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HammondCast 25 from organist/accordionist Jon Hammond, broadcasting from San Francisco with Clifford Brown Jr. & Chris Cortez talking about Jon's music and fresh new tracks from Jon's forthcoming record: "NDR SESSIONS Projekt" with saxophonist LUTZ BUCHNER, trombonist JOE GALLARDO, drummer HEINZ LICHIUS and JON HAMMOND on the new Hammond XK-3 organ/bass recorded in NDR Radio's Studo 1 with NDR Engineer RUDY GROSSER at the controls. Selections include "Satin Doll", Jon's composition "Payphone Johnny", "Polka Dots and Moonbeams", "No X-Cess Baggage Blues" and news of JON HAMMOND Band's upcoming tours to Germany and Russia to play at MUSICFEST in Moscow and concerts in St. Petersburg Russia with JOE BERGER and added Russian Musicians on the band. Visit Jon Hammond's official website: http://www.HammondCast.com *Member Local 802 & Local 6 Musicians Union/ASCAP Composer Publisher-JON HAMMOND International, Inc.

http://www.amazon.com/The-NDR-Sessions-Projekt-Hammond/dp/B000G8PGHS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344078727&sr=8-1&keywords=NDR+SESSIONS+Projekt

This new release from Jon Hammond marks his move into mainstream jazz. Utilizing the famous NDR Orchestra and Studios in Hamburg, Germany, Jon has crafted an excellent organ jazz record utilizing drums, sax and trombone. Outstanding support from saxophone soloist Lutz Buchner adds a lyrical modern jazz sound to the recordings. Excellent drumming by Heinz Lichius and the soulful sound of Joe Gallardo on trombone round out the disc. Great classic tunes are covered, along with some originals, including "My One and Only Love," "Skylark," "Besame Mucho," "Blues In The Night" and "No X-Cess Baggage Blues."

NDR Studio 1 Control Room

Jon Hammond Journal August 4, 2012

Oakland California -- Jon Hammond Trio rehearsal with Jim Grantham tenor sax, Jon Hammond Sk1 organ, Jack Dorsey drums

San Francisco California -- Jon Hammond and Legendary Jazz Drummer Donald Duck Bailey http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Bailey_(musician)
Donald "Duck" Bailey is an American jazz drummer.

He is probably best known as the drummer in the trio of jazz organist Jimmy Smith from 1956 to 1964 and also for his work with The Three Sounds on Blue Note Records. Bailey also worked as a sideman for some of
the most famous musicians in jazz including Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Hampton Hawes, Sonny Rollins, and Red Mitchell. He also played with John Coltrane in their early Philadelphia years. Bailey is also known as "The King of Organ Trio Drummers". In 1978, Bailey released a harmonica album called "So In Love" (Trio Records) in Japan which received rave reviews. His latest project "Blueprints of Jazz Vol.3 featuring Donald Bailey" was issued on the Talking House record label in 2009. Bailey continues to perform around the San Francisco Bay Area in the United States.
As Sideman
With George Braith
Two Souls in One (Blue Note, 1963)
With Jimmy Smith
The Incredible Jimmy Smith at the Organ (Blue Note, 1956)
At Club Baby Grand (Blue Note, 1956)
The Sounds of Jimmy Smith (Blue Note, 1956)
Plays Pretty Just for You (Blue Note, 1957)
Jimmy Smith Trio + LD (Blue Note, 1957)
Groovin' at Small's Paradise (Blue Note, 1957)
House Party (Blue Note, 1957)
The Sermon! (Blue Note, 1958)
Softly as a Summer Breeze (Blue Note, 1958)
Cool Blues (Blue Note, 1958)
Six Views of the Blues (Blue Note, 1958)
Home Cookin' (Blue Note, 1958–59)
Crazy! Baby (Blue Note, 1960)
Open House (Blue Note, 1960)
Plain Talk (Blue Note, 1960)
Straight Life (Blue Note, 1961)
Plays Fats Waller (Blue Note, 1962)
I'm Movin' On (Blue Note, 1963)
Bucket! (Blue Note, 1963)
Rockin' the Boat (Blue Note, 1963)
Prayer Meetin' (Blue Note, 1963)
With The Three Sounds
Live at the Lighthouse (Blue Note, 1967)
Coldwater Flat (Blue Note, 1968)
With Jack Wilson
Song for My Daughter (Blue Note, 1969)
— with Donald Bailey.

Anaheim California -- Jon Hammond and main man Joe Lamond -
Joe Lamond has been president and CEO of NAMM Since 2001,
http://www.namm.org/board-members/joe-lamond
National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM), the global not-for-profit 501(c)(6) trade association representing 9,000 manufacturers and retailers of musical instruments and sound products.

NAMM’s mission is to strengthen the music pr
oducts industry and promote the pleasures and benefits of making music. Lamond has led the team of dedicated NAMM employees towards accomplishing its mission by producing trade shows including its annual ‘NAMM Show,' the world’s largest trade-only event for the music products industry; and then reinvesting the proceeds into grants, scholarships, industry promotions, public and government relations programs designed to increase active music making and strengthen music education in our schools. These efforts have increased consumer demand for NAMM Member products and services, positively impacted industry sales and ultimately grown the size and popularity of the NAMM Show.

Lamond has dedicated himself to the cause of music education as a fundamental right for all children and led NAMM’s efforts to increase funding and support for music education including the creation of the Support Music Coalition, funding of music brain research and lobbying for education reform. He has also been a staunch supporter of the role of the community music store, the backbone of NAMM’s membership. With the rapid transformation of retail through advances in technology, the Internet and social networking, Lamond has directed NAMM University’s efforts to strengthen the role of the local community music store as a vital resource for consumers when buying and learning to play a musical instrument.

Under Lamond’s leadership, NAMM created NAMM International, LLC to better serve its growing global membership; partnering on the Music China trade show in Shanghai and collaborating with Messe Frankfurt to launch the NAMM Musikmesse Russia trade show in Moscow. Lamond directed the formation of an International Coalition, which now includes representatives from 20 of the world's largest markets to share industry best practices and support global music education for all children. He also led NAMM to create the NAMM Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization to serve as the philanthropic arm of the association and to raise funds to support NAMM’s mission. Over the past 10 years, NAMM and the NAMM Foundation have reinvested nearly $80 million dollars in support of its mission and to promote music making for people of all ages.

Lamond has traveled extensively throughout the United States and to more than 40 countries promoting NAMM’s mission and the importance of music education. Speaking at conferences, in front of government leaders and education policy experts, Lamond has made a strong case for the proven benefits of music making throughout the lifespan and for increasing attention on the power of music and the arts as tools of creativity and innovation, health and wellness and cultural diplomacy to resolve conflict and bring people and countries closer together.

Initially a Forestry major, Lamond is a graduate of the State University of New York, Morrisville with an AAS degree in Business Administration. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from State University of New York, Potsdam in 2009. Lamond was inducted into the National Boys and Girls Club Alumni Hall of Fame in 2007 and was the charter member of the Conn-Selmer Institute Hall of Fame. Under his leadership, NAMM was awarded the Americans for the Arts Corporate Citizen award, was honored by VH-1 Save the Music Foundation on their 10th anniversary and shared numerous television awards with Sesame Workshop for initiating a partnership that ultimately led to the creation of the Sesame Street Music Works program designed to promote the fun and benefits of playing music to preschoolers and their parents.

Prior to joining NAMM as director of market development in 1998, Lamond worked for NAMM member retailers in Sacramento for 16 years including 10 years with the award-winning Skip’s Music. Lamond is a member of the San Diego chapter of YPO, Young Presidents Organization and ASAE, the Center for Association Leadership. Lamond is married and has two teenage children. He is an active outdoorsman and drummer.
— at NAMM.

Ivry-sur-Seine France (Suburb of Paris) -- Lunch Time with André Thus and Hammond France Team - Jon Hammond - 20 years ago in 1992 when I was living in Paris - JH
— with André Thus in Ivry-sur-Seine, Ile-de-France.

New York NY -- Jon Hammond (far right) HammondCast! http://www.HammondCast.com/

Ringwood Victoria Australia -- Jon Hammond warming up for a Keynote Presentation and Live Recording Session at Bernies Music Land

http://www.amazon.com/Live-At-Bernies-Jon-Hammond/dp/B003K7TMWM
Editorial Reviews
Wonderful live recording of Hammond Organ with drums.This classic organ club format was at its zenith in the 50's, 60's and 70's. Live at Bernies captures this unique feel and sound, with
the internationally recognized hands of Jon Hammond and Michael Jordan providing expert renditions of many classic favorites. This crystal clear live recording sounds like you have an Organ Lounge in your living room! The performances are excellent and Jon displays his great experience and demonstrates the capabilities of the Digital New B3. The natural live feel is very refreshing.
— at Bernies Music School.

New York NY -- Main Man Rudy Sheriff Lawless Jazz Drummer hangin' by the giant portrait of Oscar Peterson at Local 802 Monday Night Jazz Session - Jon Hammond
— with Oscar Peterson at Associated Musicians of Greater New York, Local 802 AFM.

New York NY -- Jon Hammond photo of the great living legend jazz pianist Harold Mabern http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Mabern
here with Alex Layne bass and Timothy Hayward alto sax at Monday night Jazz Session at Local 802 Musicians Union. Harold is telling the younger cats some serious stuff about jazz and playing! - JH

Harold Mabern (born March 20, 1936 in Memphis, Tennessee) is a hard bop a
nd soul jazz pianist.
Early in his career, Mabern played in Chicago with Walter Perkins' MJT + 3 in the late 1950s[1] before moving to New York in 1959. Mabern has worked with Jimmy Forrest, Lionel Hampton, the Jazztet (1961-1962), Donald Byrd, Miles Davis (1963), J. J. Johnson (1963-1965), Lee Morgan (1965), Hank Mobley (1965), Sonny Rollins, Freddie Hubbard, Wes Montgomery, Joe Williams (1966-1967), and Sarah Vaughan. In more recent years, he has recorded extensively with his former William Paterson University student, the tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander.(1)
He performed in a video recorded session with Wes Montgomery in 1965 that is currently available on DVD as Wes Montgomery Live in '65.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Mabern led four albums for Prestige Records, performed with Lee Morgan, and recorded with Stanley Cowell's Piano Choir. Harold Mabern has recorded as a leader for DIW/Columbia and Sackville and toured with the Contemporary Piano Ensemble (1993-1995).
A longtime faculty member at William Paterson University, Mabern is a frequent instructor at the Stanford Jazz Workshop.
As leader
A Few Miles from Memphis (1968)
Rakin' and Scrapin' (1968)
Workin' and Wailin' (1969)
Greasy Kid Stuff! (1970)
Falling in Love with Love (2002)
Don't Know Why (2004)
Joy Spring (2006), solo piano
[edit]As sideman
With Art Farmer
Perception (Argo, 1961)
Here and Now (Mercury, 1962) - with Benny Golson
Another Git Together (Mercury, 1962) - with Benny Golson
With Freddie Hubbard
The Night of the Cookers (Blue Note, 1965)
With J. J. Johnson
Proof Positive (Impulse!, 1964)
With Roland Kirk
Reeds & Deeds (Mercury, 1963)
The Roland Kirk Quartet Meets the Benny Golson Orchestra (Mercury, 1964)
With Jackie McLean
Consequence (Blue Note, 1965)
With Blue Mitchell
Bring It Home to Me (1966)
With Hank Mobley
Dippin' (Blue Note, 1965)
With Lee Morgan
The Gigolo (Blue Note, 1965)
Live at the Lighthouse (Blue Note, 1970)
The Last Session (Blue Note, 1971)
With Frank Strozier
MJT + 3 (1960)
March of the Siamese Children (1962)
Remember Me (1976)
What's Goin' On (1977)
with Eric Alexander
Mode For Mabes (1998) Delmark
The First Milestone (2000) Milestone
The Second Milestone (2001) Milestone
Summit Meeting (2002) Milestone
Nightlife In Tokyo (2003) Milestone
Dead Center (2004) HighNote
It's All In The Game (2006) HighNote
— with Harold Mabern, Alex Layne and Timothy Hayward at Associated Musicians of Greater New York, Local 802 AFM.

Jon Hammond photo of Little Jimmy Reed aka Leon Atkins - playing his trusty guitar "LIL REED"
from Enterprise Alabama

New York NY -- Jon Hammond photo of Quincy Jones with his girlfriend and Reverend Al Sharpton at an ASCAP event
Quincy Jones on HammondCast http://www.jonhammondband.com/music-183.html
HammondCast 161 KYOURADIO special guest ORJAN FAHLSTROM Leader of HR Big Band "The Dancer" & " Bodhisattva", MACEO PARKER + WDR Big Band "Them That Got" QUINCY JONES in Toronto

— with Quincy Jones and Rev. Al Sharpton.

