New York, NY -- Jon Hammond and Swiss Chris in the diner with special edition Swiss Chris Vic Firth drumsticks
Special guest Lee Oskar harmonica
Jon Hammond Sk1 Hammond organ, Tony Lakatos P.Mauriat tenor saxophone, Joe Berger guitar, Giovanni Gulino drums, Lee Oskar harp
Blip TV http://blip.tv/jon-hammond/white-onions-2012-musikmesse-warm-up-party-jon-hammond-band-6141867
YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Erm1jEvuN0Y
Jon Hammond's Annual Musikmesse Warm Up Party in Jazzkeller Frankfurt
"White Onions" by Jon Hammond, special guest Lee Oskar harmonica,
Tony Lakatos tenor saxophone, Giovanni Gulino drums, Joe Berger guitar,
Jon Hammond at Sk1 Hammond organ / bass
special thanks Thomas Eich TecAmp - 2 x 12" Neodymium Speakers with TecAmp power amp on my organ
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My first brand new car, it was a 1976 Honda Civic CVCC Hatchback. It cost me $3,650 right off the showroom floor and came with an AM radio, crank windows, the car boogied!
Jon Hammond playing his Cordovox Super V
*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Legendary Jam Of The Year Band Little Wing Hendrix Tribute Musikmesse
http://archive.org/details/LegendaryJamOfTheYearBandLittleWingHendrixTributeMusikmesse
YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcy1arOJrRQ
2012 Frankfurt Musikmesse backstage at the big Agora Stage just seconds before going on the bandstand in concert with Tommy Denander's Allstar band, with footage from the concert of Hendrix tribute playing Little Wing with these great musicians:
"The legendary Jam-of-the Year Band" with Bobby Kimball (TOTO), Tommy Denander (guitar player, e.g. for Michael Jackson), Bruce Gaitsch (guitar player, e.g. for Richard Marx), Chuck Plaisance vocals, Curt Bisquera (drummer, e.g. for Tina Turner) und Jekko S. Jon Hammond at the Sk1 Hammond organ, Zlatko Jimmy Kresic keys, Pi TTi Hecht percussion
* Special thanks Wolfgang Luecke Frankfurt Messe, GEWA Music, Ralf J. Richter aka Jackson and Team for incredible stage support and Ralph Heinrich for the fantastic board mix, dankeschoen! sincerely, Jon Hammond
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Frankfurt Germany -- Hammond Suzuki Sk1 Organ Stage Keyboard is awarded 2 top prizes MIPA Keyboard of The Year - Jon Hammond reporting
Michael Falkenstein *here with MIPA Award gave acceptance speech in English, nice job Michael!
Product Award Tastenwelt Keyboard of The Year Stageorgeln from Thilo M. Kramny and Karl Stechl of PPVMEDIEN GmbH
held high by Siem Lassche as Jennifer Schiele Michael Falkenstein (pointing) of Hammond Suzuki Europe Germany and Dirk Mertens of HS Europe look on
L to R: in Messe Frankfurt Congress Centrum: Michael Falkenstein, Dirk Mertens, Siem Lassche, Yu Beniya Suzuki Musical Instruments - photo by Jon Hammond
Malc Deakin Hammond Suzuki UK expertly plays the B3mk2 + 3300W high-power Leslie at Hammond Stand 2012 Musikmesse - photo by Jon Hammond
Jon Hammond with award winning Hammond Sk1
Jon Hammond played the Hammond Sk1 daily on Agora Stage with Tommy Denander all star "Legendary Jam Of The Year" Band
*Photos by Milena Broniowska
Jon Hammond backing vocalist Chuck Plaisance on Jimi Hendrix' Little Wing
Jon Hammond and Tommy Denander
*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Tommy Denander Movie - Interview and Concert 2012 Musikmesse
http://archive.org/details/TommyDenanderMovie-InterviewAndConcert2012Musikmesse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv635mBEmE4
