![]() Tommy Bolin and Steve Morse followed in the footsteps of Blackmore but Deep Purple never sounded quite as good as during their early seventies glory days. If the legend sounds too crazy to be true, just take a look at the lyrics for "Smoke on the Water": "Frank Zappa and the Mothers were at the best place around/But some stupid with a flare gun burned the place to the ground/They burned down the gambling house/It died with an awful sound. Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple, the best guitar pro tabs and music sheets for guitar, bass, drums, piano and more. The black smoke rising from the nearby Lake Geneva inspired the song's title, per NPR. 80 minutes into the set, as Don Preston was firing up his synthesizer solo during "King Kong" that someone in the crowd fired a flare gun, which quickly spread across the wooden ceiling, according to Ultimate Classic Rock. ![]() 4, 1971 when Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention were playing a show at the casino. It was released only in France where it sold very well, attaining double gold disc status in December 1998. That's right: English rock band Deep Purple's classic "Smoke on the Water" was fully inspired by a casino fire that decimated the building - and almost cost concertgoers their lives. (1998) Smoke on the Water: The Best Of is a compilation album by the British hard rock band Deep Purple in 1994. ![]() The lakeside casino in the Swiss town of Montreux has been cemented in rock history as a landmark of a concert miracle, as well as the inspiration for one of the most iconic guitar riffs in history. ![]()
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