Song 796: This week the playlist applauds Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple, written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice, and you can find a cool YouTube video of it by clicking on the title. As the warmer months of 1973 arrived in the Windy City area, I worked as a cab driver in Evanston, IL, which meant that I spent a lot of time waiting for customers at cab stands on Howard Street, which is at the edge of Chicago. While waiting, I listened to the radio, which shared this fiery gem quite a bit during that stretch, and I really liked hearing the story, though I had no idea at the time about the event that inspired the tune's lyrics. I actually only recently found out about what happened, and that some stupid jerk with a flare gun in the audience at a concert fired the weapon at the ceiling, sparking a fire that burned the place to the ground.
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