The Mellotron Group

In a message dated 12/21/2007 2:49:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
wonggster@gmail.com writes:

Sunny and his very silent business partner were skinflints.  Allen and  
Gilmore were devoted to him but most others stayed as long as they could stand  
then split cause he just wouldn't pay anybody.  It was very cult like and  Sunny 
dug the attention and manipulation (subtle it was),  I loved the  man despite 
all of that. He was an original and a real Muso.  

On Dec 20, 2007 2:04 PM, john barrick <_astroboy@cinci.astrob_ 
(mailto:astroboy@cinci.rr.com) >  wrote:


 
 
 
Gino, it's sad, but not altogether surprising. Ra always seemed  to
operate on a shoestring (or less) budget. When making tour stops  in
the early '80s in Kansas City, he, June Tyson, John Gilmore,  and
Marshall Allan (I think) would stay at my wife's house, which was  a
standard inner city shithole rented by a bunch of art students,  rather
than a hotel (don't know where the rest of the group was put up).  I
think the logistics of taking a band that large on the road was  beyond
his financial reach - but they managed to pull it off come show  time.
johnb











This is all great information! Thanks guys.
 
 
Frank



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