Mellotronists

One of the decent things about the Moodies is that through their -
maginificent seven/Pinder- era, was that the songwriting was shared 
equally between the members, therefore, I never really viewed the 
band as having a true and dominant "leader".

I have heard that Mike Pinder was the unofficial leader of the Moody 
Blues.  He would give fix the speed and rhythm with his tambourine.  
The Moodies seem to have lost more than Mike, his Mellotrons, and his 
voice when he left.  

Aidan

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "mellotrongirl" 
<mellotrongirl@h...> wrote:

> One of the decent things about the Moodies is that through their -
> maginificent seven/Pinder- era, was that the songwriting was shared 
> equally between the members, therefore, I never really viewed the 
> band as having a true and dominant "leader".

> I have heard that Mike Pinder was the unofficial leader of the Moody
> Blues.  He would give fix the speed and rhythm with his tambourine.
> The Moodies seem to have lost more than Mike, his Mellotrons, and his
> voice when he left.

Yes. They lost his tambourine.

Mike Dickson (tron@...) M400 #996
The Official Cynic of Streetly Electronics
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