Ritchie Blackmore started his career as a session player for the music production company of Joe Meek. He was the member of the English instrumental band “The Outlaws” and performed in many live concerts.
In 1968, he joined the band “Deep Purple” after an invitation from Chris Curtis. The first studio album of the Mark Two line up of the band was “In Rock” (1970), which was highly appreciated by the fans.
In 1975, Blackmore quit the band to form the new band “Rainbow.” In the same year, the band’s first studio album Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, was released. The other studio albums of the band include Rising( 1976), On Stage (1977), Down To Earth (1979), Difficult to Cure (1981), Straight Between the Eyes (1982), and many more.
In 1984, he joined the recent reunion of the Mark Two line of the band “Deep Purple.” They produced two studio albums and one live album before splitting up in 1989. In 1994, he reformed the band “Rainbow” with new members and produced the album “Stranger in Us All.”
Blackmore and his girlfriend Candice Night formed a traditional folk-rock duo, which was known as “Blackmore’s Night.” They recorded their debut album Shadow of the Moon in the year 1997. Some other studio albums of the duo include Under a Violet Moon (1999), Fires at Midnight (2001), Beyond the Sunset: The Romantic Collection (2004), and many more.
