66-893: Robin Leonard Trower (born 9 March 1945) is an English rock guitarist who achieved success with Procol Harum throughout 1967–1971, and then again as the bandleader of his own power trio known as the Robin Trower Band. Robin Trower was born in Catford , London, England, and grew up in Southend-on-Sea , Essex. In 1962, he formed a band that became the Paramounts , later including Westcliff High School pupil Gary Brooker . The Paramounts disbanded in 1966 to pursue individual projects. During this time, Trower created
132-423: A 1950s reissue pick-up in the neck position, a 1960s reissue in the middle position, and a Texas Special at the bridge. Other features included a custom C-shaped maple neck featuring a large headstock with a Bullet truss-rod system, locking machine heads and a maple fingerboard with narrow-spaced abalone dot position inlays and 21 jumbo frets. The Strats he plays live are an exact model of his signature guitar, which
198-408: A July 1980 interview that he recommends every young player try a thicker set of strings. "The thicker sound alone is worth it, but they also help keep you from forming bad habits." Trower uses between one and three 100-watt Marshall heads with four to six cabinets on stage. While he usually uses two JCM 800s and a JCM 900, he also links 100-watt Marshall Plexi heads . In studio sessions, Trower uses
264-868: A bill including Alvin Stardust , John Lodge , Nik Kershaw , Mike Rutherford , Judie Tzuke and The Who . A twin CD, Inside & Outside , was issued with studio tracks from the Chrysalis years and a live CD including new material and performances of tracks from their first four Zonophone albums. On Monday 24 November Procol Harum appeared at the Dominion Theatre in London with the BBC Concert Orchestra and Crouch End Festival Chorus in an event recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio 2's Friday Night
330-460: A concert at Redhill , Surrey . The band played a one-off show in celebration of the 30th anniversary of "A Whiter Shade of Pale", with the regular lineup joined on several songs by former members Mick Grabham , Peter Solley , Alan Cartwright , Dave Bronze and Chris Copping . In late 1999, Brooker promised that "Procol will play in 2000", and in September the band played an open-air gig with
396-522: A handful of shows in May and June 1993, with former Diamond Head keyboardist Josh Phillips filling in for Fisher and former King Crimson drummer Ian Wallace in place of Brzezicki, who had rejoined Big Country . Fisher returned for shows starting in July, and Matt Pegg replaced Bronze the following month. Touring continued sporadically throughout the rest of the decade – Graham Broad performed drums for
462-518: A live act only continued to improve, for the next several years Procol Harum spent most of their time touring America. Their third album, A Salty Dog (1969), was popular among fans and their first album to sell well in the UK. The title track in particular gained a good deal of US FM radio airplay , and the album is now considered a rock classic, appealing to fans of The Beatles , The Moody Blues and Pink Floyd . Procol Harum were asked to perform at
528-519: A local three-piece band called the Jam (not to be confused with the later group with Paul Weller ). Trower then, in June 1967, joined Brooker's new band Procol Harum following the success of their debut May 1967 single " A Whiter Shade of Pale ", and remained with them until mid 1971, appearing on the group's first five albums. Before launching his eponymous band, he joined singer Frankie Miller , ex- Stone
594-600: A mix of amplifiers, such as a Fender Blues Junior and Cornell Plexi Amplifiers models to acquire different tonality. He has recently been using Fulltone pedals and effects. He favors the OCD, Distortion Pro, Fat Boost, CLYDE Deluxe Wah, Deja Vibe 2, Soul-Bender, and a BOSS Chromatic Tuner. He runs his Deja Vibe into his distortion pedal to get his famous tone. He was given his own signature Fulltone Robin Trower Overdrive in late 2008. For his 2009 and 2011 US tours Trower
660-558: A rare Procol Harum film evening at the BFI on the South Bank, which was attended by members of the group. In September 2012 Procol Harum was among fifteen final nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2013 (induction 18 April 2013). In the subsequent election that December, however, the band failed to gain enough votes for election. In March and April 2013 Procol Harum played
726-504: A run of shows in July and August 1995, and Henry Spinetti took over for shows in 1996. In August 1995 Procol Harum played at the Cropredy Music Festival , as guests of Fairport Convention . They also toured US and UK the same year, performing at several locations. In July 1997 fans arranged the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the success of "A Whiter Shade of Pale" and invited the then-inactive band to play
