montunoman Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 Can anybody recomend some players or bands that has some nice organ comping and solos on simple slow blues (not jazz blues. My new band mates are always telling me that I sound like a jazzer trying to play rock. I already got tons of advice on my last post regarding who to listen for rock piano, now I need to know to listen for blues/rock organ. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botch Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 Tom Petty's Heartbreakers, Benmont Tench's your man. Although it's not all blues I've learned a lot from him. Botch In Wine there is Wisdom In Beer there is Freedom In Water there is bacteria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonglow Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 Gregg Allman may represent an option for rock/blues organ although I'm not sure how much of it is "slow." "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewall08530 Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 For blues, check out anything by Shemekia Copeland. Her keyboard player, Jeremy Baum is very talented and always seems to play just the right thing for the song. Also Robert Cray's keyboard player is a good person to check out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linwood Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 http://www.phantombluesband.com/ check out Barnyard Blues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz+ Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 BB King records with Duke Jethro on organ. Harry was the Technical Editor of Mark Levine's "The Jazz Theory Book" and helped develop "The Jazz Piano Book." Find 800 of Harry's solo piano arrangements and tutorials at https://www.patreon.com/HarryLikas These arrangements are for teaching solo piano chording using Harry's 2+2 harmony method. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABECK Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 Gregg Allman may represent an option for rock/blues organ although I'm not sure how much of it is "slow." Ditto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richwhite9 Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 Bruce Katz is very good. Some albums are straight blues like Mississippi Moan. You can check out a range of MP3s at his site. Your band mates probably want you to play somehing like this on slow blues? http://www.brucekatzband.com/mp3s/mississippimoan.mp3 http://www.brucekatzband.com/mp3s/A_Deeper_Blue/02%20Greasy%20Sticks.mp3 http://www.brucekatzband.com/mp3s/three_feet.mp3 I liked him with Ronnie Earl and I liked him solo. He does some nice Gospel/Jazz/Blues mash ups too. Mississipi Moan is pretty much blues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowerhodes Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 Also Robert Cray's keyboard player is a good person to check out. +1 and for the record his name is Jim Pugh. Fender Rhodes (x4) / Wurlitzer 200A / NE3 61 / Motif XS6 / Korg SV-1 73 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewall08530 Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 "+1 and for the record his name is Jim Pugh." Thanks lowerhodes. I could not remember his name, for the life of me, and was too lazy to look it up. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Loving Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 I'd just spend an hour a day listening hard to the above examples, katz and mike finnagin - lordy! That's about all you need to know right there. "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latchmo Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 Lucky Peterson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Pierce Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 Gregg Alman is exactly what I was going to say. Shemekiah's guy is hard to go wrong with, too. If your bandmates want you to sound more rock-influenced, it might not be a bad idea to listen to Gregg Rolie. Both in the early Santana stuff, and the VERY early Journey (before Steve Perry joined the band). Great rock organ, with strong blues influences. "Look Into The Future" would be a good album to buy and listen to. --Dave Make my funk the P-funk. I wants to get funked up. My Funk/Jam originals project: http://www.thefunkery.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delirium Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 (btw on S90) ♫♫♫ motif XS6, RD700GX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linwood Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 (btw on S90) Boy, that must have driven Tom Canning nutz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loxley11 Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 Do we consider Stevie Ray Vaughn "jazz" blues? He always seemed like a good place to get solid blues organ comping. Lotsa 9th chords tho. Maybe that's too jazzy? "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face" -Mike Tyson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon May Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 The tune "Glamour Girl" by Ron Kraemer & The Hurricanes - Live at the Pine Tavern. A "Stormy Monday" type structure with John Peters (?) on organ "I'm well acquainted with the touch of a velvet hand..