"I Was There to Heal Any wounds." Ritchie Blackmore Reflects on "Emotional" Onstage Reunion with Deep Purple

Ritchie Blackmore says Deep Purple reunion "could be the last time we see each other”

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Ritchie Blackmore on His Deep Purple Reunion: ‘It Could be the Last Time We See Each Other’

"I was there to see old friends. I hadn’t seen [them] in 40 years and we're all getting older," Blackmore told Guitar Player about his one-off rendition of "Smoke on the Water" in Long Island

Ritchie Blackmore on Deep Purple Reunion: “It Could Be the Last Time We See Each Other”

Ritchie Blackmore reflected on his recent onstage reunion with Deep Purple, saying how the thought of not being able to see them again spurred him.

Ritchie Blackmore reflects on his 'very moving' reunion with Deep Purple

Ritchie Blackmore reflects on his 'very moving' reunion with Deep PurpleRitchie Blackmore has finally talked about his recent onstage reunion with Deep Purple after years of estrangement.For those unaware, Blackmore reunited with his former band Deep Purple to perform the set closer Smoke on the...

"I was there to heal any wounds." Ritchie Blackmore reflects on "emotional" onstage reunion with Deep Purple

Ritchie Blackmore says his recent onstage reunion with Deep Purple after three decades of estrangement was a chance to heal old wounds.The 81-year old co-founder of the band joined them onstage to perform set closer Smoke On The Water in Wantagh, New York earlier this week.He hadn't played with Deep Purple since leaving under a cloud after a show in Helsinki, Finland, in November 1993.But after 33 years he finally made peace with singer Ian Gill…

Ritchie Blackmore says he reunited with Deep Purple to “heal any wounds”

33 years after he left Deep Purple, the legendary guitarist Ritchie Blackmore finally reunited with the band and played "Smoke on the Water" at their show in Wantagh, New York, last Wednesday, August 12. It was him who reached out to them, asking if he could attend the show and play one song with them. As he told Guitar Player in an interview, he was there to heal any wounds, but he found out there were none. Ritchie Blackmore says he reunited w…