Person Open DS/UK/18170 Bond; Graham (28 October 1937-8 May 1974); English rock and blues musician Bond Graham 28 October 1937-8 May 1974 English rock and blues musician Male (cisgender) Graham John Clifton Bond Romford, Essex, England (born)

English Music | Multi-instrumentalist, Vocals | Rock, Blues White No known disability No known religious affiliation Heterosexual Graham Bond 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", 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. 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. 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". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Bond (2024) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHdroberts 6/24/2014 RAHAKIRKBRIDE 2/13/2024 ff34e609-4965-4d52-8066-3b8c074ceb36