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Ritchie Blackmore

Heavy metal
Heavy metalK-popRock

Ritchie Blackmore is a Heavy metal and K-pop act. Their catalogue also touches Rock. Their sound grew out of Jerry Lee Lewis, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Howe and Mike Bloomfield. Those roots explain a lot about how Ritchie Blackmore arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Candice Night, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into H.P. Baxxter, Stratovarius, Kerry King, Paul Gilbert and Bryan Adams, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around Ritchie Blackmore, reaching back through Jerry Lee Lewis and forward to H.P. Baxxter. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Ritchie BlackmoreJerry Lee LewisJeff BeckJimi HendrixSteve HoweMike BloomfieldABBASteve MorseGene VincentH.P. BaxxterStratovariusKerry KingPaul GilbertBryan AdamsDeep PurpleSteve VaiJanick GersCandice Night

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Ritchie Blackmore connections

Ritchie Blackmore grew out of Jerry Lee Lewis, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix and Steve Howe, shares an orbit with Candice Night, went on to shape H.P. Baxxter, Stratovarius, Kerry King and Paul Gilbert. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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