[HAM] Organfreak Radio Interview is Up

[Charles Buckingham]

Nice work!  I don't know if it's the circles I travel in, but it's nice 
to hear someone talking about Hammonds who isn't me!

Funny thing is that I already knew everything you were talking about, 
but still enjoyed hearing it anyway.  I was actually surprised when it 
was over that it was thirteen minutes long.  It seemed a lot quicker.  
The dumbing down is an excusable necessity given the circumstances.  
Also excusable is the reference to any organ Hammond as a "B3" (Pre '55 
tonewheels, Green Onions, etc.  Gawd, I'm picky!).

They also spelled your name wrong in the photo caption. (I'll stop now  
:-) )

Best holiday regards,

Charles

Scott Hawthorn wrote:
> Well, I guess it went off as well as could be expected, given the major 
> time constraints and my extreme nervousness. I wanted to cover the role of 
> the B-3 in rock but there just wasn't time. I had to dumb it down enough 
> that non-musicians wouldn't be left behind, so there's nothing new here. My 
> experience editing sound clips did serve me in good stead though-- they 
> sound good, considering they were all from scratchy old vinyls.
>
> KUOW is one of two major public radio stations in Seattle, with 100,000 
> Watts and millions of listeners. Amanda Wilde is a national-prize-winning 
> DJ and interviewer who has an incredible swing music program on this 
> station every Saturday night. I recommend it. I admire her skills and taste 
> tremendously. The picture she chose is eight years old; I have much shorter 
> hair now and I'm fatter  :-)
> They did forget to mention that I play the damn things too, but otherwise 
> they did well.
>
> The thirteen-minute show can be heard here:
> <http://www.kuow.org/programs/sound_focus.asp?Archive=12-20-2007>
>
>