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Rory Gallagher, 1973
Rory Gallagher’s School of Blues This archive gem could be the best free guitar lesson you’ve ever had.
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Ritchie Blackmore playing guitar with Deep Purple at Nippon Budokan, August 17th, 1972.

Classic Tones: “Smoke On the Water” – Deep Purple

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VIDEO A mystery for decades, here’s how Ritchie Blackmore nailed that benchmark hard rock Strat sound.

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