Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow - Highway Star Live 2016

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[@Mikorator64]

Legend has it that Ritchie smiled once when he was very little

[@stratsouldier]

😂😂😂

[@stipeDVD]

Watch when Beethoven meets rock. I think i saw him smile there once 😂

[@abbieharris2425]

That’s a dirty lie!

[@intothesun3537]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@phenixreturns]

Tony Banks too

[@billyuhlir3783]

Most of the people watching weren't even born when richie blackmore was in his prime . He has always been the benchmark of guitar greatness.

[@charlottecovert7665]

Who else fast forwarded to Ritchies solo?

[@steverahmooni4042]

Ritchie was 71 years old at that concert ....what a giant!!! ... All respect

[@m42037]

And?

[@faustoorieta]

@Walter you don't get how this works, if he keeps playing is because people wanna watch him play and he wants to do it, both parties win. The rest of the band is great, but people go see Ritchie. If you don't like it, don't watch it. It's not like him playing is keeping the young generation from taking the spotlight. There's room for everyone in this era.

[@celsofranca4053]

OMG, 71 and still rocking !

[@bassoskat]

I mean yeah he’s way past his prime, but hey he’s earned it, he gets to do as he wishes at this point.

[@abbé-cédaire]

Lorenzo, tu sera comment à son âge ?

[@maromaro1337]

I didn't know that Krazy-8 is such a good singer!

[@andresihotang2314]

lol

[@jeremiasperotti3408]

I was here... From Argentina, only to see R.B...

[@carlitofalcon9181]

Ritchie Blackmore = Genius ✓ ♦️

[@richardknoll5872]

The Best!!!

[@divineinspiration3342]

The choosen one❤

[@davidnissim589]

Blackmore still has the solo down at 71. This guy is a living legend.

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

Muscle Memory. HOW many times has he played it over the decades?

[@parkmonstercj]

He's actually playing the tremolo picked part wrong, he's just doing it as hammers instead of picking all the way through

[@josephhodkinson2892]

​@parkmonstercj I mean the dude was 71 at the time you lose some speed and dexterity with age, he didn't play the rest of it note for note either, bit of improvisation there, which he's always done. You can see here he wasn't what he used to be though, not that I'm bashing him Richie was a massive influence on me as a kid, just age taking it's toll.

[@legomaninacart3172]

Holy Sh** when he introduced Ritchie blackmore and Ritchie played the solo was just so fucking smooth and perfect

[@sl4983]

It was effortless!

[@richardwarfordjr.5622]

Cause he is perfectionist 😂

[@davebruton5731]

This is the only song he's written with so much feeling , compassion and respect for his fellow man . R.I.P. John

[@АлександрИванов-м7э7л]

Привет всем из России...я вырос на этой музыке!! Рок н ролл сила, жив, живёт и будет жить.. делайте рок братья!!!

[@Relicsun]

All my respect to Ritchie, if he is 71 in this concert .

[@turnupthesun81]

He crushed that solo.

[@airborn2859]

Grandfather Ritchie is the best and in our time!

[@mickthornley7210]

Ritchie Blackmore as cool as ice, what a legend ✌️

[@freethinker3305]

And always been like that as far as I remember that guy ! he was always acting like kind of a psycho, enjoying his guitar and no more HAHA I just love him since over 40 years

[@KYuri1987]

Are you crazy? Blackmore is weak guitarist.

[@CalitranoN]

who doesn't love Richie!

[@bostonchopper4343]

Ian Gillian

[@get1rocstartim5]

The Master.

[@nabucodonosor863]

The master himself on the guitar Richie Blackmore!

[@andrewbrennan4311]

I had no idea this performance existed I thought Ritchie headed into Ren faire music and never looked back Singer was better then i expected- rock on!

[@richardgray7310]

I'll take Ritchie Blackmore at 90% over just about any of today's music!!!!!!!! Come on guys! The lead guitarist of Deep Purple!!! Dayum! One of the most Iconic players of all time. Thank You sir! May your music live forever!

[@RobertKetteringham]

I'm 80.years old this is my kind of music 🎶

[@WHOTHEFUCKSTHISIDIOT]

..all these years later...STILL A MONSTER SONG..!!

[@ericcire1546]

Thanks mister Blackmore !!! and very very great performence of the singer!!! Nice voice!

[@mloretotepper5791]

Ronnie Romero, from Chile, my country

[@ShtiliyanNaskinov]

Ian Gillan's voice is better, than Ronnie's

[@ЛюдмилаСедова-щ9л]

For me is the greatest guitarist.

