Posted on 05/19/2024 9:06:16 PM PDT by DallasBiff
We all came out to Montreux On the Lake Geneva shoreline To make records with a mobile We didn't have much time But Frank Zappa and the Mothers Were at the best place around But some stupid with a flare gun Burned the place to the ground
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First song I learned on guitar @11 years old.
Tampa Stadium summer 1973...
Songs like that drove me to 80’s metal the radio never stopped playing it and now I hope to die without ever hearing it again
Switzerland became the home of most British rock stars of the 1960s and 1970s due to the confiscatory taxes of post-war British socialists
There’s a Queen museum in Montreaux
I agree..it’s one of the best constructed chord assembly as well as the drum rhythm starts nicking in
This is their best song. Ritchie Blackmore on guitar. Think he also played the cello intro.
https://youtu.be/G7GERh0sQzY?si=dFGS8ynUC_aCDEJE
Sweet Lucy was a dancer
But none of us would chance her
Because she was a samurai......
Don’t get me started on Highway Star!
Good driving song.
One of my favorite bands in the 70s…
“”If you think it’s too loud, you’re too old.””
-John Belushi
My favorite on the radio when I was a kid. About a decade later, when I was old enough, I saw DP in concert. They were great live.
“Perfect Strangers” was a great album.
Heh that’s the first song EVERYBODY learned on guitar.
I beg to differ.
And, this is *the one riff* (except for maybe stairway to heaven) NOT to play in a guitar store.
Deep Purple can wait...Where can I find a recording of that Frank Zappa and The Mothers show?
Deep Purple and Billy Preston...first concert I ever saw...early 70s..
Highway Star is a terrible song to drive to. The cop writing you a ticket won’t take it as a good excuse for speeding.
“Tampa Stadium summer 1973...”
Madison Square Garden 1974...
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