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A "Classic Rock" blog by Ellen Hughes (ej). My commentary, critiques and
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WRITING "HIGHWAY STAR," DEEP PURPLE

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Music Talk Radio 10/28/2024
     According to Rock Reflections , The song "Highway Star," by Deep Purple on
1972's  Machine Head, was written on a tour bus when a reporter asked Richie
Blackmore how they wrote songs. Blackmore grabbed a guitar and started riffing
in the key of G. Ian Gillan, the lead singer, started making up lyrics on the
spot.     Impressively, Deep Purple played the song that night at their gig!
What a killer Bach-like guitar solo. It's one of the greatest guitar solos in
rock. Great song to drive fast to! Apparently, that was Blackmore's vision of
the song. Speeding in a car on a highway with the tune blasting. Check it out on
Spotify.
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GRAND FUNK, "WE'RE AN AMERICAN BAND," STORY

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Music Talk Radio 10/25/2024
         It's 1973 and  Grand Funk is in financial ruin because of a costly
legal battle with their producer/manager, Terry Knight. Grand Funk fired Knight
because of poor management and apparently, he wasn't handling their money well
either. Knight responded by suing them for breach of contract.      Also , at
that time, radio and the record industry were changing from album-focused play
to hit song formats. Grand Funk was an underground album-focused FM radio band.
Because of the huge legal costs of fighting Knight, they knew they had to write
a "hit" single to stay afloat.     Grand Funk was touring, flying from city to
city at the time.  As they were flying into a city, Don Brewer, the drummer in
the band, looked out of the plane window and the line "We're coming to your
town, we'll help you party down" came into his head. Brewer wrote the song on
guitar around that one inspiring line. He knew about 4 guitar chords. He used
them all. Brewer was d
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DEEP PURPLE MACHINE HEAD ALBUM COVER

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Music Talk Radio 10/20/2024
      I love this album cover. Why, because it looks cool. The Machine Head
album cover was photographed by Shepard Sherbell. Remember, we didn't have
Photoshop back then, or digital photography. Artists and photographers had to
get creative. This was created using a piece of sheet metal that was held up to
reflect the band like a mirror. The lettering was die-stamped into the metal to
give the lettering that raised, embossed look. Love it. It's always been one of
my favorites. Photo by Shepard Sherbell, 1972
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KEITH RICHARDS OF THE ROLLING STONES

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Music Talk Radio 10/20/2024
       I have to admit my snobbery and ignorance regarding Keith Richards. As a
guitarist,  I paid homage to guitarists like Allan Holdsworth, Al DiMeola, Steve
Morse, and Eric Johnson. You may not have heard of any of these players right?
My snobbery is astounding.     I've always liked the Stones, although my bands
(as a teenager) were Aerosmith (first 5 albums only) and Led Zeppelin. I knew
every oooh and ahhh that Plant sang. I was into the whole mystique about the
band and Plant's tales of whoa, far-off lands (Kashmir), No Quarter...I was
fully in. You get the picture.     Here is the thing about Keith Richards. He
doesn't give a flying f@#! About being the greatest guitarist in the world. He
is all about the feel, fun, and rhythm hook, especially . The Chuck Berryish
draw you in intros. He just grabs you and slays you with them. How about the
best rhythm intro in rock and roll (to me) "Can't You Hear Me Knocking."  Or
"Brown Sugar" "Honk
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TONY IOMMI, BLACK SABBATH

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Music Talk Radio 10/15/2024
    Did you know that Tony Iommi, guitarist of Black Sabbath fame, lost a couple
of his fingertips on his right hand? His index and middle fingers to be exact.
Being left-handed this would have been his fretboard hand. He worked in a sheet
metal factory and accidentally cut them off. Ouch! It almost stopped Iommi from
playing guitar but a friend, seeing Iommi's depression from not playing, played
Iommi a record of Django Reinhardt. A guitarist of Jazz fame. Iommi didn't know
until after hearing Reinhardt that Reinhardt had badly burned his ring and index
finger on his left hand but kept playing. Iommi was impressed by the jazz great.
His friend then revealed that Reinhardt could only use two fingers on his
fretboard hand.       This got Iommi inspired and back on the saddle again. Tony
used light guitar strings and even banjo strings , dropping the string tension
to make them looser. He dropped his tuning to C# Standard, and D# Standard, for
you guitarists in the know. This he
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LED ZEPPELIN, BLUES ROCK

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Music Talk Radio 10/14/2024
     "Since I've Been Loving You" on Zeppelin's third album, Led Zeppelin III,
is a masterpiece of hard rock blues. I know Zeppelin is said to be early metal
by some but to me they are a hard rock blues band. The only songs that "hint" at
metal are "Whole Lotta Love" and "The Immigrant Song." On "Whole Lotta Love",
it's because of the chug-like hook and the E power chords. The Immigrant Song's
subject matter, (Vikings) and the staccato guitar chord riff also hint at
metal.  Nevertheless, they are much more blues rock to me as a whole.      Take
"Since I've Been Loving You" for instance. Wow. It's my favorite electric blues
rock song. Robert Plant's vocals are so deeply real in this. He's at his best.
Between Bonzo's huge sound and Jimmy Page's playing on this song, it's pure
blues rock bliss in phrasing, intensity, sound, and feel.      T he Stones may
have loved the blues but couldn
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BEST LIVE SHOW YOU HAVE BEEN TO? "YES" FOR ME

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Music Talk Radio 10/09/2024
     The best live concert I have been to was the band, Yes. Even though I knew
next to nothing about their music before this show. If you don't know, Yes is a
"progressive" rock band that was big in the 1970's. Progressive rock is a bit
more complex and has sometimes lengthy songs, odd time signatures, and some
improv to boot. You might recognize the song "Roundabout" or "I've Seen All Good
People" These were Yes's biggest songs and my least favorites. The show was at
Boston Garden on December 11th, 1974. This was before the venue became the Fleet
Center and now, TD Garden.       One of the things that made this show so
special was that the stage was in the center of the floor. Most people got a
great view of the band. I was only thirteen at the time. How does that happen?
     I just found out while writing this that Yes has released a double CD of
this show, (in April of 2024). You can only find it on Amazon though. I don't
see that
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