At that time a friend worked in a record shop & sometimes he came up with rare records and/or even bootlegs or just with records from (here in Switzerland) unknown but great rock musicians/bands. One day he came and said with shining eyes: "Listen to this!" (it was the "Highway Song Live" album) and i was flashed by the energy of this music. A few months later there was a concert of our local (swiss) heroes Krokus with the supporting act Blackfoot. It was this concert and it was only horrible, how they soundmixed them down to almost making the songs unrecogniseable ... Apparently they didn't dare to provide the musicians with the same sound system as Krokus was using. Blackfoot = Great Rock Music!
RICKY @ BLACKFOOT rolled into DESTIN in a station wagon to BOSS MUSIC HALL,by the airport,RICK @ I went to eat oysters at NIGHTTOWN.WOW,I also meet JACKSON SPIKES.Rickys now in SKYNARD,man.!!!!!!❤❤😊😊😊😊😊
Chris McLain You're right. Maybe because they didn't totally sold their souls to the devil. Unlike others, there's a price for fame. At the end you just fade away.
Totally! They were among the best, especially live!! Concerts were almost my profession back then. They were so powerful and had a nice clean edge to their sound! 🎸🎸🌈
Incredible power ballad and this awesome melancholic voice of Rickey - a perfect combination for a big hit. Very close to Free Bird, folks. Unfortunately they didn`t have that commercial success they`d deserved. Want to hear a big "AGREED". Rock on guys.
Absolutely”Agreed”!! The thing like most about RU-vid is being able to see and hear these epic memories!! At least we had a few good ways to see our favorite rockers like “Midnight Special”, “Don Kirchner’s Rock Concert” and “The Old Grey Whistle Test”. Loved the 70’s! Best music and parties and party favors. 🤭🌈
Roger that brother! When I was 20 yrs old I came to the chance theatre in Poughkeepsie , ny from Massachusetts to visit friends and to see Blackfoot. When it came time for them to play highway song rick pulled me up to sing it with them. I was f###### floored. That was a great moment for me. I had seen them many times in Poughkeepsie at the mid-Hudson civic center when I was working there.Rick called me little brother. Such a great memory for me.
@@chadcorley2702 yes sir indeed. Check out a song for me if you would please. I'm getting ready to jam it now. Type in SIMPLE MAN Warren Haynes live , it's the 19 minute version. If you don't know Warren was guitar player for decades for the Allman Brothers . He's a legend.
WILLIAM LECKRONE I will my friend. That’s the kind of stuff I push carts to. My favorite song to jam to when working in Mountain Jam by The Allman Brothers Band which was 45 minutes and 45 seconds long
I'm old by years. I'm 63. I purchased the vinyl copy of strikes when I was 19. I still have the vinyl album. It's still pristine, even after it having been played 100s, if not more, of times. I have had this song in my car ever since, be it on cassette, CD, memory card or as it is now, saved to the internal memory in my car entertainment system. The car I have now is the only car with less than 3000 watts of power. There is nothing like the feeling of your car thumping under your a.s... rolling down the highway with the volume set to hypersonic levels listening ot this song. My stereos, the concerts I have seen and especially this song will the cause of my hearing loss. Long live the Medlocke brothers!!!
Highway Song, when a song gets you off, you sit back, take it in and enjoy it. Its magic! After all these years, this song kicks my old ass! Thanks Rickey Medlocke!
This is the type of guitar playing that transcends the generations... This is the type of performance that makes a young person pick up a guitar and put a lifetime of blood, sweat, and tears into his axe, this is a performance that can change a life. And THAT is legendary!!!
If the band wants this removed they are cruel. This is the best version showcasing the talent...vocals, musicianship, perfection that comes from being well rehearsed and professional. The very top of their game.
I was in Jacksonville during the 70's & 80's. I saw All of them play in the bars around town - Skynyrd - 38 special - Molly Hatchett - Blackfoot and even though the Allman Brothers Band is from Georgia they actually formed in Jacksonville. For a season we were the RockNRoll capitol of the world and Ronnie was the King. It was a magical time, that passed to soon with way to many deaths. RIP
All of those bands had great guitarists! I would venture to say if you couldn't play, you couldn't hang in the Jacksonville music scene back in the day. Unlike LA or New York where it's all glitz and glamour, at the end of the day the talent is what keeps you going.