[@davidfernandez9791]

Rock guitarist

[@kschantz]

Jeeez, you must have been living under a rock in Afghanistan. Richard Benson is better than this wanker.

[@scall899]

@@kschantz xD

[@jimcampbell1232]

young band ,young crowd and mr blackmore , we still need this type of rock so come on youngsters its up to you

[@saydon8170]

リッチーがハイウェイスターを21世紀に弾いている。それだけで満足、リードギターが似合います✨🎵🎸

[@yinzer61inslc55]

Unlike professional athletes rock stars can still hit like a sledgehammer in their 70's!

[@georgiytsukuryan8512]

Гений! Без видео даже понятно, что это Ричи, звук, манера, стиль... 20 лет этого ждал!

[@Владислав-ц2й2ч]

Да, согласен! Морс с ним и рядом не стоял

[@pocemonspivom]

@@Владислав-ц2й2ч К вам много вопросов после вашего утверждения про Морса,но бессмыслено их задавать.

[@narekdavtyan3646]

​@@pocemonspivomТолько не говорите что Морс круче Блекмора ))))

[@笑った者勝ち]

上手く言えないけど・・・ リッチーが動いてるだけで涙が出てきます。 リッチー最高！！！！！

[@munahyder820]

What an excellent and great performance of all.👋👋👋 Vocalist is an excellent stage performer. Wow!!!!

[@haabee5380]

Legend has it that Ritchie at times plays the original solo

[@foxystravels]

This is as close as I've ever seen him play it live, and that's a lot of times

[@tayron27]

John Norum idolized Ritchie Blackmore, I started playing guitar after watching Norum in 1986 and I also love Ritchie. Both he and John put most guitar players of today to shame.

[@davidjuliohernandezgomez]

why?

[@MichaelOBrien-z8i]

2025 And Who's Still Alive? 🎸🔥🎸

[@kodiakandgrizzlybears3787]

The best guitarist on this planet.

[@pratikhmasulkar]

Kodiak and Grizzly Bears. jimmy page is still alive

[@kodiakandgrizzlybears3787]

Pratik Masulkar: Our Englishman Page. Good but no Blackmore.

[@kodiakandgrizzlybears3787]

Pratik Masulkar: Yes, Page is still alive and yet inferior to Blackmore! By miles!

[@KingCrofty]

I'm gonna have to disagree there, for me, Michael Schenker is the greatest.

[@kodiakandgrizzlybears3787]

@@KingCrofty Who??

[@joelthegoat4284]

Ritchie is great, but I wanna give the singer credit too. He's amazing

[@中澤靖-n3z]

リッチー貴方のギターは最高です。今まで貴方のライブは三回体験しましたがまた日本に来て下さい。絶対に会いにいきます。

[@therealawakener7]

Ritchie Blackmore is a fucking living legend, a rock god amongst fallen angels pretending to rock. Let's face it he's in his 70's now but, he's still got it, he may be waning and fraying around the edges just a little now, but he's earn't his stripes. A guitarist in a league all on his own with his own sound, tone, phrasing and a unique sense of melody. There's something magical about Blackmore's hands, he's one of a kind. And he's BRITISH!!!

[@mackydog99]

I've been a Purple fan since the late sixties. Richie Blackmore is my all time favorite guitarist.....period!

[@LetterNumberPeriodDashUndersco]

My god, I just saw this concert for the first time and the man is just as good as he was in 1972.

[@ГюльнараРагимова-ж9д]

I grew up listening to rock music is my favorite direction for life

[@ryuzhanov]

Amazing!!! Ritchie Blackmore 4ever!!!

[@5tar5z]

This is a cool version. Pretty damn good for a fella 71 years old on guitar

[@tonyroma69]

OMG .... this is my favorite song the best song over the music world TNX RITCHIE ... i cry of joy every time i'm listening it!!!!!

[@williamcallihoe501]

This RB HAS PROVED THE TEST OF TIME ...GD.. THIS IS BEYOND good.

[@guibox3]

Wow. That guy is a great vocalist. Really channels Ian Gillan well but brings his own sound to it. Great range and can hit the notes with ease. Impressed!

[@danielbell7855]

He sounds grating to me.

[@westerling8436]

Eh no

[@efgdf]

He is from Chile

[@syedshahrom3073]

Ritchie is awesome great rock guitarist.a new version of Highway Star.what a classy show.

[@tonyflorez703]

Ritchie 😎🤘 71 years old and still bad ass

[@elisabethacronqvist7859]

thanks God,Ritchie came back in your own hard-rock world. welcome back home,Master.... :-)

[@hernantrezza6967]

Ritchie #1 ever .

