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Dan Mansfield is a Queensland Australia-based musician who plays in a diverse range of musical outfits, including five years with iconic rock band You Am I. As you’ll hear, Dan covers a huge range of genres and also loves repairing Hammond organs and Leslie speakers. There’s also some decent Pink Floyd and Beatles chat. Lots in the episode to check out, no matter where you’re based.
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Discussion topics covered during the show (links will open in new tab):
Playing gigs with George Golla, Kevin Hunt and Don Burrows as a teen
John Paul Jones as keyboard inspiration
The Gin Club in action live – ‘You, Me and The Sea’
Dan playing live with You Am I
Letting one’s freak flag fly
Joining The Gin Club
On falling in love with Hammond organs
The fragility of Leslie speaker units and repairing / restoring
Hats off to Lachy Doley
Dan with The Honey Sliders – https://youtu.be/l6oj1-9ayN8
The Honey Sliders play The Beatles Rooftop concert – with a health dose of discussion on the ‘Get Back’ movie
Lots of Hammond talk including the evil of the Calculated Leslie Switcher
Dan’s train wreck story
Dan’s love of Kurzweil keyboards
Thoughts / tips for younger players
Tag a keyboard player: Jon Carin
Desert Island Discs: Animals – Pink Floyd, A Nod Is As Good As A Wink.. To A Blind Horse – Faces, Caravanserai – Santana, Peasants, Pigs and Astronauts – Kula Shaker, Amorica – The Black Crowes (Don’t forget to check out all our guest’s selections on this page)
Thanks to our supporters for this episode: Brother Paul Brown, Midnight Mastering, Tammy Katchur’s Musical Stew, Musicplayer.com forums, and Radio Grande
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