Hammond Report September 25 2020 from Pandemic Quarantino - Daily Music and Stories from the organist & accordionist Jon Hammond, today's story about opening of the very first Music China in , I met the musicians from the official China Marching Band and amazingly some of their band instruments came from Indiana, the long way! That evening I played a jazz set with my friend Danny Woody and his combo in the and surprisingly I ran in to my friend Mayor Willie Brown of San Francisco who I had just seen a few days earlier in San Francisco CA! Small world in music folks, stay safe out there - keep masking up and I'll be back tomorrow with another Hammond Report,

Hammond Report September 23 2020 from Pandemic Quarantino - Daily Music and Stories from the organ player & accordionist Jon Hammond, today's story about playing one of my gigs in Lissania Essay on the Kaiser Strasse by the with my band playing original composition "Nu Funk" aka "Hip Hop Chitlins" with the late great funky drummer (long-time drummer Sons of Champlin) Barry Finnerty guitar, Al Wittig tenor and yours truly Jon Hammond at the XB-2 Hammond organ, and current events for today - stay safe out there folks and keep masking up in the pandemic! I'll be back tomorrrow with another Hammond Report - Jon Hammond 

Hammond Report September 22 2020 from Pandemic Quarantino - Daily Music and Stories from the organist and accordionist Jon Hammond, today's story about laying down my tune entitled "Head Phone" and footage from Jazz Kneipe in Frankfurt on the Berliner Strasse where I played more than 200 times with my well-traveled XB-2 Hammond organ - on the band here are James Preston drums, Al Wittig tenor saxophone, Barry Finnerty guitar and yours truly Jon Hammond at the organ - and current events, sadly we had over 200,000 deaths from the Coronavirus now, so please be real careful out there everybody and keep masking up in this pandemic! And get out and vote, very important election!

This is your Lucky Day! I'll be back tomorrow with another Hammond Report, 

Jon Hammond 

Hammond Report September 20 2020 from Pandemic Quarantino Jon Hammond - Daily Music and Stories from the organist & accordionist Jon Hammond, today's story about playing in Hamburg Harburg Germany in a kneipe called Schnulze, with my friend the late great saxophonist Lutz Büchner, Sandra Hempel guitar, Heinz Lichius drums and yours truly Jon Hammond at the organ. My friend Michael August aka ILLUSTRATORP put the gig together. This was back when you could smoke inside, very smokey gig! Stay safe out there folks, keep masking up in this pandemic! I'll be back with another Hammond Report tomorrow,

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Hammond Report September 19 2020 from Pandemic Quarantino Jon Hammond - Daily Music and Stories from the organist & accordionist Jon Hammond, today's story about playing a gig in , the dance floor is open! I was reflecting on the very sad loss yesterday of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, when I was a young organ player on a gig where a fight broke out the bandleader told me "Don't stop playing, play faster play louder!" and now the gloves come off folks - this will be a fight of epic proportions! RBG's dying wish was to not be replaced until we have a new president. So don't give in to despair, it's time to fight like hell instead! Stay safe everybody, keep masking up in this pandemic! I'll be back tomorrow with another Hammond Report - -