[@wantobek9936]

Wow amazing sound,thanks for sound engineer,good job sir...m

[@henrikcarmel1]

The tunes for all instruments in this song are simply amazingly well written - and this performance is retaining the songs original values

[@RobertKetteringham]

Absolutely fantastic band world class musicians iam 8o years old still watching in 2024 6:25 😢😮😅❤❤❤❤

[@benjamincoletti3267]

Crazy how Blackmore still has the mechanics and the stage presence.. age doesn't mean shit

[@SYNDRONE]

what stage presence? :D!

[@dpc983]

OOOOOOOh Yeaaaaaaah ..my giutar- God Ritchie Blackmore !!! I am 63 now , Since 1970 when I was 9 years of age this man is my hero .

[@iainholmes2735]

The bloke's a legend.

[@zokxzoranovski5255]

Mam 60+ lat i pamietam jak sluchalismy Deep Purple w latach 80-tych z plyt na gramofonie. Byly to w ogole inne czasy. Blackmore byl i jest jednym z najlepszych rock gitarzystow - ever, ogladalem ich koncert, origynalny zespol (chyba ich ostatni wspolny koncert) z Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, John Lord, Ian Paice, Roger Glover.... w Polsce,rok 1994, miasto Zabrze :) -Byli jak zwykle profi i swietni !!!!!

[@88hh40]

im so glad i was there!! i really liked it even tho its not the Rainbow it used to be

[@jonclymer2572]

That's because this song is Deep Purple, not Rainbow...

[@armelind]

I am torn by this performance. And after editing my comment twice now, I will just say I was surprised and entertained by this performance. We can leave it at that.

[@mundih]

It was crap..... flat and dead (I edited once)

[@ianrwood21]

@@mundih Agreed, good vocals but Blackmore is no longer the force he was on guitar.

[@armelind]

@@ianrwood21 That was part of my original post plus the part where the hired "young" guns are just there and you know they are holding back to let him shine. But still kudos to him for going up at 70 something.

[@paulsimmons5726]

Blackmore looks like he's preparing his taxes... still sounds great though!

[@freethinker3305]

Blackmore only in LOVE with his guitar ! his reason

[@l.hbravo8828]

😂😂

[@bobmalack481]

Ya... his Statocastor here sounds more like a Gibson, somethings off..

[@louiesalinas4720]

lol

[@StephenG1991]

​@bobmalack481 single coil sized hunbuckers.

[@koh9599]

普通に歌唱力通り歌えるぜ😎👍🎙✨🇯🇵✨

[@hasekdom]

Ritchie Blackmore i really on fire. Dancing around. Screamig and having fun.

[@amsteel8223]

and jumping all over the place

[@iljat56]

JUST GREAT....TNX FOR A BEAUTIFUL VIDEO.....

[@kylebookowsky9014]

Happy birthday🎉, Master!

[@-igorP.]

Perfect vocal!

[@rubenzamorano5194]

​@@xxxx-nf7bfExcelente comentario.

[@alansmith7626]

Deep Purple is big part of the fabric of my life...to me, is good to see Ritchie playing live, it just never gonna be the same...and, knowing that, we can appreciate it as it is....Blackmore so under appreciated to me...for Deep Purple fans, watch Bonamassa studio version of Lazy...is outstanding...and time goes on...

[@testtest2297]

Mr.Blackmore!

[@SNIKDOG43]

Oh how much do i Love our rock treasures! Sir Ritchie you make me so happy! Thank you sir! We are so blessed with the sounds of your beautiful Guitar! All of my ❤to you mate!

[@ddl508]

GREAT !!! Ritchie Blackmore !!!

[@gurselozal9619]

Blackmore is Still rocking.Great, high quality, classic rock like it used to be..

[@christineayres5339]

gursel ozal lol I know most other Guitarists from his era would gave lost the technical ability to play like this at 70 years of age but Blackmore keeps going strong

[@MrAlcides1611]

You are right, my friend. His style has never changed. Another great solo as Always...

[@bojanbelic957]

The drummer is not so good, i mean, he plays without coherency, like parted blocks, you know what i mean.

[@guitarmemoir]

+gursel ozal I still play the Highway Star solo every day(Machine Head version) to warm up, and the last part he plays here is a very dumbed-down substitution. The hammer-ons and pull-offs he does through the last part of the solo (that he loosely follows off the record) featured fast alternate picked quad notes on Machine Head. Here he uses legato eighth-note triplets...one less note per lick and a much different feel. Probably nitpicking for most fans, but I was very disappointed to see how much he had let his technique fall by the wayside. In fairness, Blackmore's Knight is a much different gig. But by the same token if I had paid to see him play like that, I wouldn't have been very happy. Not trying to be a know-it-all jerk, but I work my ass off to keep my chops up, while he doesn't...and he is Ritchie Blackmore and I am nobody.

