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Here’s a rendition of Highway Star like you’ve probably never heard before. Arranged for 4 acoustic guitars and played by the outfit known as 40 Fingers.
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For all the fans of lovely Elizabeth: watch her giggle her way through the masterpiece that, by our count, have spawned at least three heavy metal sub-genres, before lending the name to an obscure website.
Read more »Reduce, reuse, recycle
Here is a small collection of various odds and ends that accumulated in our mailbox over the past few weeks. They might be of interest, but probably each of them don’t warrant a separate post. A German band called Santiano has been spotted recycling props from the inFinite photo shoot
Read more »A bit of a hugger
Glenn Hughes was interviewed by Planet Rock at this weekend’s Steelhouse Festival in Wales. (watch inside)
Read more »Alright, hold tight
A Japanese documentary on the Highway Star has been posted to Youtube. And in 43+ minutes it covers a big chunk of Mark 2 history besides the song itself. Ian Paice, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, and Chris Charlesworth (of Illustrated Biography fame) were inteviewed, with some stock footage of Jon Lord and Ritchie Blackmore as well. While the narration is in Japanese, the extensive interviews are not overdubbed, which makes it easier to piece together the story with some background knowledge about the band. (watch inside)
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It’s a slow news days and the weather in my heck of the woods is miserable, so every little bit of even mild amusement helps. Jeroen van Aken sent us this photo of a hotel sign where he stayed in Thailand.
Read more »Dm, Gm, Cmaj, Amaj
Guitar World has an article on Yngwie Malmsteen’s 80s cover of the Highway Star which contains an undated quote from Blackmore about the two solos on the track, both becoming legendary: I wrote that out note for note about a week before we recorded it. And that is one of the only times I have […]
Read more »Nobody’s gonna beat my hovercraft
Apparently the music we all love will still be around in the 31st century. Highway Star (the original album version) was featured in a new episode of Futurama — 2-D Blacktop — that had its premiere yesterday, June 19. In the episode, Professor Farnsworth takes to street racing and beats another two crews to the […]
Read more »Follow BCC’s release gig on the THS Twitter Feed
At 9 pm UK time tonight, Black Country Communion hits a stage in Europe for the first time. And just as you thought nothing would ever happen again on The Highway Star’s Twitter feed, we have armed a fearless reporter with the login details and put him on a train to the secret venue in […]
Read more »Sleazeway Star
Los Angeles sleaze rockers Snew get a gold star in the “somewhat innovative covers dept.” because they: a. Didn’t choose Smoke on the Water as a Deep Purple cover to record. b. Invited an unlikely guest musician to solo on the track. The guest is legendary prog/fusion guitarist Allan Holdsworth who delivers two of his […]
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