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Re: Night Shift

Re: Night Shift

at 1.20 to 2.00 sounds like kbyd off version of Mr Crowley live by ozzie , is it classical? @plasmo 

Re: Night Shift

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heh i think it might have been Don Airey that came up with that, he was also in Rainbow and took over from Jon Lord in Deep Purple

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prob a classical rip off @plasmo 

https://youtu.be/jJ0GW1GBEDY

https://youtu.be/c2zurZig4L8

ok ELP not classical lol

https://youtu.be/KdXuQPx6tB0

https://youtu.be/UAKCR7kQMTQ

Jon Lord's Style

Hammond organs were at first mostly used by Blues and Jazz players --- Hammond gods like JimmySmith, JimmyMcGriff, and Popular artists (e.g. LennyDee). Jon Lord employed the "hard rock" style on the Hammond, and he often used tube distortion and overdrive through regular speakers, as opposed to the Leslie. He was also known for playing heavy and fast keyboard riffs, in the same way that Blackmore would on his guitar. The best example of this is the song "Fireball," where he used thrash metal-like riffs, and he used a Maestro RM-1A ring modulator in the solo. He was also the first to play a Hammond through a (Marshall) guitar amp.

True analog ring modulators are available from Moog Music's website for around 200 USD.

Some of his techniques are soloing in F blues (F - A flat - B flat - B natural - C - E flat - E natural - F) with repeated licks. Oftentimes he would play a lick three times, expound in the fourth, and then move on to something else. He also played extremely fast triplets (Hush, for instance), and strived to make his organ sound as dirty as a guitar.

As a classically trained musician (his father was a church organist) Jon Lord's style is a mixture of baroque, rock, blues and funk. A good example of this blend is the "Sarabande" album.

He is known for being the keyboardist of "Deep Purple" , but he played for many other great artists as well; The Kinks, Ian Gillan, Artwoods, Whitesnake, Sam Brown, and Tom Waits, among others.

He really trashed a C3 in one concert (Scandinavian Night); a key jumped out of its place and Jon put it back in. You can just imagine how hard and fast he played.

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yeh i like Jon Lord but never warmed to ELP

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GlpAEVaSCSg

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yeh 70s best, Tony Banks from Genesis was also good, just ignore the 80s era

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hmm not a fan of genesis @plasmo 

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yeah early prog genesis is a different animal, i really only like the selling england by the pound album tho
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