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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2007 at 16:09
Well Easy Money, in the past I was a huge John McLaughlin fan (I was delighted about jazzrock in the late Seventies and early Eighties), I have bought all his albums until Belo Horizonte so I presume I have listened to Larry Young. I just read in the Hammond book by Mark Vail that Groove Street is recommended.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2007 at 17:26
Go for it, just make sure you eventually get one of his psychedelic records to get the full effect of his innovations.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2007 at 15:04
 
                                       Hello fellow Hammond freaks.
 
A few weeks ago I have started to prepare my Hammond organ article. Here is a set-up, feel free to react, to give ideas or to join the article with your own story Thumbs%20Up
 

THE HAMMOND ORGAN IN PROGROCK

 

Introduction

 

Chapter 1: History

Chapter 2: How does it work? by Pierreolivier

Chapter 3: The models

Chapter 4: The Hammond organ in rock and in the charts

Chapter 5: A personal Hammond story (my meeting with Thijs Van Leer)

Chapter 6: The Hammond in progrock

a)      The pioneers

b)      The masters

c)      Other interesting players

d)      The Hammond in the Sixties and Seventies, a story by jazz specialist Dick Heath

 

Chapter 7: Quotes about the Hammond organ by Dutch progrock musicians

Chapter 8: Recommended Hammond organ drenched albums

Chapter 9: My personal Hammond organ Album Top 10

Chapter 10: Opinions, Stories and Album Top 5 by PA members (Jim Garten, Ozzy Tom, Jimmy Row, Easy Money and Dalt99)

Chapter 11: This is not a Hammond organ!

Chapter 12: The Hammond organ on DVD’s

Chapter 13: Sources of information

Chapter 14: Interesting links

 

            I hope to publish this article between mid - and late November.

 

 

 

 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2007 at 15:09
I just noticed that Barbara Dennerlein hasn't been mentioned yet in this thread ... it's about time. She *is* the Hammond B3, so to speak.

But listen for yourself: http://www.myspace.com/barbaradennerlein
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2007 at 15:13
Thanks for your post Mike, I have read her name in the Hammond book by Mark Vail and I know Baldjean is a fan of her, if any Hammond fan wants to write about her, go ahead, it will be a fine addition to my article Thumbs%20Up
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2007 at 15:15
^ there's a video of her playing on her myspace page ... be sure to watch it if you've never seen her play. It's truly *magnificent*!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2007 at 15:22
Eric I know this person has not been very famous but his early work with the Hammond in the early 70's was pretty stellar.  He even did a solo using a wah wah pedal back then.  LOL
 
That would be Mr Dan Wright from Proto-Kaw.
 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2007 at 15:22
Good idea Mike, at this moment I am checking out recommendations like Larry Young by  Easy Money and I will make time to listen and watch Super Barbara Wink
 
Thanks Garion 81, this is one of the rare moments you enter one of my threads, you must be lost on the Forum LOL


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2007 at 15:43
Originally posted by erik neuteboom erik neuteboom wrote:

Good idea Mike, at this moment I am checking out recommendations like Larry Young by  Easy Money and I will make time to listen and watch Super Barbara Wink
 
Thanks Garion 81, this is one of the rare moments you enter one of my threads, you must be lost on the Forum LOL
 
Where am I? LOL 
 
Really by the time I get to one of your threads they are 5 pages long and most everything has been said!  Must be time gap.   BTW I look forward to your article because I think historically the Hammond was the key instrument in prog.Clap 
 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 19 2007 at 16:25
About the Hammond as the key instrument in progrock, the Mellotron remains my #1 vintage keyboard but since a few years the Hammond organ has become firmly my second best and I love its role in progrock, especially in bands like Julian's Treatment, Vanilla Fudge, Hansson & Karlson, Odyssey, Beggar's Opera and Fuzzy Duck but also The Spencer Davis Group with Eddie Hardin and the duo York & Hardin, a "Hammond freak's wet dream"
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2007 at 14:17
Originally posted by erik neuteboom erik neuteboom wrote:

About the Hammond as the key instrument in progrock, the Mellotron remains my #1 vintage keyboard but since a few years the Hammond organ has become firmly my second best and I love its role in progrock, especially in bands like Julian's Treatment, Vanilla Fudge, Hansson & Karlson, Odyssey, Beggar's Opera and Fuzzy Duck but also The Spencer Davis Group with Eddie Hardin and the duo York & Hardin, a "Hammond freak's wet dream"
 
I love the organ in Spencer Davis Group!   That was a killer sound they had.Clap
 
 
 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 21 2007 at 15:46
Well Garion81, in my Hammond organ special I give a special mentioning to Eddie Hardin (and of course Brian Auger, what an innovative mind!), check out that early Seventies live album by The Spencer Davis Group, very exciting Hammond work Thumbs%20Up
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 22 2007 at 15:19
 
