One way to get thrown out of a hotel
In this latest instalment of Tales from the Tavern Ritchie Blackmore discusses the genius of Django Reinhardt and how to get thrown out of a hotel.
Happy birthday, Ritchie!
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In this latest instalment of Tales from the Tavern Ritchie Blackmore discusses the genius of Django Reinhardt and how to get thrown out of a hotel.
Happy birthday, Ritchie!
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
Ok…. So the way to be world known is to know how to start a fire!
I am halfway there…🔥🔥🔥🔥
April 14th, 2025 at 13:05Happy 80th Birthday Ritchie, many happy returns!
https://youtube.com/shorts/P3_g-waYi88?si=K94WARfmrpwIIIR7
April 14th, 2025 at 14:21Ah, that gypsy lore!
Reminds me of a story we read in primary school about a German boy who befriended a gypsy boy, initially fearsome of, yet fascinated by gypsy culture and invited by him to an open fire BBQ where the gypsy family bakes hedgehogs in a clay crust,
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with the clay crust being broken off the animal with all the spines/quills (they are not really quills) sticking in the clay crust so you can access the meat easily. And the writer surmising laconically: “At that point in my life I had nothing against hedgehogs, but they tasted delicious with the onion rings.” The story didn’t end well though as one day the gypsy caravan is surrounded by SA and SS and all its members shipped off to be murdered in concentration camps – that horrible fate always left an impact on me.
The “gypsies (or in pc-speak ‘Sinti & Roma’ until that went out of style too) eat hedgehogs” ingredient was long regarded as a mere stereotype to denigrate the group, but more recent ethnological studies and also statements by gypsy organisations have revealed that hedgehogs were indeed a part of the traditional gypsy diet – not just because of the (allegedly very good, I’ve never had the chance to try one) taste, but also for spiritual reasons (gypsies ascribed great survival capabilities to hedgehogs, something they hoped to gain for themselves by eating them) and out of sheer need (in most countries they travelled through, gypsies were not allowed to hunt game, but hedgehogs were ok).
Doesn’t Ritchie have a grandmother with gypsy or travellers roots? I seem to remember something like that. It would certainly explain his – never very British – looks (and his love for Eastern scales!). My own great-grandmother (I have no recollection of her, not even sure whether she was still alive when I was born) was rumored to have “fallen off the (gypsy) wagon” because she had unusually dark (and long) hair for the times in our little town plus a darkish complexion as well (runs in the family with us, we didn’t make good Aryans at all). Who knows what DNA traces were left by gypsies passing through? 😁
Time to slip in some Glenn then!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnDIclQS96Y
I really liked that Four On The Floor wildly gay disco stuff. It was played with aplomb.
April 14th, 2025 at 15:13Happy Birthday Ritchie … 100 Lat from Poland !!!
April 14th, 2025 at 15:54I remember reading somewhere that Blackmore’s mother or grandmother had some link to Gypsy blood. How true is anybody’s guess. Yes there could be a connection, they travelled far and wide and still do have an influence in certain areas. Purple as we know have a few songs with that vibe flowing through them. The Gypsy from Stormbringer being a classic. A Gypsy’s Kiss is another and let’s face it, Ian Gillan has that sort of ‘gypsy’ attitude at times. Some may also say Son of Alerik and even ‘Anya’. Better get that cauldron out and even the Ouija board. Cheers.
April 14th, 2025 at 22:00Yeah, she recommended that copper bracelet he wore around his wrist to supposedly help against arthritis (no doubt Karin will chip in with some of her witchcraft here).
Mildly related: A picture of the current octogenarian as a younger man citing a character from a 1939 musical fantasy film and his very much younger wife, errrm, cross-dressing:
https://parade.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_299/MTkwNTc4ODAzMDI1ODQ4MTg4/candice-and-ritchie-1.webp
Read it all here:
https://parade.com/519530/nancyberk/candice-night-and-deep-purples-ritchie-blackmore-rock-halloween/
April 15th, 2025 at 14:02