Mellotronists

Well, Jon, it's like this. The mellotron's most famous sound, 3 violins,
is actually a recording Harry Chamberlin made back in '52, I believe,
for his new instrument. The recordings found their way to the UK via
Bill Fransen who was a salesman for Harry and this voice was also used
for the new mellotron (unbeknownst to everyone involved, the tapes did
not belong to Mr Fransen.) Anyway, you know the Prog Fame that mellotron
violins went on to, the splendour, the majesty, the dramatic weight of
the music which was created using this sound! What no one knew was that
Harry had hired 3 middle-aged women from the Lawrence Welk Champagne
Music Makers to record the notes.

Life is full of small ironies, isn't it?

Cheers!

Rick

JS wrote:

> "Lawrence Welk violinists?????????"  This is an apparently new
> detail.  Any more information about that, and the provenance of the
> information?
>
>      (It would be wonderful to have a shot of the three Lawrence
>      Welk violinists recording in Harry Chamberlin's bedroom,
>      wouldn't it?)
>
>
>      Jon E Salley
>      MiloJohnson@...
>      M400 #886
>