good on them, can't let the canucks hold an important rocord like this...
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From: Whiskey Howl < whiskery_howl@
Date: Jun 5, 2007 5:02 PM
Subject: [canadianclassicroc
To: canadianclassicrock
"The (Guiness) record had been 1,323 people playing the same song in
Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1994."
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More than 1,680 guitarists play Deep Purple's 'Smoke on the Water' in
Kansas City
Published: Tuesday, June 5, 2007 | 1:03 PM ET
Canadian Press
KANSAS CITY, Kansas (AP) - More than 1,680 guitar players turned out,
tuned up and took part in what organizers say was a world record
rendition of Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water" - a song that was the
first many of them ever learned.
Some came from as far away as California and Germany on Sunday to take
part in a Kansas City radio station's effort to break a Guinness world
record for the most people playing the same song simultaneously. The
record had been 1,323 people playing the same song in Vancouver,
British Columbia, in 1994.
Some of the 1,683 guitar players attempt a world record by playing
the Deep Purple song "Smoke on the Water" at Community America
Ballpark in Kansas City, Kan. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)Some of the 1,683
guitar players attempt a world record by playing the Deep Purple song
"Smoke on the Water" at Community America Ballpark in Kansas City,
Kan. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
"It was cool to see little kids playing, people who had been playing
for their whole lives, like older people, and then I'm sure there were
people like me who just picked up the song a couple days before," said
Autumn McPherson, of Winfield, a senior at the University of Kansas.
Preliminary numbers show 1,683 people played the popular early '70s
guitar riff on Sunday at CommunityAmerica Ballpark.
"I thought it was going to be kind of cheesy," said Hannah Koch, of
Prairie Village, who came clad in an elf costume. "But after I got
here, I got caught up in the excitement of it."
Tanna Guthrie, a morning show host for KYYS (99.7 FM), came up with
the idea for the record attempt. She said her station will send
participant sign-up lists, photos, videos and copies of media coverage
to Guinness seeking official recognition of a record.
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Guthrie said she chose "Smoke on the Water," a track off Deep Purple's
"Machine Head" album, because it's one of the first songs many
guitarists learn.
"You never know if you can pull something like this off," she said.
One of the participants, John Cardona of Hanford, California, said he
brought felt-tip pens so he could get others to sign his guitar.
"It was the guitar I learned on," the 41-year-old said. "It was very
dispensable on the way here, but very valuable to me now."
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