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In 1965, Leslie sold his business to CBS who, in 1980, sold it to Hammond. Suzuki Musical Instrument Corporation subsequently acquired the Hammond and Leslie brands. Because the Leslie is a sound modification device in its own right, various attempts have been made to simulate the effect using electronic effect units.
Pop culture author Mike Segretto writes that while most of the songs on Village Green avoid the sounds of the contemporary music scene, the "fuzzed-out acid rock" of "Wicked Annabella" is one of the few traces of a 1968 music trend heard on the album. [12]
Leslie assembled the speakers himself in his garage. [4] He produced speakers under various names before settling on Leslie as the universally accepted name by 1949. [5] Also in 1949, Leslie was granted a patent for his "rotatable tremulant sound producer," [6] the first of 48 patents that Leslie would acquire over the course of his career. [5]
A keyboardist playing a live show with a big Leslie cabinet (visible to his right). The Leslie speaker is a specially constructed amplifier/loudspeaker cabinet used to create special audio effects such as vibrato, chorus and tremolo. The Leslie creates these effects by rotating the tweeters or horns or a spinning a sound-directing duct around ...
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The Codetalkers were known for their extensive touring, particularly in the eastern United States, and appearances at major music festivals such as Bonnaroo and Vegoose. The band's sound was characterized by their use of a rotating Leslie cabinet for Rodgers' guitar and their emphasis on improvised jams during live shows.
Leslie Means and her family have moved several times. An old, hollow, fake-wood door goes with them every time, for sentimental reasons. 'Take the door': Mom of three shares the one thing she can ...
Cellier, Leslie and Stephenson. Although billed as a "comic opera" like the popular Gilbert and Sullivan operas on the London stage at the same time, Dorothy was a key forerunner of the Edwardian musical comedy, bearing many of the attributes of that genre.