Graham Bond | |
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![]() Bond, c. 1970 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Graham John Clifton Bond |
Also known as | Grahame Bond |
Born | Romford, England | 28 October 1937
Died | 8 May 1974 Finsbury Park station, London, England | (aged 36)
Genres | Rhythm and blues, blues-rock, blues, jazz |
Instrument(s) | Keyboards, saxophone, vocals |
Years active | 1960s–1974 |
Labels | Decca |
Website | grahambond.org |
Graham John Clifton Bond (28 October 1937 – 8 May 1974) was an English rock/blues musician and vocalist, considered a founding father of the English rhythm and blues boom of the 1960s.
Bond was an innovator, described as "an important, under-appreciated figure of early British R&B",[1] along with Cyril Davies and Alexis Korner. Jack Bruce, John McLaughlin and Ginger Baker first achieved prominence in his group, the Graham Bond Organisation. Bond was voted Britain's New Jazz Star in 1961.[2][3] He was an early user of the Hammond organ/Leslie speaker combination in British rhythm and blues[4] – he "split" the Hammond for portability – and was the first rock artist to record using a Mellotron.[4] As such he was a major influence upon later rock keyboardists: Deep Purple's Jon Lord said "He taught me, hands on, most of what I know about the Hammond organ".[5]
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