The Mellotron Group

According to what Ian told me, Fripp (shamefully) told him that he *was* 
in the band in about three weeks before pulling the plug on the whole 
venture. Of course, Ian's memory may be tinged with the most alarming 
vodka cocktails I have ever had the misfortune to attempt:

VODKA MCDONALD

1. Take a tall glass.
2. Fill it to within an inch of the top with vodka. The stronger the 
better.
3. Drizzle in a few drops of weak orange or cordial to colour it.
4. Fill it right up with vodka.
5. Hand it over, saying 'now this is a *real* drink...'
6. Get morose.

Mike

Rick Blechta wrote:
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> On Dec 15, 2007, at 2:52 PM, David Jacques wrote:
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>> Most sources document that Ian left Crimson because he was deeply 
>> missing his girlfriend while on that famous 1969 tour of 
>> the US (where I saw them at the West Palm Beach Festival). Ian and 
>> Michael Giles were also tired of playing \ufffdgloomy\ufffd songs. So while 
>> driving up the west coast on their way to their last gig at the 
>> Fillmore, they told Fripp that they were quitting. Fripp was very 
>> quiet in the front seat. (Ian documents all this in his diary).
>>
> That was then, my experience was in 2001. Funny how time changes 
> things in one's mind. The one thing Ian did say is that he should have 
> taken a month off after that tour to just get his head back together. 
> Missing a girlfriend (long since gone) is no reason to leave a very 
> successful band, and he acknowledged that. Basically, all the reasons 
> he had at the time were nothing in the great scheme of things.
>
> A few years later, he was all set to join the band again.
>
> Rick
>