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Today is the birthday of Ritchie Blackmore. A founder of Deep Purple, his riff for "Smoke On The Water" was the one every beginner guitarist learned.
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Blackmore left Deep Purple to found Rainbow, mostly so he could have full control of his own band.
Then in 1997, he left rock-and-roll entirely, founding Blackmore's Night with his wife, Candice night. They were sometimes billed as a Renaissance-music band, but in fact they combined Renaissance-era music, modern pop music, and modern rock in various combintation.
Here's a great clip of Blackmore's Night playing "Past Times With Good Company" -- a song written by King Henry VIII.
I saw them in Delaware a few years ago. Heavy metal fans are still in shock at Blackmore leaving their scene. But one thing jumped out: He actually smiled on stage -- maybe even twice. That's more than he smiled from 1970 to 1997.
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