Tommy Denander guitarist extraordinaire, producer and recording artist on more than 2000 hit records here in backstage interview with Jon Hammond organist and host of HammondCast and long-time NYC cable TV show The Jon Hammond Show, also Bobby Kimball of Toto! This interview happened at 2012 Frankfurt Musikmesse backstage at the big Agora Stage just seconds before going on the bandstand in concert with Tommy's Allstar band, with footage from the concert of Hendrix tribute with musicians „The legendary Jam-of-the Year"-band with Bobby Kimball (TOTO), Tommy Denander (guitar player, e.g. for Michael Jackson), Bruce Gaitsch (guitar player, e.g. for Richard Marx), Chuck Plaisance vocals, Curt Bisquera (drummer, e.g. for Tina Turner) und Jekko S. Jon Hammond at the Sk1 Hammond organ, Jimmy Kresic keys, Pitti Hecht percussion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Denander Tommy explains his VGS signature guitars with special fret design with Evertune bridge and the True Temperament fretting system. Special thanks Wolfgang Luecke Frankfurt Messe, GEWA Music, Ralf J. Richter aka Jackson and Team for incredible stage support and Ralph Heinrich for the fantastic board mix, dankeschoen! sincerely, Jon Hammond http://www.hammondCast.com
http://blip.tv/jon-hammond/tommy-denander-movie-interview-and-concert-2012-musikmesse-6049823
http://vimeo.com/39257332
Tommy Denander Movie - Interview and Concert 2012 Musikmesse from Jon Hammond on Vimeo.
special thanks "Tachi" Waichiro Tachikawa, Yu Beniya, Taki Manager Product Development Suzuki Musical Instruments Team, sincerely, Jon Hammond Sk1 in action with Jon Hammond *WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Head Phone Newessbar Hamburg Jon Hammond Band http://archive.org/details/HeadPhoneNewessbarHamburgJonHammondBand
Large Size Head Phone Newessbar Hamburg Jon Hammond Band
Jon Hammond Band in Hamburg at Newessbar performing funky original composition "Head Phone"
Lutz Buechner tenor sax
Heinz Lichius drums
Joe Berger guitar
Jon Hammond Sk1 Hammond organ and bass
Special thanks Roman Kumutat sound engineer, Olaf Gödecke, Knut Benzner NDR Radio, Jens Borgmann and Sabine Borgmann Route 66 Hamburg *see Jon's T-Shirt http://www.HammondCast.com
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New York NY -- Jon Hammond and Swiss Chrisin the diner
holding special Swiss Chris edition Vic Firth drumsticks
Check them out at 2012 Winter NAMM Mercy Mercy
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First time to NAMM Show - Suzuki Harmonica artist KOEI TANAKA from Tokyo Japanhttp://www.tanakakoei.com/ with JOE BERGER aka The Berger-Meister on guitar through Leslie G37 guitar combo amp, SWISS CHRIS getting down with custom Vic Firth drum sticks only on practice pad for low volume trade show performance with JON HAMMOND at Sk1 Hammond combo organ
holding special Swiss Chris edition Vic Firth drumsticks
Check them out at 2012 Winter NAMM Mercy Mercy
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First time to NAMM Show - Suzuki Harmonica artist KOEI TANAKA from Tokyo Japanhttp://www.tanakakoei.com/ with JOE BERGER aka The Berger-Meister on guitar through Leslie G37 guitar combo amp, SWISS CHRIS getting down with custom Vic Firth drum sticks only on practice pad for low volume trade show performance with JON HAMMOND at Sk1 Hammond combo organ
— with Swiss Chris atTimes Square NYC.