[@bojanbelic957]

Well i am a Zepp. fan, but i can not be unfair, friend. Richie did that in 1971. and it was a revolution in a guitar solo approach. No one before him did the Bach progression and the baroque arpeggios on strat. That was a neoclassical thing a decade before Friedman, Becker, Malmsteen etc. In a guitar term Richie was important, no doubt. And i saw many players playing that solo, but on the record , he plays constant right hand up and down , staccato, and the left hand do that pull of thing. It is much difficult to play that solo like that, the same number of notes in a right and left hand, i think on triola parts.But i am not interesting in guitar at all. Page was a magician, and Zepp were much bigger band, it is a fact. Purple turned to parody, a cover versions of the previous band, Zepp. went to history as a untouched myth.

[@juancarloscanabate7822]

El mejor guitarrista de la historia y la mejor canción de rock de la historia. Deep Purple, Ritchie Blackmore, Made in Japan y Highway Star... medio siglo después sigue siendo insuperable

[@bigal7505]

Ritchie is still the best, such finesses. But...gotta give props to that keyboardist, too. I think Jon Lord would approve.

[@fahlvfaust677]

The legendary..jens Johanssen..

[@carlosluismendez7392]

no shit, Jens is a virtuoso.

[@supianzainuddin1482]

Nice!!! Brings back good memories. And the drummer is amazing.

[@chrisgabler9507]

Love this, love it, love it! Amazing sound of the band and the lead vocal, and Blackmore's tone is still epic, mystical and mysterious. He is in my all-time list of rock guitarists. He has a take on tone that is so recognizable like all the greats; Beck, Gary Moore, Page, Clapton, Gilmour, Peter Green, Rory Gallagher and others.

[@eczacitolga1]

we're soldiers of ritchie blackmore. what a solo.

[@benaleksandrovich8503]

Блекмор человек легенда!Вот бы хоть раз его увидеть!

[@wolfram3927]

на вокале только обезьяна какая-то

[@snkorotkov]

Вы дурак?

[@konstantinkotelnikov4533]

Только сыграл говенно... Он, как профессионал, должен понимать, что играть рок без драйва не стоит, вафля получается.

[@snkorotkov]

Вы даже не представляете, Константин, насколько Блэкмору насрать на Ваше "компетентное" мнение :)

[@konstantinkotelnikov4533]

Ровно так же, мудель, как мне на твоё.

[@1ManBandChrisWilson]

Ritchie one of my biggest influences ❤ u can hear it in my playing. Still the true chemistry will always be with Ian Gillian on vocals. Can't imagine anyone else. Just seen them in Toronto and they opened with highway Star. It was incredible

[@sangdurjana1980]

Ritchie Blackmore's is Big Bos

[@finnschu]

Legend has it that Richie will fire someone soon.

[@themiskuka]

definitely ian paice the only guy can carry the drum sound right for this song

[@Ivan-sh5fi]

Definitely.

[@mr.brownstone9943]

Young Punk/ Metal drummer for a deep purple song? hmm

[@fernandoa.5089]

Gomen Darminra he looks like a punk guy, but plays very good... you’re guided by your eyes and not your ears...

[@themiskuka]

@@fernandoa.5089 for me personall..he doesn't had that right feel for me

[@neonskyline1]

yeh strange sound, i know the drummer who should have played this

[@wadewade3462]

Ritchie Blackmore he's a legend I listen to him 50 Years ago.Wheres DEO

[@kodiakandgrizzlybears3787]

BLACKMORE THE GUITARIST ON THIS PLANET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@kschantz]

What does that even mean???

[@kodiakandgrizzlybears3787]

@@kschantz Idiot. Learn English!

[@kodiakandgrizzlybears3787]

@@kschantz It means the best axeman on this planet, TWAT!!

[@kschantz]

@@kodiakandgrizzlybears3787 that's not what you said numb-nutz go back and read your original post word for word. You said "BLACKMORE THE GUITARIST ON THIS PLANET" yeah he's a guitarist and he's on this planet. Nothing about "Best" in there. Incidentally, I don't know who the best guitarist is, but I can think of 10+ who can shit out a guitar solo better than anything Blackmore can do, and they don't spit on their fans. You must have forgotten about Randy Rhoades who in just 2 albums made Blackmore look like a kid playing air guitar with a tennis racket. Read your own shit post before you call someone an idiot, idiot!

