Summary: *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_LordJonathan 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 JON HAMMOND Instruments: Organ, Accordion, Piano, Guitar Attended: Berklee College of Music 1974 Languages: English, German *Jon is currently Host of daily CBS radio program HammondCast on KYOU & KYCY 1550 AM, 7 days a week at 4AM PST. *Performing solo in Hospitals, Nursing Homes regularly. Bandleader for annual overseas dates for over 20 years. *Musician: Jon Hammond is one of the premier B3 PLAYERS in the world.
