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sl8

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Fri Oct 17, 2025, 10:13 AM Friday

Regarding that organ at the end of Janis Ian's "Society's Child"

It's been bugging me for a while now - it's very distinctive and I was sure I'd heard it, or something very similar, elsewhere, but couldn't quite place it.

You can hear it starting at ~ 3:00 min.:


Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)
YouTube / Janis Ian




Yesterday, I finally looked it up and discovered that the musician playing organ (and harpsichord) was Artie Butler, who also worked on Paul Revere & The Raiders' Indian Reservation. Listen starting at ~ 2:36 min:


Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)
YouTube / Paul Revere & The Raiders




For anyone keeping track, that's one of my niggling uncertainties down and only 43,527 to go (give or take a few).

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https://artiebutler.com/societys-child/
https://artiebutler.com/indian-reservation/


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Regarding that organ at the end of Janis Ian's "Society's Child" (Original Post) sl8 Friday OP
Sounds a bit like Al Kooper's post-Dylan style and tone Zambero Friday #1

Zambero

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1. Sounds a bit like Al Kooper's post-Dylan style and tone
Fri Oct 17, 2025, 10:23 AM
Friday

The first BS&T album comes to mind.

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