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 sure do miss the 70s and 80s. The music today is not even the same. Sometimes I wish I could find a time machine and go back in time. Life was much easier and everyone enjoyed life! Is this your favorite song?
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.!!!!!!❤❤😊😊😊😊😊
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 TH-cam 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.
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! 🎸🎸🌈
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.
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.
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!!!
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.
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!
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
+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... :-(
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
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 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!
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!
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!
just to say Rickey still has it at 60 saw him last week with skynard would like to hear him sing again his voice. was lucky to see blackfoot twice in the 80, he,s great no matter when or where he plays
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!
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.
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.
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!!!
@@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
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 :)
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.
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.
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!
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. 🤍
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!
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!
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.
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........
ja mon ..Really good SHIT...Ich bin American but ich wohne in Deutschland ...I am 64 born in NY ...I was lucky to see Blackfoot many times in USA ....I'm a Deadhead but also classic rock :) ...do the shit that makes you happy ...enjoy what you have
2024, been listening to this 40 years and this is my favorite rendition by far. God broke the mold when he made Blackfoot, they will never be equalled. This was truly a golden age of Rock. See y'all again in 40.
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***
Back then... hanging out, partying, listening to epic bands like this was "normal"... Blackfoot, Zep, Fleetwood Mac, JGeils, and you know it was a real party when someone spun some Spanish Moon and Do you Feel Like I do lol. It was game on party time. Those days are long gone in the rearview mirror
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.
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.
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!!!!❤❤❤❤❤
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Is 2024 who's listening? Who has lots of good memories behind this song? I do!❤❤❤ Excellent performance!😊
Buddy THIS was real music, handmade and with passion
So true buddy! It most definitely was real music.
@@Heather-r2n If I had a band, THIs would be our last song, so the people with thier instruments could show what they are able to play
Saw them in early eighties. Great concert. Man were they loud too. 2nd row and ears rang for hours after.
On my Playlist for sho
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.
God blessed us with the preservation of this performance! Thank you again!
last night sure took it's toll on me........Thanks for the music.....
Excellent ! Very fast drummer- Jakson Spires R.I.P.
WOOOO!!! YES!
INCREDIBLE!!!
Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!
FIRST DANCE WITH MY MAN. OUR SONG!
I sure do miss the 70s and 80s. The music today is not even the same. Sometimes I wish I could find a time machine and go back in time. Life was much easier and everyone enjoyed life! Is this your favorite song?
Magic!
the good ol days of rock, never to be matched. Now we got stupid shit.
My Goduncle...1982!
These boys kick the shit.
If I remember correctly they played with Blue Oyster Cult in Butte Montana many years ago???
apparently I love this song....have another beer for me....
@ClassicRock70es
I totally agree!
Love it!!!
40 years later in 2022 and this still gives me goosebumps and gets me smiling and nodding. A true classic.
Yes!!!! 💯💕
YESSSS FROM TEXAS/ THEY PLAYED HERE! PLUS LOUISIANA BACK LATE '70S
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!
haha i just found it, but i know that 40 years later im gonna be playing this too, i love free bird, this gives me same vibes
Очень крутая тема! Парни лучшие!!!
Who says we Native Americans can't rock? Proud to be Blackfoot and a Blackfoot fan!
tweelmeister right on
Nobody said that. There is nothing to not like about this band.
Native Americans rock
Black foot rocks
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.!!!!!!❤❤😊😊😊😊😊
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.
this song got a lot of radio airplay. It was a big FM radio hit.
Absolutely”Agreed”!! The thing like most about TH-cam 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. 🤭🌈
AGREED!
Free Bird sucks compared to this song.
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.
This song should have been recognized as a Southern Rock Anthem alongside Green Grass and high Tides and Freebird!
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! 🎸🎸🌈
Yes
It is
Absolutely!!