Jon Hammond playing Excelsior Accordion on recording date for Dennis Finnegan album - http://www.accordionradio.com/

San Francisco California -- Here's the Colorful VW Beetle again!
*other sighting from Jon Hammond: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151000575582102&set=a.61160682101.82732.558692101
At a big Microsoft Press Conference I attended announcing the famous failed KIN Phone:
http://hammondjazz.wordpress.com/tag/kin/
video coverage of KIN Phone event http://archive.org/details/JonHammondKINMicrosoftPMXDangerPhonePressEventHammondCastbroughttoyoubyJonHammond

"Colorful Custom Painted VW Beetle apparently belonging to a musician or music person - vanity plates read 4 Music (u as a heart)" - JH
— at Mighty.

New York NY ASCAP Headquarters -- 1995 Marcy Drexler signs Jon Hammond to ASCAP just before Jon went on sabbatical to Europe for 5 years
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCAP

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (commonly known as ASCAP) is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that protects its members' musical copyrights by monitoring public performan...See More
— at The Ascap Foundation.

ASCAP, Licensing, Jon Hammond, Organ, Quincy Jones, Rev. Al Sharpton, NDR, Studio 1, Radio, Jazz, Blues, Soul Music

hammondcast - 4. Aug, 14:00

Freitag, 3. August 2012

Jon Hammond Trio with Igor Butman Moscow and Journal August 3, 2012

*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Jon Hammond Trio with Igor Butman Moscow Easy Living

http://archive.org/details/JonHammondJONHAMMONDTriow_IgorButman_EduardZizak_EasyLiving_

Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufJ1zC1hthY

Jazz Moscow Jon Hammond playing beautiful ballad Easy Living with Igor Butman and Ed Zizak in Moscow Russia http://www.jonhammondband.com
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Jon Hammond and Ed Zizak backstage in Moscow Russia

West Oakland California -- Every piano has a story, these pianos only have stories left -

outside Soundwave Studios in West Oakland CA - Jon Hammond — at Soundwave Studios

Hamamatsu Action!

Mission Impossible Team - Suzuki Hammond - Suzuki Hall Hamamatsu Japan
L to R: Shigeyuki Ohtaka 'Tachi' Waichiro Tachikawa , Yu Beniya , Hiromitsu Ono , Jon Hammond , Tanaka Koei and Suzuki Headquarters Team http://www.HammondCast.com/ — with Waichiro Tachikawa, Yu Beniya and Hiromitsu Ono in Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka

Anaheim California -- Hammond organists Brian Auger and Jon Hammond at Winter NAMM 2012 — with Brian Auger at Anaheim Convention Center

Frankfurt Germany -- Very important meeting internationally coordinated on stand building day for Musikmesse Frankfurt - Yu Beniya and Jon Hammond at Hotel Maritim, Congress Center Messe Frankfurt http://www.messefrankfurt.com/frankfurt/en/messe/exhibition-grounds%20/congress_center.html — with Yu Beniya

Frankfurt Germany -- Coffee Time With The Boys - getting ready for 26th consecutive Musikmesse Frankfurt L to R: Joe Berger, Tino Pavlis, Jon Hammond, Frank Poehl — with Joe Berger, Tino Pavlis and Frank Poehl at Frankfurt Sachsenhausen.

New York NY -- Harlem Blues and Jazz Band Musicians Michael Max Fleming bass, 97 year old Fred Staton living legend tenor saxophonist, Art Baron trombone, Jackie Williams drums - playing for Zeke Mullins' birthday party - Zeke played piano in house rhythm section that night at Local 802 Monday Night Jazz Session sponsored by Jazz Foundation of America - Jon Hammond

http://www.jonhammondband.com/blog.html/local_802_birthday_party_for_reynold_zeke_mullins_pics_from_jon_hammond/ — with Art Baron at Associated Musicians of Greater New York, Local 802 AFM

Sausalito California -- The Adventures of Takamitsu Yashiro 'Taka Blue Groove' - with Chevy Van at Taste of Rome Cafe in very lucky parking space -

Jon Hammond — with Takamitsu Yashiro at Taste of Rome.

Oakland California Temescal District -- Colorful Custom Painted VW Beetle apparently belonging to a musician or music person -

vanity plates read 4 Music (u as a heart) - Jon Hammond — at Temescal Area Oakland

Port of San Francisco -- Sign for Port of San Francisco by Pier 50 near AT&T Park on Jerry Garcia 70th Birthday day

- Jon Hammond — at Port of San Francisco

San Francisco California -- Picture on wall of John's Ocean Beach Cafe of lady swimmer's at Sutro Silver Slide at Sutro Baths

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutro_Baths Jon Hammond
The Sutro Baths were a large, privately owned swimming pool complex in San Francisco, California, built in the late 19th century. The building housing the baths burned down in 1966 and was abandoned. The ruins may still ...See More — at John's Ocean Beach Cafe

San Francisco California -- John's Ocean Beach Cafe - Jon Hammond — at John's Ocean Beach Cafe

Oakland California - Jon Hammond's Sk1 Hammond organ in live room at Coyote Hearing Studios for Kiyoshi Foster recording session - Jon Hammond — at Coyote Hearing Studio

Oakland California - Coyote Hearing Studios -- Tracking organ on Kyoshi Foster recording session with Jeremy Black and Kyoshi Foster in the control room at Coyote Hearing Studios

- Jon Hammond — at Coyote Hearing Studio

Jon Hammond playing his trusty 1965 Hammond B3 organ and Leslie 122 owned since 18 years old at family house with back off, you can see a few custom mods by the legendary Bill Beer R.I.P. of Keyboard Products

http://www.jonhammondband.com/

The famous Rainbow Tunnel going in to Marin County coming off the Golden Gate Bridge - on the 'William T. Bagley Freeway' just before Waldo Grade - Jon Hammond
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldo_Grade

Waldo Tunnel
The Waldo tunnel, southern portal
Waldo Tunnel is the unofficial name of a tunnel on U.S. Route 101 between the Golden Gate Bridge and Sausalito. It is named after Waldo Point along Ric...See More — at Rainbow Tunnel

Sausalito California -- Takamitsu Yashiro 'Taka Blue Groove' right on time for coffee! *Lucky parking place Taka!

Jon Hammond — with Takamitsu Yashiro

San Francisco California -- Self Cooking Bird Sits On Top Of Microwave Antenna - Jon Hammond

朝はサンフランシスコの北、ゴールデンゲートブリッジを渡ってすぐのハーバーの小さな街、サルサリートでハモンドオルガンプレイヤーのジョンハモンドと再開。コーヒーを飲んだカフェもカッコ良かった。いつかジョンとのギグを日本で実現させたいと思います。

— with Jon Hammond at Sausalito Yacht Harbor

Golden Gate Bridge -- Suicide Lane SF Bound On A FoggyDay - Jon Hammond
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Gate_Bridge

The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay into the Pacific Ocean. As part of both U.S. Route 101 and California State Route 1, the structure links the city of San Francisco, on the northern tip of the San Francisc...See More — at Golden Gate Bridge.

Sausalito California -- Cafe Latte with my good friend Takamitsu Yashiro "Taka Blue Groove" visiting from Kamakura Japan

- Jon Hammond — with Takamitsu Yashiro at Taste of Rome

Frankfurt Germany -- Jon Hammond Band - When I Fall In Love in Jazzkeller Frankfurt - Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bwqe0YbzSY
Annual Musikmesse Warm Up Party in Jazzkeller Frankfurt hosted by Jon Hammond Band

Tony Lakatos tenor sax
Joe Berger guitar
Jon Hammond XK-1 organ
Giovanni Gulino drums
When I Fall In Love
special thanks Eugen Hahn Jazzkeller Frankfurt Team, Musikmesse, Waichiro Tachikawa Suzuki Hammond, Michael Maier Falkenstein Hammond Deutschland, Video Camera by Jennifer
Jon Hammond is a member of AFM Local 802 Musicians Union and Local 6
http://www.jonhammondband.com/ — at Jazzkeller

Ocean Beach, Sausalito, Kiyoshi Foster, Jeremy Black, Coyote Hearing Studio, Jon Hammond, Moscow Russia, Igor Butman, Ed Zizak, West Oakland, Jazz, Blues, Organ, Sk1

hammondcast - 3. Aug, 16:55

Mittwoch, 1. August 2012

FP Blues Louisville Soundcheck and Jon Hammond Journal August 1 2012

*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: FP Blues Louisville Soundcheck

http://archive.org/details/JonHammondFPBluesLouisvilleSoundcheckJonHammondBand/

Blip TV http://blip.tv/jon-hammond/fp-blues-louisville-soundcheck-jon-hammond-band-6282440

Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3swBC17MZU

FP Blues Louisville Soundcheck Jon Hammond Band, original composition (Shuffle) Blues with guitarist John Bishop, Alex Budman tenor saxophone, Ronnie Smith Jr. drums, Jon Hammond organ / ASCAP Publishing
http://www.jonhammondband.com
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WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Cannonball 99 One More Time Louisville Kentucky

http://archive.org/details/JonHammondShuffleCANNONBALL99ONEMORETIMEJonHammondBandSoundcheck

Blip TV http://blip.tv/jon-hammond/shuffle-cannonball-99-one-more-time-jon-hammond-band-soundcheck-6280830

Youtube Shuffle CANNONBALL 99 ONE MORE TIME Jon Hammond Band Soundcheck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb-_fo8F87g

Jon Hammond Band soundchecking in Louisville Kentucky, original composition CANNONBALL 99 ONE MORE TIME (Shuffle) Blues with guitarist John Bishop, Alex Budman tenor saxophone, Ronnie Smith Jr. drums, Jon Hammond organ ASCAP Publishing
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Nash Metropolitan Car Sighted -- Jon Hammond
Vintage 1953–1961
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nash_Metropolitan
The Nash Metropolitan is a car that was sold, initially, only in the United States and Canada,[1] from 1954–1962.
It conforms to two classes of vehicle: economy car and subcompact car In today’s terminology the Metropolitan is a “subcompact”, but this category had not yet come into use when the car was made.[8] At that time, it was variously categorized, for example as a "small automobile" as well as an "economy car".
The Metropolitan was also sold as a Hudson when Nash and Hudson merged in 1954 to form the American Motors Corporation (AMC), and later as a standalone marque during the Rambler years, as well as in the United Kingdom and other markets.

Frankfurt Germany -- This cake and party/gig from previous year was really great also! Special thanks to Bernie Capicchiano for this wonderful photo - Jon Hammond
Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hozrJpHvV-4
Chocolate on Chocolate Cake at 2011 Musikmesse Warm Up Party in Jazzkeller Frankfurt with Jon Hammond Band and special guests for this special occasion celebrating 25 years in Musikmesse. Special acknowledgement of Wilhelm P. "Charly" Hosenseidl R.I.P. who was the Director of Musikmesse years 1989-2008 now Directed by Wolfgang Luecke, special thanks to Messe Frankfurt Projekt and Presse Team!
Jon Hammond Band:
Joe Berger guitar
Tony Lakatos tenor saxophone
Giovanni Gulino drums
Jon Hammond - XB-2 Hammond Organ - special thanks Hiromitsu Ono Chief Engineer Suzuki Musical Instruments designed my instrument which took me all around the world many times
"Late Rent" Jon Hammond theme song for Jon Hammond Show MNNTV and HammondCast Show KYOU Radio San Francisco CBS Radio Network
Thanks Joe Lamond President CEO NAMM, TecAmp Jürgen Kunze and Thomas Eich - Puma Combo bass amp powering Jon Hammond's organ
Dankeschoen to Yücel Atiker, Tino Pavlis, Poehl, Bernie Capicchiano, Michael Falkenstein Hammond Suzuki Deutschland, Peggy Behling, Christine Vogel Messe Frankfurt,
Saray Pastanesi Baeckerei & Konditorei for Chocolate on Chocolate Cake — at Jazzkeller

Frankfurt Germany -- Yes it is my biggest Birthday cake of my whole life and also for 26 years consecutive Musikmesse Frankfurt in the good old Jazzkeller Frankfurt! We had a really beautiful party / gig there this last time and I am already looking forward again to the next one which will be on Tuesday night 9th April 2013.
Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKI42G_CLeQ
Jon Hammond Band celebrating 26 consecutive years Musikmesse Warm Up Party in Jazzkeller Frankfurt on Jon's 59th birthday, finale song Over The Rainbow
Tony Lakatos tenor saxophone, Giovanni Gulino drums, Joe Berger guitar,
Jon Hammond at Sk1 Hammond organ / bass
special thanks Thomas Eich TecAmp - 2 x 12" Neodymium Speakers with TecAmp power amp on my organ

Chocolate on Chocolate Cake by Saray Pastanesi Baeckerei & Konditorei Bakery — at Jazzkeller

