Since the list has been this quiet (and Paul still hasn't admitted to buying
a guitar yet), a few more OT ramblings.
First: "You might like to hear my organ, ride Sally ride."
"If I could hear the horns blow, (indistinguishable -- sounds like "Cynthia
on the throne")"
(more indistinguishable -- could be "Cynthia and Jerry gotta message they
sayin"), "all the squares go home!"
Secondly, to Dave B. (clearly the master par excellence of keyboard rock
history trivia) I'd appreciate some general distinctions between Farfisa and
Vox Continental organ types. I thought they were the same devices built for
European and Anglo/American markets respectively. Go easy on me Dave,
remember I'm just a guitar player.
Unlike Larry, I've always liked the that type of organ sound (the keyboard
version of my use of fuzz boxes). I used to have an old "Doric" organ which
had similar timbres. I was never able to get the thing in tune or get the key
contacts working to any satisfaction, so it always had a certain unsettling
sound -- it was the answer to the musical question: "what if Alfred
Hitcthcock had replaced Barry Andrews in XTC?"
Thirdly: I recently saw the movie "Gimmie Shelter" for the first time in many
years. There was a ten-second shot fairly early in the movie of someone
onstage tuning a Moog (maybe a IIIP), and I couldn't imagine who used this,
though I'm not sure of everyone on the bill. Any thoughts?
Fourthly: I also recently saw a movie called "Message to Love: The Isle of
Wight" which had one of ELPs first performances, AND an all too brief (maybe
10 minutes) excerpt of Miles. He may have had the great trio of keyboard
players with him at that time. I need to see that again!
Hasn't anybody else had any thoughts about their 410 TRIPLE RESONANT FILTER?
JB
And who did the BIG version of Mustang Sally? Jackie Wilson? I thought I had
it, but couldn't find it.
In a message dated 10/17/99 10:04:05 AM,
daveb@... writes:
>Close enough. It was a single kbd Farfisa Professional, just like the one
>I
>played for several years. They didn't sound that bad, especially if you
>played them through a Leslie. Of course I ditched mine at the earliest
>opportunity to acquire a Hammond.
>You are declared the winner. Just don't ask what the prize is!
>Moe