“I’m not too struck on Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton, I never saw what was in Clapton at all”. In 1975, Deep Purple’s Ritchie Blackmore was asked for his thoughts on his peers: he did not hold back

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(via Classic Rock) By Paul Brannigan

In March 1975, Deep Purple’s Ritchie Blackmore appeared on the cover of International Musician & Recording World magazine after conducting a rare interview with American writer/producer/guitarist Jon Tiven.

Hailing Blackmore as “perhaps the world’s finest electric guitar player” in the introduction to his interview, Tiven pointed out that the guitarist “does not take well to interviews”, `and quoted Blackmore as saying, “I’m a musician, not a politician, and I don’t want to influence the minds of our fans.” With that said, Blackmore didn’t hold back in the interview which followed, especially when sharing his thoughts on a number of his peers…

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