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#1732776083252792-735: A series of five orchestral concerts in Denmark and two such events in Wuppertal in Germany. Four band-only concerts in Sweden & Finland were held in early October. In 2014 the band toured again in France, Switzerland, Germany, Canada (Ottawa with orchestra) and the Eastern U.S. The band also played a five-song set at Kenney Jones ' Rock'n'Horsepower charity event at Ewhurst, Surrey in June, on
858-761: A successful UK tour opening for Jethro Tull . During the band's 1971 tour, Procol Harum recorded their show on 18 November in Edmonton, Alberta with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and a choir for a live album. Released in April 1972, Procol Harum Live: In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra was met with commercial success when it peaked at No. 5 in the US, where it was certified gold for selling 500,000 copies. In
924-407: Is Music Night on 28 November. Guitarist Geoff Whitehorn was hospitalised during rehearsals and at short notice Rick Wakeman 's guitarist Dave Colquhoun deputised (on crutches, after a broken ankle). He played a guitar solo in the first extended, orchestrated version of Keith Reid's 9/11 tribute song "Blink of an Eye", dedicated by Gary Brooker to the brave firefighters of the 8th Avenue station who
990-599: Is entirely unmodified. For his first two albums, his guitar was tuned in Standard Tuning EADGBE . Starting from the third album, he detuned the strings a semitone to an Eb Tuning (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb). It is reported that during live performances, his guitar is tuned a full step down to a DGCFAD tuning. This long-established practice of detuning may have been prompted by his preference for very heavy-gauge guitar strings. Trower's three top strings (high E, B and G) measure .012", .015" and .017". By comparison,
1056-416: Is the 1967 hit single " A Whiter Shade of Pale ", one of the few singles to have sold more than 10 million copies. Although noted for their baroque and classical influence, Procol Harum's music is described as psychedelic rock and proto-prog with hints of the blues , R&B , and soul . In 2018, the band was honoured by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame when "A Whiter Shade of Pale" was inducted into
1122-576: The Danish Radio Orchestra at Ledreborg Castle in Denmark, which were tele-recorded. An hour-long edit of the show was broadcast on Christmas morning 2008 on Danish Channel DR2 and the full concert was issued on DVD on 11 May 2009 (with six extra tracks from a Danish television recording of the band from 1974). Later in 2006, they played in Switzerland , Norway and Denmark, but with Geoff Dunn replacing Brzezicki on drums, because
1188-522: The Woodstock Festival in August 1969, but were unable after Trower's wife was expecting a baby and needed to return to England. Later in 1969, Fisher left the band and was replaced by Chris Copping , another former member of The Paramounts, who played organ and bass. The group appeared at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival . By 1971, the disparities in style had become too great and, after
1254-400: The 1967 classic, which featured three verses and a guitar solo by Geoff Whitehorn. Yumi and Procol Harum then played a series of December concerts in major Japanese cities, one of which was recorded for a later television showing (on 31 March 2013). Also in 2012, Henry Scott-Irvine published a biography of the band, Procol Harum – The Ghosts of A Whiter Shade of Pale . Scott-Irvine also hosted
1320-466: The 1970s, Something Magic . This marked the departure of Cartwright, after Brooker thought Copping was a better bassist which led to the arrival of newcomer Pete Solley on keyboards. The album's producers were not impressed with the group's material, which took the form of "The Worm and the Tree", an extended track that originated from a theme of Brooker's that the band had attempted some years before, but
1386-482: The B-side "Lime Street Blues"), producer Denny Cordell and sound engineer Keith Grant. With a structure reminiscent of Baroque music , the song features a countermelody based on J. S. Bach 's Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major played by Fisher's Hammond organ . An enthusiastic response from listeners of the pirate radio station Radio London prompted Deram Records to rush-release the single for 12 May 1967. It
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#17327760832521452-509: The Crows bassist/singer James Dewar , and former Jethro Tull drummer Clive Bunker to form the short-lived combo Jude. This outfit did not record and soon split up. Trower retained Dewar as his bassist, who took on lead vocals as well, and recruited drummer Reg Isidore (later replaced by Bill Lordan ) to form the Robin Trower Band in 1973. In 1974, the group released Bridge of Sighs . This album, along with his first and third solo albums,
1518-697: The ICU of the Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital with a serious skull fracture. The band returned to Denmark for the Kløften Festival on 25 June before embarking on a 27-date U.S. tour supporting Yes . In 2012 the Japanese artist Yumi Matsutoya came to London to record "A Whiter Shade of Pale" with Procol Harum, a band she considered an inspiration for her work. She sang a duet with Gary Brooker on this new version of
