Mellotronists

From: <kinchmusic@...>
To: <mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 11:35 AM
Subject: [Mellotronists] Gus Dudgeon

> Sad news indeed my friends.
> Buried somewhere beneath the latest Big Brother stories and much other non
> news in our newspapers here in the UK you'll find a story that will sadden
> all of us brought up during the seventies listening to the likes of Elton
> John. Legendary producer Gus Dudgeon and his wife were killed in a
> car crash on the M4 motorway over the weekend.
> Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano
> Player are still my favourite EJ albums. Both produced by Gus Dudgeon
> and both featured some great Mellotron. All respect to a man who had
> the vision to use the tron in a commercial situation seeing beyond the
> "Prog Rock" tag it had been given.
> Andy Kinch EMI m400 # E4/1405

Yes.  That is sad to hear.  Worse yet, I can't find anything about it on the
net after 30 mins of poking about... :-(

But, while I was poking, I found a very good GD interview with some
interesting technical sidebars.  Go to:
http://www.sospubs.co.uk/sos/jul01/articles/gusdudgeon.asp
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Cheers,
SDM -- a 21st century schizoid man
www.systemstheory.net
www.thecleanersystem.com