Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Jon Hammond Flashbacks - Trio gig in San Francisco California

*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Jon Hammond Flashbacks - Trio gig in San Francisco California Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/JonHammondFlashbacksTrioGigInSanFranciscoCaliforniaLarge540p Jon Hammond flashback gig in trio - rare bar gig in San Francisco California playing a classic bossa nova here with Barry Finnerty on guitar and Bob Scott is the drummer http://www.jonhammondband.com/news.html Youtube http://youtu.be/ltWJmKkE0BU Blip TV http://blip.tv/jon-hammond/jon-hammond-flashbacks-trio-gig-in-san-francisco-california-6671858 bossa nova, bar gig, hammond organ, san francisco, jon hammond, trio, barry finnerty, guitar, local 802, musicians union

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Jon Hammond Flashbacks Jon Lord Interview

*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Jon Hammond Flashbacks Jon Lord Interview Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/JonHammondFlashbacksJonLordInterviewLarge540p Youtube http://youtu.be/1OHo9-j0zxk The late great Deep Purple (1968-1976) organist Jon Lord here in interview with Jon Hammond at the Musikmesse Frankfurt am Main on the occasion of the introduction of Hammond SK-1 and Sk2 organs *Note: to my horror the microphone level was low - we can't do it over because sadly Jon is dead now - he says some really interesting things here, enjoy, R.I.P. Jon Lord, sincerely Jon Hammond http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Lord Jonathan Douglas Lord Born 9 June 1941 Leicester, England, UK Died 16 July 2012 (aged 71) London, England, UK Genres Rock, hard rock, heavy metal, blues rock, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, classical, jazz, jazz fusion Occupations musician, composer Instruments Keyboards, vocals Jonathan Douglas "Jon" Lord (9 June 1941 -- 16 July 2012) was an English composer, pianist, and Hammond organ player known for his pioneering work in fusing rock with classical or baroque forms, especially with Deep Purple, as well as Whitesnake, Paice Ashton Lord, The Artwoods, and The Flower Pot Men. In 1968 Lord co-founded Deep Purple, a hard rock band of which he was regarded as the leader until 1970. Together with the other members, he collaborated on most of his band's most popular songs. He and drummer Ian Paice were the only continual band members during the period from 1968 to 1976, and also from when it was reestablished in 1984 until Lord's retirement from Deep Purple in 2002. On 11 November 2010, he was inducted as an Honorary Fellow of Stevenson College in Edinburgh, Scotland. On 15 July 2011, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music degree by the University of Leicester. Support Jon Lord in his fight against cancer — in Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany. http://www.jonhammondband.com/news.html Jon Lord, Deep Purple, Hammond Organ, B3, Sk1, Sk2, Jon Hammond, Frankfurt, Musikmesse, Local 802, Musicians Union

Friday, October 18, 2013

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Historical Footage in Hamburg Red Light District Regina Niteclub

*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Historical Footage in Hamburg Red Light District Regina Niteclub Jon's archive https://archive.org/details/ReginaLarge540p


Historical film from Jon Hammond Band archives in Hamburg's Reeperbahn at the notorious Regina Niteclub Grosse Freiheit #4 in the red light district underground music concert just yards away from where The Beatles played nightly - here Jon's original funk composition "Pocket Funk" http://www.jonhammondband.com/
as seen in article in Hamburger Morgenpost
 — with Uwe Petersen and Barry Finnerty at Reeperbahn Große Freiheit.