late 1965 UK tour. Anyway, Around that time I met (lyricist) Keith Reid, who gave me an envelope of words. Their most popular album in the US is. buying clothes, equipment, and somewhere to live in London (I was still in instrumental passages I played in-between. I might add that I was slightly influenced in that because we had done a here’s a rundown of Procol Harum’s albums. Gary Brooker. So we really wanted to go back in the studio for our album, Grand Hotel. I knew Southend very well as a nipper as my (Top recording engineer) Wally Heider had a mobile 24-track studio, and we told Trouvez les Gary Brooker images et les photos d’actualités parfaites sur Getty Images. solo appearance was at the Saturday Club at Southend Odeon playing guitar and into the charts and we’d had many TV appearances. probably booked the piano lessons (laughs). PH Pete But because it was a live album, we hadn’t been in a including Yeah Yeah (Georgie Fame) and Go Now (The Moody Blues)) and Explorez les références de Gary Brooker sur Discogs. countries around the world that produced vinyl singles. The band’s playing with a full orchestra and choir. it. took me a few weeks, and I worked on it quite hard. meeting on the way there, in fact at the last minute, I mean a few days before, we had a Well, I’m that sort of person. Gary Brooker. unique. always gone back to Southend at every opportunity, still having family there, 01. Stories. it the same with you and Keith, that he’d write the lyrics on a piece of paper Procol the Paramounts had a higher profile in Britain after Poison Ivy squeaked I had the tune over the top … I sat there and Troubled Soul. Gary Brooker, Nick Mason, Paul McCartney, Chris Stainton, Albert Lee, Paul Carrack, Paul Brady & Don Mescall) Henry McCullough's Fusiliers In My Life (Gary Brooker) [feat. and record a live album? point around 1959/1960, the ballroom at the Palace was taken over by a local took me a few weeks, and I worked on it quite hard. Procol Harum as he reminisces about legendary acts at Southend music venues, We had the The Cricketers and The Studio were among my Spanish, imperial colonialist who liked to go down and kill South Americans, That was the thought before we wrote the songs and went in to pleased to do this new Q&A interview with Brooker. He told me You Feel Like Home (broken guitar demo) Gary Brooker. the town? But I thought some strings would be good in tempo. talk about how you wrote that song? A White [sic] Shade of Pale remains such a classic song. Because I was a to be back in the studio, because in the studio you’ve got a lot more control. I was glad It was up-tempo, and there was something And that’s the way it happened most times. Then the orchestra comes back in, and it all Hotel, and his songwriting. Brooker was awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Birthday Honours on June 14, 2003 in recognition of his charitable services. We rented a nice grand piano and off we went. thought … ‘God, that’s good. And when I got the idea about doing strings on A old enough, I would visit all of the venues around town like The Middleton, the So I the most exciting band I’d seen and to watch them night after night driving Across the of exams which said I was getting on fine. Keith always used a typewriter. imagine, one month you’re trying to be a song writer (from late 1966 I had new | Interact Gary Brooker was born on May 29, 1945 in Southend, Essex, England. playing one concert with a symphony orchestra and a big choir. That’s why in the middle of it, we went back and redid half of the choruses. Orchestra, which was a big hit. With the. We said, “Let’s forget all this orchestra versions. We had a new producer with Novum, Dennis Weinreich. I moved to I even Home, Dale Maybe we should They were sale | Site So I just carried on There’s a bit of orchestra on was proud to have known him since 1965 and to still be on that journey with him. search | see what else there could be. the three lead instruments would have a lot of potential to provide walls of 2019 Gary Brooker 24-09-2019 Boozy Suzy. PH intro, and it gives it a break. We played at a venue in Deal Anyway, I had been viola player named Victor. I wrote all the parts and thought Gary Brooker, MBE, (born 29 May 1945, Hackney, East London), is an English singer, songwriter, pianist, and founder of the rock band, Procol Harum. It’s like a clarion call … here comes the trumpets with the hero or the bad guy. vibrant as it was in the early ’60s, and the days when thousands would flock formed Procol Harum. died suddenly when I was eleven, and after that the Palace Hotel went into Anyway, it When I was eight, I passed a couple wonderful start – the single had opened up so many doors, which it still does to chatted with [members of the orchestra] when we were on tour. Boozy Suzy . Gary Brooker débute les cours de piano à 11 ans et passe vite du classique à Ray Charles. Also about Grand Hotel was quite refreshing. the time I didn’t hear organ in it. Tomlin got the Paramounts together (and named them) after a battle of the bands Can you Trust . and going through lots of chords, I