Caravan sound

[J.G. Wong]

Actually you are referring to the Canterbury sound.  Amoung some
compared to the guitar "woman tone".
The issue of organs in Canterberry bands can get complicated.  I know
that at various times you will see: Lowreys (tonewheel type) (Soft
Machine), Baldwins, Farfisas, Gems etc...  They were never rich and
transport was always an issue.  Add to that the fact that they could
play well enough that they were not particularly hardware dependent.. 
In over 30 years I have only seen Dave Stewart use a Hammond on tour,
nearly everybody else used combo organs , usually what they could affor
, often Italian. usually with Rose Morris Duo Fuzz and a Coloursound or
Arbiter Wah Face. That sound was essential and is hard to make to this
very day  accurately over a couple of octaves. I have seen Davoli synths
stiitng on top of several types of odd Italian organs.  I am looking for
the pictures now.

Now if in the studio or opening for VDGG... they may have had a Hammond
or a tron, but live neber a B series that's for sure.

G. Wong  ( Honorary Northerner)

Ingo Debus wrote:
> 
> Don Tillman wrote:
> > That first part of the solo on "Winter Wine" is a Hammond (not
> > cheezy!), for the second part he turned on the fuzz box, and a little
> > later he hits a wah-wah pedal for a brief bit.
> 
> I shouldn't have used the term "cheesy" here. Of course a Hammond is
> *not* cheesy ;-). But since you wrote about a Lowrey organ and
someone
> else wrote me that Sinclair used a Lowrey too... I never heard a
> Lowrey... how do they sound?
> 
> But is this really a Hammond in the first part of the solo? (Listened
> again to it, headphones this time...) Yes, it could be a Hammond with
> strange registration. There's a "normal" sounding Hammond playing
chords
> during the solo too.
> 
> Time to do some experiments.
> 
> Ingo