by Hammond Australia | Feb 1, 2011 | News
Meeting Dr. Lonnie Smith Bernie Capicchiano, Director of Musico Australia, and his daughter Michelle were thrilled to meet iconic Hammond organist, Dr. Lonnie Smith at the NAMM show in January 2011. What an incredible character, Dr. Lonnie was happy to sit and...
by Hammond Australia | Nov 21, 2009 | News
Wow, the world of Hammond is really firing up! August was an incredibly exciting month for Hammond Australia, with Tim Neal’s B-3 Mark 2 launch here at the store, then a massive Hammond presence at the AMAC trade show on the Gold Coast. Where do we start? On...
by Hammond Australia | Dec 1, 2007 | News
Michel Benebig is an awesome Hammond organ player. It’s not hard to see why guys like Jimmy Smith were happy to hang out with him, or that Tony Monaco considers him a close personal friend. Not only can this guy play, but he really is one hell of a nice person....
by Hammond Australia | Jul 21, 2007 | News
UPDATE: Fly me to U.S.A.! Interesting experience, NAMM 2007. You wouldn’t even begin to imagine how huge this music trade show was and I, for one, was definitely blown away. America is a strange place. It seems very familiar due to copious amounts of television, yet...
by Hammond Australia | Aug 28, 2006 | News
It is no surprise that Michael Falkenstein is one of the highest sought after Hammond players in all of Europe. The ability to easily control two, sixty-one note keyboards, foot pedals and drawbars all at the same time is not given to everybody, but Michael got...
by Hammond Australia | May 5, 2005 | News
Tony Monaco – Jazz Legend It all began about five years ago at the, “Hammond Eggs,” breakfast at the music trade fair in Los Angeles. Bernie met this enthusiastic, groovy Hammond player called Tony Monaco, who was entertaining at the breakfast. Tony is an amazing...