Frankfurt Germany -- Special Guest Lee Oskar on the Jon Hammond Band this year at Jon's annual Musikmesse Frankfurt Warm Up Party in Jazzkeller Frankfurt, with Tony Lakatos tenor saxophone, Joe Berger aka The Berger-Meister guitar, Totó Giovanni Gulino drums and Jon Hammond at the Sk1 Hammond organ Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD8I5axpmy8
"LATE RENT" Jon Hammond Show Theme Song
as seen on MNN TV New York City Cable TV
with Tony Lakatos tenor sax, Joe Berger guitar, Giovanni Gulino drums,
Jon Hammond at the Hammond Sk1 organ,
special guest Lee Oskar harmonica.
This performance marks 26 years consecutive attending Musikmesse Frankfurt and
it was also on the birthday of Jon Hammond March 20th, 2012 with a big chocolate on chocolate cake baked by Saray Pastanesi Baeckerei & Konditorei bakery on Mainzer Landstrasse 131. 60327 Frankfurt am Main — at Jazzkeller

Jon Hammond Band in Jazzkeller

Frankfurt Germany -- Jon Hammond Band - When I Fall In Love in Jazzkeller Frankfurt - Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bwqe0YbzSY
Annual Musikmesse Warm Up Party in Jazzkeller Frankfurt hosted by Jon Hammond Band
Tony Lakatos tenor sax
Joe Berger guitar
Jon Hammond XK-1 organ
Giovanni Gulino drums
When I Fall In Love
special thanks Eugen Hahn Jazzkeller Frankfurt Team, Musikmesse, Waichiro Tachikawa Suzuki Hammond, Michael Maier Falkenstein Hammond Deutschland, Video Camera by Jennifer
Jon Hammond is a member of AFM Local 802 Musicians Union and Local 6
http://www.jonhammondband.com/

Bay Bridge at Dusk from AT&T Park

San Francisco California -- San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge seen from AT&T Park at dusk - Jon Hammond
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT%26T_Park
AT&T Park is a ballpark used for Major League Baseball. It is located in the South Beach neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Located at 24 Willie Mays Plaza, at the corner of Third and King Streets, it has served as the home of the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball since 2000.
Originally named Pacific Bell Park, then renamed SBC Park in 2003 after SBC's acquisition of Pacific Bell, the stadium was ultimately christened AT&T Park in 2006 following SBC's merger with AT&T.
The park also hosts the annual Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, a college football bowl game, and other occasional sporting and musical events. For the 2011 season, the park served as the home of the California Golden Bears football team.Originally designed to be a 42,000 seat stadium, there were slight modifications before the final design was complete. When the ballpark was brought to the ballot box in the Fall of 1996 for voter approval, the stadium was 15 degrees clockwise from its current position. Also the center-field scoreboard was atop the right-field wall and the Giants Pavilion Building were two separate buildings.[8] Groundbreaking on the ballpark began on December 11, 1997, in the industrial waterfront area of San Francisco known as China Basin in the up and coming neighborhoods of South Beach and Mission Bay. The stadium cost $357 million to build and supplanted the Giants' former home, Candlestick Park, a multi-use stadium in southeastern San Francisco. A team of engineers from UC Davis was consulted in the design process of the park resulting in wind levels that are approximately half those at Candlestick. Fans had shivered through 40 seasons at "The 'Stick" and looked forward to warmer temperatures at the new ballpark.[9] But because AT&T Park, like its predecessor, is built right on San Francisco Bay, cold summer fog and winter jackets in July are still not unusual at Giants games, despite the higher average temperature.
When it opened on March 31, 2000, the ballpark was the first Major League ballpark built without public funds since the completion of Dodger Stadium in 1962.[10] However, the Giants did receive a $10 million tax abatement from The City and $80 million for upgrades to the local infrastructure (including a connection to the Muni Metro).[11] The Giants have a 66-year lease on the 12.5-acre (51,000 m2) ballpark site, paying $1.2 million in rent annually to the San Francisco Port Commission.[10] The park opened with a seating capacity of 40,800, but this has increased over time as seats have been added.

New York NY - Intrepid Air Sea Space Museum -- Jill Nicolini of PIX TV 11 interviewing Eddie Money - Jon Hammond *you can see rain drops hit Ed's jacket, we had to move inside the tent due to the rain - Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXhO9eJyniU
Jon Hammond's HammondCast of Eddie Money aboard Intrepid Aircraft Carrier for The Fallen Heroes Fund with David A. Winters President http://www.fallenheroesfund.org/ Eddie: "We are donating all of the money from this single to the Intrepid Fallen Hero's Fund. This is for the widower's and the widowees of the Iraq/ Afghanistan conflict." "One More Soldier Coming Home"
Also appearance by Jill "Just Jill" Nicolini WPIX Ch. 11 PIX TV and tour of aircraft by Eric Boehm Curator, Aviation and Aircraft Restoration http://www.HammondCast.com/ Eddie Money on HammondCast — at Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum

Anaheim California - Winter NAMM Show -- This is how we
crank up the G37 Guitar Combo Leslie Speaker, with The Berger-Meister Joe Berger! Jon Hammond on sound police watch here, sounds good! — with Joe Berger at Anaheim Convention Center

Hamamatsu Japan -- Shopping for electronics in Hamamatsu. I'll take one of these Giant Panasonic TV's, it's only 42,000 Yen! / ¥ - Jon Hammond — in Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka

Hamburg Germany -- DOWNTOWN BLUESCLUB im Landhaus Walter by the famous Stadtpark - Jon Hammond Band *Note: I played a gig here 10 years before this gig, and we came in 2 days after "10 Years After" (band) played there. Nice joke from main man Uwe Mamminga, thanks Uwe! It's almost been another 10 years, let's do it again - Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWCZouqgUaI
*Note: Excellent Audio, Smoking Performance, Looks Fantastic..unfortunately batt runs out mid-Joe Berger solo:
LUTZ BUCHNER-tenor sax
HEINZ LICHIUS-drums
JOE BERGER-guitar
JON HAMMOND-XB-2 Organ/Bass — with Joe Berger at Downtown Bluesclub

Hofheim am Taunus -- Tony Lakatos and Jon Hammond onstage at Jazzkeller-Hofheim, Jon's annual Musikmesse-Session gig, we invite Gisela Stang every year, maybe someday she will come to our concert! - I play through the same Peavey bass amp onstage every year, solid amp folks! I am honored to be on page 68 – Jazzkeller Hofheim 50 Jahre BOOK, check it out - Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NvqV6Y_TNA
Mercy Mercy encore zugabe Jon Hammond Band Jazzkeller Hofheim Tony Lakatos Joe Berger heinz Lichius Jon Hammond organ http://www.HammondCast.com/ — at Jazzkeller Hofheim

Frankfurt Germany -- 2 Hats On The Bandstand - Jon Hammond and Tony Lakatos - Jazzkeller Frankfurt, Jon's annual Musikmesse Frankfurt Warm Up Party a few years ago. — at Jazzkeller

Paris France -- circa 1981 - that's my friend Raul Rekow, long-time percussionist on Santana Band onstage Palais des Sports, Saint-Ouen, France, 23 Septembre 1981 - I was there in wings of the stage with my (then) new Nikon shooting up a bunch of Tri-X B&W film - Jon Hammond *Alex Ligertwood was on the band then, Graham Lear drums, you can see Carlos there in the foto, Richard Baker organ before Chester joined the band - David Margen bs., Orestes Vilato & the great Armando Peraza - I was staying at Intercontinental Hotel, back at the hotel after the gig Armando asked me to point him in the right direction for "The Latin Quarter" - he walked there and went dancing all night long - reappeared next morning, by foot, go Armando! - JH — with Carlos Santana at Palais des Sports

Paris France -- Aug. 1 Happy Birthday 70th in absentia Jerry Garcia! - I shot this picture on my very first trip to Europe 1981 on October 17th at The Hippodrome - Brent Mydland was still on the band on Hammond organ, we talked that night. Shown here Jerry, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, was a great gig! Jon Hammond
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Garcia
Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia (August 1, 1942 – August 9, 1995) was an American musician who was best known for his lead guitar work, singing and songwriting with the band the Grateful Dead.[1][2] Though he disavowed the role, Garcia was viewed by many as the leader or "spokesman" of the group.[1][2][3][4]
One of its founders, Garcia performed with the Grateful Dead for their entire three-decade career (1965–1995). Garcia also founded and participated in a variety of side projects, including the Saunders-Garcia Band (with longtime friend Merl Saunders), Jerry Garcia Band, Old and in the Way, the Garcia/Grisman acoustic duo, Legion of Mary, and the New Riders of the Purple Sage (which Garcia co-founded with John Dawson and David Nelson).[1] He also released several solo albums, and contributed to a number of albums by other artists over the years as a session musician. He was well known by many for his distinctive guitar playing and was ranked 13th in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" cover story.[5]
Later in life, Garcia was sometimes ill because of his unstable weight, and in 1986 went into a diabetic coma that nearly cost him his life. Although his overall health improved somewhat after that, he also struggled with heroin and cocaine addictions,[3][4] and was staying in a California drug rehabilitation facility when he died of a heart attack in August 1995.
Jerry Garcia's ancestry was Galician (Spanish), Irish, and Swedish.[6] He was born in San Francisco, California, on August 1, 1942, to Jose Ramon "Joe" Garcia and Ruth Marie "Bobbie" (née Clifford) Garcia.[7][8][9] His parents named him after composer Jerome Kern.[7][10][11] Jerome John was their second child, preceded by Clifford Ramon "Tiff", who was born in 1937.[12][13] Shortly before Clifford's birth, their father and a partner leased a building in downtown San Francisco and turned it into a bar, partly in response to Jose being blackballed from a musician's union for moonlighting.[14]
Garcia was influenced by music at an early age,[15] taking piano lessons for much of his childhood.[16] His father was a retired professional musician and his mother enjoyed playing the piano.[7] His father's extended family—who had emigrated from Spain in 1919—would often sing during reunions.[13]
At age four,[17][18] while vacationing in the Santa Cruz Mountains, Garcia underwent amputation of two-thirds of his right middle finger.[19][20] Garcia was given the chore of steadying wood while his elder brother chopped, when he inadvertently put his finger in the way of the falling axe.[20] After his mother wrapped his hand in a towel Garcia's father drove him over thirty miles to the nearest hospital.[19] A few weeks later, Garcia—who never looked at the finger after the accident—was surprised to discover most of it missing when the bandage he was wearing came off during a bath.[21] Garcia later confided that he often used it to his advantage in his youth, showing it off to other children in his neighborhood.
Garcia experienced several tragic events during his youth. Less than a year after losing the segment of his finger, his father died. While on vacation with his family near Arcata in Northern California in 1947, his father went fly-fishing in the Trinity River, part of the Six Rivers National Forest.[22] Not long after entering he slipped on a rock underfoot, plunging into the deep rapids of the river. The incident was witnessed by a group of boys who immediately sought help, beckoning a pair of nearby fishermen. By the time he was pulled from the water, he had already drowned. Garcia later claimed to have seen his father fall into the river, but Dennis McNally, author of the book A Long Strange Trip: The Inside Story of the Grateful Dead, asserts that he did not, instead forming the memory from hearing the story repeated many times.[11] Blair Jackson, who wrote the biography Garcia: An American Life, lends weight to McNally's claim, citing that the newspaper article describing Jose's death made no mention of Garcia being at the scene—even misidentifying him as his parents' daughter.[22]
Following the accident, Garcia's mother took over their late father's bar, buying out his partner for full ownership. As a result, Ruth Garcia began working full-time, sending Jerry and his brother to live just down the road with their maternal grandparents, Tillie and William Clifford. During the five-year period in which he lived with his grandparents, Garcia enjoyed a large amount of autonomy and attended Monroe School, the local elementary school. At the school, Garcia was greatly encouraged in his artistic abilities by his third grade teacher: through her, he discovered that "being a creative person was a viable possibility in life."[23] According to Garcia, it was around this time that he was opened up to country and to bluegrass by his grandmother, who he recalled enjoyed listening to the Grand Ole Opry. His elder brother, Clifford, however, staunchly believed the contrary, insisting that Garcia was "fantasizing all [that] ... she'd been to Opry, but she didn't listen to it on the radio." It was at this point that Garcia started playing the banjo, his first stringed instrument.[24]

The argentinian band Massacre included a song called "A Jerry Garcia" (To Jerry Garcia) on their album "Juguetes para olvidar".
Numerous music festivals across the United States and Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK hold annual events in memory of Jerry Garcia. — with Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir and Phil Lesh at Hippodrome Paris-Vincennes

Josh Oh trouble ahead. Jerry in red

BB King, Shuffle, Blues, Jon Hammond, Louisville Kentucky, Organ Group, Birthday Cake, Musikmesse, Frankfurt, Local 802, Musicians Union, Jazz, Music

hammondcast - 1. Aug, 16:45

Montag, 30. Juli 2012

Czechoslovakian Salsa Song Louisville Soundcheck & Jon Hammond Journal 07/30/2012

*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Czechoslovakian Salsa Song Louisville Soundcheck

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Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qONB1DmAVBc

Jon Hammond Band soundchecking in Louisville Kentucky, original composition "Czechoslovakian Salsa Song" with Alex Budman tenor sax, Ronnie Smith Jr. drums, John Bishop guitar, Jon Hammond organ
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Czechoslovakian Salsa Song Louisville Soundcheck from Jon Hammond on Vimeo.

