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A semi-planned jam by Palers' Band alumni local to Brooklyn on 16 July: a bit of fun, nonetheless sincerely dedicated to the memory of our Fellow Traveller, Dave Ball. Some people played from songbooks, some from charts; some played by memory or by ear, or let their fingers do the thinking. We frequently rang the changes and enjoyed listening to as well as playing with each other. With no goal -- beyond our own immediate enjoyment -- this was a different kind of experience from the typical Palers' Band get-together, which is usually a rehearsal for a sideshow at a party, or occasionally a public show (as at BB King's Club in Los Angeles or when, as The Palers' Project, we opened for Gary Brooker's 'Procol Rarum' gig in London in 2007). Different, but just as good. Hope it happens again!
Tunes played by prior arrangement
A Salty Dog
[Brooker/Reid], A Souvenir of London
[Brooker/Reid](twice), A Whiter Shade of Pale
[Brooker/Fisher/Reid] (three verses), Barnyard Story[Brooker/Reid], Broken Barricades [Brooker/Reid], Fellow Travellers
[Fisher/Reid], For
Liquorice John [Brooker/Reid], Grand Hotel [Brooker/Reid], Magdalene (My Regal Zonophone) [Brooker/Reid], Memorial Drive [Trower/Reid],
Nothing That I Didn’t Know [Brooker/Reid], Pandora’s Box [Brooker/Reid], Quite Rightly So [Brooker/Fisher/Reid], Shine on Brightly [Brooker/Reid],
The Dead Man’s Dream [Brooker/Reid], The Idol [Brooker/Reid], The Milk of Human Kindness [Brooker/Reid], Theme from an
Imaginary Western [Jack Bruce/Pete Brown], Weisselklenzenacht
[Fisher]
Songs performed extempore
A Christmas Camel [Brooker/Reid],
Bringing Home the Bacon [Brooker/Reid], A Rum Tale [Brooker/Reid], All Things Must Pass
[George Harrison], Atom Heart
Mother (largo part) [Pink Floyd], Conquistador [Brooker/Reid], Eight Days a Week
[The Beatles], Homburg (using
AWSoP words) [Brooker/Reid], Rambling On [Brooker/Reid], Something Following Me [Brooker/Reid], Whaling Stories
[Brooker/Reid]
Numbers incompletely visited
Whaling Stories (again) [Brooker/Reid], In the Autumn of my Madness [Brooker/Fisher/Reid], , Let it Be
[The Beatles], Mabel/Daydream
[ [Brooker/Reid / The Loving Spoonful], She Wandered
Through the Garden Fence [Brooker/Reid], Robert’s Box [Brooker/Reid], The Thin End of the Wedge [Brooker/Reid],
Pilgrims Progress
[Fisher/Reid], Wish me Well
[Brooker/Reid], The Long Goodbye
[Brooker/Fisher/Reid]
Pieces glimpsed but fragmentarily
Rule, Britannia! [Thomas Arne],
Old Folks at Home [Stephen Foster],
Within our House
[Brooker/Reid]
Personnel (whether in the studio at 'Electric Garyland', or in the control-room)
| Gary | Celebre [USA] | Bass, studio management |
| Marvin | Chassman [USA] | Drums, percussion |
| Linda | Clare [UK] | Spoons, percussion, singing |
| Roland | Clare [UK] | Piano, guitar, bass, singing, percussion |
| Brian | D’Addario [USA] | Guitar, singing |
| Michael | D’Addario [USA] | Drums, singing |
| Ronnie | D’Addario [USA] | Guitar, bass, drums, singing |
| Tito | Davila [USA] | Drums, percussion, singing |
| Don | Milione [USA] | Hammond organ, synth, sound effects |
| George | Phipps [USA] | Singing, piano, guitar |
| Bert | Saraco [USA] | Singing, drums, percussion |
| Carina | Saraco [USA] | Singing, flute |
| Kenny | White Jr [USA] | Guitar, lap-steel, bass |
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Ruthie |
Bosch [USA] |
Good vibrations |
| Jenice | Celebre [USA] | Good vibrations |
| Lorraine | Celebre [USA] | Good vibrations, dancing, refreshments |
| Judy | Davila [USA] | Good vibrations, station announcements |
| John | Ferrari [USA] | Good vibrations |
| Evan | Wagshul [USA] | Good vibrations |
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titles altogether: |
5 |
From Procol Harum |
6 |
from Shine on Brightly |
| 3 |
From A Salty Dog |
4 |
From Home |
2 |
from Broken Barricades |
| 6 |
From Grand Hotel |
2 |
From Exotic Birds and Fruit |
1 |
from Procol's Ninth |
| 0 |
From Something Magic |
0 |
From The Prodigal Stranger |
2 |
from The Well's on Fire |
| 8 |
Non-originals |
2 |
non-album tracks |
2 | Brooker solo items |
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The songs are not listed in playing order: no-one was
keeping track. Each song is tallied once, even if played more than that. If you were there and remember hearing any additional items, please send a message to webmaster@procolharum.com |
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