Who's heard Little Richard sing "Shake a Hand"?

Diana Krall A Case Of You Live in Paris



Is this astounding? Or What?

World Party Way Down Now

Long ago and far away ('75 or '76) one of my housemates "drove" a Hammond B3. He played one very well, too. I guess the "drove" bit came from helping him move that organ in and out of his van. He'd built a practice space in the basement of the house with lots of moving blankets to help muffle the sound from that space.

That mutha was HEAVY. Moving it was a pure delight, moving it very carefully was necessary. At that time I didn't play or own a musical instrument, so I figured it was my "neighborly duty" to help him move it. He really wanted a powered lift "Tommy-Gate" on the rear of the van, but never purchased one AFAIK.

He was a professional, one of the local bands he formed required about five hours of practice to be able to gig. Boy howdy it was loud inside that house sometimes. They rehearsed everything at full volume and pretty much played Top Forty material. They did a good job with one of my old faves. To be continued...

The Spinners Rubber Band Man



Come to think of it there was a horn section in that housemate's band. But it wasn't a huge outfit.

I don't know for certain but it looks like an original B3 will set you back $20,000. Hammond built and continues to build keyboards. Ttbmk the modern ones do not sound as cool as the original did.

Perhaps part of the beauty of this GREAT song is its at least seeming simplicity? The perfection of using which voice for its part in the composition is SUPERB. Thank you for posting it, one more time is a fantastic thing for an amazing song! I loved 'em upon first hearing them, but that's not always true for me.

I agree. Oh to be far more talented so that I could have been a musician from a young age. Half a moment...I had some talent. I was handed a clarinet and sent alone to a small room to "learn" the instrument. This was in that bastion of true horror, the Catholic boarding school in Massachusetts. All of the guitars were taken.

The following year I was sent to a somewhat larger room with another clarinet player. He knew something about the instrument, so I learned a bit from him. Oh, we weren't permitted to talk to each other. So I learned in whispers. Hate the "licorice stick" to this very day. Sure they are a very expressive instrument, if you have an idea how to play the damned thing.

The Leslie rotating speaker wasn't a necessary adjunct to the B3. However did they sound great? Ucking fay tweetie. It was fascinating to watch them, too. I don't know whether my pal's had part of its cabinet missing or if you can see them rotate from certain angles. It has been 45 years and we can't expect to remember everything.

Organs with tubes require care. I recall that a special oil was required. Was it called "valve oil?"

Its not that electronic keyboards sound bad. I recall that the Yamaha DX7 was pretty phenomenal once upon a time. It's just that a B3 is a B3 is a B3. Accept no substitutes!

Plus a mature theme at the end where Bruce decides that discretion is the better part of valor, in the video. Come to think on it, the stock video didn't do the song justice, imho.

Thanks for posting this.I remember the original release, those guitar "stabs" by Steve Cropper made all the difference in the world. And Donald "Duck" Dunn's bass playing obviated the need for Mr Washington to have to use bass pedals.