Trail of the Organ

[David]

Originally Posted by michelej1

And I saw this on a Hammond message board:

The cutdown B3 was probably suggested to Chris by others in the band. They wanted her to stand out more as the band became more famous. So starting with the Rumours tour, she had a B3 that was recased into a smaller, sleeker black carrier, & she cut out the mostly unnecessary ARP synthesizer (the one that blocks her in so obstructively on the Landover MD 1975 video). The ARP was allegedly there only for "Sunny Side of Heaven," but the only two "Heavens" we have on tape -- Rumours tour rehearsal & South Orange NJ 1975 -- use the B3 on it. Puzzling.

Interesting, too, that Chris played a C3 rather than a B3 in earlier years (pre-1975). Is it true that the C3 sounds exactly like the B3?