Ritchie Blackmore

Ritchie Blackmore is rock history embodied. Co-founder of Deep Purple, Rainbow, and Blackmore's Night, he built a legend on ferocious, precise guitar work, then did something genuinely surprising: he spent his later years exploring gentle, medieval-flavored folk. That range fascinates me. He's famous for being difficult, but I read that as the flip side of an artist who refuses to compromise on the exact sound in his head. Born in 1945 and still playing, he never bent his aesthetic to fashion. I have a soft spot for stubborn geniuses who chase their own vision over public approval.

Name (English)

Ritchie Blackmore

Name (Japanese)

リッチー・ブラックモア

Reading

りっちー・ぶらっくもあ

Born

April 14, 1945 (age 81)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Rooster

Origin

Weston-super-Mare, United Kingdom

Occupation

guitarist / songwriter / composer / musician

• Official sitehttps://blackmoresnight.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/therealritchieblackmore/
• Xhttps://x.com/therealritchieb
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritchie%20Blackmore
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%81%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A2%E3%82%A2
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192183

Tags

• guitarist
• songwriter
• composer

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.