A Tribute To Mike [Beatles of Malaysia - Mike n Herb] From His Son Scott.

To all who sent condolences to Mike van Dort, his son Scott writes about him in remembrance. 

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I am Mike’s son (Herb’s nephew) and it has been truly incredible to read all the comments from people who met him way back in the day and from people more recently and how he made an impression and impact on them.

I just wanted to share my early memories of him teaching me HOW to listen and appreciate music from a very early age. I have great memories of being very small and sitting in our family house in Melbourne where he would put records on the turntable and ask me to listen to vocal harmonies and guitar parts. He would even repeat sections so I could REALLY hear and understand the parts. 

Mike and Herb continued to play music throughout my life - I remember being very little and attending one of their concerts with my sister (Mike’s daughter) in our pajamas, standing backstage! Over the years, we spoke about guitars and music and, in fact, we both own several of the same guitars (Taylor and Maton acoustic guitars). We used to trade tips on our guitars and how much we loved their sound.

Herb and Mike played a show in Melbourne some years ago and I even got to do their sound, which was such a great night.

Thank you for sharing your memories here - it has been a pleasure to read.

Scott Van Dort

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