1584-595: The New London Sinfonia in Guildford . In 2000 Procol Harum received some attention after the song "In Held Twas in I" appeared on the band Transatlantic's debut album. Since 2001 the band, comprising Brooker, Fisher, Geoff Whitehorn (guitar), Matt Pegg (bass) and Mark Brzezicki (drums), has made several tours of mostly Europe, but also Japan and the US. A 2001 concert in Copenhagen , Denmark
1650-874: The Royal Oak Music Theater in Royal Oak, Michigan , was released as a double album on V12 Records. Trower has described James Brown as his "big hero", particularly Brown's early work "where blues is crossing over into rock and roll". In 2016, he enjoyed a successful tour of the US. On 20 March 2018, Trower played a show at the Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts in Annapolis, Maryland . Ten minutes later (approximately 9:00PM EDT) after playing back-to-back songs "Day of The Eagle" and "Bridge of Sighs", he announced on his microphone that he
1716-828: The UK for three years) the band returned to North America in November, including a return orchestral event with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra on 9 November. After playing in Tallinn , Estonia on 18 November, they returned to the US for an orchestral concert in Wilmington, Delaware on 4 December. Over 13,000 people saw eight New Year concerts with the Danish Radio Orchestra in Copenhagen and other Danish cities in January 2011. On 29 May 2012 Gary Brooker
1782-476: The UK until December. Brooker said it was at this point where the band "had lost the British audience." The band's follow-up album, Shine on Brightly was released the following year and saw a greater excursion into progressive rock stylings. It reached number 24 in the US but failed to chart in the UK. Finding themselves labelled as one-hit wonders in their home country, while in the US their reputation as
1848-440: The UK, but it was certified silver for selling over 60,000 copies there. The band returned to its hard rock roots with their seventh studio album Exotic Birds and Fruit , released in April 1974. Reid said the group made a conscious attempt to "dispel that symphonic image" that they had been attached to and has a similar sound to their debut. The album's sleeve was absent of lyrics in the liner notes. In 1975 Procol Harum played
1914-461: The UK, it peaked at No. 48. The live rendition of " Conquistador " from their debut album reached No. 16 in the US and No. 22 in the UK. After Dave Ball left, Mick Grabham was the group's guitarist from 1972 until 1977. The band continued with their new symphonic rock sound on their follow-up, Grand Hotel . Released in March 1973, the album reached No. 21 in the US. It did not chart in
1980-573: The US under the title Living Out of Time: Live . Trower toured the United States and Canada in the summer and autumn of 2006. In 2007, Trower released a third recording with Jack Bruce, Seven Moons , featuring Gary Husband on drums. A 2008 world tour began in Ft. Pierce, Florida , on 16 January 2008. Joining Davey Pattison and Pete Thompson was Glenn Letsch (formerly of Gamma) playing bass. European dates began in April. The show of 29 March 2008 at
2046-463: The US. The group's follow-up single, " Homburg ", was released in September 1967. The song reached No. 6 in the UK and No. 34 in the US. In the same month their debut album, Procol Harum , recorded between the two hit singles, was released in the US. Brooker said its release soon after the singles put the band in good stead in the US, but the problems created by the line-up changes, subsequent lawsuits and new management delayed its release in
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2112-440: The addition of guitarist Robin Trower and the return of B. J. Wilson, the band secured new management under Tony Secunda . The departures brought about what Brooker described as "great lawsuits and expense" from Royer, Harrison, and Weston, and initial session drummer Eyden filed his own suit. Roughly three months into their partnership with Secunda, the band hired two Americans, Bennett Glotzer and Ronnie Lyons, to manage them in
2178-408: The band "could really work with", and had a sense of humour that helped balance out the more serious personality that Reid and the rest of the band had. The band chose Stevens as their manager. The group named themselves after a male blue Burmese cat , which had been bred by Eleonore Vogt-Chapman and belonged to Liz Coombes, a friend. Stevens suggested the group name themselves after the cat, which
2244-410: The band "really grilled the applicants" to find "someone with the right state of mind." Reid said bassist David Knights had also been chosen in a similar manner to Fisher, in that he was right for the group "as a person", and had an original playing style. Drummer Bobby Harrison completed the line-up, after the group had tried out up to nine drummers by this point. Reid said Harrison was the first that
