[BC] Organs

[Larry Bloomfield]

The most televised Hammond was the one that Korla Pandit played on 
KTLA.  You can read the story at: 
http://www.sfmuseum.net/hist10/pandit.html.  You may find it 
interesting. A few weeks ago, we were discussing the Time for Beany show 
and I asked who did the music.  Here's the answer.

LB

gRAdy Moates wrote:

>>  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
>
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