From jake92028@yahoo.com Thu Jul 05 03:24:39 2007
Subject:OT organ solo and style

I had my digital music on the teevee in the background at home today
and heard this really cool organ solo and then comping with a full band
going. I went and look at the screen..

it was the J.Geils Band's tune "Give It To Me" from their "Bloodshot"
album. Whoever the organist was/is used tremelo more than chorale but
did ramp down for effect now and then. What I liked the best was the (I
think) 1/16 note constant not-too-loud percussive comping going in the
background during non-organ solo passages - about the same volume as
rhythm guitar, with nice riffs at passage breaks.

This was what I'd call an "in-your-face" organist without the grind,
just a great-sounding Hammond/Leslie. At one point he was comping so
fast between the two manuals in Tremelo mode, it was like the chorus
effect on my Electro when I turn it up fast at a pretty high level
along with the rotary effect going, so I get both 'tremelo' and fast
spike/square wave vibrato. It's almost a very fast bubbling effect.

I thought this guy really had a different and interesting style
compared to the usual list of favorite players! :) Wj