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21/06/1975 Ritchie Blackmore quits Deep Purple

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Ritchie Blackmore considered leaving Deep Purple in 1971!

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Ritchie Blackmore discussing his relationship with Ian Gillan when working together in Deep Purple

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Ritchie Blackmore Interview (Rainbow) on Countdown 1979

Richard Hugh Blackmore is one of the founding members of Deep Purple, playing jam-style hard-rock music which mixed guitar riffs and organ sounds. During his solo career, he established the heavy metal band Rainbow, which fused baroque music influences and elements of hard rock. Rainbow steadily moved to catchy pop-style mainstream rock.