How lucky were you to see them all in beginning?!?❤Loved them all and was lucky enough to be in Detroit,where in the lean years,they could still be seen in the small venues.Southern Rock,girl...my whole life!!!!❤❤❤❤❤
Was very fortunate to have seen Blackfoot at one of our small local nightclubs. One of the nightclubs owners was a member of the band Vixen, who had toured with Blackfoot. Awsome show! After the band came out and partied with everyone. Really nice down to earth guys. Rickey Medlock and the band autographed my Blackfoot album. What a fun night!
Marty Smith I’m just putting this all together after seeing him play for LS in 2018. I bought the strikes album in 1996 or so after hearing this(and train, train) on our local classic rock station, which was just becoming popular. Now I’m getting into it deeper and it’s really giving me the bug! Love it.
This is one fantastic song. Both its length and guitar work remind me a little of Green Grass and High Tides. Blackfoot certainly did not receive the recognition it deserved. I must admit I am partial to Rattlesnake Rock. Somehow southern rock does capture Americana and is always a joy to listen to. God bless all of you !
Saw them open for Nugent around 82 and I remember two guys fighting in between the sets and Ricky Medlock came out and yelled at them! They stopped fighting. Awesome and VERY underrated band!
Blackfoot are the only Southern rock band that I liked from the 1970s/80s. A fabulous live band and 'Highway Song' was a great live song. Still sounds wonderful today; takes me back to the first time I saw them, at The Reading Festival in the early 1980s.
Saw them on this tour at St. George’s Hall in Bradford, UK. They were completely amazing, right up there with anyone else I saw at that time. This is a completely under rated classic song.
Hammersmith Odeon for me in 82. Having seen them support April Wine and Molly Hatchet in 81 , we knew we were getting a great show. Bloody loved them !!
Saw them around this time. They'd just released Dry County and Too Hard to Handle with live versions of Train Train and On The Run live from Donington on a double single. I went to see them at Sheffield City Hall. Best gig ever!
I saw them on the same tour but can't recall who they were supporting. I think it was Scorpions but could have been UFO or Dio. Whatever, great band and I was hooked!
I was introduced to this album while in the Army (82nd Airborne)just after it came out by a friend of mine Steven Gregory just before I went home on leave . Never saw Steve again he died while I was gone , cant hear this song to this day without thinking of him
My Pops showed this song to me when I was in 9th grade. 6 years later, it still gives me the goosebumps. So much emotion in the singing as well as the guitar playing. I finally checked out some other Blackfoot this summer and couldn’t get enough of Fox Chase. But Highway Song just holds a special place in my heart. 🤍
What a voice!! Your right. Today's garbage can't come close to a song like this. Like free bird whipping post outlaws songs and rushs working man...anthems!! We were blessed people. Era over
Long live Blackfoot Can't forget Rickey Medlocke's contribution who gravitated toward good ole Lynyrd Skynyard Nor can we forget Ken Hensley's brilliance, who brought an enjoyable twist of Uriah Heep to the mix... Isn't life grand when you consider the myriad of serious artists that shared their talent and helped shape Blackfoot
My dad is learning to play this song on his guitar, that's why I'm checking it out! I wasn't even born the first time he heard this but I can appreciate GOOD music :)
+Cee Cobblegro ** I ABSOLUTELY COULDN'T AGREE MORE..They Will Be Here In Hopewell, Va. Tomor Night, WITH RICKY!!, and i REALLY was Pumped to go, but from the recent Show Vids I've seen, He Was NOT Singing, and it just ISN'T anywhere CLOSE to what i was hoping for....Just Dissapointing, and not going now, i don't think....Suxx... :-(
Blackfoot's live album Highway Song is definitely among the best live recordings ever - looking at this live act it's easy to understand why. Amazing what a man can do with only one functional lung!
I didnt know, that they were ever in old town Zürich. The swiss people likes you.especeally me.i was only 21 at that time. But later i bought every album. Greaaaaaat!!!!!! I love my country switzerland and of course American southernrock like blackfoot. Thank you. You are still in my heart till my death. Bye
Im jahr 1982 Live Zürich, ich war dabei, Blackfoot vorgruppe von Krokus, der Hammer das Konzert, möchte die Zeit nochmals zurückdrehen,,,, Blackfoot war so Geil,,,, werde ich nie vergessen,,, das waren noch echt fetzige Zeiten***
I met Ricky Medlock at Reading Rock Festival (England) in 1982. He was the most gracious guy. Signed my fav denim jacket. I loved their music as a 16 year old.
