Ritchie Blackmore

[mandocrucian]

Blackmore plunking mando (http://www.blackmoresnight.com/photos/live/12-03/page001/08.html)

Blackmore's Night (http://www.blackmoresnight.com/index2.htm)

NH

<span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'>JJ: You also played some Mandolin on this record?

RB: I just went into a guitar shop down the road not too long ago and asked if they had one, and they pulled one off the back wall. I told them it would do, but could they tell me how to play it? They didn’t have any idea , so I tune it like a guitar and just play it like a guitar so the notes I tune to are G C F# and A.
from Acoustic Musician interview (http://www.solidairrecords.com/AMR_interviews/blackmore.html)</span>

[MirekPatek]

I would say F# is mistake instead of E, but maybe not...

[Plamen Ivanov]

Hello,

In the video of "Times they are a changing" the mandolin (A style F-holes) is played by another member of the band, while Ritchie is playing a twelve string guitar with lute-like body. Anyone else seen this video?

I like the Blackmore`s Night releases and own most of the CDs, although I was shocked how out of tune can Candice sing, when live on stage.

[Tom C]

Does he pick Highway Star?

[mandobob]

If he were to mimic the guitars inside strings and lower them each a whole step he'd have G C F A.
Interesting choice.

[Eugene]

Well, hearing Blackmore's Night makes me miss Deep Purple, Rainbow, Green Bullfrog, Lord Sutch & Heavy Freinds, etc. I tried to get into it...but just couldn't. Some of it is OK, and I suspect I would have really enjoyed it if it had appeared when I was 15. I kinda liked their cover of Renaissance's "Ocean Gypsy," but prefer the original. I will admit that I haven't gone out of my way to hear much after my initial exposure. Their typical pseudo-gothic style of renaissance-era apery has never done much for me. This is only my opinion and yours is free to differ without shame.

[Plamen Ivanov]

Hello Eugene,

Hearing "Blackmore`s night" doesn`t make me miss the above bands. It`s just different and I`m not going to compare them. The colour of Purple, Rainbow, etc. is also due to the other members of the bands. And why should we miss them?! Just put their CDs in the changer and it`s OK. Regret, that they do not perform together anymore? May be. But that`s how it goes. Not all of the bands could be like Rolling Stones, right?! BTW, how is their tour in the US going?

I must admit, that after the first "Night" album "Shadow of the moon", every following CD is getting poorer. When "Shadow of the moon" appeared I was 20-21, so you might be right about the age. Some of the pieces from "Shadow of the moon" and the next "Under the violet moon" became part of our Duo`s repertoire.

Best,
Plamen

[A Brown]

The picture is of him playing a Fylde Touchstone; and the Fylde website tells the story a bit differently (www.fyldeguitars.com) :
"Ritchie Blackmore, lead guitarist of the legendary Band Deep Purple, is the latest musical giant to discover the playing qualities of Fylde Instruments. For the recording of his latest Album, "Ghosts of a Rose" Blackmore has used a Fylde Touchstone Mandolin and the larger Mandola to enhance his unique brand of Folk/ Rock.
"Blackmore found time during the hectic European leg of his World tour to contact Fylde with a request for instruments to suit his particular requirements. The mandolin and mandola were quickly built into the stage act, and followed by an Octavius Signature Bouzouki for leisure time playing!"

Or maybe he decided he liked mandolin and wanted to do it properly!

Alastair

[jefflester]

Ritchie trying his hand at the spear toss:

http://www.blackmoresnight.com/photos/personal/gainsville_ren_faire_2007/05.jpg

[Keith Erickson]

Does he pick Highway Star?
How about Smoke on the Water? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif

[jefflester]

Does he pick Highway Star?
How about Smoke on the Water? #http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif
Blackmore's Night was doing a version of Child in Time at one point.

[Jim Broyles]

I would say F# is mistake instead of E, but maybe not...
Well, if he tunes it like a guitar, the second string would certainly not be F# If the rest of them are G, C, _, and A. It would be an E as you said.

[mandolooter]

Hummmm...Tommy Bolin was my Purple man.

[David Cottingham]

Does he pick Highway Star?
How about Smoke on the Water? http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mandosmiley.gif
Blackmore's Night was doing a version of Child in Time at one point.
Heard them do Child in Time in SF in 2004 or '05 and enjoyed it very much. If they were going to do one Purple song, that's the one I wanted to hear. Highway Star just wouldn't be the same in that context.

[pgfoto]

I played in a band in the early 70's.... We covered Child In Time
I saw Deep Purple with Gillan, Lord, Glover(who was a lefty drummer) and Gilmore 4 or 5 times at great venues, pre stadiums in Chicago
Blackmore was unbeleivable
No Mando back then.....
It's really cool to see he's still around.
Although, he looks like an old guy with young hair.....
I on the other hand am an old guy with little hair.......

Pentwater (http://www.pentwatermusic.com)

[pgfoto]

Sorry.... Ian Paice was the drummer