Mellotronists

I have heard that Mike Pinder was the unofficial leader of the Moody 
Blues.  He would give fix the speed and rhythm with his tambourine.  
The Moodies seem to have lost more than Mike, his Mellotrons, and his 
voice when he left.  

Aidan

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "mellotrongirl" 
<mellotrongirl@h...> wrote:
> One of the decent things about the Moodies is that through their -
> maginificent seven/Pinder- era, was that the songwriting was shared 
> equally between the members, therefore, I never really viewed the 
> band as having a true and dominant "leader".