| 16 (17) |
songs altogether: |
3 |
From Procol Harum |
1 |
from Shine on Brightly |
| 2 |
From A Salty Dog |
0 |
From Home! |
1 |
from Broken Barricades |
| 2 |
From Grand Hotel |
1 |
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 |
| 2 | non-album tracks | 1 | 'New' song | (1) | non-originals |
| Of course One-Eye on the Future is not truly a new song: it was heard late in the Old Testament, and is one of the Something Missing songs from 1976's Miami sessions. It was first played in this century by the Palers' Band in Manchester 2001 (Allen Edelist singing, whence his egregious monocular cognomen) where Procol Harum heard it. The Palers' Band resurrected it at BB King's Club in Hollywood in 2003. Its return to the real Procol Harum set is outstandingly welcome! | |||||
One-Eye's performance notes:
Band comes on at 9.40 pm
Bringing Home the Bacon: Josh
plays Smoke on the Water during the Hammond riff break
Rambling On: Geoff, amazing solo
Toujours l’Amour: Mark hitting everything right
An Old English Dream:
Gary says that in a 90-minute set there are
5,922 words. 'I can't be expected to get every one right'
One Eye on the Future: you
had to hear it to believe it; crowd loved it
Memorial Drive: timeless Brooker
piano solos; almost felt like one was suspended in time
A Salty Dog: as a tribute '
... to BJ Wilson, who was our drummer for many, many years'
A Whiter Shade of Pale:
cadenza ending; 'mermaid' instead of 'virgin' verse, 'for those presently
suffering in Indonesia'
Crowd is singing 'We will rock you' to get them back out
Israelites (one verse):
for Desmond Dekker who sadly left us this week;
'one of my favourite artists'
Kaleidoscope: with new
beginning ... totally rocked the house
Mark was brilliant and steady
throughout, counting it out and hitting everything right
Matt is so steady he can't be budged: like a rock as a PH bassist
should be
Geoff after playing with GOD last week seemed to become GOD
throughout many of his solos
Josh: I can't say enough about him. He just fits in so well
and everyone is commenting positively about everything he is doing,
especially his solos
Gary was in top form and really enjoying himself. Is there anyone
better? I think not!
Final thoughts come from last week's
Band du Lac gig – Wish You Were Here! This line-up should not
be missed!