Woolly Wolstenholme, known as a mellotron and keyboard player for the British group Barclay James Harvest, died Monday, December 13 in an apparent suicide. Nothing more has been explained publically about the manner of death. I have long appreciated Woolly's contribution to the group's albums, especially those from the 1970s. "Early Morning" was one of the band's earliest songs with pronounced mellotron playing (by Woolly).
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