Black Knight: Ritchie Blackmore (German Edition)

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Black Knight: Ritchie Blackmore

Ritchie Blackmore by Jerry Bloom. Dubbed the 'man in black', guitarist Ritchie Blackmore found fame with Seventies rock giants Deep Purple, then walked away from them to create Rainbow, only to abandon them and form another band in - Blackmore's Night. Paperback , pages. Published April 1st by Omnibus Press first published To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Black Knight , please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia.

Although an at times intriguing insight to the world of a very complex man who is obviously an immensely talented musician and songwriter, I cannot help feeling that this book is lacking some professionalism. The author more often than not comes across as someone who lets his admiration for Blackmore cloud his objectivity on the matter, a fan so full of admiration with his hero that he has taken it upon him to try to document the life of this enigmatic character, without really knowing how to pa Although an at times intriguing insight to the world of a very complex man who is obviously an immensely talented musician and songwriter, I cannot help feeling that this book is lacking some professionalism.

The author more often than not comes across as someone who lets his admiration for Blackmore cloud his objectivity on the matter, a fan so full of admiration with his hero that he has taken it upon him to try to document the life of this enigmatic character, without really knowing how to pace the information nor how to choose what to write and what not to write. Also, strangely enough, I found the book somewhat riddled with typos and spelling errors, something you don't expect to find in a professional publication.

The lack of serious sources - the greater part of Blackmore's fellow band members, like Jon Lord, Ian Paice, Ronnie James Dio, Ian Gillan and Candice Night, have not given interviews for the book except in a few short quotes in rare cases - fills this book with what I perceive as "clutter", where the author goes into immense detail on things like almost every single tour Blackmore has been a part of. And while information like this can be interesting to some extent, it tended to leave me tired and thinking that this is stuff interesting only to a handful of extremely devoted fans.

This attention to detail is more apparent in the first half of the book, where Blackmore's tenure as a session musician is dealt with, and it strikes me as a bit odd why the author would go on to such length about an albeit important period of Blackmore's career, while he would skimp on the parts of his Blackmore's career that really brought him to the limelight which are the periods I presume the readers would be more interested in reading about. An example of this would be the way he leaves as much space for talking about the important Deep Purple album 'Fireball', as he would about one single gig that Blackmore did with the Outlaws in That being said, I did enjoy parts of the book, and I would be lying if I didn't say that some of the stories about Blackmore's pranks didn't amuse me, and that this is at least for me part of the appeal of reading this book - to get an insight into the complex personality and life of someone I and a lot others consider to be a living legend.

Given the lack of any official biography - and I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for one - this is a readable although somewhat lacking account that I would recommend only die-hard fans of Blackmore to read. And even to them I will warn that some patience might be needed to get through certain parts of the book. Richie ise aga on, nagu geeniused tihtilugu ikka, suht raske tegelane. Jul 31, Laura rated it liked it. As a huge Blackmore fan, I was eager to read this biography. I loved the beginning parts, especially because Blackmore's pre-Purple years, are kind of obscure, and he did so much work it is difficult to keep pace.

Bloom did a good investigation over those years. The Purple early years sometimes overlap which Bloom's other book about Deep Purple. But then again the Purple-Rainbow years are more widely known. I also got the feeling that the second Purple reunion was really rushed, one moment they we As a huge Blackmore fan, I was eager to read this biography.

I also got the feeling that the second Purple reunion was really rushed, one moment they were recording Perfect Strangers and the other Slaves and Masters. Then again the chronology is perfectly established. The Blackmore's Night years are also well written, and I am thankful for it because this is again another era I have no clue about, in fact, it made me so curious I started listening to their records. I would love to see an autobiography done by Blackmore itself, but I don't think that will happen anytime soon.

And this book is sometimes even more enjoyable than the documentary about his life. A simply written book that does accomplish it's goal of being thorough and informative. Giving the reader a good perspective of one of the world's best guitar players. The author has interviewed the legendary guitar player numerous times and attended concerts of Deep Purple and Rainbow, both ground breaking groups.

He also provides details and historical data of Blackmores Night the band he has been playing in for over the last decade. He was not very good in school and wanted to be known as a g A simply written book that does accomplish it's goal of being thorough and informative.

He was not very good in school and wanted to be known as a great guitar player instead. A statement he has said many times which the later is most remembered like he wanted. As he perfected his craft his visionary attitude became apparent when he formed the legendary rock group Deep Purple.

