Mary's Miscellany (20)

Procol images from BtP and other sources, with new commentaries and captions by Mary Roussey

His piano playing is the crux of the Procol sound 

With much more to come 

Renowned for his relaxed, dead-pan manner

Mick Jagger apparently told Gary Brooker, at the time that Royer and Harrison were replaced when AWSoP was #1, that “you’ve blown it.”

Gary Brooker and Geoff Whitehorn – integral parts of the brilliant Procol Harum sound

One of my favorite photos of Gary Brooker.  I used this as a basis for one of my Gary Brooker drawings

Dave Ball’s first job was as an assistant in the drum shop of a music store called Yardley’s Music.  He was paid one shilling and eight pence an hour.
If one shilling is worth 12.5 cents and 'a pence' is a little more than a penny, he earned approximately $ 0.22 an hour in US currency

Dave Ball always had a fascination with trains

 Opera and classical music (usually with singing) was played – and sung – ad-infinitum in the Ball home

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