Mellotronists

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_ (http://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