Henry Anthony George Spinetti

31 March 1951, Cwm, South Wales

Main instrument: drums, percussion

Work with Procol Harum:

• On The Prodigal Stranger (solely track 1)
• 4 - 9 May 1994, when they played a private booking in Portugal
• at the Barbican, 8 February 1996
• 13 - 14 February 1996, TV show in Paris with a French orchestra: 'we did AWSoP, maybe Conquistador.'
• 15 - 20 February 1996, gigs in Denmark including a radio show recorded at Vejle 'when we were severely tired and hung over after travelling.'

Work with Gary Brooker includes:

• No Stiletto Shoes (and in Eric Clapton's band in the early 1980s)(and live shows in Germany with Colin John)
• Lead me to the Water and Echoes in the Night, and live shows in Germany with Colin John
• 'Rock meets Classic' excursions: 1982, recorded for German television; 1992 (supported by Barry Ryan); 1993 (supported by Bobby Kimball), on which occasion the band was Henry, Gary, Geoff Whitehorn, with Lawrence Cottle on bass and Matthew Weiss, a friend of conductor Eberhard Schoener, on organ.
• Gary Brooker and Friends band, as heard at Guildford on 18 December 1998.

Henry has worked in all areas of the music business for over thirty-five years worldwide – concerts/tours, recording on over a hundred albums, TV & Radio, film music, and has played with a never-ending list of artists.

Concerts / tours include – Katie Melua, Concert for George, Eric Clapton, Tina Turner, Bill Wyman, Neil Sedaka, Cliff Richard, Gary Brooker, Joan Armatrading, Andy Fairweather-Low, Roger Chapman

Recording / albums include – Katie Melua, Concert for George, Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Bill Wyman, Pete Townsend, Roger Daltrey, The Herd, Mike Batt, Gerry Rafferty, including the single Baker Street, Eric Bibb,

Film / TV music include – Concert for George, Lethal Weapon, Color of Money, TV series Watership Down

Read our former Spinetti resumé | 2010 interview with Henry

Thanks to Henry and Susie for the information on this page

'Henry Spinetti is included on a live-record by Chris Spedding called Gesundheit;  He also played drums on that tour in 1991.' (thanks, Peter Krott)

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