Procol Harum

Beyond
the Pale

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The Plastic Penny

Everything I Am was a good hit ... went down well with the sentimental set because of the words. They're a sort of mixture by origin ... lead guitar Mike Graham [sic] is from Sunderland, drummer Nigel Olsson's from Wallasey, Cheshire, bass guitar Tony Murray is a Dubliner, singer Brian Keith (real name O'Shea) is from Port Glasgow, and keyboard man Paul Raymond is from St Albans. (More Plastic Penny lore)

The [sic] Procul [sic] Harum

People knocked their hit record Whiter Shade of Pale because someone said it took two of them to knock out that super, classy keyboard intro. But they still made the charts with it. Names they take? Blind Cucumber, Matthew Celestial-Smith, Robby, Dave and BJ. Real names? Gary Brooker, Matthew Fisher, Robin Trower, Dave Knights and BJ Wilson!

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