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Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Strawbs trons

From: lsf5275@...
Date: 2006-06-22

In a message dated 6/21/2006 10:21:41 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, andy.thompson@... writes:
I spoke to him at a recent-ish gig, and asked him him about the 'Tron' on their last two albums. M-Tron, apparently.
On the "live at NEARfest 2004"CD, Hawken played my Tron on Hero and Heroine" however briefly. The St. John's Wood organ is good ole' 1562, You can also see it on the cover.
 
Also, I was with them on three dates here in the states. John Hawken was using the Mellotron Archives, "Pinder," CDROM. Of the three shows I attended, he played my Tron in two of them. If you would like to see for yourselves, go to www.myspace.com/trondoc. Then click on videos and you can actually see John Hawken play a Mellotron live for the first time in about 30 years. Watch the Hero and Heroine vidoe. I almost had to drug him to get him to play it at all because he hadn't played one in so long a time. He was always a gentleman. Dave Cousins seemed fascinated by my constant arm twisting to get John to play it live. I have tons of video of him just fucking around with it. All of the other band members wanted him to play it even more, but he was uncomfortable with it as he had practiced without it and this tour was their first in many years.
 
Frank II