2310-767: The band often talked with after gigs in New York. Glenn Letsch Glenn Letsch (born June 23, 1949) is an American bass guitarist. He was in a Los Angeles band with Mitchell Froom called "Bullet Park" . After Ronnie Montrose produced their demo, he asked Letsch to join his band Gamma , where Letsch became friends with singer Davey Pattison . When Gamma disbanded in 1982, Pattison became Robin Trower 's principal vocalist and Letsch continued with several of Ronnie Montrose projects and session work including playing bass on Sims computer games. He joined Trower's touring band in 2008 reuniting with Pattison. Discography [2] Glenn Letsch interview [3] Archived 2010-02-10 at
2376-507: The band reformed in 1991, with Brooker, Fisher, Trower and Reid (Wilson had died in 1990 after three years in a persistent vegetative state following a drug overdose) and released The Prodigal Stranger , but sales were modest. After the album's release, a new incarnation of the band, with Brooker and Fisher but not Trower, toured the US and the world for a few years in the first half of the 1990s. Tim Renwick took over on guitar, with Dave Bronze on bass and Mark Brzezicki on drums. Renwick
2442-488: The band's previous albums as remastered CDs with extra tracks, some never previously heard. Procol played a string of US (and Toronto ) concert dates in June 2010, mostly opening for Jethro Tull . On 22 July Procol again headlined at the Keitelejazz Festival in Äänekoski , Finland – the venue where the band performed with an injured Brooker in 2009. They described this loyal Finnish audience as "the best in
2508-546: The celebration of the 40th anniversary of the success of "A Whiter Shade of Pale" and invited the band to play. This took the form of two concerts at St John's, Smith Square in London. 20 July saw Procol Harum play a mixture of songs from their early days through to the début of a couple of new songs, "Sister Mary" and "Missing Persons". The following night 'Gary Brooker and Guests' performed a mixture of obscure songs by Brooker–Reid that had either never been recorded, never been performed live before or were significantly different from
2574-405: The day "A Whiter Shade of Pale" was released on 12 May 1967. They performed a set of mostly Brooker/Reid songs mixed with covers of Bob Dylan , The Rascals and Tim Rose tunes. Jimi Hendrix was an early vocal supporter of the band and attended their first show where, at the start of their performance of Rose's " Morning Dew ", he went on stage, took Knights' bass and joined in. After 18 June,
2640-475: The end than the beginning, then I've got to get going.'" The album was released on 22 March 2019, while its supporting tour was canceled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic . On 18 February 2022, Trower announced his latest studio album, No More Worlds To Conquer, alongside its title track. The record was released on 29 April 2022. Sari Schorr is the featured vocalist on Trower's album, Joyful Sky , which
2706-486: The final night at the Rainbow Theatre in London before its refurbishment. The personnel changes contributed to declining sales in the later part of the 1970s, with "Pandora's Box" being the final UK Top 20 hit in 1975. Its parent album Procol's Ninth saw a re-connection with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who both produced and wrote with the band. In 1976 the band regrouped to record their final album of
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2772-616: The following month Grabham announced that he had left the band, claiming that he had been "generally dissatisfied with my role ... for some months". The band played one final show in October when "A Whiter Shade of Pale" co-won the Single of the Year award at the 1977 Brit Awards , with Brooker, Wilson and returning members Cartwright and Copping joined by guitarist Tim Renwick . After Reid and Brooker teamed up to write once again in late 1989,
2838-687: The group "made it up as we went along" in the studio. Something Magic was released in March 1977 and peaked at No. 147 in the US. During the subsequent tour, the band celebrated their tenth anniversary with a concert at the Palladium Theatre in New York City in May. In April 1977, during the promotional tour for Something Magic , Copping joined Frankie Miller 's band and was replaced in Procol Harum by Elton John 's former bassist Dee Murray . The tour ended in May, and
2904-629: The group immediately accepted. However, the cat's pedigree name was in fact Procul Harun, the Procul being the breeder's prefix, but the name was taken down over the telephone, leading to a misspelling. Although people informed the band that the name is Latin for "beyond these things", this is incorrect as the correct term would be procul hīs . In April 1967 the group entered Olympic Studios in London to record their debut single, " A Whiter Shade of Pale ". They were joined by session drummer Bill Eyden in place of Harrison (though Harrison did play on
