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And now we're walking in the path of an Arrogant Boy. Arrogant Boy, the first single from Deep Purple's new album SPLAT!, is out at midnight. Watch the new video via the link in bio now. //DP WebCrew #deeppurple #SPLAT #deeppurplesplat #newalbum

Deep Purple performing “Highway Star,” 1971-72. The song didn’t begin in a studio. According to bassist Roger Glover, the band wrote it on a tour bus en route to a gig at the Portsmouth Guildhall on September 13, 1971. They were getting sick of “Speed King” as their opener and needed something new. A journalist on the bus asked how they wrote songs. Ritchie Blackmore grabbed an acoustic guitar and started playing a riff built on a single repeated G note. Ian Gillan improvised lyrics over the top. They refined it at soundcheck. They performed it that same night. It became their set opener before it had ever been recorded. The song evolved through live performances across the fall of 1971 before being captured for Machine Head, recorded in December 1971 in Montreux, Switzerland. The sessions were famously interrupted when the casino they planned to record in burned to the ground during a Frank Zappa concert… which became the other song. Blackmore had specific intentions for his guitar solo. He drew on a Bach-like chord progression and said he wanted the whole thing to feel like someone driving fast, music made for speeding. Organist Jon Lord confirmed that both the guitar and organ solos were built on Bach-derived sequences. The most celebrated live version appears on Made in Japan, recorded during the band’s first tour of Japan in August 1972. It is still the definitive recording of the song. A song written in an afternoon on a moving bus. Played that night. Refined on the road. #DeepPurple #HighwayStar #MachineHead #ClassicRock #HardRock​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Deep Purple - Highway Star (live in Almaty 22.04.2026) #deeppurple #deeppurplelive #highwaystar #livealmaty

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Happy birthday to Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple, Rainbow & Blackmore’s Night. 🎸 Born on the 14 of April 1945 Richard Hugh Blackmore, an English guitarist and songwriter. He was one of the founding members of Deep Purple in 1968, playing jam-style hard-rock music which mixed guitar riffs and organ sounds. During his solo career he established the heavy metal band Rainbow, which fused baroque music influences and elements of hard rock. Rainbow steadily moved to catchy pop-style mainstream rock. Later in life, he formed the traditional folk rock project Blackmore’s Night, transitioning to vocalist-centred sounds. As a member of Deep Purple, Blackmore was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2016. 🎸 14 апреля 1945 года родился британский музыкант Ричард Хью Блэ́кмор, гитарист и автор песен. Блэкмор был одним из основателей группы Deep Purple, исполнявшую хард-рок в стиле джем-сейшена, сочетая гитарные риффы и звучание органа. После ухода из Deep Purple в 1975 году основал группу Rainbow, которая изначально сочетала элементы барочной музыки и хард-рока, а постепенно перешла к запоминающемуся поп-музыке в стиле мейнстрим-рока. Позже он создал традиционный фолк-рок-проект Blackmore’s Night. Будучи участником Deep Purple, Блэкмор был включен в Зал славы рок-н-ролла в апреле 2016 года. 🎸 #RitchieBlackmore #DeepPurple #Rainbow #BlackmoresNight #guitarplayer

“Speed King” by Deep Purple is the opening track of the album Deep Purple in Rock, recorded between late 1969 and early 1970 at IBC Studios in London and released in June 1970; credited to Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, and Ian Paice, the song marked the debut of the Mark II lineup on a studio album and signaled the band’s shift toward a heavier, high-gain sound built on distorted guitar, Hammond organ through Marshall amplification, and a faster rhythmic structure that helped define early hard rock and proto-metal production aesthetics. #DeepPurple #SpeedKing #HardRock

