Mark Naftalin
Mark Naftalin, American keyboardist — pianist/organist/keyboards man in the 1968 lineup of Mother Earth (US), formerly of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Note: a multi-keyboardist rather than a dedicated organist, hence filed here rather than in players/.^[raw/articles/wikipedia-mother-earth-american-band.md]^[raw/articles/rockasteria-mother-earth-living-with-animals.md]
The Hammond connection
- Credited with piano, organ and keyboards on Living with the Animals (1968) — the blues-rock organ backing behind Tracy Nelson's vocals.^[raw/articles/rockasteria-mother-earth-living-with-animals.md]
- The exact organ chair on each track (Naftalin vs. session player Barry Goldberg) rests on the album's liner credits as relayed by a collector blog — hence
confidence: medium. See landmark Hammond albums query.^[raw/articles/rockasteria-mother-earth-living-with-animals.md]
Related
- bands/mother-earth — his 1968 band
- albums/living-with-the-animals — the record he played organ on
- jimmy-smith — the church-and-Chicago organ tradition his playing descends from