Swiss Chris, Sticking, Vic Firth, Drumsticks, Diner, New York City, Jon Hammond, Super funky
*WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: White Onions 2012 Musikmesse Warm Up Party Jon Hammond Band
http://archive.org/details/WhiteOnions2012MusikmesseWarmUpPartyJonHammondBand
Tommy Denander Movie - Interview and Concert 2012 Musikmesse from Jon Hammond on Vimeo.
special thanks "Tachi" Waichiro Tachikawa, Yu Beniya, Taki Manager Product Development Suzuki Musical Instruments Team, sincerely, Jon Hammond Sk1 in action with Jon Hammond *WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: Head Phone Newessbar Hamburg Jon Hammond Band http://archive.org/details/HeadPhoneNewessbarHamburgJonHammondBand
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Tour de Force 1966! from left - right: John, Jon, George, Ringo, Paul Unfortunately 2 of the fellows have passed away now, but I'm doing better than all of them! 
*Note: A sad note about the passing of Jimmy Smith, Feb. 9 2005 in Scottsdale AZ just one month after receiving NEA Jazz Masters Award. Jon Hammond said about Jimmy Smith: "He played more organ with one hand tied behind his back than many others!" His left side had been compromised for some time but he still out-grooved with right hand. For Jon Hammond's 2005 IAJE jazz educators pictures:
Where's Jon?! Current itinerary dates at bottom, scroll down. Announcing to the people at Shoreline Ampitheatre that we have been invited back to be on the program of NEW ORLEANS BY THE BAY FOOD AND MUSIC FESTIVAL again next year by the Bill Graham Presents people in San Francisco, Cal. JUNE 22 & 23 at Shoreline Ampitheatre-NEW ORLEANS BY THE BAY FOOD AND MUSIC FESTIVAL!! Be sure and catch Jon Hammond & Band at John Lee Hooker's BOOM BOOM ROOM Aug. 14 Outside concerts: Sept. 29-Boedeckker Park, Tenderloin SF Oct. 5-Yerba Buena Garden-SF Sept. 13- in San Jose Airport Southwest Airlines Boarding Area Oct. 10-Manhattan Plaza, New York City Oct. 31-Halloween Party, Laguna Honda Hospital Nov. 30-Boom Boom Room w/ James Brown's drummer Erik Hargrove Dec. 5- Opera Plaza, S.F. Dec. 8- Laguna Honda Hospital Dec. 9-11 OLYMPIC VOYAGER Dec. 25- HHRC Club Jan. 8-11- Westin Rio Resort Puerto Rico March 7-11- Frankfurt Musikmesse 2001 March 9 & 10th- Jazzkeller Hofheim 15 jahr Jubilee Party! *Note: Special Thanks to the musicians...Erik Hargrove of James Brown Soul Generals, Kevin Mauder, Tyrone Starks, Christian Munchinger, Steven King, Tony Horowitz, Lee Oskar (WAR), and especially main man Robert Hutya of Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg and brother Otmar Hutya for helping to make the shows at Musikmesse 2001 a big success!! **And Marco Galeazzi, Donatella and the Excelsior CEMEX team...Special Grazzia!! FRITZ Magazine-Manuel Schreiner, Joachim "Jo-Jo" Tucksen and Jazzkeller Hofheim team, Yucel "ALI" Atiker-Frankfurt, Jennifer Frizzell United Airlines, Scott Cooper-Universal Video Studios, Joe Berger-B.E.A.M. Audio. March 19th, 2001 Manhattan Plaza (my own birthday party with special friends!) June 23 & 24th, Shoreline Ampitheatre-New Orleans by the Bay Food and Music Festival March 2002- Musikmesse 2002 (16 year JUBILEE!) *March 2002...Return to the Jazzkeller Hofheim! BIG PARTY!! April 28th, 2001-Laguna Honda Hospital, 2 hour walkaround the wards with accordion April 30th, John Lee Hooker's BOOM BOOM ROOM in San Francisco June 2-Laguna Honda