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00:00In nature, my mother was kind of like a gypsy, so I learned all the gypsy little things, all the superstitions.
00:10Richie Blackmore is an English guitarist, songwriter, musician, and film score composer.
00:15He's one of the co-founders of Deep Purple, which was established back in 1968.
00:21This guitarist is prolific in creating guitar riffs and is often noted for his classically influenced tools.
00:27In April 2016, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of Deep Purple.
00:34Various publications, such as Rolling Stone and Guitar World, have cited him as one of the greatest and most influential guitar players of all time.
00:43He was ranked the 16th greatest metal guitarist of all time back in 2004, and in 2011, Rolling Stone ranked him number 50 on its list of the greatest guitarists of all time.
00:54Bob Dylan came up to me once and he said, hey, who the hell are you?
01:03And I kind of admired him for that.
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01:16His full name is Richard Hugh Blackmore, but is also known as the man in black, Blackers, Richie.
01:22He was born April 14, 1945, in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, making him 76 at the time of this production.
01:32He stands at 1.79 meters or 5 feet 10 inches tall.
01:38Richie learned to drive at the age of 39 and bought his first car during the mid-1980s.
01:43He's a heavy drinker and watched German-language television on a satellite dish when he's at home.
01:49He has several German friends as well as a collection of around 2,000 CDs of Renaissance music.
01:55Guitar World's readers have voted two of Richie's guitar solos among the 100 greatest guitar solos of all time.
02:02And in 1993, musicologist Robert Walser defined Richie as the most important musician of the emerging metal-slash-classical fusion.
02:12He's also credited as a precursor of the so-called guitar shredders that emerged in the mid-1980s.
02:17He's been an influence on guitarists like Yngwie Malstein, Brian May, Lita Ford, Wolf Hoffman, Michael Romeo, Randy Rhodes, Dave Menchetti, Scott Henderson, Craig Goldie,
02:45Paul Gilbert, Janet Gers, Brett Garson, and Frederick Ackeson.
02:58Matthew Bainton portrayed Richie in a film titled Telstar, which was released in 2009.
03:05Richie credits fellow guitarist Eric Clapton's music with helping him develop his own style of vibrato around 1968 or 1969.
03:12It was May 1964 when Richie got married to Margit Volkbar.
03:18The couple lived in Hamburg during the 1960s, and their son Jürgen was born in 1964.
03:25Jürgen played guitar in the touring band Over the Rainbow.
03:28After Margit and Richie divorced, Richie got married to Barbel, a former dancer from Germany.
03:34They married in 1969 and divorced in early 1970.
03:37He then dated opera singer Sashana Feinstein for one year.
03:42After having an affair with another woman named Christine, Richie met Amy Rothman in 1978.
03:48They moved to Connecticut and got married in 1981.
03:52However, the pair divorced in 1983.
03:55Richie then started a romantic relationship with Tammy Williams, who he met in Chattanooga, Tennessee in early 1984.
04:02After breaking up with Tammy, Richie married then-fashion model Candice Knight.
04:08They started living together in 1991 and moved to Long Island in 1993.
04:13The couple remained engaged for approximately 15 years before getting married in 2008.
04:20Candice once said,
04:21He's making me younger, and I'm aging him rapidly.
04:24The couple welcomed their daughter, Autumn, May 27th, 2010.
04:29Their son, Rory, was born on February 7th, 2012.
04:32I have a window, and this is true.
04:36You must never see a new moon through the glass.
04:39It's very unlucky.
04:41So often I'll say to Candice,
04:42Come with me, I want to show you something.
04:45He's the second son of Louis J. Blackmore and Violet.
04:48The family initially lived in Weston-Super-Mare in Somerset
04:51before moving to Heston in Middlesex.
04:54When the family moved to Heston, Richie was 2 years old.
04:57When Richie was 11 years old,
04:59he received his first guitar from his father under certain conditions,
05:03including learning how to play properly.
05:06He also took classical guitar lessons for one year.
05:10Back in 1979, he stated in an interview with Sounds Magazine
05:13that he started the guitar because he wanted to be like British musician Tommy Steele.
05:19Tommy used to jump around and play.
