Mellotronists

I consider myself a pretty big Deep Purple fan (..they are my
favorite band, I own all of the 'official' releases, etc..)

As far as their use of a Mellotron, I can only think of one
song that may have 'tron, "Soldier of Fortune" off of
'Stormbringer'.

The fansite that I've found to be most up-to-date and
informative is thehighwaystar.com.  They just posted an
excellent interview with Don Airey, who replaced Jon Lord in
the past 1~2 years.

http://www.thehighwaystar.com/interviews/airey/da-feb082004.html

Ritchie is long out of the band, but is suitably replaced
with Steve Morse.  I regret that I never saw DP w/Ritchie -
as I highly regard his playing and his solos.

It is interesting that, aside from Ritchie, every other
guitar player is American (Tommy Bolin, Joe Satriani - for
the tail of the tour when Ritchie left, and Steve Morse). 
However, only 1 other member was born in the States, Joe Lynn
Turner (...sang on 1 album, "Slaves and Masters" probably the
worse Purple disc - ever...)

Purple will be in the SF Bay area this weekend, with Thin
Lizzy and Blue Oyster Cult.  I think BOC used some mellotron
on a disc....  yeah, I'm sure that one tune on 'Agents of
Fortune' has mellotron.... i think "Vera Gemini"...not
positive though.

No, I don't have tickets to this show.  I've seen each of
these bands enoug times, in smaller venues.

sorry for the long response

-jh




--- Jeff Coulter <jeffc@...> wrote:

> 
> yet another dinosaur band is touring.
> from what i can find they DID use a mellotron... just once?
> no info on band lineup or any other details.
> 
> Deep Purple on tour:
> 
> Sat 09/11/04 Vancouver, BC Orpheum Theatre  
> Mon 09/13/04 Calgary, AB Stampede Corral  
> Tue 09/14/04 Edmonton, AB Shaw Conference Centre  
> Thu 10/07/04 Ekaterinburg, RUS Palace Of Sports  
> Fri 10/08/04 Kamerov, RUS Palace Of Sports  
> Sat 10/09/04 Krasnoyarsk, RUS Palace Of Sports  
> Mon 10/11/04 Khabarovsk, RUS Palace Of Sports  
> Tue 10/12/04 Vladivostok, RUS House Of Culture  
> Thu 10/14/04 Irkutsk, RUS Palace Of Sports  
> Sat 10/16/04 Novosibirsk, RUS Ice Palace Of Sports  
> Sun 10/17/04 Chelyabinsk, RUS Palace Of Sports  
> Tue 10/19/04 Yaroslavk, RUS Arena 2000  
> Thu 10/21/04 Moscow, RUS Olympiski  
> Fri 10/22/04 Saint Petersburg, RUS New Ice Arena  
> Sun 10/24/04 Kazan, RUS Palace Of Sports  
> Mon 10/25/04 Samara, RUS Palace Of Sports  
> Tue 10/26/04 Rostov, RUS Palace Of Sports  
> Thu 10/28/04 Xappkob, RUS Palace Of Sports  
> Fri 10/29/04 Dnepropetrovsk, RUS Palace Of Sports  
> Sun 10/31/04 Kiev, UKR Palace Of Sports  
> Sat 11/06/04 Manchester, UK Manchester Evening News Arena  
> Mon 11/08/04 Glasgow, UK S.E.C.C.  
> Tue 11/09/04 Sheffield, UK Hallam FM Arena  
> Wed 11/10/04 Newcastle, UK Metro Radio Arena  
> Fri 11/12/04 Birmingham, UK NEC Arena  
> Sat 11/13/04 London, UK Wembley Arena  
> Sun 11/14/04 Cardiff, UK Cardiff International Arena  
> Tue 11/16/04 Brighton, UK Brighton Centre  
> Wed 11/17/04 Plymouth, UK Plymouth Pavilions  
> 
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