HEY, YOU: KYOU Radio (legally KYCY at 1550 AM), with its mix of podcasts and financial advice shows, may not have many listeners (the Oakland A's broadcasts will help), but it's got its believers -- especially radio pros and musicians getting a chance at a regular show. One of them is Jon Hammond, on most weekdays at 3 p.m. "The old-time spirit lives on AM again," says Hammond, an organist
YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=En_xg8C7aV8
Jon Hammond's annual Musikmesse-Session in Jazzkeller Hofheim, here paying tribute to Jimi Hendrix covering Little Wing
with Joe Berger guitar, Giovanni Gulino drums, Peter Klohmann tenor sax, Jon Hammond on Sk1 Hammond organ
*Note: When Jon Hammond was younger playing electric accordion he was known as The Jimi Hendrix of The Accordion,
see image 1971 age 18 http://www.accordionradio.com
jimi hendrix accordion musikmesse session jazzkeller hofheim spirit
photos by Milena Broniowska
Jon Hammond and Tommy Denander
Jon Hammond at Sk1 Hammond organ with Bruce Gaitsch playing custom VGS Signature Guitar with Evertune bridge like Tommy's guitar has
Tommy Denander and Milena Broniowska backstage at the big Agora Stage 2012 Musikmesse
Hendrix tribute with musicians „The legendary Jam-of-the Year"-band with Bobby Kimball (TOTO), Tommy Denander (guitar player, e.g. for Michael Jackson), Bruce Gaitsch (guitar player, e.g. for Richard Marx), Chuck Plaisance vocals, Curt Bisquera (drummer, e.g. for Tina Turner) und Jekko S. Jon Hammond at the Sk1 Hammond organ, Jimmy Kresic keys, Pitti Hecht percussion
Jon Hammond Intro:
Instruments: Organ, Accordion, Piano, Guitar
Attended: Berklee College of Music 1974, City College San Francisco
Languages: English, German
Jon is closely identified with the two main products of his career, the Excelsior Accordion and the Hammond Organ.
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