Re: Hip hammond bands on the hip side of the Atlantic...

["John O. Brevik" <brevik@mills.edu>]

> Ian,
> Your query "maybe they shine live?" in regards to Phish. Yes they do!  
> Like you I wasn't to big a fan having only listened to one album. They 
> came to town(Seattle) and borrowed some of our equipment to record with 
> and in return we were invited to hang out both for recording and the 
> show. Page just tore it up on his Goff Proff/Hammond B-3!

Wow, I really wish I could appreciate this band.  I found them both
self-indulgent and boring.  When I saw them, Page was left onstage by
himself for about 10 minutes just playing very uninteresting, inside stuff
never varying from V-IV-I-I.  I did, however, like it when the drummer,
dressed in the most horrible frock I've ever seen, took centerstage and
sang "Purple Rain," and did a solo by squeaking on his cheek with a
vaccum cleaner.