When Jon Lord was replaced in Deep Purple by Don Airey, he left the hammond behind, Airey said in the Courier Mail, April 13, 2004:
"I made a conscious decision to get the sound Jon got in the early '70s. I was quite pleased, it's quite hard to record a Hammond."
The organ is question is the original 1963 C3, bought by Lord from Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie in 1974. "He's passed it on but I added the proviso that he could have it back if he wanted."
Now, some 30 years since kicking off his music career, Airey is relishing his gig with Deep Purple as icing on a very rich cake indeed, with a couple of individual projects up his sleeve as well.
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