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4 unusual facts about Hammond Organ


Grupo Pegasso

The Hammond B200 organ melodies were played in combination with the piano melody in the montuno style, popular in salsa music.

Helge Schneider

Schneider is a multi-instrumentalist, playing various instruments such as the Hammond organ, acoustic and electric guitar, ukulele, drums, piano, accordion, trumpet, cello, saxophone, clarinet and others.

James Prime

Known as a Hammond/piano player, his talents have been sought after by John Martyn, Johnny Hallyday, Phil Cunningham, Eddi Reader and Little Richard.

Mort Weiss

On his first album as leader he performed with Joey DeFrancesco on the Hammond B3 organ, featured also on his second album B3 and Me (recorded in 2003 but not released until 2006).


Horace Finch

On 14 December 1956 a fire almost destroyed the Blackpool Tower Ballroom and during this time, Reginald Dixon took up residency at the Empress whilst Horace was demoted to the Winter Gardens Pavilion on the Hammond Organ.

I Got the Blues

Recorded during the months of March through May 1970, the song features Jagger on lead vocals, Richards and Mick Taylor on guitars, Bill Wyman on bass, Charlie Watts on drums, and Billy Preston on Hammond organ.

Keyboard amplifier

Named after its inventor, Donald Leslie, it is particularly associated with the Hammond organ but is used with a variety of instruments as well as vocals.

Mårran

Morgan and guitarist Ludwig recruited drummer Björn "Binge" Inge (born 1952) from the legendary Swedish hard-rock band November (the Swedish Cream and the first band to sing hard-rock in Swedish in the early 70's), Hammond organ player Max Lorentz (known for his work as producer and musician for very many artists in Sweden and Denmark) and the legendary rock vocalist Göran Edman, world known for his work with amongst others Yngwie Malmsteen.

Tony Tyler

Tyler subsequently found himself playing Hammond organ in a soul group based in Italy, the Patrick Samson Set; they had a No 1 there with a cover of "A Whiter Shade of Pale".

Who's Gonna Win The War?

The band also made a rare television appearance, albeit on German music show Musikladen on 14 February 1981 at Baden-Baden, playing a live version of this song and "Motorway City", featuring Tim Blake replacement Keith Hale on Hammond organ.


see also

A Different Sky

Bryan Josh - Lead/Backing Vocals; Lead/Rhythm/Acoustic/12 String Guitars; Keyboards; Piano; Hammond Organ; Programming

Bobbie Nelson

In 1961, after suffering a breakdown for the death of Bud Fletcher and the custody of her children was given to Fletcher's parents, she moved to Fort Worth, Texas where she worked for the Hammond Organ Company.

Brendon McNichol

Kerry formed a band with Brendon, Roger and Hammond Organ player Jeff Muendel.

Confessions of a Pop Group

Mick Talbot - piano forte, Hammond organ, clavinet, synthesisers

Durham Concerto

At the premiere of the work, Lord himself played the Hammond organ part, and Kathryn Tickell the pipes.

March on the Drina

South African organist Cherry Wainer - on the LP Musik Im Blut, Discoton 75289, Germany; Hammond Organ: Light and Lively, double LP album, Polydor, 583 570, UK, 1964; Rhythmus im Blut LP, Polydor, 237 359, Germany, 1967; Cherry Wainer and Her Magic Hammond Organ LP, on Polydor, 236 036, 1967; Hammond Non Stop LP, Polydor Special 2418-188, 1969

MonkeyJunk

Band members include Steve Marriner on vocals, baritone guitar, harmonica, hammond organ; Tony D on lead guitar; and Matt Sobb on drums and percussion.

Playing the Fool

Kerry Minnear – Electric piano, Clavinet, Hammond organ, Moog, cello, vibes, tenor recorder, vocals, percussion

Presto Ballet

Kurdt Vanderhoof - Guitar, mellotron, chamberlin, synthesizer, Hammond organ, bass pedals, electric piano

Rob Campanella

Brian Jonestown Massacre, And This Is Our Music, album (2003) — Producer, Engineer, Hammond Organ, Dobro, Mandolin, Piano

Sacrifist

Additionally, Bootsy Collins and Bernie Worrell (of Parliament-Funkadelic), both also featured on the debut album, return for one lengthy track each: "Deathstar" includes Collins' "free-form bass explorations" and "Crossing" features Worrell's "psychedelic improvisation on a distorted Hammond organ".

Signify

Richard Barbieri - synthesisers, Hammond organ, Prophet V/System 700 electronics, piano, tapes, texture, sequencers

Stupid Dream

Richard Barbieri – analogue synthesizers, hammond organ, mellotron, piano on "Even Less", glockenspiel on "Pure Narcotic"

Sun of a Beach – The Return of Alleinunterhalter vol. 5

this album was recorded live and features Mambo's 80 year old Hammond Organ teacher, Heidi Schulz singing covers of Anarchy in the UK and Sympathy for the Devil.

Turrentine Jones

Turrentine Jones are an English rock band formed in Manchester in July 2010, consisting of Julian Neville (lead vocals, lead/rhythm guitar), Thomas Scotson (Hammond organ) and Rich Watts (drums).

What If It Works?

Anton Barbeau - vocals, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer, farfisa, some drums, acoustic piano, Microkorg, bass guitar, Micromoog, tambourine, shaker, Korg MS-10/Roland Space Echo, Arp Odyssey, acoustic and anti-acoustic piano, Navation X-Station

You Shook Me

Led Zeppelin biographer Mick Wall also points out in When Giants Walked the Earth: A Biography of Led Zeppelin that "Peter Grant had given him Jimmy Page an advance copy of Truth weeks before its release" and "it seems inconceivable that John Paul Jones would not have mentioned at some point that he had actually played Hammond organ on the Truth version".