There is a strong connection between Frank Zappa and Deep Purples song Smoke on the Water.
The song is about the fire in 1971 that burned down the Montreux Casino. Deep Purple were in the area waiting for it to close so that they could record there.
Frank Zappa and the Mothers were playing a show when right at the beginning of Don Preston's solo on "King Kong" as the Deep Purple song says "some stupid with a flare gun" some idiot in the audience fired a flare gun into the rattan-covered ceiling setting the place on fire.
The fire destroyed the entire casino complex, and all the Mothers' equipment.
There is a strong connection between Frank Zappa and Deep Purples song Smoke on the Water.
The song is about the fire in 1971 that burned down the Montreux Casino. Deep Purple were in the area waiting for it to close so that they could record there.
Frank Zappa and the Mothers were playing a show when right at the beginning of Don Preston's solo on "King Kong" as the Deep Purple song says "some stupid with a flare gun" some idiot in the audience fired a flare gun into the rattan-covered ceiling setting the place on fire.
The fire destroyed the entire casino complex, and all the Mothers' equipment.
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