In a brand new interview with eonmusic, Candice Night has confirmed musical partner and husband Richie Blackmore’s health status, saying that he’d rather be remembered for how he was in his prime. During the chat, the elusive guitarist also chimed in to heap praise on his favourite band. The interaction took place while Night was talking to eonmusic’s Eamon O’Neill about her new album, Sea Glass.
Speaking about Blackmore’s health, Night said: “Right now, Ritchie is having a quite a few medical issues. Believe it or not, he’s going to be 80 on April 14th, which is mind boggling, because he doesn’t look and he certainly doesn’t act it still. But you know at that age, some medical stuff starts catching up with you, and he actually had a heart attack about a year and a half ago, and he’s got six stents in his heart at this point. And we’re battling arthritis and some gout issues.”
Night confirmed that this, along with another issue prevents Blackmore from travelling on planes for gigs: “He’s still got his back problem that he’s had, so travel is difficult for him because of all that sitting. And standing on stage, even standing with the guitar is tricky, although I do see a lot of people even younger than him at this point in the industry, showing up in wheelchairs. I don’t think he wants to be thought of like that or remembered like that. I think it’s great that people still get to see those people; I would still go hear them, just to be under the same roof and hear what they sound like, but we’ll see. Maybe if we can get some of these medical issues under control, maybe I can get him back on a plane, but as for right now, they actually warned him a couple days ago not to fly. So, who knows? You know, put positive energy, out there in the universe, and hope that maybe we can get him back on there.”
During the chat, Richie chimed in to comment on his favourite band. “He’s wandering through with his boiled egg right now”, said Candice, “[Speaking to Ritchie Blackmore] What? The Pogues? Oh, he said, one of his favourite bands is The Pogues, I should mention that.” The man in black then could be heard saying that the band’s perennial Christmas favourite, “Fairytale Of New York”, is his favorite song from the crossover folk act.
Read the entire interview at eonmusic.co.uk.
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Speaking about Blackmore’s health, Night said: “Right now, Ritchie is having a quite a few medical issues. Believe it or not, he’s going to be 80 on April 14th, which is mind boggling, because he doesn’t look and he certainly doesn’t act it still. But you know at that age, some medical stuff starts catching up with you, and he actually had a heart attack about a year and a half ago, and he’s got six stents in his heart at this point. And we’re battling arthritis and some gout issues.”
Night confirmed that this, along with another issue prevents Blackmore from travelling on planes for gigs: “He’s still got his back problem that he’s had, so travel is difficult for him because of all that sitting. And standing on stage, even standing with the guitar is tricky, although I do see a lot of people even younger than him at this point in the industry, showing up in wheelchairs. I don’t think he wants to be thought of like that or remembered like that. I think it’s great that people still get to see those people; I would still go hear them, just to be under the same roof and hear what they sound like, but we’ll see. Maybe if we can get some of these medical issues under control, maybe I can get him back on a plane, but as for right now, they actually warned him a couple days ago not to fly. So, who knows? You know, put positive energy, out there in the universe, and hope that maybe we can get him back on there.”
During the chat, Richie chimed in to comment on his favourite band. “He’s wandering through with his boiled egg right now”, said Candice, “[Speaking to Ritchie Blackmore] What? The Pogues? Oh, he said, one of his favourite bands is The Pogues, I should mention that.” The man in black then could be heard saying that the band’s perennial Christmas favourite, “Fairytale Of New York”, is his favorite song from the crossover folk act.
Read the entire interview at eonmusic.co.uk.
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