They were forced out of their rooms by the fire, but memories of the smoke billowing out across Lac Leman, or Lake Geneva, gave them a song title.īefore long, Ritchie Blackmore’s classic guitar riff was being copied, it seemed, by every cover band and guitar-playing teenager. “They burned down the gambling house, It died with an awful sound.įunky Claude was running in and out, yeah, Pulling kids out the ground.”ĭeep Purple was in Montreux with a sound truck rented from the Rolling Stones to lay down some tracks. “Frank Zappa and the Mothers were at the best place around, But some stupid with a flare gun burned the place to the ground.”Īs the blaze spread, Montreux Jazz Festival organizer Claude Nobs joined firefighters to race in and out of the venue, dragging concert-goers to safety. The band was nearly 90 minutes into the show, cranking through “King Kong,” when someone in the crowd fired a flare gun at the wooden roof, which instantly caught fire. 4, 1971, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention were playing a gig at the Montreux casino. Probably the most played riff in rock guitar, but in this lesson I'll show you how it was played for the original recording as well as the rest of the song and a simplified version too Check out the original. The inspiration behind the lyrics, The story goes that on Dec. 'Smoke On The Water' is in the key of G minor, 4/4 time at a tempo of about 113BPM. The verse riffing sets the stage for a great storyline & the solo has classic moves as well. The main riff is one of the most iconic in rock guitar history.
Deep purple smoke on the water lesson how to#
cool lesson, and what timing I saw deep purple. I'm Dave with Guitar Tricks and today I'm going to show you how to play the legendary rock anthem 'Smoke On The Water' as made famous by Deep Purple. Cool Andrew I love it, and I'll be sure to use it for the smoke on the water collab shroom 9th August 2008. This is so awsome to see Andrew in his own Video lessons. Deep Purple Isolated Vocals – Smoke On The Water maybe one of the greatest rock songs next to Stairway To Heaven of all time. Congrats on your first lesson Andrew, huge classic riffing, well done.