Organs

Sunflower Jam 2012 details

Inspiration, Organs
“Everyone at the Sunflower Jam 2012 would like to thank you all for your kind words regarding Jon Lord. This year’s Sunflower Jam will, of course, include a tribute to Jon Lord but please look out for new events next year which will exclusively honour Jon’s memory.” More at http://thesunflowerjam.com/2012-2/
Jon Lord

Funeral for a friend

Inspiration, Organs
According to a post on the Darker Than Blue web site, Jon Lord’s funeral service was held on July 31 at St. Mary’s Church in Hambleden, England, and was attended by family and close friends. A memorial service is planned for later in the year in London.

Gig report – Watching Pure Purple

Organs
  So, I went to see my new top friend Oz Gillan’s band Pure Purple the other night. He very kindly put me on the guest list and I had an excellent night. Deep Purple were on first then Rainbow then Whitesnake. An odd order really as I would have put Deep Purple on last…

The Hop Pole – 4th February

Organs, Playing
Hello all, how the devil are you? My second gig with The Quik was just as much fun as my first to be honest and I was really looking forward to it as it was in my old stomping ground of Bromsgrove. In fact it was on February 14, 2008 that I came out of “retirement”…

Defining the Hammond sound – the Leslie speaker

Leslie Cabs, Organs
On the whole your classic Leslie is dived into three internal components, top middle and bottom. In the top is the treble rotor or horn where the high frequencies are sent to spin around. There is only one horn as the other is a dummy counterweight. The middle section contains the speaker drivers and the…

Defining the Hammond sound – Drawbars and percussion

Organs
Hi folks, In the second part of this series I want to talk about how the way you play the organ, the drawbars, the chorus and Leslie, percussion etc… together with styles and techniques effects the overall sound and perception of the sound that the audience here. As I see it the sound of the…

Hal Leonard Books Publishes The Hammond Organ

Organs
Hello all, Checkout Sonistate.com and their advertisement of an interesting new book on Hammond Organs:   “Hal Leonard Books has published The Hammond Organ , by Scott Faragher. With a foreword written by Al Kooper, the book covers virtually everything one could want to know about the Hammond Organ, from it’s technical components to it’s…

Defining the Hammond sound – Part 1

Organs
I’ve wanted to do something on the Hammond organ sounds that have inspired me over the years and the sound that I try to get with the equipment I have. I thought I would start with a look at the Jon Lord sound and how it has changed over time. Jon Lord was a huge…

New morning, new website!

Organs
Hello, My name is Nick and I am a Rock Hammond Organ player, as opposed to a church or fairground one. I also play piano and synths and until recently I was in an excellent, locally acclaimed, band called Green Head Man. Following the bands demise in October and after a three year run I am now…
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