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вЂњFrom there I was on to a group called the Outlaws. He had amazing publicity stunts вЂ“ he would go up to the prime minister and stick his hand out and say: вЂHello there.вЂ™ The prime ministerвЂ™s first reflex was to shake his hand and suddenly heвЂ™s thinking, who is this man? HeвЂ™s got pictures of him about to shake hands with everyone in the business. вЂњMy first band was with Screaming Lord Sutch. I do like a blues base to some things that can be very interesting with classical overtones.вЂќ That depth, which comes out in Paul Rodgers, too. Albert King I thought was a brilliant singer. I listened to BB King for a couple of years, but I like singers more than guitarists. I like to play a blues when IвЂ™m jamming, but then I want to get on to other things. вЂњIt might sound condescending, but I find them a little too limited. I can see why theyвЂ™re respected and their rhythms are very good, very steady on record. Sometimes IвЂ™m outspoken, but I donвЂ™t have any time for the Stones. It was just a nick from Chuck Berry riffs.

I wasnвЂ™t really getting off on people like the Beatles and the Hollies, all that vocal business. I donвЂ™t listen to too much rockвЂ™nвЂ™roll really. I didnвЂ™t have any inspirations from guitarists it went more into inspiration from violinists. I listened to rock via Buddy Holly up until 16, 17. I bought all of Les PaulвЂ™s records up until I was about 17, but after that I didnвЂ™t have any idols. I wanted to do that just like everybody else вЂ¦ Duane Eddy, then Hank B Marvin, then Django Reinhardt, Wes Montgomery, James Burton, Les Paul. вЂњYeah, because there was a guy called Tommy Steele prancing around with a guitar, and Presley and all that lot.

He made sure I went along to proper lessons, because if IвЂ™m gonna have a guitar, IвЂ™ve got to learn it properly.вЂќ It mostly was my idea вЂ“ along with my father. To go back to square one, when did you start guitaring? The classic Deep Purple line-up: Ritchie Blackmore (guitar), Ian Gillan (vocals), Jon Lord (organ), Roger Glover (bass), Ian Paice (drums)

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I often think of that and I think I would play Fleetwood Mac because I canвЂ™t take the other stuff.вЂќ I donвЂ™t quite know what I prefer to listen to, the new wave or Fleetwood Mac. вЂњWell, thatвЂ™s got the impetus, the energy, but it hasnвЂ™t got the music. The new wave has that excitement, doesnвЂ™t it? I like intense music that comes across as drama, as acting.вЂќ ItвЂ™s gone into this mellow thing and IвЂ™m not keen on that. But the rest of America doesnвЂ™t seem to have reservations. Nice people, but I have reservations about what theyвЂ™re doing. (Laughing) вЂњFunny you should mention them. The DJs love it and they play and play it all the time.вЂќ IвЂ™m talking about middle-of-the-road bands that turn out that lethargic, laid-back cocaine beat. TheyвЂ™re the first ones to admit theyвЂ™re not good musicians. вЂњNo, Kiss I like because they donвЂ™t care what people think of them. In America you have some very strange big groups.вЂќ The way itвЂ™s been going, I think itвЂ™s been getting worse. All these people are turning out to see this band and next year theyвЂ™ll be turning out to see some other band equally as bad or as good, whichever way you look at it. ItвЂ™s funny how sometimes it will escalate and turn into something that big, when you know youвЂ™re just the same as any other band. If youвЂ™re a top-billed act, you get back to the hotel and everythingвЂ™s closed.вЂќ It means I can get back to the bar afterwards. A lot of people feel that, but itвЂ™s just something you do. Most of the time weвЂ™re sharing the bill with REO Speedwagon, and Foghat is topping the bill in other places. Now the only market left is America and weвЂ™re the underdog. We took advantage of it rather than just playing around America as a small-time band. вЂњItвЂ™s just that the other markets came first, Europe and all that. Seeing as how this was the bandвЂ™s fourth album, why the long wait to try and make a mark on America? Rainbow had that evening finished a rehearsal prior to their multi-month tour in support of a new album, Long Live RockвЂ™nвЂ™Roll. My only complaint about the thoughtful and open Mr Blackmore was that he insisted on keeping his juiciest comments off the record. Indeed, when we got over the surprise of discovering him to be a pleasant fellow, he even fielded borderline tactless questions, unthinkable to ask of someone with his image. Ritchie Blackmore turned out to be a genial model of decorum, and was fully prepared to discuss anything. Over a typically giddy barroom roar, interrupted occasionally by notes from an вЂњadmirerвЂќ who asked things like вЂњAre you Deep Purple?вЂќ, we had our talk. After a circuitous drive, we pulled up to a suburban bar in Greenwich, Connecticut (Ritchie lives nearby), and parked ourselves in a greasy-looking swinging-singles place. There was nothing to worry about, as it happened.

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