Has Jon Lord followed the work of other "well known" rock/ jazz organists? https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/t6691 Runboard| Has Jon Lord followed the work of other "well known" rock/ jazz organists? en-us Fri, 29 Mar 2024 13:45:44 +0000 Fri, 29 Mar 2024 13:45:44 +0000 https://www.runboard.com/ rssfeeds_managingeditor@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds managing editor) rssfeeds_webmaster@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds webmaster) akBBS 60 Re: Has Jon Lord followed the work of other "well known" rock/ jazz organists?https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112950,from=rss#post112950https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112950,from=rss#post112950I found him just a lttle strange and, dare I say it, a little arrogant. Perhaps a bit "sixties" Maybe I was expecting some genial old guy imparting words of wisdom about music but I found it hard to warm to him. Taking on board what you say about other folk not understanding what goes on in the mind of a musician - I get it all the time from the wife - "Why do you spend so much time with the band?" "You want to spend how much on a new keyboard!" Korg Oasys or a new sofa? Looks like a new sofa then! nondisclosed_email@example.com (happy hammond)Mon, 14 Nov 2005 11:42:40 +0000 Re: Has Jon Lord followed the work of other "well known" rock/ jazz organists?https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112949,from=rss#post112949https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112949,from=rss#post112949quote:happy hammond wrote: John Mayall.... in a recent TV documantary I saw I thought he came across as being a bit weird. Weird in what way? I think many musicians, myself included, can come across a bit off kilter from the mainstream, merely because we make priorities out of music that are sometimes placed higher in importance than all the piddly everyday crap that non-musicians think are deathly important in comparison. I can't tell you how many times my wife has come home from a day of running errands on a Saturday, only to find me at the Hammond, listening to CD's while charting chords, and basslines and what-have-you on lined paper. She'll ask me, "Is this all you've done with yourself all day!!!!?" (Hey....like it's a bad thing). And then continue to lay into me with such gems as: "You mean you haven't started the white laundry, or scooped the cat's litter box, or taken out the trash, or scrubbed the toilet, or scoured the bathroom shower tiles?" I'll just look at her rather ryely and say, "No I haven't. I'm a musician and I answer to the world on a much higher level than all that nonsense, which can easily be done anytime-- once I'm done doing what I'm busy doing now." And isn't it funny how wives, girlfriends, roomates, bosses, parents, siblings, and other muckity-muck mainstream types JUST DON'T GET IT, NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU TRY TO EXPLAIN IT TO THEM!!!!? In their mind, music is your "cute little hobby" that like a little kid playing with a Tonka Truck on the floor, you're just supposed to drop it and put it away, once something more important (in their mind) has to be done instead. What they don't understand is that music is more than just a "cute little hobby" for a musician. It is an emotional outlet. It is a way of life. It is the fourth most important thing to us, running closely behind, oxygen, blood, and a steady pulse. So if you mean weird in the sense that he seems to be in his own world, and that he isn't moved by the code of "social appropriateness" that mainstream people are, then I say....so what? More power to him. I'd rather spend a day in his world, than Donald Trump, or Martha Stewart, or George Bush's world any day. nondisclosed_email@example.com (B3Burner)Sat, 12 Nov 2005 22:53:51 +0000 Re: Has Jon Lord followed the work of other "well known" rock/ jazz organists?https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112948,from=rss#post112948https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112948,from=rss#post112948John Mayall is certainly credited with Hammond organ work on the couple of albums I have. He tends to use what might be best described as a "traditional" sound. Certainly a big influence on the UK blues scene although in a recent TV documantary I saw I thought he came across as being a bit weird.nondisclosed_email@example.com (happy hammond)Tue, 01 Nov 2005 10:36:49 +0000 Re: Has Jon Lord followed the work of other "well known" rock/ jazz organists?https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112947,from=rss#post112947https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112947,from=rss#post112947quote:tamadam2 wrote: Those missing 3 may be Mark Stein - Vanilla Fudge Roger Smith - Tower of power Ken Hensley - Uriah Heep   I believe the guy I was thinking of from Tower of Power was Chester Thompson. Though I guess, like Santana, they too probably had more than one organist. nondisclosed_email@example.com (B3Burner)Sun, 30 Oct 2005 19:59:42 +0000 Re: Has Jon Lord followed the work of other "well known" rock/ jazz organists?https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112946,from=rss#post112946https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112946,from=rss#post112946Thanks