2970-450: The group would not play live in the UK until the following year. On 15 July 1967, the group announced the June departure of Royer and Harrison and their split from Weston as manager. Fisher later said that the major issue for the split with Weston was when he organised an extensive UK tour for Procol Harum too soon after the release of "A Whiter Shade of Pale", resulting in the group performing "for £60 per night instead of £500." Following
3036-546: The guitar, plugged it in, and with a shout that resounded around the auditorium he yelled, "This is it!" "I then switched to Strat" he says. "Up to then I had been playing Les Pauls." Since then Trower has been an ongoing proponent of the Fender Stratocaster. He currently uses his custom-built Strat (made by the Fender Custom Shop ) which comes in black, white, and burgundy. The guitar is equipped with
3102-767: The latter's other band Casbah Club was touring with The Who . Then Dunn ended up replacing Brzezicki permanently for the band's European tour in 2007. Recordings from the Italian concerts were later released as One Eye to the Future – Live in Italy 2007 . Procol Harum also played an orchestral concert in Sweden on 30 June. They performed with the Gävle Symphony Orchestra at the outdoor opera venue Dalhalla , near Rättvik . On 20 and 21 July 2007 fans arranged
3168-424: The most common choice of rock-and-roll lead players is .009", .011", .015". The width and weight of Trower's string set are similar to common acoustic guitar strings, and that weight makes vibrating and bending the strings more difficult, especially with the full tension of a standard tuning. Detuning them a half-step or more lower eases the tension and provides greater control. Trower told Guitar Player magazine in
3234-684: The new Singles category. They were previously nominated as performers in 2012. In 1966, after Southend-on-Sea -based group The Paramounts were unable to generate any follow-up success with their UK top 40 single " Poison Ivy ", the group disbanded. Their frontman Gary Brooker decided to retire from performing and focus on songwriting, and his old friend Guy Stevens introduced him to lyricist Keith Reid . In April 1967, after several months writing together while failing to find any artists interested in performing their songs, Brooker and Reid decided to form their own band which would use their songs as their sole material. Brooker, in addition to vocals and
3300-516: The only original performing member. These matters were later revealed to have been a lawsuit filed by Fisher against Brooker and the band for songwriting credits and a share of royalties on "A Whiter Shade of Pale", which he won in December 2006. The band resumed a limited touring schedule in 2005. In June 2006 they played at the Isle of Wight Festival . In August they played two outdoor concerts with
3366-490: The piano, was also proficient on the organ, trombone, cornet, piano accordion and Bengal flute. Paramounts' drummer Barrie "B. J." Wilson agreed to stay on and rehearse for the new group and auditions brought them bassist David Knights and two members of George Bean and the Runners, Richard Brown (guitar) and Alan Morris (organ). But the lack of gigs and money led to the dispersal of this grouping before they even got out of
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#17327760832523432-399: The rehearsal hall, with only Knights staying on. They next teamed with organist Matthew Fisher , who had left Screaming Lord Sutch 's backing group The Savages and advertised for work. Reid said he was right for Procol Harum just from talking to him and decided before hearing him play. Guitarist Ray Royer was chosen after the group placed an advertisement for players and were inundated, so
3498-526: The release of their fifth album Broken Barricades , Trower left to form his own power trio . He was replaced by Dave Ball , while Alan Cartwright (a former bandmate of Wilson's in Freddie Mack 's band) took over bass from Copping, who remained on organ. In mid-1971, Procol Harum severed ties with Glotzer and Lyons and legally fought an accounting dispute which was settled out of court. The band went on to sign with Chrysalis Records and completed
3564-570: The return of veteran bandmates Dave Bronze on bass, vocalist Davey Pattison (formerly with Ronnie Montrose 's band Gamma ) and Pete Thompson on drums—the same line-up as the mid-1980s albums Passion and Take What You Need . With the same bandmates, Trower gave a concert on his 60th birthday in Bonn , Germany. The concert was recorded by the German television channel WDR . It was then released on DVD and subsequently on CD throughout Europe and later
3630-571: The versions they recorded. Although there was no Procol Harum activity in 2008, their manager Chris Cooke, on the web site Beyond the Pale , announced plans for a live DVD and a new album in 2009, as well as festival concerts in Norway on 17 July and Finland on 23 July. Just before the latter concert, Brooker fell off a pile of road-side logs in Finland and broke several ribs. The show went ahead but he