Pictures from Evening Health Walk

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Kunio Miyauchi Why did this photo shoot Jon? It is a picture that a healing!

Jon Hammond Good morning Kunio! This is one of our favorite places to walk. Like my friend Narada Michael Walden says, walk to stay alive! Have a wonderful day & week, very best wishes from California, Jon

San Francisco California -- Jon Hammond Band Lunchtime Gig in front of San Francisco City Hall - shown James Preston drums Jon Hammond at 1965 B3 Hammond organ
Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V98fwDJSHWw
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Presented by City Hall San Francisco & Local 6: JON HAMMOND Band on front lawn of the beautiful SF City Hall during lunch hour free concert. JON HAMMOND at the B3 Organ along with Harvey Wainapel tenor, Steve Campos flugel horn, Barry Finnerty gtr. & James Preston drms. of Sons of Champlin band playing JH Band original "Nu Funk" (Hip Hop Chitlins). *Note: Jon's organ bench fell out of the truck on Polk St. (was recovered) One of Jon's famous sayings: "It's easier to find an Organ with no Bench than a Bench without an Organ" ! http://www.jonhammondband.com/ — with James Preston at San Francisco City Hall

Cammy Blackstone Hey! That's my office! When were you there?

Jon Hammond Sorry missed you Cammy! That was when Willie Brown was the Mayor and the Honorable Terence Hallinan was our District Attorney. Hope we can do it again sometime, and see you next time - cool venue! Jon

Musikmesse Frankfurt Germany -- In memory of Wilhelm-Peter "Charly" Hosenseidl - far right, Press Conference with Charly Hosenseidl - Jon Hammond also Sabine Nold, Cordelia von Gymnich and Dr. Peters - JH
*Obit: Charly Hosenseidl dies aged 62
http://www.mi-pro.co.uk/news/read/charly-hosenseidl-dies-aged-62/012291
While the storms couldn't keep the crowds away, Musikmesse got off to sad start today as it was revealed that Wilhelm-Peter "Charly" Hosenseidl sadly passed away earlier this month aged 62.

Hosenseidl spent his final years as an entertainer, having had trouble settlng into a life of inactivity after retiring from his position as brand manager for Messe Frankfurt - the company with which he enjoyed a 24-year career.

In 1989, Hosenseidl was able to combine his love of music with his expertise in the trade fair sector in becoming director of Musikmesse. It was during his time at the helm that Prolight + Sound was founded in 1995.

By 2001, he was busy as brand development manager and introduced Prolight + Sound Saint Petersburg. Later, in 2002 he founded Music China, and then Prolight + Sound Shanghai in 2003. — at Messe Frankfurt

San Francisco California - Local 6 Musicians Union -- My friend Earl Watkins the late great jazz drummer being sworn in yet again on Board of Directors of Local 6 - secret swearing in ceremony in our rehearsal hall - Jon Hammond *Member Local 6 / Local 802
**Obit: http://www.afm6.org/archives/the-end-of-an-era-earl-watkins/
Saturday night, June 23, 2007. Earl Watkins decided to go out. He went out...See More — at Musicians Union Local 6

San Francisco California -- Jon Hammond at John Lee Hooker's Boom Boom Room with the boys - Tony the Door Man and Oscar Myers just after John Lee passed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lee_Hooker
John Lee Hooker (August 22, 1917 – June 21, 2001) was a highly influential American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Hooker began his life as the son of a sharecropper, William Hooker, and rose to prominence performing his own unique style of what was originally a unique brand of country blues. He developed a 'talking blues' style that was his trademark. Though similar to the early Delta blues, his music was metrically free. John Lee Hooker could be said to embody his own unique genre of the blues, often incorporating the boogie-woogie piano style and a driving rhythm into his blues guitar playing and singing. His best known songs include "Boogie Chillen'" (1948), "I'm in the Mood" (1951) and "Boom Boom" (1962), the first two reaching R&B #1 in the Billboard charts.
There is some debate as to the year of Hooker's birth[3][4] in Coahoma County, Mississippi, the youngest of the eleven children of William Hooker (1871–1923),[6] a sharecropper and Baptist preacher, and Minnie Ramsey (born 1875, date of death unknown); according to his official website, he was born on August 22, 1917.
Hooker and his siblings were home-schooled. They were permitted to listen only to religious songs, with his earliest exposure being the spirituals sung in church. In 1921, his parents separated. The next year, his mother married William Moore, a blues singer who provided Hooker with his first introduction to the guitar (and whom John would later credit for his distinctive playing style).[8] John's stepfather was his first outstanding blues influence. William Moore was a local blues guitarist who learned in Shreveport, Louisiana to play a droning, one-chord blues that was strikingly different from the Delta blues of the time.[5] Around 1923 his natural father died. At the age of 15, John Lee Hooker ran away from home, reportedly never seeing his mother or stepfather again.[9]
Throughout the 1930s, Hooker lived in Memphis, Tennessee where he worked on Beale Street at The New Daisy Theatre and occasionally performed at house parties.[5] He worked in factories in various cities during World War II, drifting until he found himself in Detroit in 1948 working at Ford Motor Company. He felt right at home near the blues venues and saloons on Hastings Street, the heart of black entertainment on Detroit's east side. In a city noted for its pianists, guitar players were scarce. Performing in Detroit clubs, his popularity grew quickly and, seeking a louder instrument than his crude acoustic guitar, he bought his first electric guitar.

Hooker playing Massey Hall, Toronto Photo: Jean-Luc Ourlin
Hooker's recording career began in 1948 when his agent placed a demo, made by Hooker, with the Bihari brothers, owners of the Modern Records label. The company initially released an up-tempo number, "Boogie Chillen'", which became Hooker's first hit single.[5] Though they were not songwriters, the Biharis often purchased or claimed co-authorship of songs that appeared on their labels, thus securing songwriting royalties for themselves, in addition to their own streams of income.
Sometimes these songs were older tunes which Hooker renamed, as with B.B. King's "Rock Me Baby", anonymous jams "B.B.'s Boogie" or songs by employees (bandleader Vince Weaver). The Biharis used a number of pseudonyms for songwriting credits: Jules was credited as Jules Taub; Joe as Joe Josea; and Sam as Sam Ling. One song by John Lee Hooker, "Down Child" is solely credited to "Taub", with Hooker receiving no credit for the song whatsoever. Another, "Turn Over a New Leaf" is credited to Hooker and "Ling".
In 1949, Hooker was recorded whilst performing in an informal setting for Detroit jazz enthusiasts, his repertoire included down-home and spiritual tunes which he would not record commercially.[11] The recorded set has been made available in the album "Jack O'Diamonds".
Despite being illiterate, Hooker was a prolific lyricist. In addition to adapting the occasionally traditional blues lyric (such as "if I was chief of police, I would run her right out of town"), he freely invented many of his songs from scratch. Recording studios in the 1950s rarely paid black musicians more than a pittance, so Hooker would spend the night wandering from studio to studio, coming up with new songs or variations on his songs for each studio. Because of his recording contract, he would record these songs under obvious pseudonyms such as John Lee Booker, notably for Chess Records and Chance Records in 1951/52,[13] as Johnny Lee for De Luxe Records in 1953/54 as John Lee, and even John Lee Cooker,[14] or as Texas Slim, Delta John, Birmingham Sam and his Magic Guitar, Johnny Williams, or The Boogie Man.[15]
His early solo songs were recorded under Bernie Besman. John Lee Hooker rarely played on a standard beat, changing tempo to fit the needs of the song. This often made it difficult to use backing musicians who were not accustomed to Hooker's musical vagaries. As a result, Besman would record Hooker, in addition to playing guitar and singing, stomping along with the music on a wooden pallet.[16] For much of this time period he recorded and toured with Eddie Kirkland, who was still performing as of 2008. Later sessions for the VeeJay label in Chicago used studio musicians on most of his recordings, including Eddie Taylor, who could handle his musical idiosyncrasies very well. His biggest UK hit, "Boom Boom", (originally released on VeeJay) was recorded with a horn section.
Later life

Toronto, August 20, 1978
He appeared and sang in the 1980 movie The Blues Brothers. Due to Hooker's improvisational style, his performance was filmed and sound-recorded live at the scene at Chicago's Maxwell Street Market, in contrast to the usual "playback" technique used in most film musicals.[17] Hooker was also a direct influence in the look of John Belushi's character Jake Blues.
In 1989, he joined with a number of musicians, including Carlos Santana and Bonnie Raitt to record The Healer, for which he and Santana won a Grammy Award. Hooker recorded several songs with Van Morrison, including "Never Get Out of These Blues Alive", "The Healing Game" and "I Cover the Waterfront". He also appeared on stage with Van Morrison several times, some of which was released on the live album A Night in San Francisco. The same year he appeared as the title character on Pete Townshend's The Iron Man: A Musical.
Hooker recorded over 100 albums. He lived the last years of his life in Long Beach, California.[18] In 1997, he opened a nightclub in San Francisco's Fillmore District called "John Lee Hooker's Boom Boom Room", after one of his hits.[19]
He fell ill just before a tour of Europe in 2001 and died on June 21 at the age of 83, two months before his 84th birthday. His last live in the studio recording on guitar and vocal was of a song he wrote with Pete Sears called "Elizebeth", featuring members of his "Coast to Coast Blues Band" with Sears on piano. It was recorded on January 14, 1998 at Bayview Studios in Richmond, California. The last song Hooker recorded before his death was "Ali D'Oro", a collaboration with the Italian soul singer Zucchero, in which Hooker sang the chorus "I lay down with an angel". He was survived by eight children, nineteen grandchildren, eighteen great-grandchildren, a nephew, and fiance Sidora Dazi. One of his children is the musician John Lee Hooker, Jr.
Among his many awards, Hooker has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and in 1991 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Two of his songs, "Boogie Chillen" and "Boom Boom" were included in the list of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. "Boogie Chillen" was included as one of the Songs of the Century. He was also inducted in 1980 into the Blues Hall of Fame. In 2000, Hooker was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Hooker's guitar playing is closely aligned with piano boogie-woogie. He would play the walking bass pattern with his thumb, stopping to emphasize the end of a line with a series of trills, done by rapid hammer-ons and pull-offs. The songs that most epitomize his early sound are "Boogie Chillen", about being 17 and wanting to go out to dance at the Boogie clubs, "Baby, Please Don't Go", a blues standard first recorded by Big Joe Williams, and "Tupelo Blues",[20] a stunningly sad song about the flooding of Tupelo, Mississippi in April 1936.
He maintained a solo career, popular with blues and folk music fans of the early 1960s and crossed over to white audiences, giving an early opportunity to the young Bob Dylan. As he got older, he added more and more people to his band, changing his live show from simply Hooker with his guitar to a large band, with Hooker singing.
His vocal phrasing was less closely tied to specific bars than most blues singers. This casual, rambling style had been gradually diminishing with the onset of electric blues bands from Chicago but, even when not playing solo, Hooker retained it in his sound.
Though Hooker lived in Detroit during most of his career, he is not associated with the Chicago-style blues prevalent in large northern cities, as much as he is with the southern rural blues styles, known as delta blues, country blues, folk blues, or "front porch blues". His use of an electric guitar tied together the Delta blues with the emerging post-war electric blues.[21]
His songs have been covered by Buddy Guy, Cream, AC/DC, ZZ Top, Led Zeppelin, Tom Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Van Morrison, The Yardbirds, The Animals, The Doors, The White Stripes, MC5, George Thorogood, R. L. Burnside, The J. Geils Band, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, The Gories, Cat Power, and The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. — with John Lee Hooker

Hamburg Germany -- the great tenor saxophonist Dewey Redman - Jon Hammond *whenever I would see Dewey he would tell me he was dying. Unfortunately/sadly this time he was right, soon after he was dead http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Redman
Dewey Redman (born Walter Dewey Redman in Fort Worth, Texas, May 17, 1931; d. Brooklyn, New York September 2, 2006
Redman attended I.M. Terrell High School, and played in the school band with Ornette Coleman, Prince Lasha and Charles Moffett. After high school, Redman briefly enrolled in the electrical engineering program at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, but became disillusioned with the program and returned home to Texas. In 1953, Redman earned a Bachelors Degree in Industrial Arts from Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical University. While at Prairie View, he switched from clarinet to alto saxophone, then, eventually, to tenor. Following his bachelor's degree, Redman served two-years in the US Army.
Upon his discharge from the Army, Redman began working on a master’s degree in education at the University of North Texas. While working on his degree, he taught music to fifth graders in Bastrop, Texas, and worked as a freelance saxophonist on nights and weekends around Austin, Texas. In 1957, Redman earned a Masters Degree in Education with a minor in Industrial Arts from the University of North Texas.[4] While at North Texas, he did not enroll in any music classes.
Towards the end of 1959, Redman moved to San Francisco, a musical choice resulting in an early collaboration with Donald Rafael Garrett.
Dewey Redman at Moers Festival, June 2006, Germany
Redman was best known for his collaborations with saxophonist Ornette Coleman, with whom he performed in his Fort Worth high school marching band. He later performed with Coleman from 1968 to 1972, appearing on the recording New York Is Now, among others. He also played in pianist Keith Jarrett's American Quartet (1971–1976), and was a member of the collective Old And New Dreams. The American Quartet's The Survivor's Suite was voted Jazz Album of the Year by Melody Maker in 1978.[8]
He also performed and recorded as an accompanying musician with jazz musicians who performed in varying styles within the post-1950s jazz idiom, including bassist and fellow Coleman-alum Charlie Haden and guitarist Pat Metheny.
With a dozen recordings under his own name Redman established himself as one of the more prolific tenor players of his generation. Though generally associated with free jazz (with an unusual, distinctive technique of sometimes humming into his saxophone as he played), Redman's melodic tenor playing was often reminiscent of the blues and post-bop mainstream. Redman's live shows were as likely to feature standards and ballads as the more atonal improvisations for which he was known.
Redman was the subject of an award-winning documentary film Dewey Time (dir. Daniel Berman, 2001).
On February 19 and 21, 2004, Redman played tenor saxophone as a special guest with Jazz at Lincoln Center, in a concert entitled "The Music of Ornette Coleman."audio link
Redman died of liver failure in Brooklyn, New York, on September 2, 2006. He is survived by his wife, Lidija Pedevska-Redman, as well as sons Tarik and Joshua, who is also a jazz saxophonist. The father and son recorded two albums together. — with Dewey Redman at Fabrik Hamburg

Tenor Saxophonist Tom Scott and Jon Hammond..both with hair!

