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Location: Michigan | I always thought that Procol Harum would become a HUGE band and have a big influence on classical Rock & Roll.
What Happened? :confused: GWB |
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Location: Scotland | WHAT HAPPENED?....THEY WERE ONE-HIT WONDERS WHO GOT LUCKY AND NOBOBODY GIVES A F*** ABOUT THEM ANYMORE. |
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Location: closely held secret | Thank you, Paul. I really needed a good laugh. |
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Location: Michigan | Correction Paul,A three hit wonder....
The Salty Dog
Conquistidor
A Whiter Shade Of Pale.
I see that you like Irish Whiskey better than Procol Harum. :eek:
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Location: Scotland | THEY WERE HITS? WHO KNEW? |
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| There was a lot of good stuff on their various records.
They were one of the bands that got me interested in classical music so I went on to find out what that was about and it opened up another world for which I'm grateful.
I think they were rooted mainly in the 60s though and perhaps didn't fully make a transition into empty headed 70s music. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Who cares about hits. PH is one of my favorite bands ever. Salty Dog and Hotel Grand are masterpieces in my book. Not for everyone, but definitely for me. |
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Location: Melbourne Australia | I remember Conquistador and Whiter Shade but not the others. I might check them out - thanks for the heads up. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | I always get a good chuckle out of "Souvenir from London" off Grand Hotel.
I was in Uncle Sam's Flying Club, at the time, and we had many young lads seeking assistance with their "souvenirs" from Frisco. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | They had their 15 minutes and the world moved on. |
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by an4340:
They had their 15 minutes and the world moved on. It usually does. :D |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Maybe they hit bigger here because Conquistador was recorded with the Edmonton Symphony. Regional hits, who can keep up on 'em? ;) |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | I always liked 'em too Dave... |
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Location: NJ | Brooker's rated up there as one of my fave voices . . . |
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| TROWER MADE A LOT OF NOISE FOR A COUPLE OF DECADES. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I ALWAYS LIKED THEM TOO. THEY HAD ANOTHER CD A FEW YEARS AGO AND IT WAS PRETTY GOOD AS WELL, THAT WAS THEIR TENTH I THINK. WHITER SHADE HAS TO BE ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE SONGS OF ALL TIME, TOTALLY DISTINCTIVE. I HAVE THEIR FIRST ALBUM ON DISC AND LISTEN TO IT FROM TIME TO TIME. |
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Location: Michigan | A good live version Salty Dog. GWB
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6BzNEZxbiw |
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| Yeah, they were good live. Their drummer was really good too.
I like the stripped down version of Conquistidor on the first album a bit better than the symphony version. |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Whiter Shade of Pale was the first song I learned on the harp. The words are strange but the music is haunting. And yes, Robin Trower was an amazing guitarist who never got to show off his skills 'til he went out on his own. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | As far as I can tell he was really the first guy to use that full distortion sound in such a controlled way. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Nobody has mentioned Gary Wright who had the huge "Dream Weaver" LP after leaving?
Mostly dated now but huge at the time. I really liked it and a few tunes still sound good today. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | what did he play and when was he with them? |
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| Might have been the other keyboard player. |
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| Actually the other keyboard was Matthew Fisher. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Glad you guys quit shouting. Christmas party last night. |
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Location: NJ | my former keyboard player and drummer would play a salty dog over and over ad nauseum.
it was great the first 1000000000000000 times |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | I thought Gary Wright got famous after leaving Pink Floyd..... ;) ....and then returned when his 15 minutes was up. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by Beal:
what did he play and when was he with them? Opppps...my bad. Gary Wright was the keyboardist and singer with SPOOKY TOOTH (not PH).
He was also the keyboard player on Harry Nilson's version of "Without You". |
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Location: NJ | Pink Floyd was Richard Wright (who just recently died).
Both Gary Brooker and Gary Wright played keys on a lot of George Harrison recordings, as well . . .
(in fact, if you watch the "Concert for George" DVD, Brooker plays/sings "Old Brown Shoe") |
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| Gary Brooker played piano with Clapton for a couple of tours - he's on the Live in Japan/Live at budokan or whatever it was called. I was surprised how good he was with Clapton, slipped in to the blues nicely. Impressive. |
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FOR THE SALTY DOG SAILORS ONLY.