I think the Holy Grail of the general Hammond B-3 category for organ/keyboard players is anything by Jimmy Smith. I think the Holy Grail of R&R Hammond "explosion" is Donny's find, and, to a lesser extent some of the others mentioned.

My Holy Grail Hammond Pop benchmark is the B-3 ride from the Three Dog Night song, "Out In the Country".

Point is, we AL grew up listening to that GREAT B-3 sound.

I have a B-3, a C-3, an M-100 and a useless little 1949 M., plus an XB-2, a C-1, 145 an 147RV Leslies, a 145 Motion sound and an old Motion sound top Rotor box (Sold the XK-1 system to a neighbor and re-did the little M-100 for the music room-looking for a C-122 to re-do to match).

Still get to play the B-3 3-5 times a month for Jazz Night at a local country club.

Great find, Donny; not off topic at all for us interested in the history of keyboards; the B-3 is, hands down, one of the greatest!


Russ

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