Is there anyone else who happens to be a fan of Mr. Blackmore? For those who don't know him, he was one of the first to incorporate the neo-classical style of guitar playing into rock, and is credited as a major influence to many guitars players, including Yngwie J. Malmsteen, whom many of my fellow guild members seem to enjoy also.
xd He plays guitar in the rock groups Deep Purple and Rainbow (one of my favorite bands
xd ), and Blackmore's Night, his medieval-renassiance group he currently plays in with his fiance Candice Night.
If you've heard "Smoke On The Water" or "Highway Star," then you have a pretty good understanding of who this great musician is. Here are some of my favorite songs that he's played on, and I hope you enjoy them too. Listen, discuss.
biggrin Rainbow:
"I Surrender"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuiKnEgL5jE"Can't Let You Go"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iazgwEwhv0"Since You've Been Gone"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dUZJMpPc9Y"Still I'm Sad"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUSgGbuBQ0M"Difficult To Cure (aka Beethoven's Ninth Symphony w/full backing orchestra)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCxhRujGpbwDeep Purple:
"Burn"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CErFTm72UQ"Knocking At Your Back Door"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIZpF111Ojw"Solider Of Fortune"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGHbzP96WWA"Pictures Of Home"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z22wSWuH8l8"My Woman From Tokyo"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJE0kgSj4EkAnother thing he's famous for besides his innovatative and inspirational playing is his destructions of guitars. There have been many, many guitars that have fallen at the hands of Mr. Blackmore, and they are amazing spectacles...have you ever seen a Stratocaster used as a ******** kite before?
xd Well, here's my favorite destruction.
xd http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fzw3t7U6nI 
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