for the information on Graham Bond. I guess being an organ lover, and appreciator of the British blues scene of the 60's, I'm more than just a little embarassed that I didn't know who he was. I have a John Mayall album from 1967. THE BLUES ALONE. One of my favorite songs off this album was "Broken Wings". Good organ, but more of a soulful, blues, mid-60's organ. Not psychedelic, not really Hammond sounding, though it could have been Hammond....hard for me to tell. I was reading the liner notes....written by none other than the late John Peel. His specific quote regarding the song "Broken Wings" reads: "This is the sort of thing that should be heard on the car radio late at night driving alone in the rain. A very gently, caressing and beautiful song. You needed to know this side of Mayall." No where though did he mention Graham Bond. He did however say that Mayall is multi-talented and played piano, harmonica, both 6 & 9 string guitars, organ, sang, and did some of the artwork for some of his other album covers. So apparently Mayall may have played all the organ tracks on this album, but Bond may have been a very strong influence somewhere along the midst of Mayall's career. Very interesting indeed. Thanks to all who shared.nondisclosed_email@example.com (B3Burner)Sun, 30 Oct 2005 19:52:22 +0000 Re: Has Jon Lord followed the work of other "well known" rock/ jazz organists?https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112945,from=rss#post112945https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112945,from=rss#post112945You're more than welcome.nondisclosed_email@example.com (happy hammond)Sat, 29 Oct 2005 12:24:54 +0000 Re: Has Jon Lord followed the work of other "well known" rock/ jazz organists?https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112944,from=rss#post112944https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112944,from=rss#post112944sorry, I got it now it's good to have a musician here, and a Jon Lord fan too!nondisclosed_email@example.com (SixtyNine)Fri, 28 Oct 2005 19:00:01 +0000 Re: Has Jon Lord followed the work of other "well known" rock/ jazz organists?https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112943,from=rss#post112943https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112943,from=rss#post112943thanks happyhammond... but I still can't see anything apart from the list of posted topics...nondisclosed_email@example.com (SixtyNine)Fri, 28 Oct 2005 18:58:37 +0000 Re: Has Jon Lord followed the work of other "well known" rock/ jazz organists?https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112942,from=rss#post112942https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112942,from=rss#post112942http://com3.runboard.com/bdeeppurplefanforum.fmusicmakers nondisclosed_email@example.com (happy hammond)Fri, 28 Oct 2005 18:32:48 +0000 Re: Has Jon Lord followed the work of other "well known" rock/ jazz organists?https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112941,from=rss#post112941https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112941,from=rss#post112941quote:SixtyNine wrote: Which musicians section?  At a guess Id say they mean the "Music Makers" board/section of the forum. nondisclosed_email@example.com (MrEd45)Thu, 27 Oct 2005 13:40:53 +0000 Re: Has Jon Lord followed the work of other "well known" rock/ jazz organists?https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112940,from=rss#post112940https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112940,from=rss#post112940Which musicians section?nondisclosed_email@example.com (SixtyNine)Wed, 26 Oct 2005 20:12:28 +0000 Re: Has Jon Lord followed the work of other "well known" rock/ jazz organists?https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112939,from=rss#post112939https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112939,from=rss#post112939I'm me, not him! There are links to my band under the musicians section - if only I'd had an opportunity to play with the great man...sigh.nondisclosed_email@example.com (happy hammond)Wed, 26 Oct 2005 18:56:28 +0000 Re: Has Jon Lord followed the work of other "well known" rock/ jazz organists?https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112938,from=rss#post112938https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112938,from=rss#post112938Great, happy hammond... but I'm a bit confused now. Who is it actually talking, are you appearing in cognito at the forum? Have you ever played with Lord?nondisclosed_email@example.com (SixtyNine)Fri, 21 Oct 2005 19:00:15 +0000 Re: Has Jon Lord followed the work of other "well known" rock/ jazz organists?https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112937,from=rss#post112937https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112937,from=rss#post112937He met me once! or should that be I met him and the delightful Mrs Lord, backstage after a show once. Talking of Alexis Korner, I was lucky enough to jam with him and his band when they played a now long since defunct local jazz venue. I played an old piano and the guitarist in the band I was in at the time played harmonica on a couple of blues numbers. What