05:21Richie loathed school and hated his teachers.
05:25While he was at school,
05:26this famous guitarist participated in sports such as the javelin.
05:30When Richie was 15 years old,
05:32he left school and started work as an apprentice radio mechanic
05:35at nearby Heathrow Airport.
05:37Blackmore took electric guitar lessons
05:39from session guitarist Big Jim Sullivan.
05:42Back in 1960,
05:44Richie started work as a session player
05:45for Joe Meek's Music Productions.
05:47He performed in several bands
05:49and was initially a member of the instrumental band called The Outlaws.
05:53He also backed singer Glenda Collins,
05:55German-born pop singer Heinz,
05:57and others.
05:58He later backed horror-themed singer
06:01Screaming Lord Such
06:02and beat singer Neo Christina.
06:05In 1967,
06:06he joined a band to be called Roundabout
06:08after receiving an invitation from Chris Curtis
06:11who originated the concept of the band
06:13but would be forced out before the band fully formed.
06:16The lineup of the band was completed in April 1968
06:19and Richie was credited with suggesting the new name Deep Purple.
06:23This lineup featured bassist Nick Semper
06:26and singer Rod Evans
06:27and lasted until mid-1969
06:30and produced three studio albums.
06:33In 1970,
06:34the first studio album from Deep Purple's second lineup,
06:37In Rock,
06:38was released.
06:39The second lineup featured singer Ian Gillen
06:41and it lasted until mid-1973.
06:45During this time,
06:46the band released four studio albums,
06:48two of which reached number one in the United Kingdom.
06:51Then the third lineup featured Glenn Hughes on bass and vocals
06:55and David Coverdale on vocals.
06:57This lineup lasted until mid-1975
07:00and produced two studio albums.
07:03Later,
07:04Richie decided to leave the band
07:05to front a new group called Rainbow.
07:07In 1974,
07:09he took cello lessons from Hugh McDowell.
07:11Although he had initially planned to make a solo album,
07:14Richie later formed his own band in 1975,
07:18Richie Blackmore's Rainbow.
07:19The band name was later shortened to Rainbow.
07:22The debut album of this band,
07:24Richie Blackmore's Rainbow,
07:25was released in 1975.
07:27The next year,
07:29the band released another album called Rising.
07:31And then in 1977,
07:33they released a studio album called On Stage.
07:37In 1979,
07:38the band released Down to Earth,
07:40an album that featured R&B singer Graham Bonnet.
07:43In 1981,
07:44the band released an album titled Difficult to Cure,
07:47which introduced vocalist Joe Lynn Turner.
07:50It was followed by Straight Between the Eyes in 1982,
07:54which included the hit song called Stone Cold.
07:57In 1984,
07:58Richie joined a reunion of the second lineup of Deep Purple.
08:01This reunion lasted until 1989.
08:05In 1994,
08:06Richie reformed Rainbow with new members,
08:09including hard rock singer Doogie White.
08:11In 1997,
08:13the band disbanded after playing its final concert.
08:16Richie said,
08:17I didn't want to tour very much.
08:19In 1997,
08:20he formed a folk rock duo called Blackmore's Night
08:23with Candice Knight as a vocalist.
08:25They have released 11 studio albums,
08:27with the latest one being Nature's Light in 2021.
08:30In June 2016,
08:32a reformed Rainbow performed three European concerts.
08:39In the hand,
08:41and doing this.
08:43That thing they keep pressing.
08:46They walk across streets,
08:48and they're pressing buttons.
08:50He primarily makes money from songs
08:53that he released with various bands
08:54and as a solo artist.
08:56For example,
08:57he was once a member of Deep Purple.
08:58This band sold over 100 million album copies globally.
09:03Richie also adds extra cash to his bank account
09:05through various lucrative brand endorsement deals and concerts.
09:09As of 2021,
09:11Richie Blackmore has a total net worth of $16 million.
09:14He has a house on Long Island in New York.
09:17It was the year 1974
09:19when he moved to the United States for tax reasons.
09:22Richie Blackmore likely has the following vehicles in his garage.
09:28A Ford Coupe.
09:30A Mercedes-Benz.
09:46A Range Rover.
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