“Smoke on the Water” by Deep Purple isn’t just a famous riff—it’s a real story turned into rock history. Released in 1972 on the album Machine Head, the song describes an actual incident that happened in Montreux. The band had gone there to record, using a mobile studio owned by The Rolling Stones. During a concert by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention at the Montreux Casino, someone in the audience fired a flare gun, accidentally setting the building on fire. The casino burned down while the band watched from across Lake Geneva—that’s where the line “Smoke on the water, fire in the sky” comes from. Yes—Ritchie Blackmore did mention that the iconic riff of “Smoke on the Water” by Deep Purple was inspired by Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, but not in a literal, note-for-note way. What he meant was that he took the essence of Beethoven’s famous four-note motif—its simplicity, repetition, and dramatic impact—and reimagined it in a rock context using guitar-friendly intervals like parallel fourths. While the actual notes and structure of the two pieces are different, they share the same core idea of building something powerful from a minimal musical phrase, which is why both feel so instantly recognizable and timeless. #deeppurple #ritchieblackmore #smokeonthewater #beethoven #guitarriff

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“Smoke on the Water” by Deep Purple is one of the most iconic rock songs ever created, built around a legendary guitar riff that every beginner learns. Released in 1972 on the album Machine Head, the song tells the true story of a fire during a Frank Zappa concert at the Montreux Casino in Switzerland. With Ritchie Blackmore’s unforgettable riff and Ian Gillan’s storytelling vocals, the track captures chaos, history, and raw rock energy in a way few songs ever have. It remains a timeless anthem that continues to define classic hard rock. Smoke on the Water, Deep Purple, classic rock, iconic riff, guitar riff, Machine Head, rock anthem, 70s rock, hard rock, Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Montreux Casino fire, Frank Zappa, legendary songs, rock history #SmokeOnTheWater #DeepPurple #ClassicRock #RockLegend #GuitarRiff Keep on rocking 🔥🤘🏻

Deep Purple, Burn (1974). #deeppurple #burn #ritchieblackmore #davidcoverdale #glennhughes #jonlord #ianpaice #deeppurplefans #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylcollectionpost◀️ #vinylcommunity #vinylcollector #vinylrecords #nowplaying #nowplaying🎧 #nowplayingonvinyl #nowspinning #nowspinningvinyl #record #recordcollection #lovemusic🎶 #vinyloftheday #vinylofinstagram #vinylgram #vinylreels #musiconvinyl #records

There’s something timeless about watching Ritchie Blackmore play acoustic guitar. No walls of distortion, no loud stage tricks — just melody, emotion, and the kind of touch that makes every note feel alive. 🌙✨ The acoustic solo from Shadow of the Moon feels less like a performance and more like a memory drifting through the night air. The way the notes breathe, the medieval-folk atmosphere, the softness mixed with melancholy — it reminds you that great guitar playing isn’t always about speed. Sometimes it’s about silence between the notes, the feeling behind the phrasing, and the ability to turn a simple melody into a story. After years of shaping hard rock history with riffs that changed generations, seeing Blackmore sit with an acoustic guitar and create something this gentle shows another side of his artistry. Calm, mysterious, emotional, and deeply human. “Shadow of the Moon” carries that rare feeling of nostalgia for a place you’ve never even been — moonlit castles, empty roads, old memories, and quiet nights where music says everything words cannot. #ritchieblackmore #deeppurple #blackmoresnight #guitarlegend #classicrock

“Child in Time” by Deep Purple is one of the most powerful and haunting tracks in rock history. Released in 1970 on the album Deep Purple in Rock, the song is a raw anti-war masterpiece that captures fear, chaos, and human vulnerability during times of conflict. Driven by Ian Gillan’s spine-chilling vocals, the track builds slowly from a soft organ intro into explosive peaks of emotion. His high-pitched screams are legendary—pushing the limits of rock singing. Meanwhile, Ritchie Blackmore delivers a blistering guitar solo that perfectly mirrors the song’s intensity and despair. The lyrics reflect the horrors of war, especially influenced by the Cold War era, making it not just a song, but a timeless statement. #feed #iangillan #deeppurple #explorepage