Jon Hammond
Works at Musikmesse

Timo Bergström
Gymnasiet svenska normallyceum

Jon Paris
New York, New York

Jimmy Lyon
Works at Having As Much Fun As Possible, Inc.

Ulrich Vormehr

Narada Michael Walden
President at Tarpan Studios

Hal Oppenheim

Kenji Nakai
Los Angeles, California

Corey Prentice
Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur

Dan Saraceno

Alan Skwarla
Duquesne University School of Law

Glenn Caz Cazenave
Owner-Operator at PC HuB

Adele Guerrero
UCLA

Donald Parks
The Ohio State University

Alan Hickman

Carl Green
Sonoma State University

David Schwartz

Helena Johnson

Andy Daddario
Works at Warner Bros. Entertainment

Kiera Les
Model, Runway & Print at Ford Models

Brian Wildman
North Olmsted, Ohio

Sommer Helmut
Bassman at Alive&kicking simple minds tribute band

Александр Шустер
Netanya, Israel

Robert Panerio
University Place, Washington

Pamela Lefko
Works at TUSD

Craig Adams tom scott.. didnt he play with the blues brothers.. i know that name

Jon Hammond Hi Craig, also Joni Mitchell, John Lennon, tons of TV and movie work http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Scott_(musician) - Jon

Tom Scott (musician) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tom Scott (born May 19, 1948) is an American saxophonist, composer, arranger, conductor and bandleader of the west coast jazz/jazz fusion ensemble The L.A. Express.

Anaheim CA - Winter NAMM Show -- Jon Hammond at the old Anaheim Convention Hall building, the whole NAMM used to fit in there. No Baby Strollers and No Personal Instruments...unless you're me! Jon with XK-1 Hammond organ for Midnight Showcase with Bernard Purdie - Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afTagFhYOCo
Hilton Hotel Anaheim
Pocket Funk by Jon Hammond © JH INTL ASCAP
Bernard Purdie drums
Joe Berger guitar
Jon Hammond organ
Shea Marshall sax
Winston Byrd trumpet
For Flash Back 1989 Mikell's Pocket Funk Video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2831189635144040422&hl=en#
Pocket Funk LIVE JON HAMMOND Band w/BERNARD PURDIE at Mikell's NYC — at Anaheim Convention Center

Oslo Norway - City Hall -- Dig this beautiful room inside Oslo City Hall folks! - Jon Hammond interview with Lord Mayor Per Ditlev-Simenson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SEJhqXVqiU
A special visit with Lord Mayor of Oslo PER DITLEV-SIMONSEN in Oslo Norway on Jon Hammond's HammondCast Show for CBS' KYCY/KYOU 1550 AM — at Oslo City Hall

Oslo Norway - City Hall -- In this shot you see the famous art of Edvard Munch - I believe it is the painting that was stolen and eventually recovered - now hung in a very secure manner folks! Inside Oslo City Hall - photo by Jon Hammond and interview with Lord Mayor Per Ditlev-Simenson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SEJhqXVqiU
A special visit with Lord Mayor of Oslo PER DITLEV-SIMONSEN in Oslo Norway on Jon Hammond's HammondCast Show for CBS' KYCY/KYOU 1550 AM — with Edvard Munch at Oslo City Hall

1966 Junior Jazz Champion Jon Hammond at age 13 - Giulietti Classic 127 Accordion was personally delivered to Jon by the greatest John Molinari - R.I.P. John Molinari http://www.accordia-records.com/molinari_biography.htm
John Molinari was one of the greatest masters of the accordion. His natural talent, love of the instrument and years of dedicated study led to an extremely successful musical career. He was an artist who possessed a brilliant and masterful technique with a remarkable solo repertoire that ranged from popular to folk to classical.

John Molinari was born in San Francisco (1912), the only son of Italian immigrants. At the age of four his parents gave him a little two bass semitone accordion. By the time Molinari was twelve he was already performing at dances and weddings. As a teenager he appeared as a featured act in Vaudeville theaters throughout California. Later he studied piano and theory with Adolph Fink, the well-known student of Antonín Dvořák.

During World War II John toured the South Pacific with USO Camp Shows entertaining the Allied Troops. After the war his engagements extended to the concert halls and supper clubs throughout the United States and Canada. John appeared with famous opera soprano, Jamilla Novotna, the Andrew Sisters, Vaudeville stars Veloz and Yolanda, and on national radio with Fred Waring.

In 1952, on the strength of his recordings, John toured Hawaii and Iceland. It was also in 1952 that he turned down a major contract with MCA because it would have meant extensive time away from his young family. Instead, he worked for MCA in Northern California and limited his touring to featured supper club appearances, including the Waldorf Astoria in New York and the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco.

In 1967, 1969 and again in 1972, through the efforts of his friend and colleage, Veikko Ahvenainen, John toured Europe, Scandinavia, the Baltic States and the Soviet Union. John remained, for the most part, in the San Francisco area where he performed and taught until his death in 1989.

Friends and admirers will long remember John Molinari for his marvelous technique and interpretation that have placed him among the leading artists of the accordion. John’s recordings date back to 1949. He played his own arrangements exclusively. We hope you will enjoy listening to his unique style. — in Sacramento, CA

New York NY 596 10th Ave Mr. Biggs -- Jon Hammond Band gig just after I returned from living in Paris France for one year with Ray Grappone drums, Todd Anderson tenor sax and Barry Finnerty guitar - this was the gig that Barry went home on the first break and never came back. He said he 'couldn't find his keys' - Jon Hammond at the organ http://www.jonhammondband.com/ — with Todd Anderson at Mr Biggs Bar and Grill

New York NY 30 Rockefeller Plaza NBC TV Studios -- Jon Hammond with Jon's friend long-time NBC Stage Manager Jeff Samaha at Tom Brokaw's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Brokaw NBC Evening News Anchor Desk. Jeff was Stage Manager for David Letterman Show along with Biff Henderson before David moved over to CBS - JH — at 30 Rockefeller Plaza

Zurich Switzerland -- Tenor Saxophonist Christian Muenchinger on Jon Hammond Band gig in Moods Jazz Club
http://www.moods.ch/
Schiffbaustrasse 6|8005 Zürich Switzerland
http://www.jonhammondband.com/

Slightly used US Mailboxes! Jon Hammond

Jon Hammond in Hamamatsu Japan with Mr. Tanaka Director of Tourism
アメリカからのミュージシャンが浜松市観光インフォメーションセンターに寄って下さいました。
その方は、Digital B3 Organ Specialisit のMr. Jon Hammond　さんです。
浜松では鈴木楽器製作所さんや浜松市楽器博物館を訪問されたそうです。
浜松がとても気に入って、滞在を楽しんでいらっしゃいました。
http://hamamatsutic.hamazo.tv/e2334330.html

Jon Hammond gets a new pair of super comfortable summer Rieker shoes from main man Rudolf Molzberger at Schuh-Krolla in Frankfurt, rockin'! — at Münchener Str. 16 60329 Frankfurt

*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Frank Marocco Plays There Is No Greater Love video by Jon Hammond

http://archive.org/details/JonHammondFrankMaroccoPlaysThereIsNoGreaterLove/

Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNbUiqbIWm4

Astounding performance by master accordionist Frank Marocco "There Is No Greater Love" uptempo closer in Trio with drummer Harold Jones and bassist Kash Killion - Peter DiBono announcing at San Francisco Accordion Club approximately 10 years ago - video by Jon Hammond In Memory of Frank Marocco with permission of Frank's daughter Cindy Marocco Thoburn and Frank's manager Elke Ahrenholz. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Marocco January 2, 1931 -- March 3, 2012 Official Frank Marocco website http://www.frankmarocco.com courtesy of HammondCast http://www.HammondCast.com
Category:
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Frank Marocco, Master Accordionist, Jazz, TV, Radio, Movies, Music, Documentary

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Frank Marocco Plays There Is No Greater Love from Jon Hammond on Vimeo.

Blip TV http://blip.tv/jon-hammond/frank-marocco-plays-there-is-no-greater-love-6278659

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*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Get Back In The Groove Louisville Soundcheck

http://archive.org/details/JonHammondGetBackInTheGrooveLouisvilleSoundcheck/

Blip TV http://blip.tv/jon-hammond/get-back-in-the-groove-louisville-soundcheck-6278298

Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgAdVaR_-K8

Get Back In The Groove by Jon Hammond - at soundcheck in Louisville Kentucky
with John Bishop guitar
Alex Budman tenor saxophone
Ronnie Smith Jr. drums
Jon Hammond organ / bass
from Jon's album "Hammond's Bolero" also on "Late Rent" with Jon Hammond playing guitar
http://www.jonhammondband.com
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Louisville Kentucky, Soundcheck Get, Back In The Groove, Jon Hammond Band

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Get Back In The Groove Louisville Soundcheck from Jon Hammond on Vimeo.

Louisville Kentucky, Hamamatsu Japan, Suzuki, Hammond organ, Jazz, Salsa, Czechoslovakian, Local 6, Musicians Union, Earl Watkins, Walk To Stay Alive

hammondcast - 30. Jul, 17:24

Sonntag, 29. Juli 2012

Frank Marocco Plays There Is No Greater Love video by Jon Hammond and Journal for 07/28/2012

*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Frank Marocco Plays There Is No Greater Love video by Jon Hammond

http://archive.org/details/JonHammondFrankMaroccoPlaysThereIsNoGreaterLove/

Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNbUiqbIWm4

Astounding performance by master accordionist Frank Marocco "There Is No Greater Love" uptempo closer in Trio with drummer Harold Jones and bassist Kash Killion - Peter DiBono announcing at San Francisco Accordion Club approximately 10 years ago - video by Jon Hammond In Memory of Frank Marocco with permission of Frank's daughter Cindy Marocco Thoburn and Frank's manager Elke Ahrenholz. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Marocco January 2, 1931 -- March 3, 2012 Official Frank Marocco website http://www.frankmarocco.com courtesy of HammondCast http://www.HammondCast.com
Category:
Music
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Frank Marocco, Master Accordionist, Jazz, TV, Radio, Movies, Music, Documentary

Vimeo http://vimeo.com/46548372

Frank Marocco Plays There Is No Greater Love from Jon Hammond on Vimeo.

