The album was eventually finished at the Grand Hotel, a largely empty building in which they recorded in abandoned halls, ballrooms and stairwells. It was a massive fire and the entire casino burnt to the ground with all of the band’s gear still inside.ĭeep Purple were forced to find new accommodations for their recording session, struggling with limited time and an expensive studio rental. During the concert (more specifically during a performance of the song King Kong) a crazed fan (referred to by Deep Purple in the lyrics as “some stupid”) shot a flare gun into the ceiling which then erupted in flame. Zappa was playing at the casino for the Montreaux Jazz Festival, which had just broadened its programming to include rock and soul acts in addition to its jazz offerings. And at the core of this story is a band as unlikely an inspiration for the song as could be, the inimitable Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention.įor starters, here’s a quick look at that riff again real quick:ĭeep Purple had come to Montreaux Casino to record material for what would become their sixth studio album, Machine Head, with the help of a mobile recording studio they rented from the Rolling Stones. But do you know all the words? Not just the chorus, of course you know the chorus: “Smoke on the water / Fire in the sky.” But if you manage to make it past the riff and the anthemic sing-along, you find yourself faced with a very literal and very true story about an event that happened at a concert in Switzerland in the winter of 1971. I would bet that you have the riff stuck in your head at this very moment and may even be humming it aloud. It’s played daily on most classic rock radio stations and has likely surpassed Stairway to Heaven as the #1 most played song in music stores nationwide ( denied!). Have you heard the song “Smoke on the Water” by English rock and roll band Deep Purple? Of course you have. smokewtr.mid The trilo-bytes - MIDI files. Title: Smoke On The Water Artist: Deep Purple Midi Standard: GM / GS Midi Type: 0.
Midi Demo RM1524 DEEP PURPLE-SMOKE ON THE WATER.mid Professional Midi Files FRANK SINATRA - THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER YOU. Deep Purple Smoke on the Water Made in Japan MIDISTOCK.RU.mid. 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.įrank Zappa and the Mothers were at the best place around,īut 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.Posted May 8th, 2015 by Tom Ferguson & filed under Blog. SmokeOnWater-Deep-Purple smokeonwater-deep-purple.mid Buds Troubleshooter. 4, 1971, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention were playing a gig at the Montreux casino. The lakeside Swiss town of Montreux was in the news this week as the host of nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers.īut for rockers of a certain age, Montreux will always be best known for its rich musical history - including the roaring casino fire that inspired the English rock band Deep Purple's classic "Smoke on the Water." Edit and customize special multi-track backing tracks, remove instruments or vocals you want to play or sing yourself. In use with midi controllers and vst plugins.
Can be used in FL Studio, Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Reaper, Cubase, Propellerhead Reason, Logic, Sonar, Audacity software. Do you need a MIDI player Try this plug-in. If you encounter any problems with playing these please mail us and tell us about your problems. The casino caught fire during a Frank Zappa concert. Artist: Deep Purple, Song Title: Smoke On The Water (4min version), Type: Multi-Track, Format. Various rhythms for music production, synthesia, yamaha, roland, korg, casio keyboards, among others. These are MIDI versions of Purple songs submitted to us by DP fans from all over the world.
The British rock band Deep Purple, shown here in 1971, wrote the hit song "Smoke on the Water," after watching the casino in Montreux, Switzerland, go up in flames later that year. Download and print in PDF or MIDI free sheet music for Smoke On The Water by Deep Purple arranged by bernd314 for Piano (Solo) Piano.