Hospital, Clarendon Building June 9th 2001, Opening ceremonies for Emeryville California CITY HALL! June 9th pm-Fairmont Hotel, grand piano June 10th-Hotel Pierre, San Francisco June 15th-Laguna Honda Hospital, Clarendon Building *note! June 23 and 24th Shoreline Show with Bonnie Raitt and The Funky Meters! July 1-Boom Boom Room, S.F. July 10-Manhattan Plaza July 13-NDR Radio Broadcast Hamburg Germany July 17th-NOON TIME SHOW outside at 1275 Market St. San Francisco! August 25th-solo accordion at Laguna Honda Hospital, Clarendon Building August 29th-*NOTE! This show canceled NOON TIME SHOW outside at 525 Market St. San Francisco...don't go. Sept. 20th: Taping: The Jon Hammond Show-big band arrangements of music of Led Zeppelin conducted by trumpeter Bill Warfield at Local 802 hall on W. 48th St. Manhattan **tune in on Time/Warner MNN TV! Sept. 30-Oct. 8th Hamburg Germany Oct. 27th-Laguna Honda Hospital Psych Ward, solo accordion in wards Oct. 27th-clubdate SF Nov. 3rd-Laguna Honda Hospitals, "doubles" 4 hours of continuous accordion music in the wards Nov. 5th-12th, recording sessions New York City Nov. 18th-Boom Boom Room, S.F. Dec. 12-Opera Plaza private holiday party Dec. 14-private christmas party Alfred Hitchcock bldg. Dec. 15-doubles in Laguna Honda Hospital Dec. 19-SF County Women's Jail "Pod E" Women's Jail Facility Dec. 21-Laguna Honda Hospital Dec. 27-Kwaanza Celebration with Ronnie Smith-drums at Laguna Honda Hospital Dec. 31-New Years party with Larry Schneider San Francisco HAPPY NEW YEAR 2002! Jan. 17 and 18 Jon Hammond at NAMM Anaheim! Jan. 19-solo accordion Laguna Honda Hospital Jan. 26-solo accordion in locked wards Laguna Honda Hospital Jan. 27-doubles in Laguna Honda Hospital Feb. 4th-Jury Duty New York City! March 1st-Smiley's Schooner Saloon and Hotel, Bolinas CA with Barry Finnerty guitar March 4th-Jon Hammond Funk Explosion at Boom Boom Room SF March 14-Cafe KLEMM-Frankfurt March 15 + 16th-Jazzkeller Hofheim (Germany) March 30-solo show in Psychiatric Ward of Laguna Honda Hospital SF April 8-American Legion Post Building, 248 132nd St. Harlem NYC April 11-Cobb's Corner-S.F. April 13-doubles at Lagua Honda Hospital April 25-Laguna Honda Hospital May 4-Laguna Honda Hospital May 10-Chicago-Green Mill + Chicago Brauhaus May 12-New York-American Legion Post 132nd St. Harlem May 18-Solo Piano FOUR SEASONS HOTEL S.F. May 19-Doubles: Laguna Honda Hospital S.F. June 1 - Doubles: Laguna Honda Hospital, solo on Casio MZ2000 June 6 - Bruno's Nightclub and Restaurant S.F.,, trio on Hammond B3 organ June 7 - Bruno's - trio gig and Police Sound Check pursuant to S.F. Police Commision Hearing June 12- solo piano at Bruno's Nightclub June 14- organ trio at Bruno's Nightclub SF. June 22 and 23-SHORELINE AMPITHEATRE-the 14th annual NEW ORLEANS BY THE BAY FOOD AND MUSIC FESTIVAL..opening show for Taj Mahal and Delbert McClinton! July 6- American Legion Post, Harlem NYC 132nd St. July 9- Recording session with Joe Berger NYC July 13- wedding in Nevada City CA July 19- Laguna Honda Hospital SF July 25- East Park Apartments' "Tony" the maintenance man's retirement luncheon S.F. July 25- Bruno's Nightclub S.F. - organ trio Aug. 17- Wedding gig Central Park NYC Aug. 24- doubles accordion gig at Laguna Honda Hospital Aug. 25- Cotati Accordion Festival Aug. 27- Jon Hammond Trio at Bruno's SF Sept. 6- session with guitarist Bill Wurtzel NYC Sept. 9- production