# Stormbringer guitar solo > Ritchie Blackmore's guitar solo on Stormbringer by Deep Purple (1974) starts at about 2:17. From the album Stormbringer. A hard rock classic from the 1970s. Canonical URL: Deep Purple, 1974, from *Stormbringer*. Solo by *Ritchie Blackmore*. A heavy, ominous title track with a sharp, menacing solo from Blackmore's last Mark III sessions. Stormbringer by Deep Purple is #14 in our ranking of the best Deep Purple guitar solos. The solo is played by Ritchie Blackmore and the song was released in 1974. ## In our lists - [The Best Deep Purple Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/deep-purple-guitar-solos/) — #14 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Stormbringer? Ritchie Blackmore played the solo on Deep Purple's Stormbringer (1974). ### What guitar was used on the Stormbringer solo? A fender stratocaster through a Marshall amp, according to widely reported accounts. --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)