Deep Purple – Highway Star [acoustic, bedroom version]
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 |Sometimes there’s nothing better to do than to simply pick up your acoustic guitar and jam along with the classic.
A tribute to heavy metal and hard rock fans
Sometimes there’s nothing better to do than to simply pick up your acoustic guitar and jam along with the classic.
About 35,000 people in the crowd, full capacity of the place, were at the event. Had a larger venue been available, organizers expected a 150,000 turnout.
Ian Gillan on lead vocals.
One of rock’s greatest ever songs, off their legendary LP “Machine Head” (1971). There’s a long, classical-style guitar and organ solo. It’s probably the world’s first speed metal song.
The was Deep Purple’s first song in a concert performance for many years, while nowadays it appears as an encore.
Original lineup. Now how many times can you hear Ian Gillan say about Highway Star: “this is off our new album”?
This video was taken from the European tour which happened a few months before the Japanese tour. Filmed in Copenhagen, Denmark in March 1972. Ian wanted to quit the band in August just before the Japan tour started, but was persuaded to stay for that tour and the US tour the next year.
Child In Time is off Deep Purple In Rock.
If you have information on this concert footage i.e. date, title of DVD etc pls inform me. Thanks.
This was the last song on Whitesnake’s 1997 live unplugged album entitled “Starkers in Tokyo”. The whole album features David Coverdale on vocals and Adrian Vandenberg on acoustic guitar. The performance was recorded at the EMI studios in Japan for a small audience of fans.
Soldier of Fortune is perhaps the best known song off Deep Purple’s 9th studio album, Stormbringer, released Dec 1974. The album marked a major shift in musical direction, where soul and funk elements became prominent. This displeased some fans and Blackmore himself, who left soon after the album release.
Written by David Coverdale and Ritchie Blackmore.
Lineup:
* Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
* David Coverdale – lead vocals
* Glenn Hughes – bass, vocals
* Jon Lord – organ, keyboards
* Ian Paice – drums
Deep Purple’s finest hour. Original lineup of Blackmore,Gillan,Lord and Paice at the peak of their powers. Considered the best version ever, better than the studio version.
Lineup:
- David Coverdale instead of Ian Gillan
- Glenn Hughes
- Tommy Bolin instead of Richie Blackmore
- Ian Paice
- Jon Lord