Mellotronists

For awhile after Hawken left, the Strawbs apparently toured with two 
journeymen keyboard players--I recall seeing the Strawbs with Gentle 
Giant in Seattle's Moore Theater & that's the way it looked...it was 
too funny. Cousins would say what song the band was about to play, 
and have to wait for the two keyboard players to find the right page 
in the set list music books, and they would both look up to Cousins 
when they were on the right page. And Cousins blathered and swaggered 
the whole time...looking like he was going to topple off the stage 
into the front row. In the post Wakeman/Weaver/Hawken days, the 
Strawbs never really had a set-in-stone official keyboard player, did 
they? And by the way, Gentle Giant were GREAT!

"mellotrongirl " wrote:

> For awhile after Hawken left, the Strawbs apparently toured with two
> journeymen keyboard players....

One of them (from the Deep Cuts album) was Rupert Holmes  --  the Pina Colada
Song guy.......sheeeesh.

Vance......I'd prefer the Newcastle Brown Ale Song myself......

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Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Strawbs/Gentle Giant (Nomadness/FreeHand
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"mellotrongirl " wrote:

> For awhile after Hawken left, the Strawbs apparently toured with two
> journeymen keyboard players....

One of them (from the Deep Cuts album) was Rupert Holmes  --  the Pina
Colada
Song guy.......sheeeesh.


I thought they were Robert Kirby and John Mealing, from 'Deep Cuts' through
to 'Deadlines'.

Andy T.
M400 #1145

'The Ultimate Mellotron Recordings List (Possibly)'

http://freespace.virgin.net/andy.thompson/

Andy Thompson wrote:
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pomeroy Ranch [mailto:punchbowl4@...]
> Sent: 14 February 2003 04:59
> To: Mellotron list
> Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Strawbs/Gentle Giant (Nomadness/FreeHand
> tour)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> "mellotrongirl " wrote:
> 
> 
>>For awhile after Hawken left, the Strawbs apparently toured with two
>>journeymen keyboard players....
> 
> 
> One of them (from the Deep Cuts album) was Rupert Holmes  --  the Pina
> Colada
> Song guy.......sheeeesh.
> 
> 
> I thought they were Robert Kirby and John Mealing, from 'Deep Cuts' through
> to 'Deadlines'.
> 
> Andy T.
> M400 #1145

It was Kirby and Mealing.  Once they settled in they did a fine job.  I 
believe the tour in question was for "Nomadness", an album recorded with 
no permanent keysman.  With "Deep Cuts" they were on board full-time.
-- 
Cheers,
SDM -- a 21st century schizoid man
http://systemstheory.net	internet music project
http://thecleanersystem.com	software for dry cleaners
NP: nothing

I stand (partially) corrected...Holmes was the 'third' of a trio of keyboardists
on Deep Cuts. Kirby and Mealing were the tour and subsequent album duo.
Vance
sdavmor wrote:

> Andy Thompson wrote:
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Pomeroy Ranch [mailto:punchbowl4@...]
> > Sent: 14 February 2003 04:59
> > To: Mellotron list
> > Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Strawbs/Gentle Giant (Nomadness/FreeHand
> > tour)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "mellotrongirl " wrote:
> >
> >
> >>For awhile after Hawken left, the Strawbs apparently toured with two
> >>journeymen keyboard players....
> >
> >
> > One of them (from the Deep Cuts album) was Rupert Holmes  --  the Pina
> > Colada
> > Song guy.......sheeeesh.
> >
> >
> > I thought they were Robert Kirby and John Mealing, from 'Deep Cuts' through
> > to 'Deadlines'.
> >
> > Andy T.
> > M400 #1145
>
> It was Kirby and Mealing.  Once they settled in they did a fine job.  I
> believe the tour in question was for "Nomadness", an album recorded with
> no permanent keysman.  With "Deep Cuts" they were on board full-time.
> --
> Cheers,
> SDM -- a 21st century schizoid man
> http://systemstheory.net        internet music project
> http://thecleanersystem.com     software for dry cleaners
> NP: nothing
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