Mellotronists

Hmmm.....

Well, first time for me was at the Long Beach Arena '72 when the 
'Moodies' where on tour, and Mike Pinder brought along the M-II.
As I can recall, the outside of the wood case was a bit beat up from 
traveling around the world, and I think it was either Mike or Grahame 
that said the following words that have stuck with me ever since--

"It's out last night (of the tour) tonight (And), we're going home 
tomorrow....."

(Smattering of applause...)

"So,-uhm---yeah.....We've been having a nice trip for years! :D"

(Now much larger applause)

The second time was not seeing a 'Tron but a Chamberlin (I think it was 
one of the Chamberlin M1 or a M2) at of all things an open air concert 
at Golden West College where I was going to in the 70's, and the band 
was called 'Gazelle'. Had a nice sound to the group too. :)

The second time that I saw a 'Tron on stage was a M400, the time was the 
late '70s, the place the Anaheim Convention Center, and the person doing 
the playing was Rick Wakeman. I think that was after the release of the 
'King Arthur' Album....good playing of the 'Tron there too as I recall. :)

That's my 0.02 cents worth....

R.L.