meeting with Bernard Purdie Sept. 11- 9/11 United Airlines / Amercian Airlines Memorial Tribute to the Heroes in Washington Square Park NYC Sept. 19- 2 hour accordion concert Times Square Subway sation Sept. 22- recording session with Ronnie Smith and Alex Budman in Local 6 hall San Frandcisco Sept. 28th- Doubles accordion gig in Clarnedon Hall, Laguna Honda Hospital S.F. October 16-19 MUSIC CHINA Shanghai China! Oct. 16th evening, Jon will perform at the Shanghai Grand Theatre- Opening Night Reception of Music China with FangLin the phenomenal 14 year old accordion champion of China! While in Shanghai Mr. Hammond is a guest of the Renaissance Yangtze Shanghai Hotel: (0086).21-627.50000 Oct. 28- Laguna Honda Hospital, "doubles" solo Oct. 29- Recording at Local 6 hall SF Oct. 29- Bruno's SF with Ronnie Smith/Alex Budman *spcl. guests: Michael Rinta & Joe Rodriguez Nov. 5/6- recording new record- Unique Studios Times Square NYC w/Alex Budman, Ronnie Smith and Joe Berger at the controls. Nov. 16- taping for TV: "Alice in Wonderland" show with Igor & Ilona Kisil and Company at the world-famous Odessa Nightclub in Brighton Beach Brooklyn Nov. 23- Osaka Japan-Rug Time w/ Midori Ono Nov. 27- Photo Shoot for cover: "Hammond's Bolero" Brennan's and train track Berkeley CA Nov. 30- Doubles Laguna Honda Hospital- SF Dec. 3, 4, 5- Studio sessions w/Joe Berger- NYC Dec. 10- Opera Plaza Christmas event- S.F. Dec. 16- SF County Jail #8, "Pod E" Dec. 21- Doubles Laguna Honda Hospital- S.F. Dec. 25th - Christmas show Laguna Honda Hospital Dec. 30 - Session with saxophonist Don Pender and drummer Bob Ramirez at Local 6 Union Hall Dec. 31 - New Years date CANCELED Horizons Sausalito...band replaced with gay dj "party"..don't go! I'll be flying to New York City just in time to catch the ball drop in Times Square. HAPPY NEW YEARS 2003! 2003 Gigs: My new album "Hammond's Bolero" is coming out Jan. 9th! *info:
March 5th 2004, Friday morning bright and early at 7 in the morning, Igor Butman and I met at Port Authority Bus Station and I took Igor out to WBGO radio studios to be a special guest on Gary Walker's morning broadcast. Here they are pictured outside the WBGO 
Mr. Hammond hosting a special tour and promotion of the International Musikmesse in Frankfurt on American military tv! American Forces Network Radio/TV provides programming to the men and women of the American Forces around the world where ever they are. Jon Hammond has broadcast live on the military band on the "Powerlite Show" with in-depth interview and live playing in-studio with his band. And as special host on AFN TV's "Profile Show"!
Jon is playing the World's Largest Hand Built Accordion at the Musikmesse 2002, Frankfurt Germany. It was built by the legendary accordion craftsmen of Castelfidardo Italy.
Solo, Duo, Trio, Quartett or BIG BAND everything to fit your Budget Needs!!
The classic sound of Excelsior 940 Tone Chamber Accordion through house system of Shoreline Ampitheatre utilising the custom Sennheiser Akkordeon Amplification System at the 12th annual New Orleans by the Bay Food and Music Festival
Catch the Jon Hammond Show-Music and Travel Soft News Program on Time/Warner Cable TV New York
Mayor Willie Brown (San Francisco) came to see his good friend Jon Hammond of SF's Local 6 play with Danny Woody at Portman Ritz Carlton Hotel Shanghai CHINA (SF/Shanghai Sister Cities)
Live at Shoreline Ampitheatre!
