Rare Smoke on the Water with Lars Ulrich, Ian Gillan, and Gizzarelli

Subscribe:
http://www.youtube.com/dvdgzzrll

Rare Smoke on the Water with Lars Ulrich, Ian Gillan, and Gizzarelli [Metallica, Deep Purple, WHALETAIL]

Gizzarelli on stage with Ian Gillan from Deep Purple and Lars Ulrich from Metallica at Slims in San Francisco on September 11th, 2006

Download the winning entry with me on lead guitar
http://www.gizzarelli.org/audio/gizzarelli_smoke_on_the_water.mp3

With Gizzarelli-Lead Guitar, Ian Gillan-Vocals, Lars Ulrich-Drums, Michael Lee Jackson-Guitar, Dean Howard-Guitar, Joe Mennonna-Keys and Sax, Rodney Appleby-Bass, and Randy Cooke-Drums

The lyrics of the song tell a true story: on December 4, 1971, Deep Purple had set up camp in Montreux, Switzerland to record an album using a mobile recording studio (rented from the Rolling Stones and known as the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio - referred to as the "Rolling truck Stones thing" and "the mobile" in the song lyrics) at the entertainment complex that was part of the Montreux Casino (referred to as "the gambling house" in the song lyric). On the eve of the recording session a Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention concert was held in the casino's theatre. During the gig a fire broke out: "In the middle of Don Preston's synthesizer solo on 'King Kong', the place suddenly caught fire. Somebody in the audience had fired a flare gun into the ceiling, at which point the rattan covering started to burn"[1][2], as mentioned in the "some stupid with a flare gun" line. The resulting fire destroyed the entire casino complex, along with all the Mothers' equipment. The "smoke on the water" that became the title of the song (credited to bass guitarist Roger Glover, who related how the title occurred to him when he suddenly woke from a dream a few days later) referred to the smoke from the fire spreading over Lake Geneva from the burning casino as the members of Deep Purple watched the fire from their hotel across the lake. The "Funky Claude" running in and out is referring to Claude Nobs, the director of the Montreux Jazz Festival who helped some of the audience escape the fire.


Claude Nobs (2006), the "Funky Claude" mentioned in the songLeft with an expensive mobile recording unit and no place to record, the band was forced to scout the town for another place to set up. One promising venue (found by Nobs) was a local theatre called The Pavilion, but soon after the band had loaded in and started working/recording, the nearby neighbours took offence at the noise, and the band was only able to lay down backing tracks for one song (based on Blackmore's riff and temporarily named Title nº1), before the local police shut them down.

Finally, after about a week of searching, the band rented out the nearly-empty Montreux Grand Hotel and converted its hallways and stairwells into a makeshift recording studio, where they laid down most of the tracks for what would become their most commercially successful album, Machine Head.

Ironically, the only song from Machine Head not recorded in the Grand Hotel was "Smoke on the Water" itself, which had been recorded during the abortive Pavilion session. The lyrics of "Smoke on the Water" were composed later, and the vocals were recorded in the Grand Hotel.

After 1973, vocalist Ian Gillan and bass guitar player Roger Glover quit the band, and were replaced by David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes, who divided the vocals between each other. For this song, they divided it up so that Coverdale sang the first verse, Hughes sang the second verse, and they both sang the third verse and the choruses in harmony. However, rather than sing the third verse with the as-written lyrics, they chose instead to repeat the first verse every time they sang it.

When Steve Morse joined the band, it became a "Deep Purple" tradition to have him play a solo preceding this song in concert. This solo would consist of a medley of solos, licks, and riffs from many various classic rock songs. Rather than blend them into one another, Morse separates most of the licks by playing some one-handed tapping in between them.

http://www.gizzarelli.org - David Gizzarelli
http://www.sfacting.com - Acting Resources http://www.soundgive.com - Independent Musicians and Artists
http://www.youtube.com/dvdgzzrll - Subscribe http://www.sfcasting.com/gizzarelli - Acting Resume

Category:

Music

Tags:

• smoke on the water
• deep purple
• ian gillan
• lars ulrich
• gizzarelli
• guitar
• guitarist
• live
• music
• concert
• band
• gillan
• gillian
• club
• metallica
• deep
• purple
• classic
• rock
• rare
• live music
• performance
• david
• whaletail
• gizzi
• gizz

[angielovesmaps]

Ok so let me just set things straight. I am the "broad in the bikini," i did NOT "deep kiss" the LIAR of a guitar player, i am not a tranny, and yeah, so i don't have huge tits, so sue me. I was new at Slim's, and they paid me $100 to be a "ring girl". Biggest part that pissed me off about this? DVDGZZRLL lying and making me look like some slutty groupie. I definitely wouldn't have been there if I wasn't getting PAID.

[dvdgzzrll]

@angielovesmaps haha you kissed me i remember it well ...

[haggismuncher]

your lead skills need work mate

[dvdgzzrll]

@haggismuncher Gillan liked it, sorry you didn't ...

[TheMichaelseymour]

sorree mah englash itss not gudd { i'm amerrikan dood ! } Fkkn ROKS !!

[dvdgzzrll]

@TheMichaelseymour ok

[1avilable2]

"this better be good" *roflmfao*

[Acecombatgamer]

hahaha ive never seen lars widda bear !!!

[travelnorthamerica]

@angielovesmaps Hell yeah, tell those mother fuckers. I think you look fucking great sweetheart.  These boys on here have never even touched a woman.

[brylidan]

Epic Video

[satyrinneed]

Not the most impressive version, no idea who that lead guitarist is that put this up. But, kudos to Lars: When you keep your moronic fills and ghostly runs that you do with Metallica in check, you are actually a fairly decent drummer. Who knew..

[aven3001]

Hi check my version....

[gascainvizibila]

wow marfa

[metallicguns95]

The only time you'll ever see Lars Ulrich behind Yamaha Drums!

[Marchelorap]

who thoe fuck is gizzarelli ?