Dr.'s Digressions: Nick Steed Themes & Variations

Those Who Are About To Dive with Dr. Glund · Mar 12, 2026 · 2h 1m

Chaz Charles and Dr. Glund welcome a new voice into the Den of Audio Iniquities — Colosseum keyboardist Nick Steed, a musician who stepped into the Hammond chair and somehow managed the rare feat of honoring the legacy without attempting to impersonate it.Nick joins the program to talk about joining Colosseum, growing up in a house filled with instruments, and the early musical influences that shaped his approach to the keyboard — everything from ELP and Focus to Jimmy Smith and the deep well of jazz organ tradition.Along the way the discussion wanders — as it must — into the strange physics…