"Highway Star" Deep Purple | CME Full Band Fridays
It’s road trip season, and the CME House Band is raring and ready to go with a cover of Deep Purple’s “Highway Star,” the fast and furious opening track from the band’s 1972 album, Machine Head. SUBSCRIBE FOR A NEW FULL BAND FRIDAY EVERY WEEK!! More about "Highway Star" This song 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 Blackmore grabbed an acoustic guitar and began playing a riff consisting of a single "G" repeated over and over, while vocalist Ian Gillan improvised lyrics over the top. The song was refined and was performed that same night. The song first appears on the 1972 LP Machine Head. The track remains one of the band's staples in live concerts, and was the set opener even before it was released on any album. The very first live version released, recorded live for German TV program Beat-Club in September 1971, is featured on the History, Hits & Highlights '68–'76 DVD. It is the opening track on the live albums Nobody's Perfect (1988), Come Hell or High Water (1994), and From the Setting Sun… (In Wacken) (2015). The most famous live version is featured on the 1972 live album Made in Japan. The Guardian said, "Blackmore’s playing is like a force of nature on the Made in Japan version; those slashing chords in the intro, and that amazing solo featuring the distinctive neo-classical descending runs, combining the spirits of Bach and Jimi Hendrix." Shop Fender American Ultra Series: https://bit.ly/34Zd4h4 Personnel: Electric Guitar - Alex Chadwick Electric Guitar - Nathaniel Murphy Bass Guitar - Mike Larsen Drums - Zach Moore Mix & Mastered - Alex Chadwick More Full Band Fridays! "Grace" Jeff Buckley | CME Full Band Fridays: • "Grace" Jeff Buckley | CME Full Band Fridays "Old Man" by Neil Young | CME Full Band Fridays: • "Old Man" by Neil Young | CME Full Band Fr... "Ain't No Sunshine" Bill Withers | CME Full Band Fridays: • "Ain't No Sunshine" Bill Withers | CME Ful... More Chicago Music Exchange: Instagram - https://bit.ly/3gdPSSV Twiter - https://bit.ly/2RuYOci Facebook - https://bit.ly/3e4FI4C Pinterest - https://bit.ly/3ea3BHZ Check out our Giveaways page to win gear! - https://www.chicagomusicexchange.com/... Lyrics: Nobody gonna take my car I'm gonna race it to the ground Nobody gonna beat my car It's gonna break the speed of sound Oooh it's a killing machine It's got everything Like a driving power big fat tires And everything I love it and I need it I bleed it Yeah it's a wild hurricane Alright hold tight I'm a highway star Nobody gonna take my girl I'm gonna keep her to the end Nobody gonna have my girl She stays close on every bend Oooh she's a killing machine She's got everything Like a moving mouth body control And everything I love her I need her I seed her Yeah she turns me on Alright hold on tight I'm a highway star Nobody gonna take my head I got speed inside my brain Nobody gonna steal my head Now that I'm on the road again Oooh I'm in heaven again I've got everything Like a moving ground an open road And everything I love it and I need it I seed it Eight cylinders all mine Alright hold on tight I'm a highway star Nobody gonna take my car I'm gonna race it to the ground Nobody gonna beat my car It's gonna break the speed of sound Oooh it's a killing machine It's got everything Like a driving power big fat tires And everything I love it and I need it I bleed it Yeah it's a mad hurricane Alright hold on tight I'm a highway star I'm a highway star I'm a highway star #DeepPurple #HighwayStar #ChicagoMusicExchange #Guitar #Fender #CME #Stratocaster
