^Groove^

[gilles@netcom.com (Gilles Bacon)]

I thought I was dreaming but it's true!  There is a God!  And in the world
of keyboards, its name is B-3, ... er, XB-3!  ;)

Hello all! (how many?)

I'm not a keyboard player, but an avid listener.  When I first heard Jimmy
Smith's "The Sermon", I became a "B-3 head".  Since then, I've collected as
much organ/Hammond B-3 music as I could afford.  I started a periodical
posting called ^Groove^, which contains a short history of Hammond (excerpts
>from Keyboard Nov. '91) and a lot of artist reviews plus some discographies.
It's now a WWW page:

^Groove^ is available via ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/gi/gilles/groove.faq

You can also view it with a WWW browser, here's the anchor:
<A HREF="ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/gi/gilles/groove.html";>^Groove^</A>

I realize that this list is focused on technical aspects of keyboards, but
if anyone would welcome discussions about B-3 (& other organ) artists, I
would love to post ^Groove^ and hear your comments/suggestions/flames.

Got some new stuff this weekend: "Big" John Patton and "Captain" Jack 
McDuff have released new albums (1993/4 recordings).  Patton's _Blue Planet 
Man_ is excellent.  John Zorn is one of the horn players!!!  Freaky shit, 
but man does it fit.  Squeak!

I suppose you all know about the XB-3, but you can get promo GIFs from the
Compu$erve MIDI forum (uploaded by Hammond Suzuki USA).

Is the FAQ near ready?  I'd love to see it regardless!


Play your Blues in B-3!


Gilles


P.S.: What's the volume like here?
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