The Mellotron Group

In a message dated 12/21/2007 5:55:54 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
mike.dickson@gmail.com writes:

BBC  Radio Three ran a very long audio documentary on Ra and his music. 
One of  the topics covered was his discipline of the band whilst on the 
road. The  worst you could get was 'The Treatment'. Ra would not let you 
live with  the band, but instead would put you up in the very best 
hotels, get taxied  to the gigs, but just not let you play. I think it 
was Gilmore who  recalled this story.

When some other band members heard it they seemed  incredulous that Ra 
would ever out /anyone/ up in a hotel other than some  place where you 
had to share bed space with rats.
 
 
I remember visiting at Grandma's. If you were naughty, you had to  sleep on a 
cot in the same room with her and Grandpa. Together, their snoring  was like 
some evil locomotive slowly chugging its way through the peaks and  valleys of 
hell.
 
There weren't enough pillows that you could wrap your  head with to keep that 
vile sound away. It's a wonder apnea didn't kill them  both. They lived well 
into their 80s to torture their descendants.
 
I think Ra stayed for days on end at their place,  learning to make music 
that would torture us all. Gramps was a monster Bass  Fiddle player.
 
 
Frank 

 



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