I had a great afternoon with Josh Phillips at the HamLab recently.
As you may know, Josh is the Hammond (and other keyboards) player in Procol Harum.
Josh has being playing Hammond for many years and as well as his Procol Harum connections he has also played with many of the greatest bands and musicians around including the legendary 'Arthur Brown' and currently can be seen with the Jones Gang featuring the incredible drums of Kenny Jones !
We had a great few hours playing around with the various Hammond Leslie options and had a bit of fun jammin' together on a B-3 and Pro system. Eventually we both came to the conclusion that a Pro XK-System on a wooden B-3 style stand with the new Leslie 2101 MK2 was going to do the job nicely.
My quote of the decade comes from Josh ... When asked how important Hammond Organs are to him as a musician he replied ... "As important as OXYGEN" cooooooool !
So the dosh was exchanged and 2 days later his new rig could be seen and heard at a 'Jones Gang' gig.
Procul Harum are back on the road in a few weeks time so check on the dates etc here: http://www.procolharum.com/ and maybe go along and see them and Josh's new toy in action.
Also check out one of Josh's other projects http://www.danandjosh.co.uk/
Not only is he a very talented Hammond Guru .. he is also a very gifted composer and writer / arranger.
I am sure you have all heard the Strictly Come Dancing Theme ...... well thats down to Josh and his partner alongside many other well known TV and film themes.
When we both get chance, I will meet up again and do a full length interview with the man himself.
Cheers
Malc