He also had a great knack of finding musicians to complement his skills and dedication to music. In , crowds were stunned after hearing "Speed King" followed by "Child In Time" then erupted into fanatical applause. No band was making music like that, very fast and loud. One of these items ships sooner than the other. Buy the selected items together This item: Customers who viewed this item also viewed.

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Read reviews that mention deep purple ritchie blackmore purple and rainbow brian may joe satriani steve vai blackmores night blackmore story documentary dvd hear video candice fans guitar interview glover morse personal playing. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. I have kept up with all Deep Purple related materials since , and did not really think this film would have much material that I had not seen previously in a book, or on a DVD.

I figured it would probably have as much of Candice in it, as Ritchie himself. No surprise there, but it is all new video, new interviews, new photos that you see. Now, he does NOT go into in-depth discussion of his methodology of discerning Baroque Classical scales with reference to lead breaks, and solos. A guitarist from Def Leopard does a short demonstration, but not Ritchie. What Ritchie does give you is a closer image of who he is, what he is like, He knows himself pretty good, I think. He must be the Boss in any endeavor he pursues. He gets the lion share of the income of his current project, which cannot possibly be as much as he made during the "Renaissance Period" of creative, progressive music in the 70's; but that music is not in vogue today.

You can turn on any radio station in your town, and not hear a Deep Purple song all day in You could not do this in the 's. ALL three was on the radio in the Seventies was pretty good progressive music from the bands that were highly respected then, and now by knowledgeable music fans. Today, we live in the "Dark Ages" of popular music with literal noise being sold as music to many consumers, and with Baby Boomers largely preferring acoustic songs with pop vocals dominating the airwaves.

That's where the money is, and Ritchie has quite a few mouths to feed each month. Of course, his acoustic music is FAR superior to what is played on radio stations in America today, but in this documentary; one is able to detect his appreciation for just how good his electric creations of the past were as well.

If the Rainbow shows do well, financially, I expect he will add some performances. I watched it twice immediately Be sure to watch the bonus "Interviews. I was so pleased to see about five of them comment at least one time during this documentary, and Interview section. Not Gillan, but everyone else!! Sorry to add this, But, Blackmore is definitely the best lead guitar player in captivity today. His personality is that of an English gentleman with a warped sense of humor; and I like him much. This video is not as long as the Tom Petty video. It does not include as much music as the Jeff Lynne video, and it does not go into the extreme depth that the Eagles documentary; but "The Blackmore Story" is very, very good!

I bought the documentary without the Rainbow concert. If you want an extremely good concert performance, I recommend "The Black Masquerade" from Doogie White version of Rainbow was phenomenal! Finally,Ritchie gets the credit he deserves,and this DVD is a very enjoyable look at his life and career thru his eyes,as well as some of the Great talents of the 20th century! So nice to finally hear Ritchie's side of the story,and to hear the likes of Steve Vai,Joe Satriani,and Steve Morse tell how Ritchie's guitar playing inspired their playing thru the years.

Well done documentary on one of my favorite guitarists. I once worked for the Swiss band Krokus. And in we toured with Rainbow. I learned quickly that Ritchie wasn't very friendly, but it wasn't a concern. I didn't have to deal with him so it wasn't an issue. I do remember being at a truck stop early one morning somewhere in America where we'd stopped for fuel on our journey to the next town.

Seems the Rainbow busses had also stopped for fuel. When I was returning to our tour bus I noticed Ritchie on a ladder used by the attendants to wash windshields. He had moved one close to the bunk area of our bus and had climbed up and was beating as hard as he could to wake up anyone sleeping on our bus. Needless to say, the Krokus guys were rudely awakened! He did have a good sense of humor!

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I really enjoyed the story of Ritchie Blackmore! It was very informative and Ritchie had quite the life through the years. The only gripe I had was I wish there was more music on it. I love Ritchie's guitar playing both with Deep Purple as well as Rainbow. I would definitely recommend this DVD who's a fan of Blackmore. You won't be disappointed. Anytime you get Ritchie Blackmore to sit down and do a great interview s is a good thing - because he rarely does and shies away from that kind of thing.

He does not play the political game for anyone. I found this DVD excellent overall. I think Ritchie could have let a few comments stay as water under the bridge.

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