Mellotronists

jonesalley wrote:

>As one who completely lost interest after Seventh Sojourn, I'd 
>personally START going to Moodies concerts if they lost the orchestra 
>and the crappy-sounding multi-keyboard players I've seen and heard on 
>video and went back to the highly focused sound of the Mellotron, 
>especially the Mark II Mellotrons.  I think they would really benefit 
>by going to ONE good keyboard player with a sampler set up to just 
>act and sound like a Mark II.
>  
>
That's pretty much what they've done;  i.e., gone to one good keyboard 
player, for the last couple of tours.  The female backing singer does 
play some keys.  On the first tour that she played, she played so little 
that I wondered why they had bothered, but she was playing more on the 
most recent tour, although  her role is still secondary.  No, they are 
not using a Mellotron, but the songs sound good.

John McIntyre
mcintyre@...