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highplainsdem

(49,044 posts) Thu Apr 25, 2024, 03:39 PM Apr 25

RIP, Mike Pinder of the Moody Blues. From his last album with the Moodies: One Step Into The Light, written/sung by Mike [View all]

https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/mike-pinder-dead-moody-blues-founding-keyboardist-dies-obituary-1235666090/

Mike Pinder, the last surviving original member of psychedelic rock of 1960s/70s prog rock band the Moody Blues has died at 82. The pioneering keyboardist/singer credited with helping to introduce the mellotron into the rock arena passed away on Wednesday (April 24) at his home in Northern California of undisclosed causes.

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RIP, Mike Pinder of the Moody Blues. From his last album with the Moodies: One Step Into The Light, written/sung by Mike [View all] highplainsdem Apr 25 OP

RIP to a musical genius. Lunabell Apr 25 #1

It is to me too! AloeVera Apr 25 #3

Definitely on the late night playlist. pfitz59 Apr 25 #7

Boy do I feel mortal these days. nolabear Apr 25 #2

RIP 2naSalit Apr 25 #4

Rest in Beautyful Musical Peace, Mike Pinder. Cha Apr 25 #5

Peace, Brother world wide wally Apr 25 #6

now he knows Codifer Apr 25 #8

One of my 2 or 3 favorite bands in the late 60's/early 70's. scipan Apr 25 #9

Like the rest of us, they keep getting older, and will eventually run out of time. 😧 ShazzieB Apr 25 #14

Oh yes, not looking forward to it. scipan Apr 25 #16

I had their first 7 albums and still listen to them... surfered Apr 25 #10

One of the greatest bands of the DemocraticPatriot Apr 25 #11

They were (are) such a unique sound at the time IcyPeas Apr 25 #12

Cold hearted Homer ditching his wife, while Ancient Ned runs for his life... Initech Apr 25 #13

All of them gone??? Oh no!!! LeftInTX Apr 25 #15

Not all of them. Whatthe_Firetruck Apr 25 #19

Sorry to tell you that Graeme died of cancer in 2021. He'd had a stroke 5 years earlier but had recoveref enough highplainsdem Apr 25 #23

Oh no. Whatthe_Firetruck Apr 26 #29

RIP BuddhaGirl Apr 25 #17

I love how Mike and Ray Thomas worked the mellotron and flute to develop some lovely synergetic interplay on many songs. Bongo Prophet Apr 26 #25

Beautiful and transcendent BuddhaGirl Apr 26 #30

The true Fathers of Progressive Rock. Some would say King Crimson, but I think it's the Moodys by a couple of years. TeamProg Apr 25 #18

No question about it. Their synthesized sounds established them as forebears of electronica. ancianita Apr 25 #20

And they did it mostly without synthesizers. Bongo Prophet Apr 26 #24

Right? Their sense of ambience, long before the digital era, brought us long play music (which is why they were ancianita Apr 26 #26

It seems we share a similar journey through the ebb and flow of progressive music Bongo Prophet Apr 26 #27

Sounds like it, yes. I kept progressing, couldn't help myself, all the way from Revolver to ancianita Apr 26 #28

I used to play Days Of The Future Passed over and over. 58Sunliner Apr 25 #21

I was a latecomer DFW Apr 25 #22