The Mellotron Group

I rather imagine KC would have gone on much the way it did without 
McDonald or any of the rest of them. Whatever else he may say in his 
*strange autistic way* KC always has and always will be about Fripp. 
That he uses other people as a foil for his ideas is perhaps 
significant, but he could be using anyone. (*)

Mike

(*) I just know in advance that this remark is going to be misunderstood.

Rick Blechta wrote:
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> On Dec 15, 2007, at 2:35 PM, Thomas C. Doncourt wrote:
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>> What I am really curious about is what made Pinder pack it in after
>> reaching such a high note in 72.I wonder if some of that creative liberty
>> broke down in the band. Did he just get sick of playing the 
>> mellotrons and
>> chamberlins?
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> Someone who knows him should ask.
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> I asked Ian McDonald why he left King Crimson and he couldn't give me 
> an answer that really meant anything. It was sort of sad. I wonder 
> where they would have gone if the band had stayed intact for a few 
> more albums.
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> Rick
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