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Deep Purple
Aug. 17th, 1985 08:00 pmMy friend Mike won tickets and a ride to Alpine Valley on the QFM "Party Bus". It was Deep Purple Mark II on their Perfect Strangers Tour. Blackfoot opened, and we walked into the amphitheater when they were playing their last song.
I think this was when I first realized that the opening riff to "Smoke on the Water" was not guitar, but organ. I always loved John Lord's Hammond work, but this show cemented that. I was never a huge fan of Ritchie Blackmore, and this show cemented that. They had lasers. Blackmore did a solo inside a green pyramid of laser light.
I think this was when I first realized that the opening riff to "Smoke on the Water" was not guitar, but organ. I always loved John Lord's Hammond work, but this show cemented that. I was never a huge fan of Ritchie Blackmore, and this show cemented that. They had lasers. Blackmore did a solo inside a green pyramid of laser light.
