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IF YOU HAVE ever picked up a guitar – or even at any stage been a teenage boy – the chances are you’ve tried to play this riff.
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Deep Purple’s Smoke On The Water is a classic beloved of dad-rockers and ex-hippies everywhere, not to mention a few others. Jon Lord, the band’s keyboardist who co-wrote the track, died this week aged 71.
It is with deep sadness we announce the passing of Jon Lord, who suffered a fatal pulmonary embolism today [...] after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Jon was surrounded by his loving family.
As well as Deep Purple, Lord played keyboards with heavy rock outfit Whitesnake and forged a career as a classical composer.
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He may have passed on, but his work will continue to torment guitar shop owners everywhere.
Thursday 28 November, 2024
Thursday 28 November, 2024
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VIDEO: The man responsible for this classic rock riff has died
IF YOU HAVE ever picked up a guitar – or even at any stage been a teenage boy – the chances are you’ve tried to play this riff.
YouTube/eaglerocktv
Deep Purple’s Smoke On The Water is a classic beloved of dad-rockers and ex-hippies everywhere, not to mention a few others. Jon Lord, the band’s keyboardist who co-wrote the track, died this week aged 71.
A statement on his official website read:
As well as Deep Purple, Lord played keyboards with heavy rock outfit Whitesnake and forged a career as a classical composer.
He may have passed on, but his work will continue to torment guitar shop owners everywhere.
Here’s the tune in its original recorded version:
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