Renaissance é uma das influências de Blackmore

"I have been listening to Renaissance music since 1973. It was just a natural progression and continuation after 20 years of listening to it to start playing it(...)Renaissance music excites me much more these days. It may sound simple, but there is a lot of complexity and rigidity to it which is something that I have never dealt with in music before so it presents a whole new challenge to me musically".

Na realidade, no trecho acima, Ritchie Blackmore não se refere à banda RENAISSANCE, de Annie Haslam, mas sim à música renascentista, que de acordo com o guitarrista, o levou a deixar de lado o hard rock, pois se trata de algo mais "emotivo" para se tocar.

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