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

How about this one? It's from a Dutch band in the early 70's. Hope you like it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MHUjz-eRDc

Love it!

Here's the group.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v7LzOeTkfM

All these songs were nice, but in no way IMO do they feature the "HAMMOND ORGAN" in a way & on a World Wide scale of
Procol Harems "Whiter Shade Of Pale"

Of course they don't...AWSOP is still the definitive Hammond tune to me.

Ian

Exactly Ian....now this would be a great opportunity to share playing techniques if each of us would offer their own version demo of AWSOP showcasing the Hammond sound recreation on each of our arranger kB's.



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I don't know Donny, I remember riding in my friends 1967 Ford Mustang Convertible when this song came on and epitomized the Hammond tone to me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxA3atHD2QM

And then I saw Santana do this one and that Hammond Solo was permanently imprinted with the whirling Leslie Horn in my mind forever:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiGSsP60BLA

Evil Ways...another tune I'd like to get a dollar for I every time I played it...

Gregg Rolie did a lovely solo...always stays in my mind too.

Spencer Davis...Winwood was just a kid in that band.

Used to like "I'm A Man"...another goodie.

Great stuff.

Ian