These guys are great. My band opened for them last September @ The Catskill Mountain Thunder Bike Fest. Not only did they rock the place but we hung out with them after their set for a good hour and a half. Real down to earth guys!
I never get tired of this classic song..Bought the STRIKES album in 1979 after seeing them open for Ted Nugent...and they came back a year later to open for AC/DC.. Met Rickey in 93 in Germany with the Blackfoot version then..Great guy.
This is one of my favorite classic rock "road songs"...you know like Turn the page, etc. I just picture them laying around on the bus and love having the image of what that lifestyle must have been like. When I hear the guitar in the beginning I get chills.
Charlie Hargrett, one of the best players around and one hell of a nice human being. What a tone in his fingers ! I wish there were videos of these guys when they used to be a cover band, they were tight. I used to be a punk kid on the same circuit as them.
I'm from Jax thier hometown..my friend lived around the corner from shorty ..when Ricky wasn't on tour in the 81 ish era he would go home..right around the corner from my friend..we knew shorty and one day Ricky happened to be home meetinf him at 14ish or 15 i was in awwweee...he was so tall and OMG he was shirtless..i about froze but to this day to know he shook my hand is one of my favorite moments as a teen. he was like wow..bigger than life to me jax florida right off Mcduff ave...a little wooden house shorty use to sit on a small front porch step playing the harmonica very often and he wad such a nice man. ohhhh the memories of a young teen girl ohhh ricky was a one dammmm good looking man.
Love Rickie Medlock..What a Singer!! Love this Soul Southern Rock Band!! One of the Greatest Hard Rock Classic Southern and Blues Bands!! Rock on!!!! 😂🤣😃🎶🎵🎷🎸🎤
I used to listen to this beautiful song every night when I came home from work in 1979 now getting to see them play this meaningful song means so much to me thank you for putting it on here thank you bro!
brings tears to my eyes.... I remember life on the road with my band during those days..... goosebumps allover me.... million tnx for sharing..... i can't laugh this song's allover me.
I had the good fortune of seeing them live once in 1998, and this song blew me away. The ending jam on this is on the level of that in Freebird. It's too bad we don't see enough straightforward rock these days.
Has anyone really thought about how influential Jacksonville, FL has been on music? Lynyrd Skynyrd, .38 Special, Blackfoot, etc. I know there were lots of changes in personnel, some by necessity but so many of their songs have stood the test of time and still get radio play. It must have been something in the water down there.
Diffenity want this played at my funeral service. Love Blackfoot, and Ricky Medlock.... Highly underated band. Saw Blackfoot in 1992 at Cadillac's bar and grill in Hickory NC twice. Amazing live band. Actually got to shoot some pool, and drink a few margaritas with Ricky at one of the shows there before they started playing. Ricky is a truly down to earth guy, offered to pay for our drinks, Ricky said no I got it. Great memories indeed...
This song rocks. Blackfoot gave us highway song, lynard skynard gave us free bird, kansas gave us dust in the wind. Indeed, the souths gonna do it again and again ( CDB ), southern rock rules........
THE BEST 4 piece band of all time. Seen them live several times - including with RATT and Def Leppard. Fantastic, energetic shows and they blew the headliners off the stage. Medlocke and Hargrett were the best dual lead guitar slammers in Rock. Spires with his powerhouse slamming and Walker with his subsonic rumble kept the music driving. And Medlocke is one of the best frontmen holding a guitar in Rock. Another great band forced to implode by record execs. They were a band ahead of their time.
When I saw Blackfoot in the early 80s, the coliseum was sold out. During the slow part of the song at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="190">3:10</a> it was prolonged a bit and I'll never forget this part. Every Bic lighter in the house was lit and as I looked around, no one said a word. The band had the complete, undivided and silent attention of everyone in the coliseum. Front to back, side to side and top to bottom. I'll bet you at least 40,000 lit up the place. One word describes this experience. Unfuckingbelievable!
There are a large handful of "Epic" southern rock songs... "Dreams" (Alman Bros), "Fall Of The Peacemakers" (Molly Hatchet), "Green Grass And High Tides" (Outlaws), and pretty much everything by Lynyrd Skynyrd and this is certainly in that list!
Heard the "Highway song live" album (recorded in the U.K) in 1983 and fell in love. I was 13 years old and was cruising with my brother and one of his friends in a Volvo Amazon. Played it loud as hell. Now I'm 54 and I still love that record. One of the best live albums ever!!! What a great band.
