Ritchie Blackmore detailed his decision to step away from Deep Purple in the ‘90s and pursue the more traditional folk-rock ...

and later steered toward traditional folk-rock with Blackmore's Night. But without Deep Purple, none of this would have been possible. Blackmore powered the group to fame between 1968-75 ...

The 25th Anniversary Edition of Fires At Midnight, originally released by Blackmore's Night in 2001, came out in September. It's available to buy from Blackmore's web store.