I never ride BLACK!
The Hammond B3 that I've had since 18 years old. XB-2 on top Excelsior 940 Tone Chamber Accordion at right
"The FINGERS...are the SINGERS!"
HAMMOND EXPLOSION in COOL MONDAY Zurich, Switzerland. The posters were all over town when we got there!
I actually went to Kindergarten with Marc Baum and played in first bands together age 13. The only one who knows me longer than Marc is my mother!
Image seen on DiamondVision Times Square screen 80 times daily for one year (3.5 minute clip)
From Private Eyes reel New York City
Coils by LORI
In Lubeck, Germany with long time musical partner BARRY FINNERTY on guitar..that's history now!
My first days in portable broadcasting mobile on tour-New York 1980
JOE BERGER, known in the biz as "The BERGER-MEISTER" has been an integral part of JH Show since 1986. He has mixed records and played with the Who's Who..including JOHN ENTWISTLE of the WHO...that's right!! JOHN ENTWISTLE....OF THE WHO!!! THIS IS YOUR LUCKY DAY! go to Joe's website:
Hammond doing the famous CLASSIC HAMMOND SOUND IN A SUITCASE SEMINARE at MUZIKA trade show PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
That's me with my mom Edythe, Juanita Escovedo (Mrs. Pete) and legendary studio drummer Bernard Purdie. Juanita is Sheila E's mom. We are at Pete's club in Berkeley Cal. called Mr. E's..recently moved to Alameda.
JH with Tommy Schneider of Hammond Times, Herbert from Hammond Nostalgie Club and drummer Andreas Neubauer...1959 B3 inside van!
This show was sponsored by City Hall and Bank of America. Definately had to break out the B3 there!
from left to right: Barry Finnerty-guitar Larry Schneider-saxes James Preston-drums Marc-BGP sound mixer Jon Hammond-organ/accordion leader
If you go to the Kart-a-Bag website, it is possible to WIN a Jon Hammond Model Super 600 Kart-a-Bag! Exactly like the one on the poster with me that I have used on my world tours.
Hammond with classic VW Beetle in Steinebach in Bayern. On right, Barry Finnerty & Otmar Hutya
Hammond on stage with Christian Muenchenger and Barry Finnerty in Club Xtra COOL MONDAY Show Zurich. Tommy Schneider brought the B3 for me.
Original piece of Beatle Art done for me and signed by John Entwistle...of the WHO!
I played 207 gigs in Jazz Kneipe Frankfurt, until Regina finally closed the doors for good! Was the coolest after hours club on the Frankfurt Jazz Scene. On tenor sax Sgt. Al Wittig U.S. Air Force. Barry Finnerty-guitar. JH on XB-2 Hammond Organ
With Michael Maier Falkenstein and the incredible Tower of Leslie Power at the Hammond Germany Museum, best in the world!
My apartment in Times Square New York after the big Snow Storm! First time in history U.S. Mail was cancelled due to weather!
I took this foto of Ferlinghetti with my Nikon F3 in front of Shakespear and Company book shop in St. Michel Paris 1981. The boy is no longer a boy! Ferlinghetti looks about the same.
Here I am at the microphone of AFN Europe Headquarters in Frankfurt Germany, broadcasting LIVE WORLDWIDE on the Power Network!!
Here I am with old friend, the honorable Terence Hallinan, San Francisco District Attorney. I had the honor of leading the band at his birthday party celebration last Dec. here in S.F.!
Here I am during the days when I was backing up the striptease shows 7 nights a week in Boston's Combat Zone. You can see one of the bottles that some guy probably paid 400 bucks for a short time wih one of our lovely entertainers at the World Famous 2 o'clock lounge. On left you can see the blond Fender Bandmaster I bought at at Leo's Music Store when I was 13 years old! My 1957 Gibson CF100 in my hands.
