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Memories of Mellofest 2009
Here's a scrapbook / collage-style picture, wrapping up all of team Ellatron's great Mellofest memories into one place.
Highlights - too many to mention, but Jordan's presentation was awesome, the delightful (and officially 'The Next Big Thing') Gary Go popped by just to meet team Ellatron and have a chat, despite being insanely busy with a) a documentary film crew in his studio, and b) a handful of stadium shows coming up within the month supporting the wonderful Take That. And he and Rieko are mighty photogenic between them!
Martin Orford was quite amazing, the 'here is the innards of a Tron' was really cool (and thanks to Andy from Planet Mellotron for both that and the Rick Wakeman impersonation on Space Oddity), the interview with Moody Blues producer Tony Clarke was informative and funny, and the rousing Stylophone-powered Space Oddity finale made for a perfect Mellotron sandwich with the King Crimson / Genesis excerpts that opened the show. Both Space Oddity and Nights in White Satin were sung masterfully by Mark Rae, who apparently was formerly in a top-ranked Genesis tribute band. Hence he knew all the Mellotron parts by heart!
And a personal highlight was meeting one of my teenage rock and roll heroes, the wonderfully talented Knox of The Vibrators, who was gifted our last Ellatron shirt. He said "Don't worry, if somebody cooler comes later I'll give it back to you" and I reassured him "No danger of that sir". Lovely man, brilliant evening, and thanks to Nick (top left in the shot, and interviewing Tony Clarke, top centre) for organizing it all.
Flickr's 90 second video limit was too much to bear for such a great event, so check out our Mellofest videos on YouTube.
Memories of Mellofest 2009
Here's a scrapbook / collage-style picture, wrapping up all of team Ellatron's great Mellofest memories into one place.
Highlights - too many to mention, but Jordan's presentation was awesome, the delightful (and officially 'The Next Big Thing') Gary Go popped by just to meet team Ellatron and have a chat, despite being insanely busy with a) a documentary film crew in his studio, and b) a handful of stadium shows coming up within the month supporting the wonderful Take That. And he and Rieko are mighty photogenic between them!
Martin Orford was quite amazing, the 'here is the innards of a Tron' was really cool (and thanks to Andy from Planet Mellotron for both that and the Rick Wakeman impersonation on Space Oddity), the interview with Moody Blues producer Tony Clarke was informative and funny, and the rousing Stylophone-powered Space Oddity finale made for a perfect Mellotron sandwich with the King Crimson / Genesis excerpts that opened the show. Both Space Oddity and Nights in White Satin were sung masterfully by Mark Rae, who apparently was formerly in a top-ranked Genesis tribute band. Hence he knew all the Mellotron parts by heart!
And a personal highlight was meeting one of my teenage rock and roll heroes, the wonderfully talented Knox of The Vibrators, who was gifted our last Ellatron shirt. He said "Don't worry, if somebody cooler comes later I'll give it back to you" and I reassured him "No danger of that sir". Lovely man, brilliant evening, and thanks to Nick (top left in the shot, and interviewing Tony Clarke, top centre) for organizing it all.
Flickr's 90 second video limit was too much to bear for such a great event, so check out our Mellofest videos on YouTube.