The Mellotron Group

Tom's son posted to FB during my radio show that his dad had passed 
away.� Tom had just announced that his medical treatment had run its 
course and that he was going into hospice care with his time almost up.� 
24 hours later he was gone.� It was pulmonary fibrosis.�� Some of you 
may recall him as the keys player in the 70s band Cathedral.� Not a 
successful band, but their influence on the resurgence of symphonic prog 
in Scandinavia was huge.� I always enjoyed Tom's in-studio videos with 
him rebuilding vintage keyboards.� RIP Tom.

-- 
SDM a 21st century schizoid man in SoCal
Systems Theory website www.systemstheory.net
Through The Looking Glass radio show at www.deepnuggets.com
Email "The Cleaner System" at cleaner.system@yahoo.com

First Charles, now Tom.  This has not been a good week for the community. :(Bill Rudloff

-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Davies-Morris sdavmor@systemstheory.net [newmellotrongroup] <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thu, Mar 21, 2019 10:58 am
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] The passing yesterday of Tom Doncourt

    Tom's son posted to FB during my radio show that his dad had passed 
away.  Tom had just announced that his medical treatment had run its 
course and that he was going into hospice care with his time almost up.  
24 hours later he was gone.  It was pulmonary fibrosis.   Some of you 
may recall him as the keys player in the 70s band Cathedral.  Not a 
successful band, but their influence on the resurgence of symphonic prog 
in Scandinavia was huge.  I always enjoyed Tom's in-studio videos with 
him rebuilding vintage keyboards.  RIP Tom.

-- 
SDM a 21st century schizoid man in SoCal
Systems Theory website www.systemstheory.net
Through The Looking Glass radio show at www.deepnuggets.com
Email "The Cleaner System" at cleaner.system@yahoo.com

I am a bit shocked actually.

Here's how to remember Tom.� A trip through his Tower studio.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAVgwZMuZwU&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3ukng0VYfjLAWuT40rfxrZ4IpOfMyHNAVO4VpFFz8J9ueXyIP01SnedxU

On 3/21/19 9:06 AM, Bill Rudloff doctorwho8@aol.com [newmellotrongroup] 
wrote:
>
> First Charles, now Tom.� This has not been a good week for the 
> community. :(
> Bill Rudloff
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Davies-Morris sdavmor@systemstheory.net 
> [newmellotrongroup] <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thu, Mar 21, 2019 10:58 am
> Subject: [newmellotrongroup] The passing yesterday of Tom Doncourt
>
> Tom's son posted to FB during my radio show that his dad had passed
> away.� Tom had just announced that his medical treatment had run its
> course and that he was going into hospice care with his time almost up.
> 24 hours later he was gone.� It was pulmonary fibrosis.�� Some of you
> may recall him as the keys player in the 70s band Cathedral.� Not a
> successful band, but their influence on the resurgence of symphonic prog
> in Scandinavia was huge.� I always enjoyed Tom's in-studio videos with
> him rebuilding vintage keyboards.� RIP Tom.
>
> -- 
> SDM a 21st century schizoid man in SoCal
> Systems Theory website www.systemstheory.net
> Through The Looking Glass radio show at www.deepnuggets.com
> Email "The Cleaner System" at cleaner.system@yahoo.com
>
> 

-- 
SDM a 21st century schizoid man in SoCal
Systems Theory website www.systemstheory.net
Through The Looking Glass radio show at www.deepnuggets.com
Email "The Cleaner System" at cleaner.system@yahoo.com

Agreed, so sad.  The only good is it allowed me to re-connect with old list and FB friends.  I encourage all to go to Spotify and listen to Char-El for a while.  I wish you all good health and happiness.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Mar 21, 2019, at 12:06 PM, Bill Rudloff doctorwho8@aol.com [newmellotrongroup] <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> First Charles, now Tom.  This has not been a good week for the community. :(
> Bill Rudloff
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Davies-Morris sdavmor@systemstheory.net [newmellotrongroup] <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> To: newmellotrongroup <newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thu, Mar 21, 2019 10:58 am
> Subject: [newmellotrongroup] The passing yesterday of Tom Doncourt
> 
> Tom's son posted to FB during my radio show that his dad had passed 
> away.  Tom had just announced that his medical treatment had run its 
> course and that he was going into hospice care with his time almost up.  
> 24 hours later he was gone.  It was pulmonary fibrosis.   Some of you 
> may recall him as the keys player in the 70s band Cathedral.  Not a 
> successful band, but their influence on the resurgence of symphonic prog 
> in Scandinavia was huge.  I always enjoyed Tom's in-studio videos with 
> him rebuilding vintage keyboards.  RIP Tom.
> 
> -- 
> SDM a 21st century schizoid man in SoCal
> Systems Theory website www.systemstheory.net
> Through The Looking Glass radio show at www.deepnuggets.com
> Email "The Cleaner System" at cleaner.system@yahoo.com
> 
> 
> 
>