Ritchie Blackmore meeting Eric Clapton in 1968

Way to go Richie !

German beer is Ritchie's secret.

Great story, Ritchie! And thank you Candice! 👍

Love Richie, my guitar inspiration

Hofbräuhaus beer..good choice ; )

Dear mister Blackmore. I consider myself as the best of the best bedroom guitarrists of all ages ever since 1973 when I was 5 yo. Is there anyone out there sincerely better than I am at all? Thanks for your music.

Thanks Ritchie !! ...enjoyed it.

Thank you so much I though that was great 👍 please write a book 📖🙂🎸I like hearing about Eric and you 🎸

Thanks for the stories, sir!

thank you blackmore for all the goog music and histories you and deep purple have given us.l am luck to be in a time that you (deep purle) was born....wish you and family good,healthy long life sir.from an unknown fan,noshad

HOUSE OF BLUE LIGHT ------BAD ATTITUDE AWESOME

Thanks Ritchie!!! Cool story man.

I am a guitarist. In the 70s, when I was a young boy, I learned to play the guitar and developed with Ritchie's guitar playing technique. I would go to sleep and wake up with his name. Danke dir Ritchie. Gottes Segen dir. Bleib gesund. ❤

Thanks! That was great. I always look forward to these stories.

I've always felt I could listen to Ritchie play all day, no matter what style he was in the mood for... now I have a notion I could also listen to Blackmore the raconteur all day as well!

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I love this so much! Hopefully Candace and Ritchie can bless us mere mortals with more of these amazing stories 🙌

Really wonder where, and was beam of kindness, generous, and a real friend the missed late superhero guitarist Allan Holdsworth doing at this time period.

Lovely stories Richard. Thank you.

Thanks for sharing!!!! Can't wait for more!!!! Greatings form Argentina!!!!!!!!!!!

She owns him!

Ho, do I love Richie, especially for that line, if you Disturb us we're going to crank up our Amplifiers and play them at 3am 😂nice one Richie that should have all the Guest's running to the hotel next-door, but some how I don't think that would be far enough😂

He comes across as a very different person when Candice is present: much more relaxed and affable. Maybe his seemingly arrogant and stand off attitude is mere insecurity.

Just love seeing and listening to ritchie a genius

I just realized that this is the first time I've heard his real voice.

Thank you for sharing the story. Just like your music, I could listen to your stories all day.

How interesting, of course all of these guitar players influenced one another and gave each other playing tips e.t.c

Rich I need to hear studio records in France with Mark Clarke with Tony Carey. And the rock show gates of Babylon in 1978 was it live or

Wow baby kakes candis gypsy qween. Love and when we love we love together

Candice you really softened him up..nice to see and hear

Mr. Blackmoor is so underrated in the pantheon of greats…Deep Purple and Rainbow are amazing bands…

I bought 5 Blackmoor’s Night albums on ITunes after watching Ritchie with his wife..love Deep Purple, love Rainbow…his Blackmoor’s Night catalog isn’t for everyone everyone but is is a great body of folk music…

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Love ya Ritchie

A man in his Schoss. Nice.

GOAT

Thank you Candice and Ritchie😊

Nice. Thanks.

Hell yea......tell us more stories about your life on the road. You're one of the most important figures of rock n roll.

Awesome story. This is r'n'r history, it should be in a book... all of it. Please Ritchie, write a book, heck, have somebody write it for you, with your stories in it. Cheers!

I wonder if that’s how Yngwie got the name for the duck guitar

First saw Ritchie play in Sydney '71 with Manfred Mann and FREE and outdoors show ad if I remember correctly the May autumn sun went down as Deep Purple came on and played. Apparently a one off promo gig? Wayyy too long ago but with Speed King kicking off ... woohoo ... but what a show. Then LedZeppelin inSydney at their peak in '72. Life was good.

What a wonderful story... thanks to Candace and Ritchie for making this happen. But then, I remember hearing that Ritchie said in 1993, that Clapton couldn't play. lol. But then again that is one of the two worst Purple DVDs ever, so I think we can write that instance off, lol. But Ritchie doesn't just play blues scales, and Eric basically always does, so I think that's what that was about. But yeah I've been having problems with my wrists for the last year or so and that sort of thing is just horrible. Here's hoping we all recover.

Blackmore ten times better guitarist than Clapton ever was.

Great stories, please keep them coming

We’re all listening Ritchie, keep them coming!

This is cool. Keep them coming!

Ritchie has an extraordinary gift of story and humour without showing any physical signs…classic stoic yet hilarious. Stick with a duck that quacked a nice present from him…priceless!

We're still here Rich, we love you.

Ritchie is a genius playing guitar … and an excellent storyteller also … long live Ritchie Blackmore