New (old) Hammond Organ
Wonders never cease. How have I made it this far in life without ever laying hands on one of these bad boys?? I was skeptical at first about having an instrument in the house that required (gasp!) electricity, but when I sat down at that estate sale to try it out, and found the F# diminished chord button, I was smitten. Forty dollars later, I’m now the proud owner of a wonderful nineteen-fifty-something Hammond S-100 chord organ. And it’s awesome.
I now feel like I could have the coolest Halloween house on the block AND audition for the Lookouts. That’d be a sweet summer gig! How is Chattanooga letting them get away with having no live organist anyway?
We need to make this happen. They could pull the old organ from Engle Stadium and get you lined up to play it. THIS HAS TO HAPPEN!!!
And after you leave the ball park, you can find some smoky Chattanooga jazz bar and play some cool bluesy organ tunes ala Jimmy Smith: http://www.vervemusicgroup.com/artist/releases/default.aspx?pid=10116&aid=2740. Great stuff. Have fun with the new instrument!
We had an old Yamaha — my first official instrument lessons were on that thing. Even played in some competitions, ha. All those oldie tunes my teacher had us learn…
I like how your cat is clawing up the mattress. Classic.
That cat seems to prefer Dixie Land to Take Me Out to the Ball Game. Always take your cues from cats.
Now that you have an organ, you know that you have to learn how to play Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida on it, right?
sounds like a prime candidate for organ donation