Frank Zappa's historical clip from the Montreux Casino fire

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maybe some of you have heard i before...otherwise, it's on a bootleg recording of the concert there the last day...Deep Purple were slated to go in and use the recording facilities on the property the next day. Then of course, some arsehole fires a flare gun into the ceiling or whatnot and the rest is history.




Mothers of Invention's concert at the Montreux Casino, Switzerland,
December 04, 1971

Song: King Kong
Album: Fire! (bootleg) and / or Beat the Boots II: Swiss Cheese / Fire!

Band:
Frank Zappa -- guitar, vocals
Mark Volman -- vocals
Howard Kaylan -- vocals
Jim Pons -- bass, vocals
Don Preston -- keyboards
Ian Underwood -- keyboards
Aynsley Dunbar -- drums

Mark Volman: "FIRE! Arthur Brown, in person."

Frank Zappa: "Well if you'll just calmly go towards the exit, ladies and gentlemen. Go towards the exit, calmly. Calmly, calmly towards the exit.

Zappa, Mothers, Montreux Casino, FIRE, Smoke on the Water (excerpts) - YouTube

and the entire concert if you're so inclined:

Frank Zappa Montreux 1971 (the famous concert with the fire) - YouTube

Montreux Casino - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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