I’ve never really listened to Deep Purple, but saw this vid and thought it was quite cool (the whole thing is great, but I cued it up to some clear picking footage).
There are a few interesting things going on here - upward pickslanting with sneaky legato, a different RDT motion for tremolo that he uses briefly, a seeming preference for upstrokes in general, etc…
This must have blown minds back then. I’m so used to seeing these bands looking like my parents, I periodically need to remind myself that they were at one point the pinnacle of cool. Then again, so were my parents!
BLACKMORE! Awesome. Totally awesome, dude was/is a killer.
Pretty sloppy. I think Page takes him.
It’s surreal, seeing the very-clearly-late-60s (or 1970, who’s counting) setting and crowd and overall vibe… and then watching some one rip off neoclassical licks on a ES335 into a Marshall. It’s got STRONG Back to the Future vibes to it.
I hear Blackmore wasn’t exactly the easiest guy to get along with, but dude could play…
lol Well documented! But, dang I sure do love his music! Awesome player, huge contributor to rock music. And what a massive influence he was.
So much Nigel Tufnel here. Great solo.
you’re joking right? For his time Blackmore was probably the cleanest, fastest of the heavy rock groups at that time… sure they all played ragged at times. Highway star? who was doing that in heavy rock back then?
I rarely hate a band’s sound, but Deep Purple sounds horrendous to my ears (that organ sound is a major reason, I suspect). I also can’t grasp Richie’s historical significance vs. his contemporaries like Jimi Hendrix. Gah, I blame the organ! 
I’m not the biggest fan of Deep Purple, other than the Mark III line-up with Coverdale and Hughes.
I think Rainbow (especially the Ronnie James Dio era) was one of the greatest bands of all time.
Incredible.
There is only one Rainbow song that I like, their cover of Since You’ve Been Gone. It could be that I have no taste, however!
I also hear people say that Richie has an influence from classical music, but I can’t hear it (well, vs. YJM).
wow… that’s a first. For a band as influential as Purple and so significant to modern heavy guitar/neo classical… thats quite a statement, and i don’t mean that in a good way.
what Deep Purple/Rainbow have you listened to then? Since you’ve been gone was a whole different era or Rainbow?
Everyone has their own tastes, but clasical motives, arrangements are all over Purple and Rainbow
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Please suggest the most extreme example of this and I will definitely check it out! 
But from what I have heard of them there is nothing that I would consider neoclassical, etc. (And this could be my lack of deep familiarity with their catalog.)
Speed king
child in time
fireball
highway star*
Burn
Rainbow
snake charmer
Sixteenth century Greensleeves
stargazer
gates of Babylon
fantastic example. forgot about that one! Thanks Chris!!
Thank you, this is a compelling example!
Perhaps I’m just extra fixated on this topic right now due to my own current struggles… But I couldn’t help notice how NOISELESS his signal was when he was playing quietly there with just the guitar only… Like there was no hum whatsoever.
Like, OK… Humbucking pickups, check… Probably a pretty clean amp tone by today’s standards and just really really loud so it still has some balls…
And maybe they just edited it out in post.
But c’mon, this was back in the Dark Ages…
WHERE IS THE HUM???
it’s Blackmore - the hum was too scared to be around him, hahaha plus all of his awesome notes kept it at bay!