The Mellotron Group

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