Mike Mangan, The Cult / Glenn Hughes / Big Organ Trio / The Keef Richards

Mike Mangan is an American musician known for his skills on the Hammond B3 Organ. Aside from playing keyboards for The Cult, Mike also leads his own bands, (Big Organ Trio and Rebel House Radio), and has been part of Glenn Hughes’ band, The Keef Richards and much more.  To listen / watch: * Audio-only: click on the play button in the audio player above, or: * Video: watch the embedded video below or check it and previous episodes out on our YouTube Channel Discussion topics covered during the show (links will open in new tab):   Mike’s musical upbringing Bob Kames and ‘Dance Little Bird’ (Chicken Dance) Developing a love for the Hammond Organ Moving to LA and the ‘Leave It To Beaver’ connection Forming Big Organ Trio Big Organ Trio in action: Dragon’s Triangle Working with Glenn Hughes and the Secret Society of Glenn Hughes Organ Players with Lachy Doley and Bob Fridzema Mike in action with Kings of Chaos When Billy Gibbons plays your B3 Joining The Cult and ‘filling sonic spaces’ Mike in action with The Cult, 2023 Mike with The Cult – American Horse Mike’s B3 organ outro on The Cult – The Witch Opening for Dr Lonnie Smith and Ken Rich saving the day The aging of the B3 tech support workforce Opening for Robby Krieger Lending your B3 to Bernie Worrell When Keith Emerson turns up to your organ trio gig Mike and Keith Emerson jam together Shout out by Mike to Luke Jones at CV Keyboards Mike with The Keef Richards band – I Want You (She’s So Heavy) Desert Island Discs: Live! – Brother Jack McDuff, Black and Blue – Gene Harris Quartet, Brothers and Sisters – The Allman Brothers Band, In Step – Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, Are You Experienced – Jimi Hendrix Key links: Buy some keyboard related merchandise Drop us a line via the website, Facebook,