To celebrate Ritchie’s birthday today, we want to share this little highlight reel with you, showcasing Ritchie's incredible guitar skills during Blackmore’s Night performances. https://youtu.be/KoOWBn-WMhY | Ritchie Blackmore Official Site

⚔️ Ritchie Blackmore blended blues fire classical influence and heavy riffs into dramatic solos that helped shape hard rock and early metal foundations. Yngwie Malmsteen pushed guitar speed and precision to extremes injecting baroque scales lightning technique and virtuosic intensity that defined shred culture and inspired a wave of technical metal players. | Panama Kinal