From eslawson@comcast.net Mon Sep 23 19:10:48 2002
Subject:Influences, age, clone use, band URLs...

Folks,

I've seen a lot of interesting info about many of you and it's great
to have a tight community in which we become well acquainted online.
I've been fortunate enough to make a number of online and offline
friends via this forum and others.

As for me, I've posted my story in the past and don't have time to
capture it all right this moment. Here are some highlights. I'm 32
years old and I started playing rock keyboards when I was 14. I have
been using clones since 1989 when I bought an old school Korg CX-3.
Shortly thereafter I bought an old M3 and had it hot-rodded to plug
1/4" into a Leslie 145 via combo preamp. I actually used this rig
for gigging (we had a big band truck) and it was also featured on a
studio CD. During college years, I ran out of space for the M3/145
rig and also needed money (sold it with regrets). I continued using
the CX-3 until 1991 when I got a Hammond XB2. For portability, I
added a Dynacord CLS-222 and the XB2/CLS-222 was the rig of choice
for many years. At one point I owned two XB2s for backup purposes.
I started using a Motion Sound Pro3T in 1998 and a KBR-M in 1999. In
early 2000, I upgraded to an XK2 and picked up a nice Leslie 122. In
early 2002, I upgraded again to a new Korg CX-3 and a Speakeasy
rackmount preamp with 1/4" out and 122 out.

For influences and bio, you can check out a couple of groups with
which I'm currently playing:

70's funk band:
http://www.phatalbert.com

Original groove/rock band:
http://www.buzbyband.com

Let's hear from more members regarding these details and send us your
band URLs as well!

Regards,
Eric
eslawson@comcast.net
CloneWheel Support Group co-moderator