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Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] mellotron users who CLOWNED moody blues

From: Don Tillman <don@...>
Date: 2007-03-16

> > From: zappaboggs@...
> > Sent: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 6:53 PM
> >
> > And from a previous topic, I always thought Uncle Floyd was
> > the 5th Beatle...
>
> From: fdoddy@...
> Sender: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
>
> Uncle Floyd! One of the bands I was in played on his
> show....just nuts!

Wow, that's funny... Uncle Floyd being the fifth Beatle.

Which band?

For the other 99% of this list: Uncle Floyd is very weird show with a
cult following on an obscure New Jersey cable TV station. It's a
delightfully strange adult comedy show disguised as a children's show,
sort of like "Peewee's Playhouse" in that sense.

You can find clips on YouTube, and I highly recommend the "Best of
Uncle Floyd" DVD.

Mellotron connection? Sure... there's a David Bowie song called "Slip
Away" that honors the Uncle Floyd show and Bowie's most famous song
features Rick Wakeman playing Mellotron.

-- Don

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Don Tillman
Palo Alto, California
don@...
http://www.till.com