You can see the two Leslie cabinets behind Steve. I hear that he plays this song at church. 
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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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I had a friend who liked to tell stories that ended with “Then we all died.” Funny guy and some funny stories.
I have a metal luggage stand that I use, or one or two milk crates (this one is for @JimmyM).
The keyboardist in my first Top 40/Disco band had a 147; I knew Roy from a few years before we did the band; we met at a crew/cast party the summer of 1971, when we were getting ready to do Tommy. He is the one resposible for twisting my mind, musically, and then the two of us went to that fateful concert at the Adelbert Gym on April 14. 1973, changing our (musical) lives forever.
The two of us (musical interlude)...
...played on an album a friend was recording in the early '70s, and on one song I ran my late '60s Jazz Bass through the Leslie. Fun times!
Roy had the "famous" Farfisa organ...
...and a Rhodes 88...
...that he'd run through the 147...
Before he got the Leslie he had a two part Cordovox amplifier with something like 60 tubes in it.
My head still spins when I think about moving one around touring with it.
Speaking of jazz, there's free-jazz, and then there's this other orbit WAY OUY THERE:
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Out there? Did someone roofie Stravinsky?
I have a metal luggage stand that I use, or one or two milk crates (this one is for @JimmyM).
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The keyboardist in my first Top 40/Disco band had a 147; I knew Roy from a few years before we did the band (we met at a crew/cast party the summer of 1971, when we were getting ready to do Tommy. He is the one resposible for twisting my mind, musically, and then the two of us went to that fateful concert at the Adelbert Gym on April 14. 1973, changing our (musical) lives forever.
The two of us (musical interlude)...
...played on an album a friend was recording in the early '70s, and on one song I ran my late '60s Jazz Bass through the Leslie. Fun times!
Roy had the "famous" Farfisa organ...
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...and a Rhodes 88...
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...that he'd run through the 147...
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Before he got the Leslie he had a two part Cordovox amplifier with something like 60 tubes in it.
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My head still spins when I think about moving one around touring with it.
Speaking of jazz, there's free-jazz, and then there's this other orbit WAY OUY THERE:
Wow, some really nice equipment. Some people pick up free organs just to pull the tubes.
Those luggage racks are neat. Some day I’ll get one. Vox had chrome AC-30 stands that the Beatles used on stage. Effectively the same type of stand. Fender had a stand like yours for the mighty 400PS.
I use two stacked Leslie 145 cabs - same but a little shorter than the 147. They plug into a Hammond and sound amazing. I have a way of plugging my bass into the organ to use the Leslie. I never move this stuff on my own, it’s cartage or nothing.
The B3 and some other Hammonds don’t have built in speakers, people connect bass amps like Jimmy’s Iron Butterfly SVT as well as Leslie cabs.
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So if every Sunday morning = a Traffic concert
/hmmm
Don't know what to say about that feeling when I enter a hotel room and find a luggage rack. Except that it's not an unfamiliar feeling. And it's one thing that puts mind at ease in the endless seas of travel.
Some hotels have waffle irons in the breakfast area
/hmmm
Don't know what to say about that feeling when I enter a hotel room and find a luggage rack. Except that it's not an unfamiliar feeling. And it's one thing that puts mind at ease in the endless seas of travel.
Some hotels have waffle irons in the breakfast area
...just two guys and their instruments...
...sorta anti-grumpy...yup.
...sorta anti-grumpy...yup.
So if every Sunday morning = a Traffic concert
/hmmm
Don't know what to say about that feeling when I enter a hotel room and find a luggage rack. Except that it's not an unfamiliar feeling. And it's one thing that puts mind at ease in the endless seas of travel.
Some hotels have waffle irons in the breakfast area
That stand helps keep hotel creepy crawlers away from your suitcase.
Only if you wire it into the mains...
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My onboard travel duffel was made out of sailcloth and never failed me. Anything to stay clear of baggage claim. In my day, breeze through security, check in at the airline club, take complimentary coffee and relax. Priority boarding
and all sounds like luxury except for the eensy teensy detail of what I was on my way to do. So take every amenity given.
There are hotels that actually leave a chocolate on your pillow. There are hotels that :: grits teeth :: are maybe best forgotten. Hotel arrangements some publisher arranged with an advertiser, you see ... because not all client contracts are held to the same standards .... we could (and did) yell at the home office. Sometimes to receive a great deal of sympathy but no clear solution beyond "finish quickly and get out".
and all sounds like luxury except for the eensy teensy detail of what I was on my way to do. So take every amenity given.
There are hotels that actually leave a chocolate on your pillow. There are hotels that :: grits teeth :: are maybe best forgotten. Hotel arrangements some publisher arranged with an advertiser, you see ... because not all client contracts are held to the same standards .... we could (and did) yell at the home office. Sometimes to receive a great deal of sympathy but no clear solution beyond "finish quickly and get out".
Yeah...discovered that in Bermuda after falling into bed in an incipient alcoholic psychosis brought on by an excess of my favorite rum.....
Room service lady was beside herself when she delivered breakfast and found both my face, and the sheets and the pillow...covered in minty chocolate....
Carryon or nothing.
When I last bought a bag I noticed what the flight crews were using. Their answer was get a Travelpro so I went with that. Good quality spinner, it has stood up well.
Never use a pillow or blanket on an aircraft. I’m told that they are unclean. Pass on the candies on the pillow. Same with free food samples in the grocery store. Have hotel room and shower flip-flops that get disinfected afterward.....
When I last bought a bag I noticed what the flight crews were using. Their answer was get a Travelpro so I went with that. Good quality spinner, it has stood up well.
Never use a pillow or blanket on an aircraft. I’m told that they are unclean. Pass on the candies on the pillow. Same with free food samples in the grocery store. Have hotel room and shower flip-flops that get disinfected afterward.....
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First morning in Bermuda is no hot water 
Up at 3 to be in the limo by 4 to be in the airport by 5 to be on the aircraft at 6. On average my workday begins about 5 - 7 hours later, depending on which direction I'm traveling. Asleep by takeoff. Wake at altitude as the first coffee is served.
Up at 3 to be in the limo by 4 to be in the airport by 5 to be on the aircraft at 6. On average my workday begins about 5 - 7 hours later, depending on which direction I'm traveling. Asleep by takeoff. Wake at altitude as the first coffee is served.
I played organ, sax, and flute in a band 70-72. Borrowed VOX Continental through a large pedal/preamp into a Leslie 147. Really fat sound w/o the expense-and hassle-of a Hammond.
More worried about the Woozles personally....First morning in Bermuda is no hot water
Up at 3 to be in the limo by 4 to be in the airport by 5 to be on the aircraft at 6. On average my workday begins about 5 - 7 hours later, depending on which direction I'm traveling. Asleep by takeoff. Wake at altitude as the first coffee is served.
Don't believe that! That's a bunch of bla........never mind.
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