Originally posted by Rich Z:
Heck, I can still remember the first time I heard that song on the radio. My dad was driving me somewhere and I was transfixed listening to it. I decided then and there I was going to learn to play keyboards.
I do wish I hadn't sold my Hammond B3, though.... 
Steve Winwood was a major influence on me...and at the other end of the scale, Jimmy Smith played a big part in me wanting a Hammond.
I couldn't coax that sound out of my Howard Baldwin Combo Organ, even with a Leslie...I had to get a Hammond...first got an M-3, and then a B-3.
The sound of a Hammond is timeless...like a piano, or an acoustic guitar. It breathes, it snorts, it growls, it sings, it wails...it's a style, a feeling, a mood, a color.
I sometimes regret selling my B-3, but lately, I've had the opportunity to play organ several times a month in a little jam group...and it's a B-3 with a 122 Leslie...man, it is the most fun you can have with your clothes on.
Ian
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