Musicale Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Unbelievable free Show last night at McAninch Arts Center Glen Ellyn, Il. The XK5 along with a 3300 Leslie was completely awesome. The cleanest Hammond I have ever heard, simply marvelous. Along with the trio, we were treated to Fareed Haque on Guitar and Brian Charette on the SK2. First set was Beatles centric and outstanding. The highlight of the Beatles set was Can't Buy Me Love with extended soloing and Mr. Alfredson was simply astounding in this piece. The second set introduced Brian Charette and Fareed Haque. The quintet was also magnificent. A highlight was a heavily improvised Isn't She Lovely. The final encore was a clinic in Jam session. I did not recognize the tune, seemed to be in a minor key. At times when Fareed was soloing, I closed my eyes and thought I was at a Grateful Dead concert, he sounded like Garcia on steroids ( or other performance enhancing substances). This show also demonstrated that it is not the engine that drives the Hammond. Both gents played the SK2 and the SK5 at different times. Brian Charette sounded very good on the SK2 but when he got behind the SK5 he was a completely different and fantastic player as well. I was not familiar with Mr. Charette but highly recommend checking him out. I can go on and on... The Organissmo Beatles CD was unfortunately not available yet, but that is a must buy... Musicale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markyboard Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Nice! I'll have to check if he's coming to DC anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMcS Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Maybe the XK-5 will be with Jim here too: http://calendar.hope.edu/event/hope_college_b3_summit#.V63na4WcHZe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe P Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Thanks for the review! Mr. Charette writes instructional articles for the magazine. Regards, Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Weiser Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Jim is a raging badass of the highest degree and one hell of a good guy. I cannot overstate how much fun it is to see/hear this cat play live. #morebostonshowsplease https://www.theboywhowantedtorock.com http://www.weisersound.com https://www.facebook.com/weisersound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Maybe the XK-5 will be with Jim here too: http://calendar.hope.edu/event/hope_college_b3_summit#.V63na4WcHZe It will indeed. Thanks for the kind words, gentlemen. I very much appreciate it. That was a really fun concert. Keep it greazy! B3tles - Soul Jazz THEO - Prog Rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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