Blip TV http://blip.tv/jon-hammond/frank-marocco-plays-there-is-no-greater-love-6278659

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150989668822102

Get Back In The Groove Louisville Soundcheck from Jon Hammond on Vimeo.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150988267537102

Hamamatsu Japan - Suzuki Hall -- I love this photograph, Suzuki World Headquarters Team, everybody is smiling I made announcement "This picture is for my Mother" *Note, my Mom loved to see it! Thank you very much all my friends in Suzuki for this very special time together!
Sincerely, Jon Hammond

*Actual Concert - special thanks for beautiful photograph Shigeyuki Ohtaka - Hamamatsu Japan - Suzuki Hall -- First time I play here with the great Suzuki harmonica star Tanaka Koei - aka 'Suzuki Harmonica Santa' - I am playing Mr. Manji Suzuki's personal Hammond B3mk2 Organ with the high-power Leslie model 3300W (W for=WOOD) 300 watts solid state power with tube preamp stage - very nice folks! *listen here Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHjhlSwRkws
Suzuki Headquarters and factory special concert for President Founder Manji Suzuki with introduction by Master of Ceremonies Waichiro 'Tachi' Tachikawa, Jon Hammond at the new B3mk2 Hammond organ with Koei Tanaka chromatic Suzuki harmonica Part 2 of 3 parts: "Days of Wine and Roses" in Hamamatsu Japan.
*Koei: Born in Tokyo on April 22, 1971. Koei started playing the 10-hole diatonic harmonica at age 15. Until his 20's. This young musician was playing blues and R & B around the world. He also had a keenness for learning jazz chromatic harmonica as well. Koei plays transcendental mellow delicate and soulful sounds that are unique, which has attracted the attention of many world harmonica players. He is also the official Endorser for SUZUKI HARMONICA.

In 2007, sound and sound control technology is evaluated to be adopted into the harmonica sound presets that are available in European Yamaha synthesizers.
2008, Harmonica in hand Koie set out to take his talent around the world where he made a guest appearance in concerts with our European premier harmonica players.
In 2009, America's largest harmonica festival "Harmonica SPAH.2009" saw his perform the first Japanese solo album "sound of the sky (Notes FromThe Air)" presentation.
2010, the Asian Games was held in Singapore, Pacific Ocean Harmonica "Asia Pacific Harmonica Festival" Guest performance were staged by Koei at the closing ceremony.
In 2011, Koei performed at concerts and seminars in Malaysia and Singapore Since 2008, the "harmonica Santa" began operations In Uganda, which encourages the use of harmonicas in children. This young musician began his work in East Africa visiting many schools and orphanages where there were AIDS orphans, street children to name a few. Music Therapy activities he continued to have In 2009, by visiting Cambodia and South Africa in 2010.He was also in Sri Lanka in 2011 at the invitation of the local Gov. Authorities where he visited many schools conducting workshops — at Hamamatsu

‎*Note: Just to right of Koei's right arm, you can see a set of the famous Suzuki Tone Chimes! I like them very much..incredible pure sound and fun to play solo or ensemble, Jon Hammond

Hamamatsu Japan - Suzuki Hall -- First time I play here with the great Suzuki harmonica star Tanaka Koei - aka 'Suzuki Harmonica Santa' - I am playing Mr. Manji Suzuki's personal Hammond B3mk2 Organ with the high-power Leslie model 3300W (W for=WOOD) 300 watts solid state power with tube preamp stage - very nice folks! *listen here Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHjhlSwRkws
Suzuki Headquarters and factory special concert for President Founder Manji Suzuki with introduction by Master of Ceremonies Waichiro 'Tachi' Tachikawa, Jon Hammond at the new B3mk2 Hammond organ with Koei Tanaka chromatic Suzuki harmonica Part 2 of 3 parts: "Days of Wine and Roses" in Hamamatsu Japan.
*Koei: Born in Tokyo on April 22, 1971. Koei started playing the 10-hole diatonic harmonica at age 15. Until his 20's. This young musician was playing blues and R & B around the world. He also had a keenness for learning jazz chromatic harmonica as well. Koei plays transcendental mellow delicate and soulful sounds that are unique, which has attracted the attention of many world harmonica players. He is also the official Endorser for SUZUKI HARMONICA.

Hamamatsu Japan -- Jon Hammond with the hammer down on Mr. Manji Suzuki's personal Hammond B3mk2 organ - special concert - Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF_j3ShpNPk
Suzuki Headquarters and factory concert special for President Founder Manji Suzuki with introduction by Waichiro 'Tachi' Tachikawa, Jon Hammond at the new B3mk2 organ Part 1 of 3 original composition "Lydia's Tune" in Hamamatsu Japan. — in Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka

Flughafen München/MUC -- Air Dolomiti to fly over the Italian Alps - Jon Hammond
http://www.airdolomiti.eu/
http://www.airdolomiti.it/news-press/gallery/atr.html
ATR
La flotta Air dolomiti è composta da 11 aeromobili a turboelica — at Muenchen Airport

*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: SIX YEAR ITCH by Jon Hammond in Louisville Kentucky

http://archive.org/details/SixYearItchByJonHammond

Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaCYavcSZs8

Jon Hammond original composition "Six Year Itch" from Jon's album
"Hammond's Bolero" - here in Louisville Kentucky at soundcheck
with Ronnie Smith Jr. drums
Alex Budman tenor saxophone
John Bishop guitar
Jon Hammond organ
http://www.jonhammondband.com
JH INTL ASCAP

Jon Hammond - organ

Ronnie Smith Jr. drums

Alex Budman tenor sax

John Bishop guitar

Vimeo http://vimeo.com/46233394

SIX YEAR ITCH by Jon Hammond from Jon Hammond on Vimeo.

Jon Hammond Journal July 22, 2012 Report

San Francisco Skyline at dusk as seen from San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge - Jon Hammond
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_francisco_skyline

Folks, last night I went to see the Woody Allen movie “To Rome With Love” with my girlfriend. The entire theater was empty except for the 2 of us. Don't stay away from the movie theaters folks! Also I highly recommend this film.

*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Frank Marocco Plays Cherokee

http://archive.org/details/JonHammondFrankMaroccoPlaysCherokee/

In Memory of Frank Marocco - enjoy this wonderful performance of the late great
accordionist in Solo and Trio approximately 10 years ago - Harold Jones - drums, Cash Killian - bass, Jon Hammond
Harold Jones - drums, Kash Killian - bass
Announcement at end by Peter DiBono
with permission of Frank's manager - Elke Ahrenholz -
http://www.frankmarocco.com January 2, 1931 -- March 3, 2012
http://www.accordionradio.com
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Youtube http://youtube.com/watch?v=Cn7cF_ngwu0

Blip TV http://blip.tv/jon-hammond/frank-marocco-plays-cherokee-6277221

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Frank Marocco Plays Cherokee from Jon Hammond on Vimeo.

Louisville Kentucky, Get Back In The Groove, Woody Allen, To Rome With Love, Accordion, Frank Marocco, Jon Hammond, Cherokee, Organ, Jazz, Soul, Suzuki, Hamamatsu

hammondcast - 29. Jul, 04:10

Samstag, 28. Juli 2012

Get Back In The Groove Louisville Soundcheck & Journal Jon Hammond July 28, 2012

Get Back In The Groove Louisville Soundcheck from Jon Hammond on Vimeo.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150988267537102

Ronnie Smith Jr. drums

Alex Budman tenor sax

John Bishop guitar

Vimeo http://vimeo.com/46233394

SIX YEAR ITCH by Jon Hammond from Jon Hammond on Vimeo.

Jon Hammond Journal July 22, 2012 Report

San Francisco Skyline at dusk as seen from San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge - Jon Hammond
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_francisco_skyline

*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Frank Marocco Plays Cherokee

http://archive.org/details/JonHammondFrankMaroccoPlaysCherokee/

Blip TV http://blip.tv/jon-hammond/frank-marocco-plays-cherokee-6277221

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Frank Marocco Plays Cherokee from Jon Hammond on Vimeo.

Louisville Kentucky, Get Back In The Groove, Woody Allen, To Rome With Love, Accordion, Frank Marocco, Jon Hammond, Cherokee, Organ, Jazz, Soul, Suzuki, Hamamatsu

hammondcast - 28. Jul, 18:55

Freitag, 27. Juli 2012

Frank Marocco Plays Cherokee and Jon Hammond Journal for July 27, 2012

*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Frank Marocco Plays Cherokee

http://archive.org/details/JonHammondFrankMaroccoPlaysCherokee/

Blip TV http://blip.tv/jon-hammond/frank-marocco-plays-cherokee-6277221

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Frank Marocco Plays Cherokee from Jon Hammond on Vimeo.

Highway 101 -- Cab 206 got the hammer down!
Jon Hammond

Ronnie Smith Jr. drums

Alex Budman tenor sax

John Bishop guitar

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SIX YEAR ITCH by Jon Hammond from Jon Hammond on Vimeo.

Jon Hammond Journal July 22, 2012 Report

San Francisco Skyline at dusk as seen from San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge - Jon Hammond
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_francisco_skyline

The U.S. city of San Francisco, California, is the site of over 410 high-rises, 44 of which stand taller than 400 feet (122 m). The tallest building in the city is the Transamerica Pyramid, which rises 853 ft (260 m) and is currently the 31st-tallest building in the United States. Another famous San Francisco skyscraper is 555 California Street, which is the city's second tallest building. It is also known as Bank of America Center.
Many of San Francisco's tallest buildings, particularly its office skyscrapers, were completed in a massive building boom that occurred from the late 1960s until the late 1980s. This boom was dubbed a "Manhattanization wave" by residents of the city, and led to local legislation passed that set in some of the strictest building height limit requirements in the country. This led to a slowdown of skyscraper construction during the 1990s, but construction of taller buildings has resumed recently as the building height requirements have been relaxed and overlooked in light of recent economic activity. The city is currently going through a second boom, with 34 buildings over 400 feet (122 m) proposed, approved, or under construction in the city. San Francisco boasts 21 skyscrapers that rise at least 492 feet (150 m) in height. Overall, San Francisco's skyline is ranked (based upon existing and under construction buildings over 492 feet (150 m) tall) second in the Pacific coast region (after Los Angeles) and seventh in the United States, after New York City, Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles, Houston, and Dallas.[A]
Due to a housing shortage and the subsequent real estate boom, the city's strict building height code has been relaxed over the years, and there have been many skyscrapers proposed for construction in the city; some, such as the One Rincon Hill South Tower, have already been completed. Several other taller buildings are proposed in connection with the Transbay Terminal redevelopment project. The San Francisco Transbay development consists of 10 skyscrapers set to rise over 400 feet (122 m) tall, with three of the towers scheduled to rise over 1,000 feet (305 m). If constructed, these towers would be the first buildings in San Francisco to qualify as supertalls, and would be among the tallest in the United States. Many other tall proposals have been submitted as well, including the Sun Tower, which is planned to rise on Treasure Island — at Skyline

San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge -- Slow down 35 MPH for the curve people! Not 50 or 60 like lots are doing - Jon Hammond
Dead Man's Curve
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Ideas-offered-to-slow-S-curve-motorists-3211750.php

Getting drivers to slow down for the Bay Bridge S-curve might seem like an unusual challenge, but some states have been dealing with troublesome curves on interstate highways for decades, using everything from speed cameras and flashing lights to grooved pavement and unusual lane markings to get drivers to slow down and pay attention.

Some of these tactics will be used on the S-curve after a series of accidents, including a fatality Monday morning, sparked a public outcry for safety improvements at the temporary detour on the Bay Bridge. At least 43 accidents - or an average of five per week - have occurred on the curve since the detour opened to traffic Sept. 8.

"People just don't want to slow down," said Russ Rader, a spokesman for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, which researches traffic safety. "The question is: How do you make them?"

Many cities have dangerous curves on highways that have earned infamy and nicknames because of the large number of accidents. In Cleveland, the 90-degree curve on Interstate 90 nearing downtown is called "Deadman's Curve."

Opened in 1959, the curve quickly became a problem. Like the Bay Bridge, the speed limits on either side of the curve are 50 mph - which drivers usually exceed, said Jocelynn Clemings, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Transportation.

The sharp turn requires drivers to slow to 35 mph. To get drivers to reduce their speeds, the department has, over the years, put in "a lot of flashing signage" along with grooved pavement that makes a loud vibrating sound when drivers pass over it, and extra arrows, or chevrons, on the pavement.

While drivers are more aware, she said, "There are quite often accidents of varying severity," and the Department of Transportation plans to "flatten" the curve sometime in the next decade, she said.

Kansas City has two troublesome curves that it has tamed with speed sensors and flashing lights that warn drivers on Interstate 70 to slow down. Trucks frequently overturned at the Jackson and Benton curves, prompting the Missouri Department of Transportation to install a special warning system about 20 years ago.

The system uses a sensor planted in each lane to read the speed of vehicles approaching the curves. If they're speeding, flashing lights over their lane activate and a sign blares: "Driving too fast when lights flashing."

"We've had a pretty noticeable reduction in accidents," said Jesse Skinner, an interstate corridor engineer with the Missouri Department of Transportation.

Elsewhere, the department also has used radar signs - one for each lane of traffic - that read and display drivers' speeds next to signs showing the speed limit.

"People drive what (speed) they feel comfortable driving," Skinner said. "If you want them to slow down, you have to get their attention."

Caltrans also employed flashing lights and prominent signs to do just that at "the Fishhook," the sharply curved intersection of highways 1 and 17 in Santa Cruz, and the curve was widened recently to make it easier to navigate. Colin Jones, a Caltrans spokesman, said the devices improved safety at the interchange but noted that drivers changing highways are more likely to slow down than those driving across a bridge and entering a curve.

