The Mellotron Group

Gary Green has been at NEARfest every year that I've been there, since  
2003. He hangs out with the attendees and is always at the late-night Jam  
sessions after the shop. He's always been a hell of a nice guy and well  liked.
 
In 2010, Three Friends was (were?)  the Saturday night headliner. They  had 
a last minute substitution at lead vocals (Pierre Bordeleau) after their  
regular lead vocalist, Mick Wilson, was denied entry into the United States.  
Since I was working backstage I got to see them rehearsing the material 
with  Pierre right up until the last minute. While his voice is far from my 
favorite,  I thought Pierre did a hell of a job, all things considered, and it 
was a great  show. What made it especially cool for me (and Gary, I'm sure) 
was that Gary  Green was playing in front of around 1100 close, personal 
friends. He kicked  ass. After his show was over, to his credit, he went right 
back to being Gary  Green the nice guy. No pretension at all (Dave Cousins, 
cough cough), hanging  out as usual.
 
Frank
 
 
 
In a message dated 4/10/2012 5:37:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
rmrmax@yahoo.com writes:

 
 
 
 
Mark - thanks for your post.  I liked all the Gentle Giant  albums through 
Free Hand; however, I think their first 5 albums are their  best.


Although I've searched, unfortunately, I can't find any live performances  
of the band in their early years when they utilized the Mellotron in some of 
 their songs.



2 of the original members + the drummer from their third album have  
performed live in recent years under their new name "Three  Friends".


Here are a few videos...


Robert


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pc5Z8_KAwc&feature=relmfu


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JWk0VyFmxc







 
  
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 From: mellotronmadness  <markpringnz@gmail.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com  
Sent: Saturday, April 7,  2012 6:20 PM
Subject:  [newmellotrongroup] OT Gentle Giant So Sincere



 
 
_So Sincere_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIaG8a9ACYY&feature=g-vrec&context=G2eac1eeRVAAAAAAAABA)  


No tron but they do look like they are having fun.


Mark


PS There are at least 3 marks here now, am I Mark I or Mark  II?