[quote author="Wavebourn"]I prefer Ritchie Blackmore. Why? Because he was a GREAT TEAM player[/quote]
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
Having engineered a couple of Deep Purple albums, I feel obliged to mention that I would
never use that phrase to describe him!
Whenever Ritchie has been in the band, the atmosphere has ALWAYS been strained as a result of his ....em... "singular behaviour".
When Steve Morse joined after Ritchie left the band (mid-tour... actually mid-
gig... just walked off the stage and told everybody to go f#%@ themselves... -How's THAT for being a team player!!!) the band were considering putting the next album out under the name
"everything but the c*#t"!
(the name was actually suggested.)
Here's a joke that Roger Glover shared with me a few weeks after Ritchie left the band:
The legal term for killing your mother is "Matricide".
The legal term for killing your father is "Patricide".
The legal term for killing your brother is "Fratricide".
The legal term for killing yourself is "Suicide".
...So what's the legal term for killing Ritchie Blackmore?
..."Countryside"!!!
"Ritchie Blackmore" and "team player" belong in the same sentence just about as much as "George Bush" and "Skilled International Diplomat"! :wink:
Keith