instrumental band The Outlaws and as a backing musician of pop singers such as Glenda Collins, Heinz, Screaming Lord Sutch and Neil Christian...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth14 April 1945
english-musician given guitar hearing lost players sick tired
I had given up on the guitar between '75 and '78. I completely lost interest. I was sick of hearing other guitar players and I was tired of my tunes.
player guitar reputation
In my early days, I never used finger vibrato at all. I originally carved my reputation as one of the 'fast' guitar players.
guitar jazz turns
I can turn on some jazz guitarist, and he won't do a thing for me, if he's not playing electrically. But Jeff Beck's great to listen to.
guitar car levels
I don't put myself on Jeff Beck's level, but I can relate to him when he says he'd rather be working on his car collection than playing the guitar.
journey guitar tuning
I'm not into that Keith Richard trip of having all those guitars in different tunings. I never liked the Rolling Stones much anyway.
guitar important guitarist
I don't see myself as such an important guitarist.
tired player guitar
I had given up the guitar between '75 and '78. I completely lost interest. I was sick of hearing other guitar players and I was tired of my tunes.
guitar average play
Listening to as many guitar solos as possible is the best method for someone in the early stages. But saxophone solos can be helpful. They're interesting because they are all single notes, and therefore can be repeated on the guitar. If you can copy a sax solo you're playing very well, because the average saxophonist can play much better than the average guitarist.
guitar crash chords
Pete Townshend used to crash chords and let the guitar feed back. He's overrated.
guitar giving volume
But you have to give your whole life to a cello. When I realized that, I went back to the guitar and just turned the volume up a bit louder.
music thinking guitar
... Jeff Beck is my idol .. sometimes he finds notes that I just do not have on my guitar. Frank Zappa's another one .. I loved Frank Zappa ... I do think Van Halen reinvented the guitar ... he's an excellent musician, a shrewd guitarist and as a person he's wonderful...
I was always stuck in a musical no man's land.
change english-musician original
What's the point of re-releasing an album? The original sounded good, why change something about it?
good totally work
I never work out my leads. Everything I do is usually totally spontaneous. If someone says, 'That was good; play that again,' I'm not able to do it.