aka: Graham Bond ORGANization *, Grahame Bond **
Romford, England
R&B, blues rock, blues, jazz
Graham John Clifton Bond (28 October 1937 – 8 May 1974) was an English musician and occultist, 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", along with Cyril Davies and Alexis Korner. Jack Bruce, John McLaughlin and Ginger Baker first achieved prominence in his group, the Graham Bond ORGANization. Bond was voted Britain's New Jazz Star in 1961. He was an early user of the Hammond organ/Leslie speaker combination in British rhythm and blues – he "split" the Hammond for portability – and was the first rock artist to record using a mellotron, on his There's a Bond Between Us LP. 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".
Live at Klooks Kleek * (1964)
The Sound of `65 * (1965)
There's a Bond Between Us * (1965)
Love Is the Law ** (1967)
Mighty Grahame Bond ** (1969)
Solid Bond (1970)
Holy Magick (1970)
We Put Our Magic On You (1971)
Wade in the Water: Classics, Origins & Oddities * (2012)
