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DESCRIPTION:Sunday, June 6. 2010\n7:30 PM\nAdmission: $5.00\nMovies on a Big Screen at 
 The Guild\n2828 35th St, Sacramento, CA\n\n\nMellodrama\n "Mellodrama" 
 explores the rising and falling fortunes of the Mellotron - the first 
 musical keyboard to "sample" the sounds of other instruments - from its 
 birth in a California garage in the 1950s, through its dominance on concert 
 stages in the 1970s, through its almost religious cult of followers in the 
 2000s. From the Beatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever" to Black Sabbath to 
 Kanye West, Mellodrama is a 50-year odyssey of musical invention, 
 revolution, betrayal, and rediscovery. \n\nThe Mellotron is a keyboard 
 instrument that plays prerecorded strips of magnetic tape. It was invented 
 as the Chamberlin organ in Harry Chamberlin's Southern California backyard 
 in the late 1940s. Harry wanted to sell his "orchestra at your fingertips" 
 to every Aunt Mable in America, and drove his motor home across America 
 doing so. But his trusted salesman Bill Franson took two instruments to 
 England, and found manufacturers to replicate the Chamberlin. Under this 
 dubious pretense, the Mellotron was born. \n\nSoon, through the music of 
 the Beatles, the Zombies, and the Moody Blues, the Mellotron became the 
 "instant magic sound." In the 1970s, the Mellotron defined the sound of 
 progressive rock bands like King Crimson, Roxy Music, and Genesis. Though 
 forgotten during the 1980s, when digital synthesizers hijacked pop music, 
 the Mellotron is today again a highly desired and sought-after device, a 
 connection for artists like Radiohead and Kanye West to the mystical lost 
 world of invention and possibility. \n\n"Mellodrama" chronicles this 
 fascinating fifty-year history using interviews with Brian Wilson (Beach 
 Boys), Mike Pinder (Moody Blues), Rod Argent (The Zombies), Rick Nielsen 
 (Cheap Trick), Ian McDonald (King Crimson), Brian Kehew (Author "Recording 
 the Beatles"), Jon Brion [Producer--Kanye West, Fiona Apple, Aimee Mann], 
 Patrick Moraz (Yes), Jesse Carmichael (Maroon 5), Matthew Sweet (Recording 
 Artist), Michael Penn (Recording Artist), Richard Chamberlin (The 
 Chamberlin Company), David Kean (Mellotron Archives) Markus Retch 
 (Mellotron Archives), and many more. \n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/06/01/18649491.php
SUMMARY:Mellodrama
LOCATION:The Guidl Theater, 2828 35th St Sacto, Ca
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/06/01/18649491.php
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