http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.37822&rws=%2Fritchie-blackmore%2Ftop-tracks.rssRitchie Blackmore helped form Deep Purple in 1968 and it's his thunder-headed guitar work that graces their finest moments -- from "Hush" to "Smoke On The Water." For this alone, Blackmore is vital to the hessian canon, but it does not stop there. Blackmore jumped ship on Deep Purple in the mid-1970s to work with Ronnie James Dio (who was then singing for Elf). Together they created Rainbow, who churned out some fine heavy, shrieking crotch rock, such as "Long Live Rock N' Roll." Blackmore kept Rainbow going until the mid-1980s and then disbanded the group. During the '90s, Blackmore reappeared under the auspices of Blackmore's Night, a medieval Renaissance folk group that included his fiancee Candice Night. Songs about minstrels and gypsies and titles such as "Fayre Thee Well" ensued, and Blackmore would often be photographed with a hawk on his arm. Needless to say, Blackmore's dedication to Heavy Metal and its accompanying folklore puts everyone else to shame. Progressive Metalen720Fri, 4 Dec 2009 00:14:52 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.37822&rws=%2Fritchie-blackmore%2Ftop-tracks.rss Ritchie Blackmore helped form Deep Purple in 1968 and it's his thunder-headed guitar work that graces their finest moments -- from "Hush" to "Smoke On The Water." For this alone, Blackmore is vital to the hessian canon, but it does not stop there. Blackmore jumped ship on Deep Purple in the mid-1970s to work with Ronnie James Dio (who was then singing for Elf). Together they created Rainbow, who churned out some fine heavy, shrieking crotch rock, such as "Long Live Rock N' Roll." Blackmore kept Rainbow going until the mid-1980s and then disbanded the group. During the '90s, Blackmore reappeared under the auspices of Blackmore's Night, a medieval Renaissance folk group that included his fiancee Candice Night. Songs about minstrels and gypsies and titles such as "Fayre Thee Well" ensued, and Blackmore would often be photographed with a hawk on his arm. Needless to say, Blackmore's dedication to Heavy Metal and its accompanying folklore puts everyone else to shame. http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1434810&rws=%2Fritchie-blackmore%2Ftop-tracks.rss Progressive Metal Tue, 29 Oct 1996 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Ritchie Blackmore on Rhapsody Online 1434810 tra.1434810 Ritchie Blackmore art.37822 0.99 Twang! A Tribute To Hank Marvin... alb.296761 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/2/2/3/743222_170x170.jpg 1996-01-01 00:00:00.0 1996-10-29 00:00:00.0 true Apache tra.1434810 194000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1434810&rws=%2Fritchie-blackmore%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.1434810&variant=data&rws=%2Fritchie-blackmore%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15842041&rws=%2Fritchie-blackmore%2Ftop-tracks.rss Progressive Metal Tue, 11 Feb 1997 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Ritchie Blackmore on Rhapsody Online 15842041 tra.15842041 Ritchie Blackmore art.37822 0.99 25 Very Rare Masters From The Sixties alb.15828792 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/0/7/4/1074701_170x170.jpg 1996-11-04 00:00:00.0 1997-02-11 00:00:00.0 true Getaway tra.15842041 139000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15842041&rws=%2Fritchie-blackmore%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15842041&variant=data&rws=%2Fritchie-blackmore%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15842042&rws=%2Fritchie-blackmore%2Ftop-tracks.rss Progressive Metal Tue, 11 Feb 1997 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Ritchie Blackmore on Rhapsody Online 15842042 tra.15842042 Ritchie Blackmore art.37822 0.99 25 Very Rare Masters From The Sixties alb.15828792 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/0/7/4/1074701_170x170.jpg 1996-11-04 00:00:00.0 1997-02-11 00:00:00.0 true Little Brown Jug tra.15842042 115000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15842042&rws=%2Fritchie-blackmore%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.15842042&variant=data&rws=%2Fritchie-blackmore%2Ftop-tracks.rss