[@willissudweeks1050]

Lol

[@youtube.LibertyValance]

Ich hatte die Hoffnung schon seit langer Zeit aufgegeben. Und das Wunder geschah. Der Prince Of Darkness ist wieder mit Rainbow unterwegs. FANTASTISCH. Hoffentlich kommen bald neue Songs, denn waiting for a sign ist doch toll, oder?

[@michaels2793]

Viva Ritchie ! Long Live Rock-m-Roll !

[@pierre-andregueguelarpin1473]

Good band and not heard everywhere VERY good video soundmix,thanks for this good job, it's not always the case, even in big festivals.

[@ThrashRoC]

He is a BIG BIG LEGEND !!

[@394pjo]

Ritchie's hair is totally on top of its game here, an ageless bouffant lightly feathered tumbling gracefully onto his shoulders while those tasteful highlights compliment his eye colour and moustache.

[@kenraalimarsalkka2130]

I don’t care if you were serious or not, but thanks for the laugh. Can’t help but agree. An ageless bouffant indeed.

[@rocknroll6396]

Wonder how much the meet n greet package is to meet and get a pic with the hair

[@yusuftomruk5563]

Always THE BEST!...

[@starmoonplayzmalic6472]

Yusuf Tomruk

[@DanielBanphe]

nice sound recording, good quality audio

[@pierre-andregueguelarpin1473]

As sound enginer i'm agree with you, as many people i like better the "Made in Japan " because for my 12 birthday in 72 i received the double gold album and i have listen this version a few thousands of times. But i would like to understand from people who say that's a bab mix, what are there complaints, except that we have not the original band, thanks for your explanations.

[@taniariella3588]

A melhor guitarra de todos os tempos !!!!!

[@en.langkasuka6854]

Old fashion guitar stuff...legend

[@Losrandir]

So that's his ensemble now. Pretty good!

[@joepalma8763]

You might not like his demeanor but Blackmore is still the guitar god. Great stuff Rainbow

[@jessicafinch4091]

Richie is amazing, one of the best musicians of the all times, i just love him!

[@LD-qj2te]

Richie is an original and smoking hot guitar player ! Still listenable

[@90blacknight]

Come on guys, this is a great singer along side the rock god himself. Sit back and enjoy!

[@johnrae9286]

Absolutely right

[@MrStevecro]

but don't you agree performers are only as good as their recent concerts? He's not inspired to play this stuff anymore and his fingers tell it like it is. I'm a huge fan but this wasn't the Ritchie whose playing I've analysed and really listened to over the years. Why do they do this to themselves? MOney?

[@lucianotalagante]

Saludos al gran vocalista Ronnie, de Talagante Chile y al legendario Ritchie Blackmore , lo mas grande

[@philliphelbig579]

I was there. Ritchie actually spoke several sentences into the microphone. Unfortunately, it had rained heavily before the concert, and continued to rain during it, and the logistics were bad with cars parked on a muddy field. But I was there. And I was there when Waters performed The Wall at the Wall.

[@sl4983]

How cool!

[@allroad0095]

Allways Ritchie Blackmore is So Great!!!

[@madmiask]

Go Ritchie... Nobody's gonna kill the King. ;-)

[@LorisEmanuelCianni]

Blackmore can't play like 40 years ago, but he is always the Rock Guitar God

[@nikoladjikic9758]

Brother really nailed with singing

[@serenaym3974]

Good voice and skill, but only a close imitation of the original. Nothing more.

[@nikoladjikic9758]

​@@serenaym3974what are yall yapping about?! Would yours and everyone else's with the same opinion singing version be something else beside that? Would it qualify for something else beside imitation of the original? Are you not imitating? IF U CHANGE, APPROACH, THAN IT'S A DIFFERENT SONG. IT'S A COVER. Yall just inventing non existant problems. Man can't get on stage and sing dumb song wo people shiting all over, just because they got nothing smarter to do.

[@davidhaney1394]

Awesome vocal cover !

[@eduardomontiel2235]

Blackmore: the greatest guitar player! But sadly, the most underrated.

[@Cableguy15]

@Walter You'll have to explain that one for those of us who don't know then. I thought he was the guy who invented one of the catchiest and most recognized guitar riffs of all-time, and also widely considered to have created one of the best solos of all-time, all in the same album. lol Don't get me wrong, some people worship the guy when it's not deserved, but he still did some amazing things all throughout the 70's with Deep Purple and Rainbow.