Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple: "I often play draughts to records I like."

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Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple: "I often play draughts to records I like."

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Blackmore is the virtuoso guitarist/composer for Deep Purple (at least until 1993) and Rainbow (on and off since 1975). He mentions draughts in this 1971 Melody Maker interview:

https://www.thehighwaystar.com/intervie ... 1xxxx.html
Austin Kaiser, Ph.D., M.S.W.
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