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Catalinbread unleashes Ritchie Blackmore-inspired double-pedal boxset
By Matt Owen published
These trippy-looking offerings aim to sound as good as they look by way of period-accurate appointments and like-for-like preamp and treble booster circuitry

Ritchie Blackmore wields his Fender Strat once more on bluesy Blackmore's Night instrumental, Der letzte Musketier (The Last Musketeer)
By Sam Roche published
The Deep Purple legend offers up some tasteful electric blues lines in this cut taken from the band's new album, Nature's Light

How to play guitar like 7 Fender Strat icons
By Chris Bird published
Master the tones and techniques of 7 legendary Stratocaster players

Steve Morse says he combined Ritchie Blackmore and Joe Satriani's playing styles for his first Deep Purple gig
By Sam Roche published
"That's what I brought – to make the other guys feel comfortable," the shredder recalls

Ritchie Blackmore and William Shatner team up to cover B.B. King’s The Thrill is Gone
By Michael Astley-Brown published
The track will appear on Shatner’s forthcoming star-studded album, The Blues

Watch Ritchie Blackmore and Deep Purple perform in New York in 1973
By Damian Fanelli published
See the band's classic Mark II lineup at the peak of their powers

Adrian Smith on Iron Maiden’s three-guitar line-up: “If you had three Yngwie Malmsteens, it would have been a fight after about five minutes”
By Richard Bienstock published
The guitarist opens up about transforming the band into “Lynyrd Maiden”

Ritchie Blackmore, David Gilmour, Brian May and Others Play "Smoke on the Water" in 1989
By Christopher Scapelliti published
One of the greatest guitar hero gatherings of all time.
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