Mellotronists

I've been thinking that the Moody Blues might have fared better if they approached
Woolley Wolstenholme from BJH when he left that band, which I think was right around the
same time as Mike left the Moodies. Woolley's sound and songwriting was/is a lot closer to
Mike's "mystical" energy than Patrick Moraz. Of course Patrick gave them their 80s techno
sound which probably accounted for much of their success but Woolley is a "Mellotronist"
and Patrick, while he played tron, was more of a multikeyboard wizard and never really
embraced the tron as an upfront featured instrument (perhaps a bit on REFUGEE). In
retrospect I really feel Woolley's playing and voice would have been perfect for the
Moodies....(I wonder if they ever considered it?)

-----Original Message-----
From: charel196
Sent: Jan 25, 2007 10:25 AM
To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Mellotronists] Moodies/Pinder/Wolstenholme

I've been thinking that the Moody Blues might have fared better if they approached
Woolley Wolstenholme from BJH when he left that band, which I think was right around the
same time as Mike left the Moodies. Woolley's sound and songwriting was/is a lot closer to
Mike's "mystical" energy than Patrick Moraz. Of course Patrick gave them their 80s techno
sound which probably accounted for much of their success but Woolley is a "Mellotronist"
and Patrick, while he played tron, was more of a multikeyboard wizard and never really
embraced the tron as an upfront featured instrument (perhaps a bit on REFUGEE). In
retrospect I really feel Woolley's playing and voice would have been perfect for the
Moodies....( I wonder if they ever considered it?)