The Mellotron Group

I agree Mark.  My wife teaches piano and is mortified by the tron!

Dan

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Mark Pring <markpringnz@...> wrote:
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> I think Rick Wakeman is a very good pianist, I can't think of any very good pianists that have been very enthusiatic about trons  ( was Oscar Peterson a fan ?). I don't think that the mellotron is going to appeal to anybody who has really mastered the piano.
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> --- On Thu, 10/1/09, Andy Thompson <andy.thompson@...> wrote:
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> From: Andy Thompson <andy.thompson@...>
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: Mellotron film in London...
> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, October 1, 2009, 12:22 PM
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>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: 
>   Gary Brumm 
>   To: newmellotrongroup@ yahoogroups. com 
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>   Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 8:50 
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>   Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] Re: 
>   Mellotron film in London...
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> Gary
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>   believe he (Wakeman) talks about it in a Mellotron documentary he was 
>   in. 
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>   Sounds like the 1998 
>   BBC radio one - I have a tape somewhere. No idea if it was bullshit, 
>   though.
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>   don’t know if it is true but he certainly has distanced himself from the 
>   instrument  
>   Well, I 
>   had a quick chat with him at The Strawbs' 40th bash (I was essentially dared) 
>   and he was perfectly pleasant and made a joke about a can of petrol (gas) and 
>   a lighter... He VERY conspicuously avoided the Mellotrons on stage, 
>   though!
>   Andy 
>   T.
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