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I saw that too and will be passing the news to all my old friends. They were one of the groups of their age. Amongst my friends 'On the Third Day' and 'Eldarodo' were the favourites but I very much liked ELO2 - or at least the bits I could play. [It was second-hand and in poor condition. But as a five-finger discount it was great value-for-money. I later found out that the reason the store so regularly offered such discounts was that the owners were out the back off their trees.] I think I might contribute to the inevitable spike in the sales of ELO cds.
I saw them live once and it was a bloody great show! It must have been the late 70s at the Pavlova backed by 'Ol 55. I forget what they played but they had the place rockin'. I remember the violin solo, I'd never seen or heard anything like it. And towards the end they were playing their cellos like guitars, down on one knee with the cello across the other knee. Then for a real party trick they dropped them behind their backs while still playing - I've seen that done with violins, guitars and mandolins, but a cello?
The band in heaven now has a cellist.
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