Wish it were true. I used to play with a guy by the name of Grayson Hugh who has absolute pitch. The band could never be in tune enough for him, especially when he was drunk.
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> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Mantovani Anyone?
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> Being told that Mike Pinder was influenced by Mantovani ranks just behind Mike Dixon telling me that Sandy Denny sang out of tune, in a list? of things I wish I didn't know.
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> Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Mantovani Anyone?
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> Date: Sunday, September 28, 2008, 9:13 AM
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