The Genetic Method

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  The Genetic Method

Born in 1937, "classically trained in piano, music theory, harmony and counterpoint" at the University of Western Ontario [so says Wikipedia], multi-instrumentalist Band member Garth Hudson would play a different organ intro to each live performance by the Band of their song "Chest Fever." The intro soon acquired its own name, "The Genetic Method." His inventive extemporizing on this piece wa...

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