After searching the Craig's List listings for what seems like years (actually, it's only been a few months), I've located a Hammond organ that a nice older couple in Richfield wanted to give away - you haul, of course. Well, I checked it out and discovered Hammond's diamond in the rough - an M-100 genuine tone wheel spinet organ in great shape, built sometime in the mid '60's. Some husky friends and I managed to get this monster on a truck and home last night and now it's sitting proudly in my garage. Now, as you know, I'm a guitarist and drummer, and I don't play a lick of keyboard, but I've been having fun pounding on the keys and checking out that great Hammond sound. Now if I can just find a Leslie (rotating) speaker that somebody wants to give away, then we'll be in business.
Some famous players of the M-100 were Matthew Fisher of Procol Harem (sorry, Mr. Whoamus, I mistakenly credited "Whiter Shade of Pale" to Gary Brooker), John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and this famous dude - the immortal Booker T. Jones, playin' them "Green Onions" (which was played on an M-100 without the Leslie that most folks use). Check it out, and let's get funky!
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Another weird coincidence -- I was just saying earlier that it was a drag that I'll be out of town this weekend because otherwise I'd like to go to the zoo Saturday ... and see these guys!
You write very well.
Booker T is swell as hell.
But why is the cam loving the young Tim Robbins-looking bass player so much?
Just wondering, and thanks for the music!
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