WHY does Synyrd NOT play Rickys Anthom in there concerts FANS would LOVE this
Blackfoot is a classic and there music still kicks ass in 2023 and I'm still listening to the music
This group never got the attention they deserved. They are among the top Greats period!!!!!!
You got that right.
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.
Chris McLain absolutely agree!
Judith Bates saw them back in the 80s, in our local concert hall, amazing, and they were the support 😂
Chris McLain true why i have three albums. Of strikes bad ass
This is the greatest version I've ever seen of Highway Song . I found it back about 4 years ago and straight to my playlist
I saw Blackfoot on the 80's. I had never heard of them before that night. The next day I went and bought every album of theirs. 💜
Ricky Medlock is pure talent
i agree totally
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.
100% correct
Rick actually had one of the best rock voices ever. Really good.
Yes
Got that right//
Also helped he leaned from one of the best to ever donit
White Dove that he recorded with Skynyrd was one of his most beautiful vocals. ❤❤❤
All southern rock sounds good!! Happy I got to experience all those groups as a teenager in 70's.
One of the most underrated song and band of all time
One of the best southern kickass rock songs out there! Blackfoot was a killer band during there time. God Bless!
their
One of the best live performances ever. This is the definition of Rock!
One of the greatest songs of all time , utterly immense
Freaking awesome ! Today's music can't hold a candle to this.
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!!!
I’m 23 and I’m showing this to my nephew who’s 5 we got to keep great music alive !! ❤❤❤
A great song for night driving on a long dark night 😅
..Rick Medlock my "Teenage Idol"....Thank God,that i saw Blackfoot in the original Line Up...!!!...Great Memories..!!!
way underrated band! its a crime this band is not up there with rock's greatest, love their tunes
I'm 67 years young and play guitar and this just makes my blood run hot as ever. have this played at my funeral...
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.
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!
Set back and take a toke,take it in!
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
Im sorry
There is no denying, Ricky Medlock is one of the greatest guitar players that have ever lived
That’s Ricky??!!
@@BozJustBad
Yep, that's Ricky.
,... YEAH MATES but, MEDLOCKE ! BERNIE GERMANY 😊
Charlie Hargrett wasn't too shabby either
He's up there for sure love that firebird he is playing too.
We rock this back in the day 1979 will forever rock. Highway runs on. These guys put a helluv a show on.
Always LOVED Blackfoot ~ Always will
Medlocke's voice - so melodious and strong. Love this song ... with only Rick performing it.
+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... :-(
An ABSOLUTE masterpiece! Every musician at peak performance....
And Ricky Medlocke? OMG! AWESOME!!!
Yes
The man
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
Especially amazing when you know he does it all with one lung. He had one removed at aged 9 because of a cystic fibrosis related condition.
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
Done some traveling, this is my favorite highway song after 40 yrs.
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 !
This song gets better and better over the years!
This song is so underrated, most hard rocking and well written songs of all time
Ricky is so much of what southern rock was and still is. I’m a fan. Who’s watching on 2020?
Underrated vocalist. This guy got great pipes. Wishing well another classic by blackfoot
The guy only has one pipe! He had a diseased lung removed at age 9. Really incredible singer.
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.
Amen! Went to the Birmingham Odeon gig on that tour. April 1982. Awesome.
Saw them at DeMonfort hall. Best band I have ever seen.
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!
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!
Glad to see some people know what real music still is
Give me this 70's rock over any era ever! GOD bless the guitar solo!!
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!
I met Ricky once myself for a brief chat, seemed like a really nice guy
Half Cherokee Indian I relate to these guys
just to say Rickey still has it at 60 saw him last week with skynard would like to hear him sing again his voice. was lucky to see blackfoot twice in the 80, he,s great no matter when or where he plays
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!
Absolutely one of the best Southern Rock songs ever made! Voice, guitar and drum work is flawless! Sure do miss these guys!
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.
One of the great bands in concert that few people even know existed.
Man what a memory this brings back. 38 Special, Molly Hatchet, Foghat and The Outlaws.
