Favorite Guitar Solos: (not in any order)
Believe What You Say - Ricky Nelson with James Burton on guitar
Stone Free - Jimi Hendrix
Shapes Of Things - Jeff Beck
I'm So Glad - Eric Clapton
I Feel Free - Eric Clapton
Blue Jean Bop - Cliff Gallop
Too Much - Elvis Presley with Scotty Moore on guitar
It's So Easy - Buddy Holly
Bye Bye Blues -Les Paul
Arkansas Traveller - Jimmy Bryant
Owner of A Lonely Heart - Trevor Rabin

Favorite Classical Guitarists: John Williams , Christopher Parkening

Current Favorite 2007: Terra Nova Consort

Players That Inspired Ritchie Since The Beginning: Tommy Steele, Duane Eddy, Buddy Holly, Django Rheinhardt, Hank B Marvin, Jim Sullivan, Les Paul, Tony Harvey, Chet Atkins, Cliff Gallup, Scotty Moore, and many more.

Current Guitarists to Listen For: Gordon Giltrap, Monte Montgomery

Favorite Guitarist (Rock): Jeff Beck , Eric Johnson

Favorite Guitarist (Acoustic): Gordon Giltrap; John Renbourne; Leo Kottke

Favorite Singer (Female): Linda Hopkins; Sarah Brightman; (Of course) Candy; Maggie Reilly; Lorraine Ellison

Favorite Singer (Male): Paul Rogers

Favorite Instrumental: Tibetan Dharma

Favorite Castles: In Germany: Schloss Waldeck; Rabenstein; Eggersberg; Wertheim; Gotzenburg; Schloss Burg Solingen. In Austria: Oberanna. In England: Lumley Castle. 

Favorite Haunts: Bube's Brewery-Mt Joy PA; Normandie Inn- Bohemia NY; Hell -Rothenburg ob der Tauber - Germany; Cartouche- Czech Republic; 5 Houses-Stockholm, Sweden; Jamaica Inn- England, The Old Mill-Mattituck.

Favorite TV Show: Human Remains, Most Haunted, Hettie Winthrop

Favorite Place For Ghost Hunting: Rabenstein Castle - Germany; Logan Inn - New Hope PA; Wild Boar Inn - Manchester England; Dudleytown - CT.

Favorite Nature Spot: Glastonbury Tor - England.

Favorite Poem: Owl and the Pussycat

Most Memorable Performance (Other bands): Nero and the Gladiators in 1961 at the Southall Community Center; Jethro Tull 1975 War Child Tour

Favorite Saying: "I'm not 16 so therefore my opinion is of no consequence."

Regrets: Signing contracts with old management

Favorite Animal: Bamboozler (Our Himalayan cat), Hopscotch (Our Persian cat) and Romper (our Mainecoon cat)
Note: Bamboozler passed away Dec 21st, 1999 "We shall miss him although he is still in our hearts."

Favorite Tree: A Yew tree ("I used to make bows from this tree.")

If you could be any animal what would it be? "An owl...but I am already a badger."

Favorite Color: Green

Favorite Time of year: September (Autumn)

Favorite Number: 9

Guitars played: Yairi by Hideoho Kawikame, Fylde by Roger Bucknall, Lakewood

Electric guitars: Fender, Gretsch

Restaurants:
www.cartouche.cz
www.bubesbrewery.com 

Ritchie gets his shirts made at:
www.fashionsintime.com

Ritchie gets his boots made at: www.sandlarboots.com