Favorite use of Hohner Clavinet on a *non-funk* recording?

[Bob_Ross]

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One of those useless bits of trivia which takes up space in my brain (space that would be better suited to, oh, say, remembering where I left my house keys or what the next chord change I'm supposed to play is) is remembering all of the keyboard instruments listed on the inside jacket of Rick Wakeman's Six Wives of Henry VIII album ...and I'm 99.99% certain there was no Hohner Clavinet. (Wikipedia confirms this, fwiw.)
Any of the stuff that sounds Clav-ish is coming from his RMI 368 electric piano/harpsichord. (Or the real harpsichord that he also used on that album.)

 

[hennessybass]

I don't know guys. Some of this stuff is pretty funky.

What about Bob & the Wailers... reggae, but again, pretty funky.

 

[dan1952]

Anything with NRBQ's Terry Adams on the clavinet. Fer instance......

100% on this!!!

 

[JW56789]

Andy Kim's AM radio hit from the early 70's, ROCK ME GENTLY, with a thoroughly wicked little clav break around the 2:25 mark, I'd love to know who played it.

 

[Holdsg]

Meters Sissy Stut? I guess that doesn't qualify

 

[Holdsg]

definitely this one:

 

[Holdsg]

had to remind myself of this one:

 

[Holdsg]

and I love everything about every part of this song:

 

[getbent]

A nice example from the Brian Eno oeuvre

 

[31HZ]

What, nobody's posted "Life In The Fast Lane" by the Eagles yet?

That's about as "non-funk" as it can get.

 

[Altitude]

In keeping with the Steely Dan suggestions, I'll put Kid Charlemagne forward as my pick.

+1.

OP - this was a very interesting question and I have never seen anything quite like it on this board in 13 years. Full credit!

 

[Versatek6]

And some more....

Hadn't heard that Paul Carrack song before. Nice. Sounds very much like Steve Winwood; I wonder if he was involved?

Then there's the original "Love Is Alive". Gary Wright - 1975. Isn't that clav, or am I mistaken? Fond remembrances...

 

[JimmyM]

There was a mod for the Clavinet called the Castlebar that is a whammy bar. Here's blues singer/keyboardist Lachy Doley working it out. Dude must go through some strings:

 

[vdbass]

Bob Marley "Could You Be Loved"
Clav & Cuica. My favorite non-bass combo.

 

[dan1952]

Andy Kim's AM radio hit from the early 70's, ROCK ME GENTLY, with a thoroughly wicked little clav break around the 2:25 mark, I'd love to know who played it.

The keyboard player on Rock Me Gently was Michael Omartian, according to Wiki. And, yes, it was a cool little part!

 

[flatfender]

One of those useless bits of trivia which takes up space in my brain (space that would be better suited to, oh, say, remembering where I left my house keys or what the next chord change I'm supposed to play is) is remembering all of the keyboard instruments listed on the inside jacket of Rick Wakeman's Six Wives of Henry VIII album ...and I'm 99.99% certain there was no Hohner Clavinet. (Wikipedia confirms this, fwiw.)
Any of the stuff that sounds Clav-ish is coming from his RMI 368 electric piano/harpsichord. (Or the real harpsichord that he also used on that album.)

There is alot of clavinet on "Wakeman's Journey to the Center of the Earth". Here's the live version of "The Battle" from 1974.

Starts at about 2:45.

 

[JW56789]

Thank You Dan ! Omartian, no wonder it was a cookin' little bit.

 

[Spirit of Ox]

Custard Pie by Led Zep. That is Clavinet right?

 

[pbass2]

I've used a clav (a virtual one) to double bass parts in non-funk settings. For example on a pumping 8th-note part. Can work great, just mixed in a hair with the bass.

 

[JimmyM]

Custard Pie by Led Zep. That is Clavinet right?

Yep. Trampled Under Foot, too.