Blackmore Jr: “I Only Ever Wanted A Normal Dad”
Ritchie Blackmore’s son Jurgen R. Blackmore gives a full and frank version of the ups and downs of having a rock star father.
Blackmore Jr, also of Over The Rainbow, has given a full interview on the trials and tribulations of being the son of a rock icon and amongst the transcription is this frank exchange:
Your father is Ritchie Blackmore. How do you feel about it, that he’s a legendary guitarist?
Jürgen: – Oh well……it was a very hard childhood time for me because everyone is looking at you, as if you are something special…but i wasnt’. I was just a normal boy and I hated it (the way people reacted). Mostly I never told anybody about my surname…I never bragged about it. But gossip travels fast in the music business…. so in the end people found it out. I am proud that my father is a great guitarist but I always only wanted a normal Dad.
You can find Deep Purple on the cover of the latest issue of Classic Rock.
In other ‘Purple news, Lars Ulrich last week offered his services to Deep Purple mark iii if they were to reform while Jon Lord also commented on a reunion with Ulrich on drums.
i love deep purple and i love theme songs like childe in time and highway star .. so i wnna communication whit mr ritchie black more. cuase im a guitarist but not professional . i have too many questions in my mind.. if you hear me ritchie i love you and i want to speak and communication whit you thanks .
thanks classic rock