The Mellotron Group

Rick,
Thanks for sharing your story.
Pete

Rick Blechta wrote:
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> On Oct 3, 2009, at 4:26 AM, marabus wrote:
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>> Rick,
>> Did you really gig with M.R.?
>> What's Frank Marino like?
>> I love their first 4 lps.
>> Pete
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> Yeah. When I started up Devotion, it was in Montreal where I'd just 
> graduated from McGill. (We used to practise in the Electronic Music 
> Studio -- summer -- because I could use the huge modular Moog and Hugh 
> LeCaine's Sackbut, a very cool instrument.)
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> We started to get bookings around Quebec with the same agency that 
> handled Mahogany Rush, who had their first album out. Since we did the 
> Prog thing and they did their sort-of-Hendrix thing, it was a good 
> fit. We did this one outdoor gig with them at McGill for Homecoming 
> Week that was very cool, about 8,000 people showed up.
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> Frank was okay. He really liked our guitarist, Peter Follett, who is 
> one-of-a-kind, but he kept to himself pretty much. We knew Jimmy Ayoub 
> a lot better since our woodwind player had gigged a bit with him and 
> also with his dad, Nick, a great jazz saxophonist. 
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> Frank's a hell of a guitarist, though. They opened for King Crimson, 
> Mk II (Boz and the gang) in 1972 at one of the CEGEPs (Quebec junior 
> colleges) and that was a really great gig for them -- and KC.
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> So there you have it.
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> Rick
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