Progressive

[hifiguy]

You and I saw the same tour, Joey.  Man, those were the freakin' days.  Didn't know GL was playing Alembic that early.  I remember him playing a Jazz and, for guitar, a Les Paul on that tour. I do recall him playing Alembic on the Works tour with the orchestra, though.
 
I switched from keys to bass for the same reason you did, even though I'd had years of organ lessons.  Even a Hammond M3 required three strong guys to move and that was without the Leslie!

[bigredbass]

And it really broke my heart, you know . . . the first rock and roll records I heard were Spencer Davis' 'Gimme Some Lovin' with Winwood and that massively distorted B-sound, and Seger's 'Ramblin' Man' with more Hammond.  
 
First live band I saw as a kid they did a slow 'Down By The River' with these big Hammond pads in it with all the stage lights shifted to deep blue . . . then straight into Deep Purple's 'Hush', note perfect with you-know-what wailing all the way thru it from TWO Leslies . . . but I just couldn't afford all of that, and guys were always breaking tines in the Rhodes and Wurlitzers, just looked like way too much aggravation.  Oh well . . .
 
J o e y

[cozmik_cowboy]

In '84 I was stage manager for a band that carried a B3 & 2 Leslies; I've recently seen the keyboardist on YouTube in an obvious no-roadie situation, and he was (surprise, surprise) playing a modern all-in-one, carry-it-in-one-hand keyboard.  But I must say the Hammond was 1) well worth the sweat and 2) not as bad as the band where we carried an actual piano.  Just a spinet, to be sure, but still, try putting that on & off 3'-5' high stages by hand every night!  
 
Peter

[lbpesq]

I once played in a band with a guy who had a Hammond - an M3 as I recall - and a Leslie.  He didn't even have a car, just got around Berkeley on a bicycle.  At the time I drove an Opel Kadett wagon and the other guitarist drove a VW squareback.  The other guitarist and I had a running disagreement on which vehicle could hold more.  We found out when we had a gig.  The Hammond was too big for his VW, but just fit in my Opel.  The Leslie took up 2/3 of his VW and the rest of our amps and guitars took up the rest of the VW.  Moving that Hammond was a bear, but it sure sounded sweet!  Ahhh, the memories.
 
Bill, tgo

[sonicus]

I played a gig with a keyboard player about 2 weeks ago that was playing  a  Nord keyboard that had nice B3 emulation .  He also had a small Leslie like sounding speaker cabinet that sounded awesome, that I do not remember the name of at this time . I  will have to ask him  .
 
(Message edited by sonicus on July 09, 2010)