No subjectSun Jun 3 11:22:51 CDT 2007
"Upon joining The Hawks, Hudson also took the opportunity to negotiate a
new Lowrey organ as part of his package. This is significant as he was
one of the few organ players within the rock & roll/rhythm & blues
community to pointedly eschew the Hammond organ. The Lowrey organ
offered a different mix of features and Hudson stayed with Lowrey right
through Ronnie Hawkins/The Hawks, Bob Dylan and The Band, playing three
different models: originally a Festival (FL) console which was replaced
by a Lincolnwood TSO-25 during 1969. Later still, Hudson played a
horseshoe console H25 model, as depicted in The Last Waltz."
Check out "Stage Fright" and "Chest Fever" - definitely not a Hammond,
but very much the rocker. I always liked The Band; guys who paid their
dues and the road and got to the basics of American music long before
the term "roots" (even if they were mostly Canadian!). Garth also plays
a mean accordion ("When I Paint My Masterpiece").
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