BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH A MELLOTRON AND MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST PETE DONNELLY | The Lipstick Pickup Podcast Ep. 40
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Send us Fan Mail Emily places a call of the wild to The Hudson Valley to talk to Pete Donnelly about the vintage Mellotron that has landed in his studio in Katonah, New York. Pete was an original Sympathetic String to the podcast and there is a review of his Lipstick Pickup studio Bass-ics and a Jerry Jones baby sitar Emily lent him for most of 2025. From https://petedonnellymusic.bandcamp.com "Pete Donnelly is a New York-based songwriter, musician, producer, and dynamic performer. ...
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