Tag Archives: Procol Harum

Interview with DAVE BALL

April 2, 2015

January 2015 On March 31st, 2015, the next day after his 65th birthday, Dave Ball, one of the finest, and criminally underrated, English guitarists, passed away. The world’s become a much more boring place without him in it, as Dave was … Continue reading →

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Dave Ball passed away

April 1, 2015

Another friend has just passed away, one day after his 65th birthday… Dave Ball was a great guitarist, mostly known for his work on PROCOL HARUM’s with an orchestra and his in BEDLAM; he also was a top-notch illustrator and a writer; … Continue reading →

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Yusuf to cover PROCOL HARUM and Edgar Winter

September 15, 2014

About a year ago, when we on Yusuf Islam, formerly Cat Stevens, recording an album with Rick Rubin producing and Richard Thompson adding guitar, it wasn’t known that the result would be a half-covers record. Yet is is. “Tell ‘Em … Continue reading →

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Henry Scott-Irvine: Procol Harum – The Ghosts Of A Whiter Shade Of Pale

November 21, 2013

Omnibus Press 2013 One of the greatest rock enigmas gets dissected but not entirely deciphered as befits a legend. A song might be both a blessing and a curse, especially for those who penned and perform it, and no-one knows … Continue reading →

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Robin Trower looking back on his rise

October 9, 2013

It’s not so often that a respected guitarist in a prog rock band grows so impatient to add blues to the music his colleagues do that he decides to break away and go it alone. Yet Robin Trower did exactly that. … Continue reading →

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