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Pardon me if this is in the wrong asylum, but I have grown to know you folks as experts in both hardware and software. The rock and/or music asylums are dead so I'll post this here as well. I find myself gravitating to music that has a lot of Hammond B3 organ. Aside from Booker T, Allman Bros, and the usual suspects, who is the master of the Hammond? What do you suggest in the realm of Rock, R&B, and/or Blues organ? Here is a list below to get you started.
Thanks in advance.
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Has Page been doing anything good lately? I havn't heard him since Phish stopped. I see he's playing around.
John Medeskihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9otVOpKYLw&mode=related&search=
Saw him play live and was blown away by his playing of both the organ and
more importantly the Leslie speaker. Also Dr. Lonnie Smith can kick some
serious soul as well.
Awesome!
in my opinion, the crown prince has to be the great bruce katz of audioquest records fame - check out crescent crawl or his work with mighty sam mcclain and levon helm - amazing!!
Different stylist entirely who developed a sound all his own by not using a Leslie speaker and just running his B3 straight the way God and Laurens Hammond originally planned it. Not that I don't like Leslies, but a dry B3 sound with just adding Hammond chorus and/or vibrato is thing of beauty itself.... and Steve Winwood who along w/ Felix Cavalierre did more to popularize the B3 in rock originally than any other players, though IMHO neither had the soloing chops of Auger.
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How about Barbara Dennerlein? She's particularly good on the bass pedals.
with two "t's"
Sounds like I'll start out with Jimmy Smith and go from there. I appreciate everyone's advice. Looks like I came to the right spot.
A Hammond fronting a warmed up, thermionic, spinning Leslie, is certainly an interesting device. Don't know that it gets my moto running. I will however cop to a new/recent affinity for Scottish bagpipe music.
In the pop/rock/soul/gospel vein. He played with everybody including the Beatles. In jazz it's Jimmy Smith of course. The guy at the hifi shop in my little town just restored a 'portable'Hammond with a Leslie cabinet. Wow that's the real sound, no electronics can replace that. OTOH i'm glad i never played with a Hammond player when i played guitar in bands! Having to haul that thing to and from a gig!
"The torture never stops"
Not to discount any of the others, but I really dig Big John. He did a load of work on Blue Note with Grant Green and others. There's also a limited edition Mosaic 3-CD box of five of his first LPs still available.I started with Jimmy Smith back in the mid-60s. Favorite LP: "Live at the Village Gate", (1965?)on Metro Records. Hard to find, sound isn't spectacular, but it cooks like a madman. Have to agree with all the other suggestions. Did you miss Brian Auger?
Jimmy Smith followed closely by Brother Jack McDuff and Jimmy McGriff
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Henry
If you want some soul organ roots, check out Bill Dogget and his "locked chords" (thumbs locked together)Don't forget Brother Jack McDuff, Jimmy McGriff, Groove Holmes, Dr. Lonnie Smith, and here's a semi-obscure one for you - Andre Lewis - played with Buddy Miles and Frank Zappa (took George Duke's place), Johnny Guitar Watson and ton of other headliners. "Paul B. Allen, Omaha, Nebraska, from Buddy Miles Them Changes is a favorite of mine.
but...JIMMY SMITH IS THE GREATEST B3 PLAYER OF ALL TIME AND FOR ALL TIME.
Too bad he passed recently... RIP...
Check out The Nice and the ELP (1975 and earlier) lp's. Hammond C-3 and Hammond L-100 organs. Lee Micheals was also a hot player. You can also consider jazz cat Jimmy Smith but don't get too close - he'll grab you!
Grins
That's quite a list of players but one I know of that's missing is:Tony Monaco: Google him and you'll find a smokin' iPod video of him cookin' some grease.
I got to see Joey DeFrancesco and Jimmy Smith (the godfather of the Hammond, IMHO) at a local club. It was a great show billed as a B3 Deathmatch.
Sadly, Jimmy did, indeed, pass on not too long ago.
BTW, I played in bands sporting Hammond organs. They were a bear to move and lift, though. That said, there's nothing like a full Hammond B3 with 2 Leslies spinning up behind you as you wail away. Cool!
Cheers,
Got to include Wild Bill Davis on the list. In the same league as Jimmy Smith IMO.
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nt
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