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JON HAMMOND Instruments: Organ, Accordion, Piano, Guitar Attended: Berklee College of Music 1974 Languages: English, German *Jon is currently Host of daily CBS radio program HammondCast on KYOU & KYCY 1550 AM, 7 days a week at 4AM PST.

Friday, March 28, 2008

How to do a GREEN Music Tour by Jon Hammond



*Note: Excerpt from article in April 2008 ALLEGRO Magazine of Local 802 Musicians Union in honor of Earth Day April 22 and Environmentalism "Beat On The Street":


I am about to go over to Germany for my annu-
al music tour with my Hammond organ so I’d like
to tell you my way of doing a “green tour” that I
have perfected.
In the past, a Hammond B3 organ weighed 425
pounds (without the Leslie speaker) so it was not
possible for me to take one to Europe.
In 1991, I got the first really portable model. It
was one of the first 10 prototypes of the Ham-
mond-Suzuki XB-2, with multi-voltage for any-
where in the world.
I flew over to Germany with it on Pakistan Airlines.
I found that by using a Kart-A-Bag Super 600
heavy-duty luggage cart with “stair slides” (like
what UPS and FedEx uses), I could hoist it up on
to any train or bus.
I traveled all over Europe this way, and was pic-
tured doing it eventually in a magazine ad for Kart-
A-Bag for quite a while. They had a contest going for
a long time where they would give away one “Ham-
mond Super 600 Kart-A-Bag” every month from a
drawing.
I jokingly refer to it as my “tour bus.” I see a lot of
bands touring with big tour buses and they look real
nice and comfy but they also burn a lot of fuel.
With my technique I ride on the high speed trains
in Germany, the local trains, up and down in the
Metro of Paris and in Prague on the street cars.
Jon Hammond

*Photo:
Organist and Local 802 member Jon Hammond with
his touring rig waiting for a train in Germany. One
way to go green is to skip the tour bus altogether.

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Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Satin Doll - JON HAMMOND Band in JAZZKELLER


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Onstage camera with crystal-clear Digital Audio: Duke Ellington classic "Satin Doll" performed in JAZZKELLER FRANKFURT by JON HAMMOND Band featuring tenor saxophonist TONY LAKATOS, trombonist GUENTER BOLLMANN, HEINZ LICHIUS drums, JON HAMMOND XK-1 Hammond organ / bass at annual Musikmesse Warm Up Party. Jon is host of daily radio program HammondCast on KYOURADIO 1550 AM ©2008 http://www.HammondCast.com

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Sunday, March 23, 2008

Dr. Hip Pocrates (Eugene Schoenfeld) aka Dr. Hip on HammondCast KYOURADIO


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Excerpt from Jon Hammond's daily radio program HammondCast on KYOURADIO:
Dr. Schoenfeld is the author of four books: Dear Dr. Hip Pocrates, Natural Food And Unnatural Acts, Jealousy: Taming The Green-Eyed Monster, and Dr. Hip’s Down-To-Earth Health Guide and worked with Dr. Albert Schweitzer in Lambarene, Gabon. Jon and Dr. Schoenfeld speaking about the 'Golden Years' of 60's in SF and his work with Dr. Schweitzer. http://www.eugeneschoenfeld.com/ ©2008 http://www.HammondCast.com

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