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Procol
reconvene and record The Prodigal
Stranger with co-writer
Matt Noble and other strangers. Henry
Spinetti (ex-Clapton, Brooker solo albums, etc)
drums on one track; Southender Dave Bronze
is on bass, and Big Country's Mark Brzezicki takes on the drum throne. |
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Procol Harum 9
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1991
largely in NY studios |
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Matthew
Fisher
organ
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Dave
Bronze
bass
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Gary
Brooker
piano/voc
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Keith
Reid
words
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Mark
Brzezicki
drums
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Henry
Spinetti
drums
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Robin
Trower
guitar
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Jerry
Stevenson
guitar,
mandolin
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| By 1989 Brooker has already demoed some
Prodigal songs with Bronze,
Spinetti and the returning Tim Renwick on guitar: this line-up might almost be considered a
generation itself. |
Procol Harum 10
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Aug - Oct 1991
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Tim Renwick
really does return for the American leg of the Prodigal
Stranger tour. The tour takes in prominent
'live' spots on national TV: David Letterman (with just
Gary and Matthew, backed by the
house band), Hollywood Tonight etc.
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Matthew
Fisher
organ
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Dave
Bronze
bass
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Gary
Brooker
piano/voc
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Keith
Reid
words
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Mark
Brzezicki
drums
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Tim
Renwick
guitar
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European leg, Geoff Whitehorn joins as full-time
guitarist. A sparkling PH tours Germany,
Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Poland, Austria,
Holland,
Norway, France ... but
not the UK! |
Procol Harum 11
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Dec 91 to
April 92
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Procol records the live album, One More Time, at Utrecht in February. Fisher leaves in the
Spring to prepare for Cambridge University
entrance ... he will later graduate in Computer
Science at Wolfson College ... |
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Matthew
Fisher
organ
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Dave
Bronze
bass
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Gary
Brooker
piano/voc
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Keith
Reid
words
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Mark
Brzezicki
drums
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Geoff
Whitehorn
guitar
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... and
Don Snow (formerly with Squeeze) replaces him.
Some gigs at festivals in Scandinavia prepare
Procol for a coast-to-coast tour of US and Canada
in May/June, with a special
21st anniversary
reunion gig with
the Edmonton
Symphony Orchestra
on 29 and 30 May. |
Procol Harum 12
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May - Jun 1992
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Dave
Bronze
bass
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Gary
Brooker
piano/voc
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Keith
Reid
words
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Mark
Brzezicki
drums
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Geoff
Whitehorn
guitar
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Don
Snow
organ
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returns in August for a one-off gig in
Switzerland where Procol play at Pete York's
birthday party. Laurence Cottle plays bass,
because Bronze has a scheduled gig with the
Hamsters. |
Procol Harum 13
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Thun
Aug 1992 |
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Matthew
Fisher
organ
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Laurence
Cottle
bass
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Gary
Brooker
piano/voc
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Keith
Reid
words
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Mark
Brzezicki
drums
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Geoff
Whitehorn
guitar
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Mark Brzezicki temporarily returns to his former
outfit, Big Country. Ian Wallace (world-class
drummer, two years of touring with Dylan) joins
Procol for the 1993 tours. Josh Philips (former
Big Country and Midge Ure) is their auxiliary
Hammond man. This outfit plays three gigs in
June supporting Jethro Tull in Germany. |
Procol Harum 14
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June 1993 |
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Dave
Bronze
bass
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Gary
Brooker
piano/voc
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Keith
Reid
words
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Ian
Wallace
drums
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Geoff
Whitehorn
guitar
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Josh
Phillips
organ
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Fisher returns during his summer vacation, plays
in Estonia in July and Procol's first UK gig since
1977 in Brooker's childhood home town, Southend,
on 15 July. |
Procol Harum 15
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July to
Aug 1993 |
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Matthew
Fisher
organ
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Dave
Bronze
bass
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Gary
Brooker
piano/voc
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Keith
Reid
words
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Ian
Wallace
drums
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Geoff
Whitehorn
guitar
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tours US and Canada as support for Jethro Tull on
their 25th anniversary tour ...
