Beats Workin' is a dynamic 6 piece band playing a wide variety of live dance music including Motown, rock and roll, country, standards, pop, disco and current selections. Beats Workin' was established in 2002 comprised of a collection of players from other bands that came together to form an incredibly enjoyable, fun loving band that we are very proud of. We have a great band relationship, we all love what we do, and it shows in our music! There is nothing like live music and interaction to make your affair more interesting and fun. The energy of Beats Workin' will have your guests up dancing the night away. Our wide range of music makes us well suited for practically any occasion. Let us entertain you! www.beatsworkin.us SMOKE ON THE WATER: The lyrics of the song tell a true story: on December 4, 1971, Deep Purple had set up camp in Montreux, Switzerland to record an album using a mobile recording studio (rented from the Rolling Stones and known as the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio - referred to as the "Rolling truck Stones thing" in the song lyric) at the entertainment complex that was part of the Montreux Casino (referred to as "the gambling house" in the song lyric). On the eve of the recording session a Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention concert was held in the casino's theatre. During the gig a fire broke out: "In the middle of Don Preston's synthesizer solo on "King Kong", the place suddenly caught fire. Somebody in the audience had fired a flare gun into the ceiling, at which point the rattan covering started to burn."[1][2], as mentioned in the "some stupid with a flare gun" line. The resulting fire destroyed the entire casino complex, along with all the Mothers' equipment. The "smoke on the water" that became the title of the song (credited to bassist Roger Glover, who related how the title occurred to him when he suddenly woke from a dream a few days later) referred to the smoke from the fire spreading over Lake Geneva from the burning casino as ...