Ritchie Blackmore

McBride shared his pride over being icon’s rhythm guitarist on his historic “Smoke on the Water” jam with Blackmore

Watch Harrison perform with the British hard rockers on an energetic version of Little Richard’s "Lucille" in 1984

In a new Guitar Player interview, Blackmore describes the joy of his "Smoke on the Water" performance: “I was there to heal any wounds — but there weren’t any wounds”

The guitarist saw a gap for Deep Purple’s earthy, aggressive rock at the height of the Police’s success

The guitarist joined the rock group he helped found at their August 12 performance

The guitarist says he will join the rock group for one song at a show tonight at New York’s Jones Beach Theater

Despite being told not to imitate Ritchie Blackmore or Steve Morse, the Deep Purple guitarist says classics like “Highway Star” demand a different approach.

Blackmore’s mystery illness sent him to a Texas hospital on Deep Purple’s first U.S. gig, while a local guitar hero came to his rescue