Watch Ritchie Blackmore Reunite With Deep Purple For ‘Smoke on the Water’

The emotional performance marked the first time the estranged bandmates had appeared in public together in 33 years

Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore performed with his former band Deep Purple for the first time since 1993.

Deep Purple fans had mostly given up any hopes of seeing the band ever share a stage with founding guitarist Ritchie Blackmore again, due to a well-known estrangement. But that’s exactly what took place near the end of the group’s show Wednesday night at Jones Beach in New York, as hatchets were buried and Blackmore…