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The Hammond organ mention reminded me of this piece on NPR. It’s a great story- listen if you haven’t heard it before.

https://www.npr.org/2015/11/06/454900076/the-day-dylan-got-it-right

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I never thought of "Like a Rolling Stone" as a song using the Hammond organ, but it is.

Recently, I went down the Hammond organ rabbit hole with "Whiter Shade of Pale" and "Roundabout". Especially with Rick Beato's interview with Rick Wakeman.

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Julie - thank you for that link. Huge Al Kooper fan going nearly 60 years back. In my one music class in college I did a presentation on him as an HG Wells of rock/pop music, seeing where things were headed & being present at several creations. His autobiography covers all that, got him to autograph my copy on his promo tour in 1999(?) at Wilberts in Cleveland.

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