DAYS OF INSPIRATION

STEVE HACKETT

“I’d heard about the Moodies’ Days Of Future Passed, but I was particularly aware of Nights In White Satin. I actually used to play it with a band I was trying to get off the ground at the time. I loved the song and its moving, symphonic atmosphere. I noticed the Mellotron and I thought it had a particularly powerful sound. It also mixed very well with the guitar. “I realised that Nights In White Satin had a strong influence on King Crimson’s Epitaph, another Mellotron-driven tune of distinction. In Genesis we were all very taken with the Mellotron with its spooky Frankenstein’s Monster of a sound assembled from disembodied parts. To have the sound of an orchestra at your fingertips was heady stuff indeed and took the sound palate…

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