 
          Fellow Hammond freaks, here is a new blueprint of my Hammond article:
 
 
THE HAMMOND ORGAN IN PROGROCK

 

 

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2 : The history of the Hammond organ

Chapter 3: How does it work? By Pierreolivier

Chapter 4: The heavy weighted Hammond models on the small catwalk

Chapter 5: A personal Hammond story: a meeting with my hero Thijs Van Leer

Chapter 6: The Hammond in progrock

a)      The pioneers on the Hammond organ in The Sixties (from Keith Emerson, Julian Jay Savarin and Brian Auger to Gregg Rolie, Eddie Hardin and Mark Stein

b)      The important role by the Hammond organ in the Heavy Progressive Rock

c)      The Hammond organ embraced by the Progressive Rock keyboard players

d)      The Hammond in the Sixties and Seventies: a story by jazz specialist Dick Heath

Chapter 7: Quotes about the Hammond organ by Dutch progrock musicians

Chapter 8: Recommended Hammond organ drenched albums

Chapter 9: My personal Hammond organ Album Top 10

Chapter 10: PA members about the Hammond organ and their Hammond Album Top 5 (Jim Garten, Ozzy Tom, Jimmy Row, Easy Money and Dalt99)

Chapter 11: This is not a Hammond organ! (Farfisa, Vox Continental)

Chapter 12: The Hammond organ on DVD’s

Chapter 13: Sources of information

Chapter 14: Interesting links

 

 

By the way, Mike's post about Barbara Dennerlein made me curious, this one is on  my wishlist:
 
                              
 
 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 22 2007 at 15:37
^ Erik - that's not an article, that's a book LOL

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 22 2007 at 15:44
Thanks for the pictures Angelo and keep in mind: I am (in)famous for my enthousiasm, always and everywhere, even in my sleep because according to the stories of my wife I am a sleepwalker at some moments Shocked ...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 22 2007 at 15:57
Originally posted by erik neuteboom erik neuteboom wrote:

Well Garion81, in my Hammond organ special I give a special mentioning to Eddie Hardin (and of course Brian Auger, what an innovative mind!), check out that early Seventies live album by The Spencer Davis Group, very exciting Hammond work Thumbs%20Up
 
Brian Auger is great as well.  I love that tone he has as well as the jazzy style he infuses without really leaving the boundary of rock.  Dan Wright told me Brian was a huge influence on his playing as well back in the early 70's.
 
 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 22 2007 at 16:05
Originally posted by erik neuteboom erik neuteboom wrote:

Thanks for the pictures Angelo and keep in mind: I am (in)famous for my enthousiasm, always and everywhere, even in my sleep because according to the stories of my wife I am a sleepwalker at some moments Shocked ...


Careful when you enter the back garden in your sleep - don't forget you live on the third floor Wink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 22 2007 at 16:11
Garion81: a few months ago I have put music video's on DVD with my new Panasonic, on eof the video's was a 1989 Brian Auger concert (a jazz festival) featuring awesome work on the Hammond with many solos, this man is a legend!
 
Angelo: I live on the 6th floor, not on the 3rd and I have to be very careful because often I dream that I can fly, Freud would analyse it as an archetype for my deep wishes/feelings to feel free and to act with freedom Wink
 
 


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 22 2007 at 19:32
Originally posted by erik neuteboom erik neuteboom wrote:

 
 
           
                              
 
 
This woman is absolutely INSANE on the organ, she does things that don't even seem humanly possible, IMO Barbara Dennerlein may be the most coordinated player I've ever seen (just watch her simultaneous work on pedals and keys).Clap
 
 
Erik, I'm really looking forward to this hammond organ extravaganza, collaborations from pierroliver and Dick "the encyclopedia" Heath in addition to your work will surely make it the comprehensive hammond resourceApprove, and of course we can count on ozzy tom's list to uncover those obscure gems.  Good luck and keep up the excellent work "flying dutchman"Thumbs%20Up
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 23 2007 at 05:28
Jimmy Row, thanks for your positive words about Barbara Dennerlein, it was the final push I needed, I have just ordered the Best Of Barbara Dennerlein CD, there are two versions, one with partitures. I hope to include my impressions about that CD in the Hammond article.
 
At this moment I am listening to a live CD of The Spencer Davis Group, loaded with Hammond work by Eddie Hardin Clap
 
The forthcoming weeks I am planning to listen to lots of prog with Hammond because of my Hammond organ article.
By the way, I am very happy with the contributions of several PA members, it gives an extra dimension to the article Approve
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