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Procol Harum 16
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Aug to
Sep 1993 |
... the new bassist is Matt
Pegg, the son of Tull / Fairport bassist Dave
Pegg! |
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Matthew
Fisher
organ
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Matt
Pegg
bass
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Gary
Brooker
piano/voc
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Keith
Reid
words
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Ian
Wallace
drums
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Geoff
Whitehorn
guitar
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This line-up
goes on a North American tour, chronicled by the
Commander himself. Returns to UK's Cropredy Festival on 11
August. Many feel that Graham Broad, top session
drummer, has something
of the BJ touch. |
Procol Harum 17
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July - Aug 1995 |
PH then wow the UK
faithful at London's Shepherds Bush, where
they last played in 1977; next come two Danish
dates, then six ill-advertised UK gigs (Whitehorn
calls it 'the bucket-and-spade tour'). |
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Matthew
Fisher
organ
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Matt
Pegg
bass
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Gary
Brooker
piano/voc
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Keith
Reid
words
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Graham
Broad
drums
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Geoff
Whitehorn
guitar
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| PH receive
an invitation (catalysed by Henry Scott-Irvine)
to play with a symphony orchestra again, at the London Barbican. Prodigal
Henry Spinetti returns to handle the drumming. The Barbican gig is a spectacular success ... |
Procol Harum 18
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Feb to
April 1996 |
... far outstripping the orchestral
album it's ostensibly
promoting. One gig in Denmark and one in the Netherlands follows, then ...
silence - until Shine On invites
former Procols to celebrate the 30th anniversary
of AWSoP... |
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Matthew
Fisher
organ
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Matt
Pegg
bass
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Gary
Brooker
piano/voc
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Keith
Reid
words
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Henry
Spinetti
drums
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Geoff
Whitehorn
guitar
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...at Redhill! A great
party,
and a stellar line-up ... |
Procol Harum 19
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Redhill
Jul 1997 |
... with
Douglas Adams covering the absent Keith Reid for In
Held ... |
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Matt
Pegg
basses
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Alan
Cartwright
bass
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Matthew
Fisher
organ,
guitar, vocal
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Dave
Bronze
bass
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Gary
Brooker
piano/voc
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(Keith
Reid)
words
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Graham
Broad
drums
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Chris
Copping
bass,
organ, guitar
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Mick
Grabham
guitar
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Pete
Solley
organ,
synth, violin, piano
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"Procol will play in 2000" ... September duly sees fans fly from all over the
world for a golden
late-summer open-air gig with the New London Sinfonia. This
line-up, though all seasoned Procolists,
presents a fresh combination ... |
Procol Harum 20 |
Guildford
17 Sep 2000 |
...
specially when Frank Mead contributes sax to two
numbers! Furthermore this is the first Procol gig with
two lead guitarists! |
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Matthew
Fisher
organ
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Matt
Pegg
bass
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Gary
Brooker
piano/voc
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(Keith
Reid)
words
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Mark
Brzezicki
drums
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Geoff
Whitehorn
guitar
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Mick
Grabham
guitar
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in May 2001 a settled line-up plays
a summer
tour of nine gigs in Denmark,
Norway, Poland and Russian (the Kremlin!), plus a fine UK concert with the Hallé Orchestra and
Choir, in Manchester, and 'Palers'
gather for new parties and musical
celebrations in Manchester as well
as Kristiansand in Norway. |
Procol Harum 21 |
May 2001 -
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Procol play at Hell, Norway, in September (the Blues Festival); December gigs follow in Warsaw, Horsens and Copenhagen. 2002 sees gigs in UK, Denmark and Poland; 'Palers' gather to celebrate exactly 35 years of chart-topping AWSoP in May at the gig in Croydon, Matthew Fisher's home town. |
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Matthew
Fisher
organ
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Matt
Pegg
bass
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Gary
Brooker
piano/voc
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Keith
Reid
words
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Mark
Brzezicki
drums
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Geoff
Whitehorn
guitar
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And of course in 2006 Geoff Dunn
succeeded as Procol's drummer, and
Josh
Phillips
became the band's permanent organist in 2004; we'll amend the
diagram before long
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