Hey Uwe! (Hijacked by LBO Kommandantur: "Dread the Thread of the Unspoken One!")

[Denis]

Ritchie Blackmore, Ritchie Blackmore, Ritchie Blackmore, Ritchie Blackmore, Ritchie Blackmore, Ritchie Blackmore, Ritchie Blackmore, Ritchie Blackmore, Ritchie Blackmore, Ritchie Blackmore. Ritchie. Blackmore.

[Basvarken]

 

[uwe]

Richie Blackmore, Richie Blackmore, Richie Blackmore, Richie Blackmore, Richie Blackmore, Richie Blackmore, Richie Blackmore, Richie Blackmore, Richie Blackmore, Richie Blackmore. Richie. Blackmore.

(With a heavy sigh) Denis: Richard Harold's nick name is spelled with a "t".    As such your posting is an undiverging cascade of ignorance and insults although I have made an earnest effort to promote its quality somewhat. The Master himself would not be amused and spank you with his Strat.



If I may quote The Rolling Stone's scathing review of the first "Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow" album from memory: "This debut mainly proves three things:

- that Ritchie's name is spelled with a "t",

- that he plays very well guitar,

- that the genius of In Rock and Machine Head might be a work of accident rather than intent."

That was in 1975. You really should and could have known better.   I have taken the liberty to adjust my signature accordingly (see below) in a - most likely vain - effort to prevent further damage to the forum.

But it's not all bad, your inherent goodwill and effort, however Jimmy Pagenesque sloppily delivered  , is much appreciated, shall this then be the start of a Blackmore thread, one thread to rule them all?



We've never had one before. Let's start with the very early days of The Smooth Dancer:



And that is him playing the lead riffs and solo too:



A few years later, Ritchie, already avec Les Purps, got a wahwah pedal (audibly liking it a lot, just listen to the 3rd DP album!) and played some lead for a - now unfortunately  late - singing bassist who would end up in Bad Company on a track that is one of my favorite early Dylan songs:



Blackmore's early (teenage) carreer as a session musician caused him to pretty much disdain session work or guest appearance for others in later decades, but sometimes he would do a friend - like here Jack Green, once slotted as a possible Rainbow bassist - a favor. He's not the lead guitar at the beginning (which sounds very American to me), but the one at 1.20 and towards the end. Now, all you Blackmore-haters and -belittlers out there, tell me who else plays like that and is so immediately recognizable?




Among his earliest DP work, this is among my favorites, off the 2nd album, where Blackers really came into his own, a mostly Jon Lord composition, but the way Ritchie builds up his two minute solo at 3.51 following a short orchestral piece courtesy of Jon is leagues ahead of anything else you could hear in 1968. And it already very much points the finger to later DP Mk 3 and early Rainbow work:



A man and his Strat (with no doubt some inspiration by Jimi H.) in a slightly romantic moment:

[Dave W]

Now look what you've done, Denis. I knew when I saw it late last night that Uwe would be all over the missing t.

No sense in egging him on. As it is, he can find a way to work Blackmore into almost any music discussion. If I were to start a thread about classical composers and their works, he'd probably be able to find a celebrity narrator of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf who is somehow connected to Blackmore.

[uwe]

Too late!!! Now you've let me out of the closet stocking!

[TBird1958]

Cute legs!





Mine are better tho 

[Big_Stu]

he'd probably be able to find a celebrity narrator of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf who is somehow connected to Blackmore.

Even I could do that - and I'm as away with the elves and fairies as that bloke who used to play in that heavy metal band, you know the one - ooooooh what's he called................

[uwe]

Did you really refer to Deep Purple just as "that heavy metal band"?




I am mounting my Heinkel 111 as I write!!!  

[Pilgrim]

I am mounting my Heinkel 111 as I write!!!  

I hope you at least bought it dinner first.   

[Big_Stu]

I'll see your........

......... and raise you.............

[daan]

I love this place.

[godofthunder]

  Stu I see your getting the hang of this place

[gweimer]

[Big_Stu]

  Stu I see your getting the hang of this place

Hopefully!   
.......... and since Lemmy likes practical jokes here's one I was warned about many years ago - early 80's! (Caution: more Slade content).
In those days myself and some mates used to go to a LOT of Slade gigs & many a time we'd end up helping the crew set up, get a pass in & watch the sound-check, mingle etc. We were warned about a roadie who while not being a regular was there on a tour - he was a BIG lad, damn he was big ............ looking not a lot unlike a well known UK wrestler of that time.......


He was first & foremost a driver; he had a habit due to his job & size of making a long twist of toilet paper & placing it down the back of his trousers (use your imagination) to soak up the sweat. The warning we were given was - IF you were ever unfortunate enough to be in his cab & on a long haul which made you feel drowsy so that you fell asleep - as likely as not you would wake up with the twist of paper dangling like a Fu-Manchu moustache under your nose!   

[4stringer77]

This was an amusing guy Blackmore played with...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icAcKwf5NJI&feature=related