The Mellotron Group

Gary Green has been at NEARfest every year that I've been there, since 2003. He hangs out with the attendees and is always at the late-night Jam sessions after the shop. He's always been a hell of a nice guy and well liked.

In 2010, Three Friends was (were?) the Saturday night headliner. They had a last minute substitution at lead vocals (Pierre Bordeleau) after their regular lead vocalist, Mick Wilson, was denied entry into the United States. Since I was working backstage I got to see them rehearsing the material with Pierre right up until the last minute. While his voice is far from my favorite, I thought Pierre did a hell of a job, all things considered, and it was a great show. What made it especially cool for me (and Gary, I'm sure) was that Gary Green was playing in front of around 1100 close, personal friends. He kicked ass. After his show was over, to his credit, he went right back to being Gary Green the nice guy. No pretension at all (Dave Cousins, cough cough), hanging out as usual.

Frank

Mark - thanks for your post. I liked all the Gentle Giant albums through Free Hand; however, I think their first 5 albums are their best.

Although I've searched, unfortunately, I can't find any live performances of the band in their early years when they utilized the Mellotron in some of their songs.

2 of the original members + the drummer from their third album have performed live in recent years under their new name "Three Friends".

Here are a few videos...

Robert

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pc5Z8_KAwc&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JWk0VyFmxc

From: mellotronmadness <markpringnz@gmail.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, April 7, 2012 6:20 PM
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] OT Gentle Giant So Sincere

So Sincere

No tron but they do look like they are having fun.

Mark

PS There are at least 3 marks here now, am I Mark I or Mark II?