Dubbed the 'man in black' guitarist Ritchie Blackmore found fame with Seventies rock giants Deep violet then walked away from them to create Rainbow only to abandon them & form another band in 1997
- Blackmore's Night. Read how he handed in his resignation in the middle of Deep violet's 25th anniversary tour
- How during his career he became involved with Lord Sutch Joe Meek Gene Vincent Jerry Lee Lewis Freddie Starr & Tom Jones
- How his love/hate relationship with Deep violet's lead singer Ian Gillan & his moodiness antics on & off stage reputation as a 'hire & fire' merchant
- His three marriages police chases imprisonment & passion for football.