Re: Burn: "Al [Goff] is brilliant"

[GOFFProf@aol.com]

Mark Longo wrote about the Feb. KEYBOARD article on Page & Plant: 

>  Keyboardist Ed Shearmur's tech is 
>Chris Burn who says on page 20, "Al [Goff] is brilliant; we phone him up at
>2:00 in the morning and say 'how do I do this?'".  <<

The Brit's have a funny way of speaking.  Chris really meant something like
"OK", certainly not brilliant.  Bob S., Bill Beer, Mike Smokowitcz, Jerry
Welch and a few others are "brilliant" in this business.  Bill, Dave and I
are more in the line of "slightly bright", but we work our ass off the same
as my brethren above do.  

When those emergency calls come in at 2:00 A.M, I sometimes just nod my head
a few times, get the billing address, and say goodbye...  In addition to
Chris calling, I routinely get calls from Andy Topeka (Rolling Stones), Pete
Moshay (Hall & Oates), the Allman Bros., plus an occasional call from my
buddys with Keith Emerson, Will Alexander, and our own board member, Gene
"steal any organ from an old lady" Stopp.  

A call from anybody at that time requires some time to collect your thoughts.
 They are always in deep trouble, need immediate help, are thousands of miles
away, and have NO time to fix anything, as it's ten minutes until showtime.  

Before the days of cell phones, Jerry Welch will remember receiving letters
at the factory written by my Dad on his old GIANT-TYPE typewriter.  After
working on organs for 40+ years, he decided that sending bitchy letters to
the factory about the new organs or lousy techs were more dramatic when
written with huge type.  Maybe it's time I broke out my Dad's old typewriter
and wrote some bitchy letters......   Jerry, you are no longer safe!

Mark-- forget all of the good things I said about you.  Hope your toilet
clogs bigtime!

By the Way -- For board members who don't know him, Jerry Welch is the former
HAMMOND Organ Factory Service Manager. He was at the factory when the good
stuff was still being built in Chicago.  It is really a pleasure to have him
as a member of our board.  He also owns Organ Service Company and has many
original HAMMOND parts still available.  His address is in the FAQ. 

Al