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> I had a much more pleasant experience about 15 years ago when I boarded a 
small commuter flight to Jamestown and had Chic Corea sit down right next to 
me. He had no problems answer questions and conducting a very interesting 
conversation for about an hour... What a nice, open person he is

Yeah, but so what?  So the above fits right in to your expectations of how 
someone should be... the inference being that Fripp is not nice, closed and is 
somehow wrong for not taking a fan's expectations into account. Well, if that 
doesn't work for him  then it doesn't work for him and at least he's had the 
grace to advise people well enough in advance.  

Actually, in my experience, Robert is a warm, charming, polite and cuddlesome 
fellow with a large smidgeon of humour thrown in for good measure and plays a 
mean Mellotron which, after all, is what this site is about.

RD

I ran into Steve Winwood on the street outside the Fillmore before a
show this year. He wasn't very friendly and as a matter of fact he
almost didn't even acknowledge me (just kind of looked at me) however he
did sign, or more like initial, an "autograph". It really is a drag when
you meet someone that has had so much influence on you, their music
being part of the soundtrack of your life and they somehow aren't how
you'd like them to be towards you. Kind of heartbreaking. But your right
RD, we cant expect them to be a certain way or "on" all the time as they
are just people, they have bad days or whatever. After 30 years of it,
your bound to "disappoint" someone. Jimmy Smith once asked me to sit and
sign his autographs for him when I was the engineer at one of his stays
at the Fairmont. (Jokingly of course) The guy just wanted to have a
couple of drinks in peace before the show and everyone kept coming up...
He signed a CD for me but did not want to sign my cheek block off of my
Hammond. Most of those Jazz guys are pretty down to earth in general
I've found. Larry Coryell even remembered my wife's and my friends names
on a Friday after meeting them briefly at the Monday night show. I think
a lot has to do with where they are at with their career and how crucial
their fan base is. 
 
Jim #917

	-----Original Message-----
	From: RotateyDiskers@... [mailto:RotateyDiskers@...] 
	Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 9:55 AM
	To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
	Subject: [Mellotronists] re: Crimson Trons
	
	
	> I had a much more pleasant experience about 15 years ago when
I boarded a small commuter flight to Jamestown and had Chic Corea sit
down right next to me. He had no problems answer questions and
conducting a very interesting conversation for about an hour... What a
nice, open person he is
	
	Yeah, but so what?  So the above fits right in to your
expectations of how someone should be... the inference being that Fripp
is not nice, closed and is somehow wrong for not taking a fan's
expectations into account. Well, if that doesn't work for him  then it
doesn't work for him and at least he's had the grace to advise people
well enough in advance.  
	
	Actually, in my experience, Robert is a warm, charming, polite
and cuddlesome fellow with a large smidgeon of humour thrown in for good
measure and plays a mean Mellotron which, after all, is what this site
is about.
	
	RD
	
	
	
	
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In a message dated 13/1/04 6:29:29 PM GMT Standard Time, 
RotateyDiskers@... writes:


> Actually, in my experience, Robert is a warm, charming, polite and 
> cuddlesome fellow with a large smidgeon of humour thrown in for good measure and 
> plays a mean Mellotron which, after all, is what this site is about.
> 
This is absolutely right.  Robert is always friendly and often funny but his 
preference is to remain private.  Suits me.

Martin 

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