E-Z
Senior Member
I may have missed it in an above post, but Ritchie Blackmore comes to mind: defining blues hard rock with Purple and Rainbow, then ends up looking like an extra from Lord of The Rings and singing folk songs in Blackmore's Night.
Not slagging him off, just a massive departure.
BLACKMORE'S a 'lost cause' certain rock muso's that moved in the same circles as Blackmore in his 'rock years' reckon he's a 'joke figure' for the last 15 years with his BLACKMORES NIGHT project.
Another muso that changed musical styles to some extent was RONNIE MONTROSE. MONTROSE the 1st album was a brilliant HARD ROCK album but Ronnie gradually over several years moved into instrumental jazz music although he has released the occasional 'rock album' down the years.