Smokeon the Water was released by Deep Purple on their 1972 album Machine Head. The intro riff is ranked the #4 Greatest Riff of All Time by Total Guitar magazine. The intro riff was originally played on a Fender Stratocaster, not a Gibson as many believe. The lyrics of the song talk about how the band went to a recording session in Montreux Abrief explanation of the origin of the Smoke on the water riff Smokeon the Water only made it onto the album as a filler track because we were short of time. "On vinyl, thirty-eight minutes - nineteen minutes per side - was the optimum time if you wanted good quality," he explained, "and we were about seven minutes short with one day to go. So we dug out the jam and put vocals to it." Seealso: Deep Purple - Highway Star Eagles - Hotel California Yes - Roundabout The Beatles - Blackbird Status Quo - Whatever you want Queen - Love of my Life: Other versions: Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water Jimi Hendrix Experience - Smoke On The Water Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water (correct) Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water (Easy Intro) Deep Purple - Smoke on the water (easy ver.) Deep SmokeOn The Water veniva incisa dai Deep Purple nell'album Machine Head del 1972. La canzone è immediatamente riconoscibile dall'inconfondibile riff di chitarra, suonato da Ritchie Blackmore con una Gibson ES-335 (l'unica canzone di Machine Head in cui non usa una Fender Stratocaster).Il testo si riferisce al viaggio del gruppo a Montreux, Svizzera, per registrare un album nel 1971 all Bookmark3. In this Smoke On The Water guitar lesson series, I will teach you the main riff to this iconic guitar driven classic rock masterpiece, along with Ritchie Blackmore's awesome guitar solo note-for-note. In the first video lesson, I will teach you the riff. A lot of this riff's popularity probably lies in the fact that it's learned by .

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