Hey, what's that sound: Hammond organ

Once a fixture in American churches, the Hammond's soulful sound soars through gospel, jazz, psychedelia and garage rockWhat is it? The most iconic and greatest of all organs! The Hammond has been described as both cool and cheesy over the decades, but its singular appeal has endured well into the organ's seventh decade.Who uses it? Gospel soars on the Hammond, it's the spangly grot under the fingernails of rhythm and blues and garage rock, it adds a whirling psychedelic mania to prog and a reas...

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