Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple live in New York, 1973. This song was about a fire in the Casino at Montreux, Switzerland on December 4, 1971. The band was going to start recording their Machine Head album there right after a Frank Zappa concert, but someone fired a flare gun at the ceiling during Zappa's show, which set the place on fire. Deep Purple was in the audience for the show, and lead singer Ian Gillan recalls two flares being shot by someone sitting behind him that landed in the top c

112K views · 348 reactions | Celebrate the 40th birthday of this seminal live double album. Out 3/29 as a 5CD set w/ over 3 hrs of unreleased performances | Frank Zappa | Facebook

112K views · 737 reactions | Celebrate the 40th birthday of this seminal live double album. Out 3/29 as a 5CD set w/ over 3 hrs of unreleased performances | Frank Zappa | Facebook