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Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow performing 'Highway Star' live at Loreley, Germany Memories in Rock, in 2016. The song was released by Deep Purple and it was born on a tour bus going to Portsmouth in 1971 when a reporter asked the band how they wrote songs. To demonstrate, guitarist Ritchie... show more

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BrUnGe1 year ago

Well, you know, #HighwayStar is the song for liberty, freedom, love to a woman and freedom of Speech. -> "Nobody gonna take my car" -> "Nobody gonna take my girl" -> "Nobody gonna take my head" It's a song, composed by the five Deep Puple members of so-called Mark II. And sorry : But even #RichieBlackmore needs John Lord, Ian paice, Roger Glover and Ian Gillan to perform this song in the right way ! The power is a special power of this song. I really never understand, that Deep Puple never played the same interpretation than in Japan, -> Made in Japan ! Everybody, specially RichieBlackmore, can say, what he feels about IanGillan : But the cooperation between Blackmore, Gillan, Lord, Paice and Glover was mystic ! So, everyone hears the mistakes, the problems of this Band called Rainbow ! It misses the speed, it misses the elegance, it misses the power of breaking the chains, it misses the Rhythmen of the Cha-Cah-Cha, witch is the basic of this song, coming from Paice and Glover !

eastcoastric1 year ago

@TheRealRitchieB @_DeepPurple Remember when the band used to get on Graham Bonnet for wearing his hair too short?😉

UnsinkbarZwei1 year ago

@TheRealRitchieB @_DeepPurple 👍😍 Brilliant song. 😎

eduardo sotelo1 year ago

@TheRealRitchieB @_DeepPurple With Ronnie Romero🤘🎸

Sharon Riley1 year ago

@TheRealRitchieB @_DeepPurple Such an iconic moment in rock history. 'Highway Star' will always be a timeless anthem.

eastcoastric1 year ago

@TheRealRitchieB @_DeepPurple Is that Rick Wakeman on B-3? 🤔

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