Mellotronists

Now if I could just find my damned Moog Sonic V.  I still kick myself daily 
for that one.



> Jonsey-incredible!
> Pete
>
> jonesalley wrote:
>
>> In the late 1970's, I played in a popular band in Vermont, doing a modest 
>> selection of originals, a lot of arena-rock stuff, Styx, Foreigner, 
>> Journey, REO, and the like, and also a fair amount of fusiony stuff like 
>> Steely Dan and Return to Forever.  I had a nice setup, some of my own 
>> keyboards, and some gear that the band owned, including an early Korg 
>> analog polyphonic which was a mildly eccentric and uncommon synth of the 
>> time that I got a lot of good use out of.  I left the band in 1980, but 
>> have stayed a Korg fan to this day.  A few years ago, I saw a Korg P 
>> listed on eBay, and ended up winning the auction.  The seller was in the 
>> northeast, and I mentioned in an email that I had used one of these 
>> instruments in a band in Vermont, and told a little of the band history. 
>> To make a long story short, the fellow that sold me the eBay Korg was the 
>> brother of the player who replaced me in the band in 1980, and when he 
>> left the band a couple of years later, he bought the Korg and took it 
>> with him and sold it to his brother, my eBay seller, many years later.
>>  I now own the exact same instrument that I played on many New England 
>> stages over twenty-five years ago.
>>