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Ritchie Blackmore
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British guitarist
Ritchie Blackmore is a British guitarist best known for his work with rock bands including Deep Purple and Rainbow. He is widely recognized as an influential figure in rock music history, particularly for his distinctive guitar playing style and songwriting contributions to some of the genre's most iconic albums.
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- Jam with Ritchie Blackmore* (Jam With)
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Richard Hugh Blackmore (born in Weston-super-Mare, April 14, 1945) is regarded as a highly influential and respected English guitarist. He was a founding member of Deep Purple who went on to form his own band, Rainbow. He then co-founded Blackmore's Night with Candice Night, a platform that enables him to excel at renaissance acoustic folkrock as he had previously done at hardrock. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ritchie+Blackmore">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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5 total works indexed
- limma powers differential expression analyses for RNA-sequencing and microarray studies
· 2015 · cited 35,887x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,368x
- Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the Lancet Commission
· 2020 · cited 8,877x
- The Ensembl Variant Effect Predictor
· 2016 · cited 7,490x
- A fracture-resistant high-entropy alloy for cryogenic applications
· 2014 · cited 5,379x
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Quotes
- “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're 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.”
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- Ritchie Blackmore
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- 1945-04-14
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- Richard Hugh Blackmore
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- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
- short name
- Ritchie Blackmore
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Richard Hugh Blackmore (born 14 April 1945) is an English guitarist, who was a co-founding member of Deep Purple, Rainbow and Blackmore's Night. In the 1960s, he began his professional career in bands such as the Outlaws and Screaming Lord Sutch & the Savages, and worked as a session guitarist for singers such as Glenda Collins, Heinz, Neil Christian and others.
Blackmore has been known for playing both classically influenced and blues-based solos. He is cited by publications such as Guitar World and Rolling Stone as one of the greatest and most influential guitar players of all time. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Deep Purple in April 2016.