In fact, ‘tis the season for her music, and no one seems more disgruntled about it than Deep Purple’s guitarist ... with the famous riff from “Smoke On The Water.” (You know the track.) ...

including ‘Fireball’ and ‘Machine Head,’ which spawned the classic song ‘Smoke on the Water’ in 1972. By the end of the decade, Deep Purple would lose guitarist Ritchie Blackmore ...

Ritchie Blackmore will always be best known for the titanic riff he supplied to 'Smoke on the Water,' but there's more to the guitarist than Deep Purple. He also co-founded Rainbow, a band that ...