Ain't nuthin like a Hammond organ run through a Leslie Cabinet!

[Glamrock]

Humble Pie - Roadrunner

[The Polack MSgt]

1. Originally built for organs - Quickly drafted into 60s and 70s guitar players' tool kits

https://reverb.com/news/the-continuing-story-leslie-rotating-speaker-cabinet

[Glamrock]

2. And vocals too fucker!

Let's not leave out the most important aspect, shall we?


Seriously though, hands down one of thee best pieces of gear ever invented!

P. S. Hope your day got better my friend. Wish I could say mine did. Spent a good 6 hours moving 200# batteries by hand. I'm not supposed to be doing that. I'm management goddamnit!

Thanks for the article, bradda! Good read!

[The Polack MSgt]

3. It was a shit day all around

and yet I still posted a dozen damn times in DU.

Then My wife and I had a couple Tito's hand made vodkas with lime on the rocks and mellowed out a bit

[Glamrock]

4. My brotha from anotha motha.

Guess what I'm sippin on?

[mr_lebowski]

6. I'ma go way out on a limb and guess ... Jamesons?

[Glamrock]

7. Not tonite baby!

But oh, you know me so well. It's Tito's. But I'm flattered you remember my drink of choice.

[mr_lebowski]

5. First time I saw a Leslie cabinet and found out what it was ... I think this is good story here ...

It's 1986 ... I'm 19 y.o ... I'd just moved down to San Luis Obispo, CA ... my cousin (a Cal Poly grad, as I was to later be) had opened an 18 and over dance club (only 1 in this college town, where everything was 'bars' that the under-21 crew couldn't go to), but she was also booking music gigs in addition to the regular dance nights ... those were featuring a lot of Cure, Depeche Mode, New Order, a copious smoke machine, and lots of fully-buttoned up shirts, bolo ties, and cardigans ... and I'd moved down to SLO to work at the club and go to school ...

Anyways, one night, she landed this dude named Jonathan Richman, who I'd never heard of, and didn't really know who he was until I looked into him AFTER the gig. But I watched his band set up ... and I saw 'em drag in and later sound test this bizarre device, and remember asking WTH is that? (cause I was into 'gear') ... and one of the guys in his band told me about it ... I thought it was so cool and retro ...

Turned out, he was one of the best, and freaking FUNNIEST shows I've ever seen, it was almost like a comedy gig, but his songs were SO GOOD. Seems he mostly played his 'old shit' that night.

Later, the debut album of his original band "The Modern Lovers" started showing up on kinds of "Best Albums of All Time" lists, luminaries like The Talking Heads would talk about how great he is ... and I realized what a treat it really was to have sat like 3 feet from him through the whole show at that time ... in 1986 ...

[Glamrock]

8. That is pretty cool.

Just being there was awesome. Being schooled about gear? Priceless!

[mr_lebowski]

9. Fun fact, he was the singer-dude in 'There's Something About Mary', which totally tripped me out

Like 12 years later when I'd heard almost nothing about the dude meanwhile ... and then saw the movie and was like ... WHOA! Jonathan Richman, WTF!?!

This is pretty good props:
While in Boston, Richman formed the Modern Lovers, a proto-punk garage rock band. Other notable members of the group were keyboard player Jerry Harrison and drummer David Robinson, who later joined Talking Heads and the Cars, respectively

And in case you're wondering, I did get to sit at his feet in 1986 when he rocked the Morro Rock Cafe with what's widely considered the first punk rock song ever recorded, the classic Roadrunner ... from 1972 ... I mean, the Sex Pistols covered the damn thing a few years later ... there was nothing like this in 1972 ... other than the Velvets ... playing slower ... lol ...