As highlighted at the end of part one of this series, events of the late 1920s and early 1930s nearly forced Laurens Hammond to close The Hammond Clock Company. The invention and sales of the Hammond Electric Bridge Table bought Hammond enough time to fully develop his most important invention: The Hammond Organ. The Hammond […]
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Laurens Hammond & the Development of the Hammond Organ: Part I
Laurens Hammond, the inventor of the Hammond Organ, was born in Evanston, Illinois, in 1895. In 1897, Hammond’s father died and his mother, Idea Hammond, moved all four kids to Europe, where they moved around between England, France, and Germany. While in Europe, Hammond began to dabble in engineering and invention. In 1907 at the […]
That Time Chris Stapleton and Justin Timberlake Rocked the Hammond Organ
This tale is not about a record in Tom’s collection nor even is it a classic story of how a Leslie and Hammond interfaced. No, this is the story of how Chris Stapleton and Justin Timberlake came together to create one of the most rousing moments in country music in the past decade. You can […]
The Year That Changed Everything We Know About Leslie Speakers
In 1965, while I and practically every other kid in the United States was trying to the find latest Beatles album, or even anything that sounded like it came from Britain, two events were happening that would change my life and I didn’t even know it. First, the backstory. Don Leslie was an inventor who […]
Tom’s Turntable: Dark Side of the Moon
Every so often we take a look at an album that impacted the life of Tom O’Hanlan, the founder of BookerLAB. Thumping that sounds akin to a heartbeat. The ticks of a clock. Cash registers ringing up sales. Indistinct voices chattering away. Great albums should not start this way, but that is how Dark Side […]