Anne McCartt, vice president of research at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, said the key to slowing drivers is enforcement of speed laws. Speed cameras, which use radar to measure speed and then automatically issue a ticket, can be especially effective in an area like the S-curve, or where it could be difficult for police to pull over speeders.

"The advantage of automated enforcement is that it can happen anytime of the day or night, wherever it is needed," she said.

McCartt also recommended stricter enforcement of speeds on the entire bridge, saying that it is unrealistic to expect drivers to slow from speeds in excess of 50 mph to 35 mph for the curve.

Caltrans officials already have installed extra signs and flashing lights, and plan more safety improvements to slow motorists, including reflective striping near the top of the bridge's barrier walls, a large overhead sign warning of the curve and of the reduced speed on the upper deck of the bridge, and radar boards flashing drivers' speeds. Caltrans spokesman Bart Ney said the agency also is considering installing grooved pavement or rows of pavement markers to warn drivers they are approaching the curve.

Sorry William, you missed the McIntosh model 225, better luck next time! - Jon Hammond

MC225 - *Random Reviews: "Bottom Line:
The 225 matches excelently to My Klipsch Belle's and My Klipschorns. The 104 db/watt efficiency of these systems is a must for an amplifier of this size. 118 db peak passages are possible without clipping - a must for any realistic reproduction of music. Try to get 118 db peaks from any of the low efficiency speakers ( less than 100 db/watt ) and you end up with an impossible situation.
The 225's have fixed bias, this should be critically set as I have found that amplifier signatures change with as little as 5ma. differences. The Sovetek 7591A's (not XYZ) are better sounding tubes than the NOS stuff being sold."

"Over many years of experimenting with many products -solid state vs tubes I much prefer the tube sound. I recently purchased a 30 year old MAC 225 Amp and was amazed at the quality of the sound.My then current Cary SLA70 did not compare. I was hearing things I had never heard before on some favorite CD's with the MAC 225.Can I realistically improve the sound of my system by moving up to a MAC 240 or 275? Replies are appreciated. Also to maintain the MAC 225 sound signature should I continue with my Audible Illusions MOD 3 Pre amp(Tube) or move to a Mac 33 pre amp (Solid State). Any comments,suggestions or recommendations are appreciated."

"I have been using MC-225 for more than 5 years and that is the part I think I will use it for my whole life (I guess my next generation can still use them by replacing some parts). It gave you great and smooth sound especially in the mid to high range. Very impressive for playing songs by female singer. Don't think that 25 watts is small, it can still gives you very solid bass and sound stage.
Currently I have two sets of MC-225 to drive ProAC Tabelette 50 Sig. Other components include:"

Radio Day By The Bay -- Jon Hammond with Celeste Perry Radio/TV Personality and another lady of Radio/TV - annual Fund Raiser for California Historical Radio Society at KRE Radio in Berkeley California

Frank Marocco, Cherokee, Accordion, Jazz, Elke Ahrenholz, Jon Hammond, TV, Radio, Movies, Louisville Kentucky, Air Dolomiti, Italian Alps, Musikmesse, NAMM Show

hammondcast - 27. Jul, 21:58

Donnerstag, 26. Juli 2012

Jon Hammond Journal For Day July 26, 2012 Report

Jon Hammond Journal For Day July 26, 2012 Report

Anaheim California -- Jason Lee tallest hair Carvin Rep and Jon Hammond at Winter NAMM Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvjqYJ6F0WU

JFK -- Jon Hammond traveling musician pack with Briggs and Riley baggage - Jon Hammond says: "Briggs & Riley Travelware Flies and also will Float – thankfully as I found out!"
http://hammondcast.wordpress.com/2011/11/09/jon-hammond-says-briggs-riley-travelware-flies-and-also-will-float-thankfully-as-i-found-out/

Jon Hammond: “Since 1981 I have been flying with a Zero Halliburton Pilot case and a Kart-A-Bag

by Remin baggage cart, ever since my first flight aboard Air France Concorde to Paris CDG

from JFK.

I never thought I would change this combo until recently, now with extra restrictions on

carry on luggage, it’s hard to get the Kart-A-Bag unit on in addition to my bags, so I went for

the finest in rolling carry on baggage, Briggs & Riley with the “Simple As That” Lifetime

Warranty.”

“It’s a good thing I did, because recently while getting on a friend’s yacht in

Sausalito CA with music and video equipment for the annual Fleet Week Blue Angels show, our

Briggs & Riley baggage loaded with expensive video equipment and microphones fell in to the

water at dockside to my horror…but miracle of miracles, the Briggs Riley baggage floated!

All the equipment was bone dry when we fished it out of the waters of San Francisco Bay with

the boat hook. What a great feature!”

You can say I’m a happy camper, because if it had been my well traveled Halliburton aluminum

case, it likely would have sank to the bottom with all my gear and irreplaceable camera

masters inside, plus fine Superlux and Sennheiser microphones..no doubt about it.
Jon Hammond recommends Briggs & Riley Travelware for the professional traveler, with The only

warranty that covers it all…B&R says “If your Briggs & Riley bag is ever broken or damaged,

even if it was caused by an airline, we will repair it free of charge. Simple as that!”

“And it floats!” Try the new extra rugged Baseline models.

http://www.briggs-riley.com/category/group.aspx?col=baseline

Jon Hammond Band

My new travel profile:
with Hammond XK-1 organ in custom-built flight case on Super 600 wheels with various Briggs and Riley baggage - http://www.jonhammondband.com/

Frankfurt Germany -- Kenny and Benny...Bing and Bong!
Hessischer Rundfunk Kenny and Benny Meet Bing and Bong Jon Hammond Reporting From Frankfurt
http://hammondcast.wordpress.com/2011/09/20/hessischer-rundfunk-kenny-and-benny-meet-bing-and-bong-jon-hammond-reporting-from-frankfurt/
Historic hr-Bigband Frankfurt Radio Bigband Concert and Broadcast
special guests guitarist Kenny Burrell and saxophonist composer

Benny Golson aka The Kenny and Benny Show, because at the time the hr-Bigband had Kurt Bong

and Herbert Bings, this was the historic night that as Jon Hammond says:

“The Kenny and Benny met Bing and Bong !”

Photo of broadcast:
*photo by Jon Hammond — at Hessischer Rundfunk.

Setzingen-Ulm Germany -- This is where it all started folks - Hammond Germany / Deutsche Hammond, the workshop of main man Professor Klaus Maier founder of Hammond Germany, who I had the good fortune to meet him and his very talented son Michael at my very first Musikmesse Frankfurt in year 1987 - they have built one of the most important Hammond Organ museums in the world and have kept the tradition going - Michael is regarded in Japan at Suzuki Headquarters as "prince and the future of Hammond" and I concur with them! - Jon Hammond here with Michael Falkenstein at the birthplace of Hammond in Germany

http://hammond.de/
Worldwide HammondCast http://www.HammondCast.com/

Daly City California -- iPad in Daly City - Little Boxes - this is the place where my old friend Malvina Reynolds got her inspiration to write the smash hit song "Little Boxes" - Jon Hammond I shot that while driving by last night..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvina_Reynolds
"Reynolds' most famous song, "Little Boxes" (made famous by Pete Seeger), has enjoyed renewed popularity by being featured in Showtime's TV series Weeds. "Little Boxes" was inspired visually by the houses of Daly City, California. Nancy Reynolds Schimmel, daughter of Malvina Reynolds, explained:
"My mother and father were driving South from San Francisco through Daly City when my mom got the idea for the song. She asked my dad to take the wheel, and she wrote it on the way to the gathering in La Honda where she was going to sing for the Friends Committee on Legislation. When Time Magazine (I think, maybe Newsweek) wanted a photo of her pointing to the very place, she couldn't find those houses because so many more had been built around them that the hillsides were totally covered."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Boxes
"Little Boxes" is a song written by Malvina Reynolds in 1962, which became a hit for her friend Pete Seeger in 1963.
The song is a political satire about the development of suburbia and associated conformist middle-class attitudes. It refers to suburban tract housing as "little boxes" of different colors "all made out of ticky-tacky", and which "all look just the same." "Ticky-tacky" is a reference to the shoddy material used in the construction of housing of that time.
Reynolds was a folk singer-songwriter and political activist in the 1960s. Nancy Reynolds, her daughter, explained that her mother came up with the song when she saw the housing developments around Daly City, California built in the post-war era by Henry Doelger, particularly the neighborhood of Westlake.
My mother and father were driving South from San Francisco through Daly City when my mom got the idea for the song. She asked my dad to take the wheel, and she wrote it on the way to the gathering in La Honda where she was going to sing for the Friends Committee on Legislation. When Time magazine (I think, maybe Newsweek) wanted a photo of her pointing to the very place, she couldn’t find those houses because so many more had been built around them that the hillsides were totally covered.[2]
Reynolds' version first appeared on her 1967 Columbia Records album Malvina Reynolds Sings the Truth,[3] and can also be found on the Smithsonian Folkways Records 2000 CD re-issue of Ear To The Ground, however Pete Seeger's rendition of the song is known internationally, and reached number 70 in the Billboard Hot 100. Seeger was a friend of Reynolds, also a political activist, and like many others in the 1960s he used folk songs as a medium for protest.
[edit]Reception

The profundity of the satire is attested by a university professor of the time who said that, "I've been lecturing my classes about middle-class conformity for a whole semester. Here's a song that says it all in 1½ minutes."[4]
The term "ticky-tacky" became a catchphrase during the 1960s, attesting to the song's popularity.[4] However, according to Christopher Hitchens, satirist Tom Lehrer described "Little Boxes" as "the most sanctimonious song ever written".[5]
[edit]Covers

The song has been recorded by a number of musicians, including Death Cab For Cutie, Rise Against, Regina Spektor, The Shins, The Womenfolk and Walk off the Earth. Other musicians have arranged and translated the song to meet their styles. The lyrics have been reprinted with photographs of "Little Box" houses in environmental publications.
The version of the song by The Womenfolk is the shortest single ever to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 at 1:03 minutes long.[citation needed] The Spanish songwriter Adolfo Celdrán wrote the first Spanish version of the song, called "Cajitas", which was published in 1969 and had several successive reissues. Another Spanish version of the song, "Las Casitas del Barrio Alto," was written by the Chilean songwriter Víctor Jara in 1971, depicting in a mocking way the over-Europeanized and bourgeois lifestyle of the residents of the "Barrio Alto" (high-class neighborhood) in Santiago de Chile. A French version with the title "Petites boîtes" was performed by Graeme Allwright and was later covered by Kate and Anna McGarrigle on their 2003 album La vache qui pleure.
Other artists who have covered the song include Devendra Banhart, Chester Bennington of Linkin Park, Elvis Costello, Death Cab For Cutie, Tim DeLaughter of The Polyphonic Spree, Donovan, Skott Freedman, Engelbert Humperdinck, The Individuals, Angelique Kidjo, Rilo Kiley, Kinky, Jenny Lewis, Man Man, Randy Newman, Ozomatli, Phosphorescent, The Real Tuesday Weld, Rise Against, The Shins, Regina Spektor, The Submarines, Billy Bob Thornton, and The Decemberists, who expanded the song with several new verses. In 2012 a version by Adrienne Stiefel was released in the UK by iTunes.[6]
[edit]In popular culture

The song was performed on the NBC satirical television program That Was The Week That Was on April 13, 1964, sung by Nancy Ames and accompanied by a film montage by Guy Fraumeni and Lou Myers depicting tract housing and other related images.
In the 1975 novel Ecotopia by Ernest Callenbach, describing a secessionist ecological utopia in the western United States, the protagonist (visiting the country as a US journalist) is informed that “cheaply built houses in newer districts” are scornfully referred to as “ticky-tacky boxes” by the population.[7]
Russ Abbott took the music to the song and its general theme to satirize The Spinners, a contemporary popular folk group whose songs apparently "all sound the same", as a parody act "The Spanners" on his 1980s London Weekend Television Madhouse series.
"Little Boxes" is the signature tune of BBC Radio 4 comedy series Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends, sung by Kay Stonham in the character of "Wendy Mayfield" to a background of inept coaching by Simon Greenall as her husband "Robin".
A 2006 book about Westlake, Little Boxes: The Architecture of a Classic Midcentury Suburb, is named for the song.[8]
The song is sometimes used as the opening theme song for the Showtime television series Weeds. The first season used Reynolds's version as the theme song. The second, third, and eighth seasons used versions by nearly thirty different musicians, as well as the occasional Reynold's version. The song was not used regularly during seasons four through seven, it can occasionally be heard briefly. For a complete list of artists who have recorded this song for the show, see opening music of Weeds.
The song is also used by the Italian journalist Gianluca Nicoletti as the opening song for his radio show Melog, on air daily on the Italian national network Radio 24 since January 9, 2006.
This song is sung by both Keith Carradine (as "Elton Tripp") and Kate Mara (as "Zoe Tripp") in the 2005 film The Californians
"Little Boxes" is the theme song for "Xurupita's Farm II", a recurring sketch about a reality TV show on the Brazilian comedy program Pânico na TV.
In 2012, a re-worded version of the song, written by Sniffy Dog, was used in a UK TV commercial for mobile telephone operator O2. Three versions are known to have been broadcast, one of them is sung by Adrienne Stiefel,[9], while another is sung by Jedd Holden.[6] The third is an instrumental non-vocal version.[10]
[edit]See also

Urban sprawl
Suburb
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Bob Merrill's 1952 song, that uses the same tune.