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonysounds Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 Benmont Tench definitely. (DAMN THE TORPEDOS is a great album to start with)) Steve Winwood (About Time), and his work with Traffic (John Barleycorn Must Die) Greg Rolie (Santana, Abraxas) Billy Preston (Eric Clapton's ONE MORE CAR, ONE MORE RIDER, everything you need to know Hammond is on there!) Neal Doughty (Reo Speedwagon, VERY underated rock Hammond playerfind some 70s/early 80s stuff) Jon Lord (Deep Purple's Machine Head, Burn) Richard Wright (Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon) Hitting "Play" does NOT constitute live performance. -Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gismo Recording Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 +1 on Billy Preston. Also he does a fantastic organ solo on the song "I've Got the Blues" by the Rolling Stones on the Sticky Fingers album. Ken Denny Gismo Recording So Cliché Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue JC Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Art Neville (The Meters and The Neville Brothers) Ivan Neville (his nephew) Chris Stainton (Eric Clapton and Joe Cocker) Ian McClagan (Small Faces and The Stones) Lucky Peterson. Billy Preston. Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer. W. C. Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Nightime Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Jon Lord's "Live at the Basement" with the Hootchie-Cootchie men is a great example as well. Listen to the newest SRV after Reese Wynans joined the band. Also, Reese lends his expertise to Los Lonely Boys as well. "In the beginning, Adam had the blues, 'cause he was lonesome. So God helped him and created woman. Now everybody's got the blues." Willie Dixon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe P Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Montuno, Ditto on Greg Allman. Check him out on the live version of Stormy Monday, and the studio version of Jelly, Jelly. The comping is just as important as the solos, if not more important. Less is more. Regards, Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Golly Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Reese Wynans (Delbert McClinton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Los Lonely Boys, etc.). Jon Cleary (too many artists to mention, clonk here) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Golly Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Listen to the newest SRV after Reese Wynans joined the band. Also, Reese lends his expertise to Los Lonely Boys as well. Damn, that's what I get for pausing to look up Jon Cleary's discography page... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Nightime Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 The night before I saw Reese with SRV, I jammed with him. A true gentleman and a great player. I learned a lot about playing blues organ just by sharing the stage with him. "In the beginning, Adam had the blues, 'cause he was lonesome. So God helped him and created woman. Now everybody's got the blues." Willie Dixon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Nightime Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Reese Wynans (Delbert McClinton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Los Lonely Boys, etc.). Jon Cleary (too many artists to mention, clonk here) I thought that sounded like reese with Delbert. "In the beginning, Adam had the blues, 'cause he was lonesome. So God helped him and created woman. Now everybody's got the blues." Willie Dixon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linwood Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Better add Al Kooper to the top of the list. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxpiviK3TrM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANotherB3dude Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Dave Greenslade - Colosseum is also worth a listen or two. I love the Hammond playing on "Those about to die" and the wah wah solo on "Beware the ides of March" is just sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmymio Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 BB King records with Duke Jethro on organ. Never heard Duke play B3 but i used to play his B3. It lived for awhile on the stage at Jack's, a blues club on Fillmore in San Francisco. I think BB was a part owner. JP 1935 Mason & Hamlin Model A Korg Kronos 2 73 Nord Electro 6D 61 Yam S90ES Rhodes Stage 73 (1972) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepay Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 Like the Reese Wynans and Jon Lord suggestions. Check out the keyboards in the following: Keb Mo -- Soon As I Get Paid; I'm On Your Side Anthony Gomes -- Darkest Before the Dawn; Lonely At The Bottom Allman Brothers -- Statesboro Blues; Southbound (not really that slow, but basic stuff...and it's still cool and great) Eric Clapton (with Billy Preston on piano) -- 32-20 Blues (this is more rockin' than the others); Come In My Kitchen SRV -- Crossfire; House Is A' Rockin' (pretty fast, but basic) Little Feat -- Dixie Chicken Deep Purple -- Lazy Jonny Lang -- Second Guessing (GREAT song!; very simple piano with organ); Lie To Me The Doors -- Roadhouse Blues; LA Woman Los Lonely Boys -- Crazy Dream; Heaven Doug Lamb -- Time To Get Serious (funky bluesy clav) Kenny Wayne Shepherd -- Somehow Somewhere Someway Blues Traveler -- Runaround (G, C, Am, D progression the whole way through, so EASY to jam to) Derek and the Dominoes -- Key To The Highway Chuck Berry -- Johnny B. Goode Walter Trout -- The Best You Got (AWESOME SONG!); I'm Tired Steve (Stevie Ray) "Do the chickens have large talons?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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