Hi Frank,
just take a look at their concerts attendances and album sales after Nomadness...none of their albums after that came even close to Hero, Grave, Bursting or Ghosts. At least not for me. I'd gladly part ways with most of them. Sure, there was the 'punk effect' around the late 70's and all prog bands suffered a lot to survive. Some deservedly so...but that's another story.
best,
Roberto
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
From: lsf5275@aol.com
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:32:18 -0400
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Strawbs: was The Ugly Duckling
From: lsf5275@aol.com
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:32:18 -0400
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Strawbs: was The Ugly Duckling
I totally disagree about losing their audience. I can tell you that the
last time John Hawken played a Mellotron, it was one of mine. Dave Cousins
wanted to use two on stage but Hawken was afraid that they would be like they
were in the 70's. Finally, after playing it in rehearsal before the Sellersville
show in 2004, and after much badgering from the rest of the band, he played it
(briefly) during Hero & Heroine. I put a video up of it on you tube.
The next night he again ; played it live at NEARfest and that show
was recorded and released by the band. It was great show. Most of the time
Hawken was playing the "Pinder" samples.
After the show, Hawken said that he would have played it (them) more if
he'd had a chance to rehearse with it/them properly. As it was, he has
rearranged some of the Mellotron parts to take advantage of his more updated
keyboard rig.
Frank
In a message dated 4/25/2012 7:32:10 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
bluesrock77@hotmail.com writes:
Hi Bernie,I'd say Ghosts is the last one...Nomadness was recorded without a Mellotron, which was a silly idea by John Hawken according to the Mellotron book. At that point Strawbs lost its old audience and failed to acquire a new one...a bad move...to say the least.best,Roberto