[BC] Organs (was Re: Curious edits)

[gRAdy Moates]

>  I've repaired those organs you've seen removed 
>  from the Anvil road case. (most likely a chopped B-3) 

    I owned a chopped B-3 when I was lead singer and 
keyboard player for "The Titans" back in the early '70's.  
There was nothing in the bottom two feet of the B-3 except 
the wooden legs, the volume pedal, and the array of 
switches for the bass pedals.  Rockers such as myself 
had no need for the pedals, so we'd just cut the bottom off.  

    No respect. . . 

> In particular I've repaired Jimmy Smiths B-3.
>  Alan (a card carrying Certified Hammond Organ tech) :)

    I got to see Jimmy the last two times he was in Boston 
before he passed.  I've been a fan since my teens.  

    At one of the shows, I had taken a close friend who is 
(ahem) quite large.  The venue was on the second 
floor of a building (Cambridge House of Blues).

At the intermission, my friend had to leave, so we were 
going down the stairs.  We were half-way down, when 
skinny little Jimmy himself started coming up.  He saw 
my friend, and said, "Whoa, sh*t, look what's comin' down!"  
and backed down out of the way.  

We still laugh about that.  

Grady