Most Under-appreciated Musical Instruments

Cowbell most under appreciated.

ZZ Top- Chevrolet

Honky Tonk Women

Van Halen- Dance the Night Away

CCR- Born on the Bayou

Steel Guitar is my favorite instrument. Burrito Brothers- Six Days on the Road

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Leslie speaker

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I'd never even heard of it. Had to look it up, but that's probably the aspect that I like best about an organ.

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I'm biased, but a full pipe and drum corps is a glorious thing to behold....

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The Zither - Third Man Theme (incidently one of best pictures ever)

The flute.

One example... "Undun" - Burton Cummings of the Guess Who / solo around 2:40

I'm going harmonica.

...and when I think of it, I think of Midnight Rambler live.

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Frank Zappa & Steve Allen Play the Bicycle

Mutemath's Space Axe.

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Leslie speaker I'd never even heard of it. Had to look it up, but that's probably the aspect that I like best about an organ. Thanks!

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Interesting part of rock history is the fued between Hammond who invented the famous organ, and Leslie who invented the rotating speaker which created the sound everyone associates with the Hammond organ. Hammond was a engineer and invented his organ as a low cost alternative to Pipe organs for churches. Hammond despised Leslie, and said if he had wanted his organ to sound that way, he would have designed it that way. Even though they had to be purchased separately, after the 1950s it was rare for a Hammond organ to be sold without a Leslie cabinet. Hammond later was disgusted that his organ had become such a prominent part of rock music, as he had intended it for “the church”.

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