a night and what a gent he was (there's not many of us left) and I think Colin Hodgkinson - later of Whitesnake fame was on bass. I have fond memories of that night - he is sadly missed.nondisclosed_email@example.com (happy hammond)Fri, 21 Oct 2005 13:48:03 +0000 Re: Has Jon Lord followed the work of other "well known" rock/ jazz organists?https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112936,from=rss#post112936https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112936,from=rss#post112936quote:Milan Fahrnholz wrote: quote:B3Burner wrote: quote:ivo wrote: what about Graham Bond ? Enlighten me. I don't know who he is. Along with Alexis Korner and John Mayall he was the most influential musician of the Rhytm´n´Blues scene of London in the mid 60s and one of the most influential organ players. His most known for his Graham Bond Organisation in which many a career of world famous musicians was born. John McLaughlin, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, Dick Heckstall-Smith and Jon Hiseman to name a few. He´s also known for discovering and and pushing The Animals to stardom. He died mysteriously in 1974(said to be overun by a subway train under the influence of heroin, told you it was mysterious). And reminds one of the greatest personas in british music to this day.   He's also very well known for his involvement with the occult. nondisclosed_email@example.com (Big J)Wed, 19 Oct 2005 15:20:46 +0000 Re: Has Jon Lord followed the work of other "well known" rock/ jazz organists?https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112935,from=rss#post112935https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112935,from=rss#post112935quote:B3Burner wrote: quote:ivo wrote: what about Graham Bond ? Enlighten me. I don't know who he is. Along with Alexis Korner and John Mayall he was the most influential musician of the Rhytm´n´Blues scene of London in the mid 60s and one of the most influential organ players. His most known for his Graham Bond Organisation in which many a career of world famous musicians was born. John McLaughlin, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, Dick Heckstall-Smith and Jon Hiseman to name a few. He´s also known for discovering and and pushing The Animals to stardom. He died mysteriously in 1974(said to be overun by a subway train under the influence of heroin, told you it was mysterious). And reminds one of the greatest personas in british music to this day.  nondisclosed_email@example.com (Milan Fahrnholz)Wed, 19 Oct 2005 15:04:55 +0000 Re: Has Jon Lord followed the work of other "well known" rock/ jazz organists?https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112934,from=rss#post112934https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112934,from=rss#post112934quote:ivo wrote: what about Graham Bond ? Enlighten me. I don't know who he is. nondisclosed_email@example.com (B3Burner)Tue, 18 Oct 2005 22:55:31 +0000 Re: Has Jon Lord followed the work of other "well known" rock/ jazz organists?https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112933,from=rss#post112933https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112933,from=rss#post112933what about Graham Bond ?nondisclosed_email@example.com (ivo)Tue, 18 Oct 2005 13:55:37 +0000 Re: Has Jon Lord followed the work of other "well known" rock/ jazz organists?https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112932,from=rss#post112932https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112932,from=rss#post112932Those missing 3 may be Mark Stein - Vanilla Fudge Roger Smith - Tower of power Ken Hensley - Uriah Heep   nondisclosed_email@example.com (tamadam2)Mon, 17 Oct 2005 06:59:36 +0000 Has Jon Lord followed the work of other "well known" rock/ jazz organists?https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112931,from=rss#post112931https://bdeeppurplefanforum.runboard.com/p112931,from=rss#post112931Notice I said "organists" and not "keyboardists", as I think the term "keyboardist" is overused and opens up the pandora's box to include too many other keyboard instruments. As for Purple fans, I believe it was his work on Hammond Organ that gained him his notoriety, more than his work on piano...and since it is his Hammond personna that I have always had the keener interest in, I'm curious whether he has met, befriended, or at least has known of and respected these other noted Hammond Organ players: (Mr. Lord, if you yourself care to comment on this question I would of course be most honored) On the rock side: STEVE WINWOOD KEITH EMERSON ROD ARGENT GOLDY McJOHN LEE MICHAELS BILLY PRESTON JOHN PAUL JONES RICK WAKEMAN JERRY CORBETTA GREG ROLLIE TOM COSTER (Can't remember their names, but the organists for: ) Vanilla Fudge Tower of Power Uriah Heep On the jazz side JIMMY SMITH (goes without saying he admired him greatly, but did he ever get to meet him?) JIMMY McGRIFF CHARLES EARLAND CAPTAIN JACK McDUFF DR. LONNIE SMITH JOEY DeFRANCESCO (it should be noted here that Joey has been quoted as saying he's an admirer of Jon Lord's work on organ-- something that you generally don't see-- a jazz player paying a complement to a rock player) nondisclosed_email@example.com (B3Burner)Mon, 17 Oct 2005 05:22:27 +0000