Kind of hard to top that lineup. Was a good day.
Saw those 3 (no Foghat) on a triple-bill around 1980 and it was unbelievable... one of the best concerts I've ever been to!
Wow man !! How lucky are u!!
Man I would have given anything to see that line up ! I absolutely love Molly Hatchet and Blackfoot !!
Never understood why Foghat is always in Southern Rock lists... seeing as they were a British Blues Rock band
This song still today stops me and runs deep,Don’t get any better that Ricky
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.
JAX ROCKS from Baton Rouge, LA
Molly Hatchet.
2nd for molly hatchet
My favorite song of all time. Perfect mix of rock, some blues, southern tone. Idk, I just love this shit lol
I love this song too. It is all those things you say. I'm 56 and it makes me feel like I'm 18 again.
BlackJesus
Lol. I'm only 53, but absolutely. ;)
ronald reed
I always think of Ronnie Van Zant when I hear this song. Don't know if it's right but I do.
They were good friends and Rickey played with Skynerd off and on before his present full-time spot.
Always thinkin of Ronnie
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!!!
It puts me off gargantuan
Medlocke is great.
Remember Rickey has only 1 lung. RIP Jackson Spires. And Walker before wigs.
Love southern rock. Those guys start playing guitar when they're 4 or 5 and get awesome at it and other insturments as well. Pure talent.
Fucking Smokin Band - One of the Best Ever !!
One of the great songs in rock history and the most under appreciated.
Daniel F. Damn straight dude! One of the greatest Live Solos I’ve ever heard!
@@chadcorley2702 you ain't lying brother Chad!!
WILLIAM LECKRONE Rickey Medlocke is one of the greatest Southern Rock Guitar Players ever my brother!
@@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
Why was this band so underrated I'll never know why. I can listen to every song on this strikes album. Not to many bands can do that.
poor management. just like ARS
Blackfoot, just love them. Rickey Medlocke is incredible, singing and playing.
These guys are gods....utterly underrated,, maybe even better than Lynyrd Skynyrd
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 :)
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.
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.
One of the best rock songs done by one of the best rock bands ever !!!! Rickey and Blackfoot you rocked our asses off !!!!!
🤘🏼💀🤘🏼. 👣. 🤘🏼💀🤘🏼
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!
stephenmr2 all of my friends are all dead I have no one to remix about these songs
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. 🤍
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!
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!
What a great song! Rock music then was awesome! It reminds me of thumbing a ride on those cold nights from Chanute to Champaign-Urbana.
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.
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........
You forgot The Outlaws Green Grass and High Tides
I'd kill to have been a kid of the 70s and 80s.....Southern Rock at its pure best!
Such an underated, guitarist, and singer alike too.
ja mon ..Really good SHIT...Ich bin American but ich wohne in Deutschland ...I am 64 born in NY ...I was lucky to see Blackfoot many times in USA ....I'm a Deadhead but also classic rock :) ...do the shit that makes you happy ...enjoy what you have
2024, been listening to this 40 years and this is my favorite rendition by far. God broke the mold when he made Blackfoot, they will never be equalled. This was truly a golden age of Rock. See y'all again in 40.
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***
War auch dabei im Hallenstadion 👍 Blackfoot Rockte Krokus an die Wand 🎸🎸🎸
This music is fucking perfect!
Back then... hanging out, partying, listening to epic bands like this was "normal"... Blackfoot, Zep, Fleetwood Mac, JGeils, and you know it was a real party when someone spun some Spanish Moon and Do you Feel Like I do lol. It was game on party time.
Those days are long gone in the rearview mirror
Thank God for the rear view mirror!!! Hey hey
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.
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.
Younger" Ricky, Forging His Own Path , With His BLACKFOOT Brethren!, DESTINY AND PATHS CHOOSEN!... ( Over 40 yrs., Later.. ✌😄
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!!!!❤❤❤❤❤
Whities fish camp was my hangout back in the day!!!