This was back when we were 2 skinny kids, at my youngest sister's Bat Mitzvah in 1976 Berkeley, California.
On the HAMMONDNOISE 2000 Tour in Bayern. from left to right: Otmar Hutya, Barry Finnerty, Robert Hutya, J.H.
That's how I looked at 13 years old with my Giulietti Tone Chamber Accordion (that was stolen 25 years ago in Boston) and my trophy. I was 13...but I was an OLD 13!
When I woke up in the hotel next to Mozart's house, I looked at the morning paper and found myself big time on the back cover of the Salzburger Nachtrichten! I was a guest next day at the Stadthalle, where they had me sign in on the VIP Guest Book for Salzburg. The picture was taken the night before and in the morning paper!
The FINGERS are the SINGERS! JON HAMMOND was the headline in Jazz Podium, Germany's oldest Jazz Magazine.
Dinner with Derek Tracy, my producer of "Get Back in the Groove" DTI records..at top of the World Trade Towers 107 floors up...it's hard to believe WTC is tragically no longer there.
Jon with producer guitarist Joe Berger and co-leader guitarist Barry Finnerty just before show time at legendary New York Rock Club CBGB's!
Ham-Berger on a roll!! Our first Press Cruise to Bermuda on the maiden voyage of m.v. Horizon, New York to Bermuda...dynamite! We highly recommend Celebrity Cruises! The cuisine created by award winning executive chef Michel Roux was DELICIOUS! Especially the Grand Buffet...Yeah!
We just finished a big live broadcast on RADIO FRANCE INTER with pianist Francoise Pujol (at left), Barry Finnerty (middle), myself on right with my lucky hat on! I am one of few American boys to be presented in concert by Radio France Inter!
Here we are on the main stage (buhne) in the Galleria of Frankfurt International Musikmesse. Barry on left, drummer Andreas Neubauer from Frankfurt and myself on right. Next March will be my 22nd consecutive Musikmesse. Always one of the hightlights of the year for me!
There I am with Lazy Larry under the giant DiamondVision screen Times Square. My show appeared for 3.5 minutes 80 times daily for one year. Plus we did a super psychedelic countdown for New Years Eve that was seen by millions around the world. After wishing the people Happy New Year!, The screen said, "Watch THE JON HAMMOND SHOW Friday nights at 6pm on MCTV!
Michael painted this picture of me from a concert I did in the famous REGINA STRIPTEASE CLUB on Gr. Freiheit , Reeperbahn Hamburg. The place was packed upstairs and downstairs after Knut Benzner got us a nice press article in the Mo Po!
There's Knut in the studio of NDR cutting his "Jazz All Blues" Show together. Knut was my sponsor for 2 years in Hamburg. On the radio, he sounds like the voice of God!
There I am in New York City with my black BMW R100RT and one of the first prototype Sony Betacams from Sony Broadcast on loan to us for field testing on The JH Show.
There I am with my Artist's Model C3 Conservatory Size 6 foot Yamaha Grand Piano that I bought from Peter Frampton (he had 3 pieces). That was my only furniture in the apartment. Just the white piano, a Hammond B3 and an accordion and futon. I did a lot of my writing on that piano.
Tenor saxophonist Bennett Friedman, James Preston drums and Terry Haggerty guitar (of Sons of Champlin) JH at org. This was the original club built by the Kingston Trio (If I Had A Hammer and Michael Row the Boat Ashore). The Trident was a favorite party place for the Rolling Stones and other famous hipsters. Now called Horizons Restaurant...you can tie up your 150 foot boat right outside the window!
Here we are in sub-zero temperature on very top observation deck of Empire State Building. I used to take a 2-way radio up there and broadcast promos for up-coming gigs around New York City...good place to broadcast from!
