Who played guitar on Higher Ground Red Hot Chili Peppers?

Higher Ground is a song that was written by and originally performed by Stevie Wonder.

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What happened to the Red Hot Chili Peppers guitar player?
How many lead guitarists have the Red Hot Chili Peppers had?

Red Hot Chili Peppers' cover is the second track and lead single from the band's fourth studio album Mother's Milk.

Lyrics[]

People
Keep on learnin'
Soldiers
Keep on warrin'

World
Keep on turnin'
Cause it won't be too long

Powers
Keep on lyin'
While your people
Keep on dyin'

World
Keep on turnin'
Cause it won't be too long

I'm so darn glad he let me try it again
'Cause my last time on earth I lived a whole world of sin
I'm so glad that I know more than I knew then
Gonna keep on tryin' till I reach the highest ground.

Teachers
Keep on teachin'
Preachers
Keep on preachin'

World
Keep on turnin'
'Cause it won't be too long
Oh no

Lovers
Keep on lovin'
While believers
Keep on believin'

Sleepers
Just stop sleepin'
'Cause it won't be too long
Oh no

I'm so darn glad He let me try it again
'Cause my last time on earth I lived a whole world of sin
I'm so glad that I know more than I knew then
Gonna keep on tryin' till I reach the highest ground

And Stevie knows that, uh, nobody's gonna bring me down
(Till I reach the highest ground)
'Cause me 'n' Stevie, see, we're gonna be a sailin' on the funky funky sound
(Till I reach the highest ground)

Bustin' out, and I'll break you out, 'cause I'm sailin' on
(Till I reach the highest ground)
Just, uh, sailin' on, sailin' on the higher ground
(Till I reach the highest ground)

Personnel[]

Anthony Kiedis: Lead vocals
John Frusciante: Guitar, backing vocals
Flea: Bass, backing vocals
Chad Smith: Drums
Backing vocals by:
- Vicki Calhoun
- Wag
- Randy Ruff
- Aklia Chinn
- Jack Sherman
- Joel Virgel Viergel
- Iris Parker
- Julie Ritter
- Gretchen Seager
- Laure Spinosa
- Sir Babs
- Merill Ward
- Bruno Deron
- Kristen Vigard

Mother's Milk

Standard tracks

Good Time Boys · Higher Ground · Subway to Venus · Magic Johnson · Nobody Weird Like Me · Knock Me Down · Taste the Pain · Stone Cold Bush · Fire · Pretty Little Ditty · Punk Rock Classic · Sexy Mexican Maid · Johnny, Kick a Hole in the Sky

2003 remaster bonus tracks

Song That Made Us What We Are Today · Knock Me Down (original long version) · Sexy Mexican Maid (original long version) · Salute to Kareem · Castles Made of Sand (Live) · Crosstown Traffic (Live)

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Singles
The Red Hot Chili Peppers	"Get Up and Jump"
Freaky Styley	"Jungle Man" • "Hollywood (Africa)"
The Uplift Mofo Party Plan	"Fight Like a Brave" • "Behind the Sun"
Mother's Milk	"Higher Ground" • "Knock Me Down" • "Taste the Pain"
Blood Sugar Sex Magik	"Give It Away" • "Under the Bridge" • "Suck My Kiss" • "Breaking the Girl" • "If You Have to Ask"
One Hot Minute	"Warped" • "My Friends" • "Aeroplane" • "Shallow Be Thy Game" • "Coffee Shop"
Californication	"Scar Tissue" • "Around the World" • "Otherside" • "Californication" • "Road Trippin'"
By the Way	"By the Way" • "The Zephyr Song" • "Can't Stop" • "Dosed" • "Universally Speaking"
Greatest Hits	"Fortune Faded"
Stadium Arcadium	"Dani California" • "Tell Me Baby" • "Snow ((Hey Oh))" • "Desecration Smile" • "Hump de Bump"
I'm With You	"The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie" • "Monarchy of Roses" • "Look Around" • "Brendan's Death Song"
The Getaway	"Dark Necessities" • "Go Robot" • "Sick Love" • "Goodbye Angels"
Unlimited Love	"Black Summer" • "These Are the Ways"
Return of the Dream Canteen	"Tippa My Tongue"
Movie soundtracks	"Show Me Your Soul" • "Soul to Squeeze" • "Love Rollercoaster"

What happened to the Red Hot Chili Peppers guitar player?

The classic guitarist parted ways with the band for the second time after touring their Stadium Arcadium album and has since reunited with them, replacing Josh Klinghoffer in 2019. Now, speaking to Classic Rock, the Black Summer rocker has revealed he left the band over a decade ago due to being "off-balance mentally".

How many lead guitarists have the Red Hot Chili Peppers had?

All told, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have had seven total guitarists in their history. Original axeman Hillel Slovak died of an overdose in 1988 and was followed by DeWayne McKnight, Frusciante, Arik Marshall, Dave Navarro and Frusciante again.