hi from an old hammond player

[WILLIEHACKITT]

hi guys guess i must be one of the oldest members my name is allan and i play keyboards live just north of birmingham near the beautiful cannock chase and am an old muso mate of keith law a very talented songwriter i came across keiths webb pages on my space site after losing touch for must be 40 years as i said i used to play a hammond and leslie 760 but got to much to transport my gear now consists of a roland w30 roland u 20 roland vk7 hammond clone a korg o5 dw module and a korg triton classic and i used 3 fender keyboard combos for the back line god when i see all that in print i could open a shop ahah anyway good to be aboard

[Velvett Fogg]

Hi Allan,

WELCOME to the Forum.

It's great to have you on board.
I'm normally here this time of night,
making sure everything is OK.

Please feel free to look around,
particulally, '60's Brum bands,
perhaps you can add your band to this?

[Stereo Junkie]

Hello mate, would we know anyof the bands you played in?

I was lucky enough to work at Rockfield Studios as a school leaver and sat and watched/listened to the late Rob Collins of the Charlatans on Hammond, such an amazing instrument but so bloody heavy.

[Velvett Fogg]

SJ,

Speaking about being heavy,
my old friend and fellow musician
Chris Brown of The Band Of Joy (http://www.unsignedcity.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=25)
had his Hammmond sawn in half,
with each half equipped with clip in plugs,
so it was easier to carry!!

Frank Wilson, and my keyboard player,,
with Velvett Fogg, related to me, that when The Fogg,
were recording the album, Jack Dorsey, the producer at Pye Records,
made the band carry his Hammond up and down several flights of stairs,
each day, whilst they were recording!!
You can imagine, what a nightmare that was!

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c187/john-wayne/Unsigned%20City/5f18d22d.jpg

[Stereo Junkie]

lol... wouldn't fancy lugging one of those around too much, I do like the portability of new synths but you just can't get the same sound.

[WILLIEHACKITT]

SJ,

Speaking about being heavy,
my old friend and fellow musician
Chris Brown of The Band Of Joy (http://www.unsignedcity.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=25)
had his Hammmond sawn in half,
with each half equipped with clip in plugs,
so it was easier to carry!!

Frank Wilson, and my keyboard player,,
with Velvett Fogg, related to me,
When The Fogg,
were recording the album,Â*Â*Jack Dorsey, the producer at Pye Records,
made the band carry his Hammond up and down several flights of stairs,
each day, whilst they were recording!!
You can imagine, what a nightmare that was!

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c187/john-wayne/Unsigned%20City/5f18d22d.jpg

[WILLIEHACKITT]

hi guys when i first met keith we were in the the same managment stable i was in a band called markus lute then a band called gallion after that i joined a band called hobsons choice for about ten years changed to cabaret finally doing comedy whenÂ*Â*we split up i got a band together called cirkus for a while finally ending up doing a comedy double act calledÂ*Â*the whole kaboodle doing bits of telly etc if anyone is interestedÂ*Â*this is our webb addÂ*Â*www.wholekaboodle.co.uk
hope thats ok to put on here im in the process of rehearsing a band doing dr hook covers a band form the 70sÂ*Â*