Welcome to all my visitors from around the world. Welcome to the world's best kept secret - Perth, Western Australia. Firstly, if you are a traveller, let me personally invite to this part of the world. I would love to hear from you, whether or not you are on the road.
Secondly?
My name is Laurie Kibblewhite, I retired from Park Pianos/Music Park in 2000, sold my house in Perth, Western Australia, retired from gigging, invested in a caravan, and intend spending the rest of my healthy life touring this wonderful country of ours (see my Outback Adventure DVD section on my front page.
I stopped gigging in 2007. On gigs I used a Hammond XK2 through a 122 Leslie, and a Yamaha S80 for piano and other keyboard parts. Over the years, I have owned a Yamaha YC20/Leslie 122, Acetone GT7/Leslie 147, Hammond X5/Leslie 760, an L100, 2 x T200, Oberheim OB3squared, and finally, in 2002, I was able to obtain a Hammond C3/Leslie 122. Mine came from Melbourne, and is dated somewhere 1955-1960. I have recently sold an M3 and Leslie 145 from my collection, and the C3 was delivered to a new home in December 2010. I had nowhere to keep it, and it deserved to be loved by someone who wanted a C3 to love..
My major early influence was Booker T, and his album McLemore Ave, which was the MG's version of Abbey Road. Procol Harum was my second influence at the time. Georgie Fame was an inspiration, and Jon Lord is God. Another huge inspiration was Roy Phillips of "The Peddlers".I have recently discovered a lot of other great players that turn me on, including Joey De Francesco.
Pictured below is my former pride and joy. The only difference between the B3 and C3 is the cabinet. The B3 was designed as a home instrument, and the C3 was designed for a church environment. This C3 is finished in a Cherry.