3696-920: The world" and played a unique three-verse version of "A Whiter Shade of Pale" with a guitar solo from Geoff Whitehorn. 48 hours later Procol were invited to give a free concert at the courtyard of the Palace of the Province of Bergamo in Italy . In August 2010 they appeared in Bad Krozingen in Germany and a Rock Legends event at the Dolina Charlotty Amphitheater in Poland . After a Halloween gig in Leamington Spa (their first in
3762-476: Was an instant worldwide success, reaching No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart for six weeks and the same spot in eleven countries. In three weeks, it became the fastest selling record by a new group. In the US, it peaked at No. 5 and the song has since sold over 10 million copies worldwide. Around the same time, Cordell suggested that Jonathan Weston be brought in to co-manage the band with Stevens. Procol Harum played their first live gig at London's Speakeasy club on
3828-403: Was dropped from Chrysalis Records afterwards. Trower was also a part of the Night of the Guitars II European tour in 1991, organized by Sting and The Police manager Miles Copeland . The tour featured Ronnie Montrose , Rick Derringer , Saga 's Ian Crichton , Dave Sharman , Jan Akkerman and Laurie Wisefield . Thirteen albums later, Trower's album Living Out of Time (2003) featured
3894-401: Was hospitalised after suffering a fall in his hotel room in Cape Town . He was due to have performed with his band at GrandWest Arena on the 30th, with fellow Brits 10cc and The Moody Blues , in a tour billed as the 'British Invasion' and then again in Johannesburg on Friday 1 June 2012. Brooker (whose birthday it was) had been in his room at the five-star Table Bay Hotel. He was admitted to
3960-456: Was not feeling well (he had flu symptoms), handed his guitar to a stage crew, walked backstage and collapsed. He was transported by ambulance to the hospital for treatment. In 2019, it was announced that Trower had signed to Mascot Label Group , alongside the announcement of a new studio album Closer To The Day. Regarding the album's title, he told Guitar World , "I'm not thinking about dying — far from it. What I'm saying is, 'If I'm nearer
4026-671: Was produced by his former Procol Harum bandmate, organist Matthew Fisher . His early power trio work was noted for Jimi Hendrix influences. Trower is an influential guitarist who has inspired other guitar legends such as Robert Fripp , who praised him for his string bending and the quality of his sounds, and took lessons from him. In the early 1980s, Trower teamed up with former Cream bassist Jack Bruce and his previous drummers Lordan and Isidore for two albums, BLT (Bruce, Lordan, Trower) and Truce (Trower, Bruce, Isidore). After those albums, he released another album with James Dewar on vocals titled Back It Up in 1983. Robin Trower
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#17327760832524092-467: Was released on Provogue Records in October 2023. On June 6, 2024 Trower announced the cancellation of his upcoming tour of the USA scheduled for September/October, due to undisclosed health issues which would necessitate a major operation. During a 1971 tour with Jethro Tull , Robin Trower arrived early for a sound check and found Martin Barre 's Fender Stratocaster (which Barre used for slide playing) propped up against an amplifier. Trower picked up
4158-490: Was released on DVD in 2002. In 2003 the band released a new studio album, The Well's on Fire and appeared at the Progman Cometh festival in Seattle . Their concert in London on Friday 12 December 2003, with much of the material from that album, was released on DVD in 2004: Live at the Union Chapel . Long-time organist Matthew Fisher left the band in June 2004 due to "unresolved matters", with former stand-in Josh Phillips taking his place on Hammond again, leaving Brooker as
4224-422: Was replaced later in the year by Geoff Whitehorn . After a tour which spawned One More Time: Live in Utrecht 1992 , Fisher briefly stepped away from the band to focus on studying for a degree, with Don Snow temporarily taking over for a summer tour. Laurence Cottle substituted for Bronze, who was performing with the Hamsters , at a show in August. After nearly a year of inactivity, Procol Harum performed
4290-439: Was unable to sing properly, and many of the songs were performed either as instrumentals or sung by others in the band. In October 2009 with Brooker fully recovered, the band performed four concerts – in Hagen (Germany), Drammen (Norway), Moscow and St Petersburg . All This and More , a four-disc retrospective (three CDs and a DVD with historical notes) was released in the autumn of 2009, and Salvo also issued all of
4356-567: Was using his Fender Custom Shop Signature Stratocaster into a Fulltone Deja Vibe 2, Fulltone Wahfull, Fulltone Clyde Standard Wah, Fulltone Full Drive, Fulltone Robin Trower Overdrive, and Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner into two Marshall Vintage Modern 2466 heads. On his 2018 tour he used the same gear but through two 50 watt Marshall Plexi Reissue Heads, the 1987X. Procol Harum Procol Harum ( / ˈ p r oʊ k əl ˈ h ɑː r əm / ) were an English rock band formed in Southend-on-Sea , Essex, in 1967. Their best-known recording
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