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Re: terry riley's organ, Hammond looping



and the yamaha allowed him to tune it to just intonation.
i love his early live sax and organ tape loop pieces, a la
"poppy nogood" and "persian surgery dervishes."
cheers
bruce

On Jul 26, 2004, at 5:43 AM, Stephen Parsick wrote:

> according to Bob Moog in an article by Freff, Riley used a Farfisa 
> when "In
> C" was presented along with "Switched-On Bach" at a press luncheon.
> According to Peter Forrest, Riley later used a Yamaha YC-45D. An 
> outstanding
> organ, indeed, and most un-organish in many respects. I use a YC-30 
> (the
> single manual version) for looping and processing (like Eno did, too).
>
> Stephen.
>
>
>> what organ did Riley use with his Time Lag Accumulator? was it a
>> Hammond, Lowrey, Wurlitzer, or other? if it was a Hammond, does anyone
>> know what model it was?
>>
>> i'm curious because i've finally started to loop my Hammond and i'm
>> interested in precedents in Hammond looping. the only one I have on
>> record is a Jimmy McGriff vs Groove Holmes concert which Jimmy does
>> some textural looping on the Hammond (into a tape echo) on a slow 
>> blues
>> ("Talk To Me" on Giants Of The Jazz Organ Live). funny  ... i always
>> assumed it was Groove that did that because he used an Echoplex quite
>> often in the 70s, but close listening last month showed me it was
>> actually Jimmy, who never used _any_ effects on his organ.
>>
>> if anyone else knows any loopists who use a Hammond, let me know.
>>
>> btw, i've been looping for 8 years and playing organ for 6 and i've
>> NEVER looped the Hammond. don't know why i haven't, other than i
>> usually play bass. Travis H said he was interested in hearing some
>> Hammond looping, so i wired my organ into a crossover so i could play
>> bass and loop my right hand stuff.
>>
>> then i had to plug in the Dan-O-Wah, and the Echo Pro, then i had to 
>> go
>> buy a solid state leslie ...
>>
>> ... now i sound nothing like i did last week.
>>
>> for those interested, i will post recordings soon of this crazy stuff.
>> the Hammond can sound remarkably digital if you do certain things with
>> it.
>> ---
>> Eric Williamson
>> www.suitandtieguy.com
>>
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