From joek1000@aol.com Sat Sep 17 06:33:59 2005
Subject:Re: hammond xk-2 versus xk-3

Speaking of XK-2s, Rod Argent plays an XK-2 in the current Zombies lineup. I saw them in
concert in August and thoroughly enjoyed it. There is a picture of them here with a
different guitar player:

http://www.colinblunstone.net/

I recommend the live album. Colin Blunstone's voice is amazing. Rod is an excellent piano
player. He uses the XK-2 mainly for leads and gets a nice cutting sound from it. He was
just using the internal Leslie sim. The keyboards went into a small mixer and then into
what looked like JBL speakers behind him.

These guys are real pros. The bass player is the original Argent bass player who originally
played with the Kinks. The drummer is his son and he is excellent. We got there not
knowing what to expect and were completely blown away.

Unfortuantely it was a short tour in the states. I think they may be still touring in Europe at
this point.

BTW, I saw the Stones at Fenway Park and Chuck Leavell is playing a CX-3 on the small
stage and what looks like an older Yamaha P200 (plus B3) and on the main stage. Probably
the same rig as the last tour.

Joe