Ouch - but it has to be done. Keeping your teeth makes sense. No doubt you and they will be ...
safe ...
I have a soft spot for the Fudgies, they basically invented the organ-drenched heavy sound - no Iron Butterfly, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Argent and countless other bands like Kautrockers Birth Control or Frumpy
with a loud B3 organ without them. That sound is still the epitome of heavy music to me, there is something majestic about an overly loud Hammond, I can't help it, maybe it's a Teutonic thing, you know Bach and all that!
I've been playing in a glorified Stones tribute for a while (something I always hoped to avoid - a tribute of any kind, yet here I am, in the sunset of my musical career ....), but the most redeeming factor (aside that they are all excellent musicians and good friends) is the quality of our organ/piano/synth player and the dominant role he plays (with my wholehearted support). With all other Stones cover bands, the keyboards (just like with the Stones themselves) are an add-on embellishing the music, with us (and we have two guitarists doing the Keith/Ron thing) the keyboards are pivotal - to the point where we sometimes crack the joke that we should call us "Rolling Purple" or "Deep Stones".
I just love it when Dirk unleashes that Hammond sound, be it as a solo or as a backing rhythm/harmony instrument.
Back to the Fudgies' epochal Supremes cover, a carbon copy of it was done many years later by NWOBHM outfit Nightwing - by that time "You Keep Me Hanging On" was more associated with Vanilla Fudge than with The Supremes, which I guess is the ultimate accolade for a cover.