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The DJ 'Whispering' Bob Harris – who had confided his admiration for Procol Harum to BtP at Cropredy in the Summer of 2003 – introduced this evening of music from Gary Brooker and Friends. Quite an evening ...
Andy Fairweather Low and Eric Clapton, guitars
Terrific vocal and physical performances from Alvin Stardust ...
another musician we've seen guesting with No Stiletto Shoes
Stardust ... the former Shane Fenton ... in his leather trousers
Andy broke a string on his Strat, and moved to this nice resonator guitar (maybe a National?) while the string was being fixed offstage
The Zombies meet Manfred Mann meet Mr Stardust, in the form of frontmen Colin Blunstone and Paul Jones
Colin Blunstone with Procol's Dave Bronze on bass, and Henry Spinetti on drums
Colin Blunstone again. A freak of lighting made it look as though he was
wearing grey rubber gloves, but he sounded terrific
Dave Bronze and Frank Mead – the flute tells us this is Pretty Flamingo in progress. Note the 'No Stiletto Shoes' stickers on these amps, although the band tonight was billed as Gary Brooker and Friends
Dave Bronze with Procol Harum organist Pete Solley ... A Whiter Shade of Pale
Bronze, Mead and Solley
The hall was packed, and the crowd called out for more ... and still there'll be more, as we haven't shown any photos of The Commander yet, whose band this was, and who had brought all the fine musicians together