There I am with Pico, when I played on his show about his life working at the legendary Star Club with the Beatles, Rattles, Chuck Berry and others on the Reeperbahn. This guy was the original deal. He is still there working on the Deutsche Bundesbahn and living on the Hein Hoyer Str. in St. Pauli. Amazing guy and life story. I met some of the originals playing there at the Delphi Music Theatre.
There I am taking care of business in my room at the 5 star L'hotel in Paris France in 1981. This is the place where Oscar Wilde lived out his last days. A favorite low key place where the Rolling Stones and others like to stay. There is no sign indicating it is a hotel. You will see only the golden ram's head above the door on Rue de Beaux Arts in St. Germain on the left bank.
The tree grows right up through the ceiling, and it is like a Fellini movie in there at night. I enjoyed every bite of that meal...perfectly content to enjoy my own company there in my Armani suit. I used to dress up every day for no particular reason back in those days!
This was one of my first steady gigs in Germany in 1991, at a place called John's Place in Saarbrucken on Bleich Str. It is very near the French border there, and there was a healthy mix of German and French people in the after hours place. I am wearing my lucky tie there and my father's white shirt for good luck!
That's how it looked from the stage of my show at the famous Jazzkeller in Frankfurt. The show was sponsored by Philip Morris Tobacco. I don't smoke, but they gave me cartons of cigarettes to give away, all my friends in Germany were overjoyed to receive free cigarettes! The place was packed...Herb Ellis is sitting in the front row. That's my friend Tino holding the video camera at right.
There I am speaking to the French on legendary pirate Radio Tomate in a secret location in Paris. The pirates there actually were squatting in the building. They were very creative...the electricity was brought in and phone lines from unknown sources. The place was manned 24 hours a day. This was in 1981 when the Socialist government was still in power.
There I am on the bandstand of the original Fillmore Auditorium with bandmates Barry Finnerty and James Preston. The original location where I had seen so many fantastic shows as a teenager...right there at corner of Geary Blvd. & Fillmore S.F., Cal. Took me 30 years to get the gig there! We were on the bill with The Sons of Champlin (James is also drummer of Sons) Friday June 4th, 1999. The Fillmore was closed for a long time, but it was lovingly restored by the BGP people in 1994 as a tribute to founder Bill Graham. I was there at the opening party, invited by my old friend Bob Barsotti. It was a great party! Bob doesn't forget his old friends....he sent us a beautiful bottle of Moet Champagne in a bucket of ice with a nice card to our dressing room when we played this gig. I will never forget that gig. The audience was very responsive, and it fulfilled every expectation to be there playing on that very special stage. fotos by John Warne
Here I am in a press photo for one of my earliest gigs...a HOOTENANNY for Pacifica Radio Station KPFA in Berkeley California. When was the last time you were at a Hootenanny?!
Here I am during my radical Vietnam War protesting days in 1968!
16 years old, and I was a super freak..free as a bird! I feel sorry for those who never got to experience the free spirit of those times. We had very little to worry about. Everything was cheap, there was no Aids and the ladies seemed to like my curly hair. That year I was made in to a cartoon character in a comicbook about Natural Hair Care put out by Rolling Stone Magazine. I thought I would be retired by the age of 25...boy, was I wrong!
HADES means HELL, and we were 4 little devils. There we are pictured in the grave yard in El Cerrito California. L. to R. Steve Wright, Jim Thorsen, Dave Danza, JH. All our material was original and we used to practice 5 days a week in a garage where our road crew lived. We had a truck with Hades license plates, a good sound system, 2 roadies and a manager, Jerry Figgoni. This was one of the tightest bands out of the East Bay. We played very often at a hot rock club in those days called, The Longbranch Saloon on San Pablo Ave. in Berkeley. We came very close to some big success with Hades, but then it finally broke up.
Jon with host/producer Chris Cortez in studios of KCSM, the Bay Area's Jazz Radio Station!
