Nearly two decades after a switch to medieval music, former Deep Purple and Rainbow co-founder Ritchie Blackmore says he might play rock again – but not for long.
“Just for a few days, next June,” Blackmore reveals, in a new interview with the French newspaper Le Parisien.. “But for now, I’m not decided on the persons I want to work with. I’ve got a good idea about the ideal candidates, but it wouldn’t be fair to say anything now. I will know exactly in one month who I want to have in this band to play Deep Purple and Rainbow songs. We will probably play three or four shows in June; that’s all.”
“I think that [former Rainbow singer] Joe [Lynn Turner] will not be part of the adventure, and he doesn’t know it yet,” Blackmore counters. “He does his thing, I like him, and I made good albums and good songs with him, like Street of Dreams. But I’m thinking about doing a mixture in the band, with famous people and not so famous ones. That’s my state of mind at the moment, and you’re the first person I talk to about it.”
When the journalist thanked Blackmore for the scoop, he stated “there should be about three or four people who might be interested.”
additional source: ultimateclassicrock.com
Time to give Glenn Hughes a call.
Come on Ritchie, there’s still plenty of time to come back to Rock full time. Rock needs you, and you need to Rock, we all do!
Joe Lynn Turner is not a happy camper right now. Doogie-make sure your cell is not on vibrate only!
Could also be Mike DiMeo. Blackmore wanted him to replace JLT for The Battle Rages On but was overruled.
He knows everyone wants him to return to rock, so being the a**hole he’s known to be, he’s going return but only for a short time. Then, I guess, it’s right back to Medieval times for Sir Ritchie. I hope a dragon steps on his lute then takes a dump on his castle.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hobbits everywhere are breathing a sigh of relief.
On a serious note, this guy is a hell of a guitar player, legendary. But he is also a giant pee hole of a human being.