Procol Harum • Summer 2009

Photos by One-Eye in Russia (5)

Procol pose with manage Chris Cooke and Russian hosts

As above: note Gary Brooker on the balalaika he was given as part of the cultural exchange at the church ' ... by the ex-hippies
who turned to the church during the communist era to gain freedoms to listen to bands like Procol Harum' as our photographer puts it.

Geoff plays the Russian anthem on the balalaika ... Procol Harum may be heard playing it onstage,
if you download the 2009 live album, Spirit of Nøkken ... click here for details

'Everyone very toasted and singing,' as One-Eye reports

Front row: Matt, Geoff, Gary, Geoff and Josh

Far left, Mssrs Magner and Ewins

A bit more anthem ...

Increasingly expansive gestures ...

Then it's just Procol ... and the Commander about to top up their glasses