B-3 - Very Important!

Whoever knew there were so many B3's that are important things in life.

There's the B-3 Bomber. Wow! Looks like a space ship and does really cool secret things that I can't tell you about. (I'm assuming you don't have the security clearance...)

Then of course vitamin B3 a.k.a. Niacin. Apparently (as seen in this picture) it's very important.

But one of my favorite B3's is the Hammond B3.

On it's 50th birthday (2005) The British Broadcasting Corporation said this, "The Hammond Organ is Alive & Kicking....there's just no substitute for the real Thing!"

http://www.hammond-organ.com/Products/B3.htm

It has a very cool, distinct sound with it's draw bars, rotating Leslie.

Wikipedia says this, "While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the pipe organ, it became the de facto standard for jazz, blues, and rock music (in the 1960s and 1970s) and gospel music. "

Several of our new choir songs have a B3 in the accompaniment. They sound great when we sing thrm by the way. We'll work on trying to duplicate that wounderful B3 sound on the keyboards we have.

I can just see that wild gospel look in Mrs. Church's eyes as she does a glissando...