Former Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore has finally confirmed that one of rock'n'roll's longest-standing, possibly apocryphal tales is, in fact, true.
The story goes something like this: During an early Deep Purple show at the Jam Factory in San Antonio, Texas, Blackmore was taken ill, and his place was taken for a single show by Christopher Cross, the soft rocker who rose to fame years later when his eponymous, multiple-Grammy-winning debut album sold five million copies in the US.
