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My complete article wouldn’t fit within YouTube text limitations so the rest is in the comments. An often-overlooked genre of music for those who love the Hammond organ is the cringeworthy named, “Krautrock”. Krautrock is a broad genre of experimental rock that developed in West Germany in the late 1960s and early 1970s among artists who blended elements of psych rock, electronic music and avant-garde composition among other sources. These artists moved away from the blues influences and song structure found in traditional Anglo-American rock music, instead utilizing hypnotic rhythms, tape-music techniques, and early synthesizers. My own interest in Krautrock is admittedly limited to the early period (late 60’s / very early 70s) which owes more to the British “Freakbeat” and “Psych” scenes of the mid to late 60s rather than the later “electronic” aspect. In fact, it actually predates, “Krautrock” but I prefer it. A really good introduction to “the good stuff” which those touched by the hand