Notes
^ Merriam-Webster definition of 'Ticky-tacky' — at In-N-Out Burger - Daly City

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The more I look and around, the more I realize that one of the biggest influences 0n people’s happiness is pursuing a vision. Could be a vision for a business, a vision for relationships, or a vision for how to spend the day- doesn’t matter much, so long as it’s there. Vision gives us a reason to try and ignites us with energy to create. Otherwise we just float with the whims of the world, reacting. If you see, then you can change ‘react’ to ‘create’ (the subtleties of language are mesmerizing).

It’s a tricky thing in business though, vision, because it’s so hard to measure and thus so difficult to reassure ourselves that results will come from enhancing it. People want to talk in terms of numbers, strategies, attention, payoff- all the sexy things that make entrepreneurship so alluring. That way they can convince themselves they’re not wasting time.

But at the end of the day, if the vision behind those sex-ified metrics isn’t complete or wasn’t ever really considered in the first place, then all anyone’s doing is closing little loophole opportunities in the system. Not that that’s bad, it’s great and it helps our economy run and life go on; however, I think as people we want to do more than that, because we know we can. We want to take something we feel inside that nobody else knows and use it to make the world a little better.

In doing that, we hope to find support for ourselves, but it’s tough. Nobody pays for you to develop your vision, because nobody else directly benefits in the short term. In fact, many roles and jobs prefer that you adopt the company vision and policy and leave dreams and other ideas aside or as secondary considerations.

One trend I’ve noticed is for people to try to find quick alternatives to make a lot of money so they can spend the rest of their time doing what they love. In my case, I’ve worked on technology start-ups with huge upside, and when I was younger, I played poker online. Now there are even full online casinos to give us a chance at bypassing our work obligations ;).

Still, while get-rich-quick-and-give-back successes are touted in the media and held up as an ideal, they’re incredibly rare and more importantly, they can be a trap. One thing about vision is that it builds on itself- what you will see tomorrow is a compound of what you see today and the experiences you have in the mean time. That means if we focus on monetary or other success through sacrifice of true creative passion, every day it gets a little harder to pivot and find that clarity of purpose and inspiration.

In leaving the secure physics, math and computer science world and entering the world of theory, writing, meditation and social start-ups I’ve had to relinquish financial security and dreams of achieving overnight success. But in return, I’ve received the freedom to know that we can create what we want, so long as we can see it first.

Port Costa California -- "Ox Racing" Zone - Jon Hammond where 24.0% of the population were Czech American in Port Costa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Costa,_California
The population was 190 at the 2010 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.16 square miles (0.41 km2), all of it land. Port Costa is surrounded by rolling hills grazed by cattle and managed by East Bay Regional Park District. Carquinez Strait Regional Shoreline stretches from Crockett through Port Costa and to Martinez. Big Bull Valley Creek runs along McEwen Road into a historic reservoir just above the town, then it runs in an underground pipe culvert beneath the town to the Carquinez Strait.[2]
[edit]History

Port Costa School
Port Costa was founded in 1879 as a landing for the railroad ferry Solano, owned and operated by the Central Pacific Railroad.[3] This put Port Costa on the main route of the transcontinental railroad.[3] The Solano, later joined by the Contra Costa, carried entire trains across the Carquinez Strait from Benicia to Port Costa,[3] from whence they continued on to the Oakland Pier.[3] For a time, it was also the United States' busiest wheat-shipping port and had a reputation as a colorful, sometimes violent community.[citation needed]
After California's wheat output dropped in the early 20th Century and especially, after the Southern Pacific (which took over the operations of the Central Pacific) constructed a railroad bridge at Martinez in 1930 to replace the ferry crossing, Port Costa lost population and importance.[3] Bill Rich was an influential property owner and raconteur. Since the late 1960s, it has mainly been a small shopping venue for antique hunters and a gathering place for bikers and motorcyclists.
Port Costa's first post office was established in 1881.[4]
[edit]Demographics

[edit]2010
The 2010 United States Census[5] reported that Port Costa had a population of 190. The population density was 1,200.1 people per square mile (463.3/km²). The racial makeup of Port Costa was 172 (90.5%) White, 2 (1.1%) African American, 2 (1.1%) Native American, 7 (3.7%) Asian, and 7 (3.7%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10 persons (5.3%).
The Census reported that 100% of the population lived in households.
There were 99 households, out of which 15 (15.2%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 37 (37.4%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 4 (4.0%) had a female householder with no husband present, 5 (5.1%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 10 (10.1%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 3 (3.0%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 42 households (42.4%) were made up of individuals and 9 (9.1%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.92. There were 46 families (46.5% of all households); the average family size was 2.61.
The population was spread out with 19 people (10.0%) under the age of 18, 13 people (6.8%) aged 18 to 24, 38 people (20.0%) aged 25 to 44, 80 people (42.1%) aged 45 to 64, and 40 people (21.1%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 52.5 years. For every 100 females there were 97.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.2 males.
There were 110 housing units at an average density of 694.8 per square mile (268.3/km²), of which 53 (53.5%) were owner-occupied, and 46 (46.5%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 5.4%; the rental vacancy rate was 2.1%. 118 people (62.1% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 72 people (37.9%) lived in rental housing units.
[edit]2000
As of the census[6] of 2000, there were 232 people, 108 households, and 60 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 342.1 people per square mile (131.7/km²). There were 115 housing units at an average density of 169.6 per square mile (65.3/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 90.95% White, 0% Black,1.29% Native American, 1.29% Asian, 1.72% from other races, and 4.74% from two or more races. 6.90% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 108 households out of which 20.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.3% were married couples living together, 3.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.4% were non-families. 34.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.15 and the average family size was 2.80.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 15.5% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 37.5% from 45 to 64, and 14.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females there were 121.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 110.8 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $61,429, as was the median income for a family. Males had a median income of $40,769 versus $58,000 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $33,563. About 9.7% of families and 10.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.9% of those under the age of eighteen and none of those sixty five or over.
100% of the residents speak English

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London -- circa 1987 - the late great John Entwistle inscribed for me on this magazine foto:
"This Space Vacant For Advertizing" on his high forehead. - Jon Hammond
Miss ya' big John!
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John Alec Entwistle (9 October 1944 – 27 June 2002) was an English bass guitarist, songwriter, singer, horn player, and film and record producer who was best known as the bass player for the rock band The Who. His aggressive lead sound influenced many rock bass players.[1][2] He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Who in 1990.
Entwistle's lead instrument approach used pentatonic lead lines, and a then-unusual trebly sound ("full treble, full volume") created by roundwound RotoSound steel bass strings. He had a collection of over 200 instruments by the time of his death, reflecting the different brands he used over his career: Fender, Danelectro, and Rickenbacker basses in the 1960s, Gibson and Alembic basses in the 1970s, Warwick in the 1980s, and Status all-Carbon fibre basses in the 1990s. In 2011, a Rolling Stone reader poll selected him as the No. 1 rock bassist of all time.
Birth and early career

John Alec Entwistle was born in 1944 into a musical family in Chiswick, a London suburb. His father Herbert played trumpet and his mother, Queenie Maud Johns Entwistle (29 November 1922 – 4 March 2011), played piano. His parents' marriage failed soon after he was born, and Entwistle was mostly raised by his grandparents. He attended Acton County Grammar School and joined the Middlesex Youth Orchestra. His initial music training was on trumpet, french horn and piano, all three of which would feature in his later rock compositions.
In the early 1960s, Entwistle played in several traditional jazz and Dixieland outfits. He formed a duo called The Confederates with schoolmate Pete Townshend, and later joined Roger Daltrey's band The Detours, playing a major role in encouraging Townshend's budding talent on the guitar, and insisting that Townshend be admitted to the Detours as well. After changes in personnel, Daltrey had fired all members of his band with the exception of Entwistle, Townshend, and the drummer, Doug Sandom, although it was only because he had not yet found a drummer with sufficient talent to replace him. Upon the entry of Keith Moon to the band, Daltrey relinquished the role of guitar to Townshend, becoming frontman and lead singer in the band, while the band considered several changes of name, temporarily performing as the High Numbers, and finally settling on the name The Who. When the band decided that the blond Daltrey needed to stand out more from the others, Entwistle dyed his naturally golden hair black, and it remained so until the early 1980s. Around 1963 Entwistle played in a London band called The Initials for a short while; the band split when a planned resident stint in Spain fell through.
Entwistle picked up two nicknames during his tenure as a musician. He was nicknamed "The Ox" because of his strong constitution and seeming ability to "eat, drink or do more than the rest of them." Bill Wyman, bassist for the Rolling Stones, described him as "the quietest man in private but the loudest man on stage." Entwistle who was one of the first to make use of Marshall stacks, in an attempt to hear himself over the ruckus of his bandmates, who famously leapt and moved about on the stage, with Townshend and Moon smashing their instruments on numerous occasions. (Moon even employed explosives in his drum kit during one memorable performance). Pete Townshend later remarked that John started using Marshalls in order to hear himself over drummer Keith Moon's rapid-fire drumming style, and Townshend himself also had to use them just to be heard over John. They both continued expanding and experimenting with their rigs, until (at a time when most bands used 50–100 watt amplifiers with single cabinets) they were both using twin Stacks with new experimental prototype 200 watt amps. However, no matter what was taking place on stage, Entwistle stood by calmly and quietly, while plucking the strings very fast, in what was later described as his "typewriter" technique of playing, which earned him the name "Thunderfingers" by his bandmates and some fans of the Who. The band had a strong influence on the equipment of their contemporaries at the time, with Cream and the Jimi Hendrix Experience both following suit. Although they pioneered and directly contributed to the development of the "classic" Marshall sound (at this point their equipment was being built/tweaked to their personal specifications), they would only use Marshalls for a couple of years. Entwistle eventually switched to using a Sound City rig in search of his perfect sound, with Townshend following suit later as well. Townshend points out that Jimi Hendrix, their new label mate, was influenced beyond just the band's volume. Both Entwistle and Townshend had begun experimenting with feedback from the amplifiers in the mid-1960s, and Hendrix had not begun destroying his instruments until after he had witnessed The Who's "auto-destructive art".

Entwistle backstage with The Who, 1967
Entwistle's wry and sometimes dark sense of humour clashed at times with Pete Townshend's more introspective work. Though he continued to contribute material to all of The Who's albums, with the exception of Quadrophenia, his frustration with having his material recorded by the band, only to relinquish the position of vocalist to Daltrey, was a large part of the reason[citation needed] he became the first member of the band to release a solo record, Smash Your Head Against the Wall (1971). The only member of the band to have had formal training, he contributed backing vocals and performed on the French horn (heard in "Pictures of Lily"), trumpet, bugle, and jaw harp, and on some occasions (generally at least once per album & concert), lead vocalist on his compositions, the only exceptions being the first verse of "Happy Jack" and Ivor's part on "A Quick One, While He's Away". Examples are on Tommy, ("Cousin Kevin", "Fiddle About"), on the live favourite "Heaven and Hell", and on Who's Next ("My Wife"). He layered several horns and performed all pieces to create the brass as heard on songs such as "5:15", among others, while recording the Who's studio albums, and for concerts, arranged a horn section to perform with the band. In concert, Entwistle was content to stand quite still beside the uproar onstage, delivering dense and high-energy body to the music, but taking the spotlight only when singing lead. The exception was blinding illumination of his roaring solo notes in opening "Pinball Wizard".

Entwistle playing at Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto 1976 Photo: Jean-Luc Ourlin
Entwistle also experimented throughout his career with "bi-amping," where the high and low ends of the bass sound are sent through separate signal paths, allowing for more control over the output. At one point his rig became so loaded with speaker cabinets and processing gear that it was dubbed "Little Manhattan," in reference to the towering, skyscraper-like stacks, racks and blinking lights.
His "full treble, full volume" approach to bass sound was originally supposed to be captured in the bass solo to "My Generation". According to Entwistle, his original intention was to feature the distinctive Danelectro Longhorn bass, which had a very twangy sound, in the solo, but the strings kept breaking. Eventually, he recorded a simpler solo using a pick with a Fender Jazz Bass strung with LaBella tapewound strings. This solo bass break is important as it is one of the earliest bass solos (if not the first) captured on a rock record. A live recording of The Who exists from this period (c. 1965), with Entwistle playing a Danelectro on "My Generation", giving an idea of what that solo would have sounded like.

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