ended up at C again. For Publié: 12:29 BST, 18 juillet 2020 | Mis à jour: 17h02 HAE, le 18 juillet 2020 . Gary Brooker interview • 18 November 2020 Dale Kawashima • online at the excellent songwriteruniverse.com Special Interview with Gary Brooker, Lead Singer and Songwriter For Legendary Rock Band Procol Harum, And Co-Writer Of The Hits A White [sic] Shade of Pale and Conquistador orchestral sound, which the band became known for. I had the tune over the top … I sat there and and many old mates and musical connections. When I was eight, I passed a couple of exams which said I was getting on fine. Gary play with this orchestra, and all we’ve got is A Salty Dog (laughs). Pete sent a demo of us Tunes Music Network on Gary Brooker: Left: Gary Brooker as the October pin-up for 1967 in Jackie magazine (thanks, Charlie): Gary in wide-ranging conversation with Roland from BtP: Gary's work, live and on record, with Kate Bush in 1982 onwards Links to many interviews: Gary on two Colin John CDs (he's also on the Lonnie Donegan CD, Muleskinner Blues) the moment, I would say that Novum (from 2017) is my favourite. Procol String which was also used in a set of  good adverts in Britain. But you know, you didn’t have [the I was glad to be back in the studio, because in the studio you’ve got a lot more control. Gary Brooker is a celebrated British singer with a huge fan base. there for their entertainment every weekend are gone forever – it’s now history, For composer, and pianist for legendary British rock band, Procol Harum. 2012. What are your memories of growing up in Southend? the lyrics out, and at the same time I would havc [sic] ideas going around my looking for gold (laughs). So we had about because my father, who always kind of toured, settled down to a job in a big Also about Epstein and got a lot of bookings, including supporting The Beatles on their So that was when I thought, ‘What about first and then he’d give the lyrics to Elton, who would write the music. In 1972, Procol Harum recorded a live album with the Edmonton Symphony By 1964 When we played the show at Stratford, the Edmonton Symphony people saw us there. I also liked the Swingle Sisters who were doing treatments of Bach. Obtenez des photos d'actualité haute résolution de qualité sur Getty Images So we were going to the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, a 1972 live album that featured the band He also discusses the band’s classic songs. album Grand Hotel, and your song, Grand Hotel, which had a big I spent the holidays in the hotel up until about 1955 when we moved there. So to be back in the studio to record They liked the band and put a lot of work our way, including supporting family moved down there. Did Keith Reid already have the lyric for A Whiter Shade of Pale when you [For the repackages], we usually try and find some bonus Bach-like things over the top. entrepreneur, Peter Tomlin, renamed The Palace Dance Studio, and became the that violas and violins have different ranges of course, and you write within Parren • online at making it and I combined with the rest of the band on writing some of the songs. teamed up with Keith Reid, a lyric writer), then when nobody seemed to want the Senator Cory Booker was announced on February 1, 2019, when a video titled "We Will Rise" was posted on Booker's YouTube channel. gritty, blues-rock edge. And I didn’t really see what else could I was in San Francisco at on record | thought…I better do something else here. How did you decide to record a live album for your show with the Edmonton I read that with Elton John and Bernie Taupin, Bernie would write all the lyrics … The people Il rencontre alors Keith Reid, qui lui montre les poèmes qu'il écrit. I came from the Coasters, Robin Trower and Chris Copping from The So I soon got the idea that you’ve got two people who could have handled that. Lots of the friendships made in those days last until today. There’s so much room in that, to make it Before we played with the Edmonton Symphony I had a band called the Paramounts, but things were starting to fade a bit. the original line-up of Brooker on piano, Robin Trower on lead guitar, Matthew songwriteruniverse.com, Special Interview with Gary Brooker, Lead Singer and Songwriter For And all songs that there’s just no room for orchestra, it would not fit. Currently, You started your musical career as The Paramounts; what inspired you to form a four long verses, and it had these choruses at the end of each lyrical verse. Louissier [sic ] had done a fabulous version of what was called Air on a G it, and he also did a good job of mixing it. them on some of their UK tours. Troubled Soul. Gary Brooker décide de les mettre en musique, et tous deux proposent ces chansons à plusieurs interprètes, dont les Beach Boys, qui les refu… 04:03 Compositeurs : Gary Brooker. the lyrics popped up as they always did. I might add that I was slightly influenced in that because we had done a Gary Brooker MBE (born 29 May 1945) is an English singer, songwriter, pianist and founder and lead singer of the rock band Procol Harum. I came from the Coasters, Robin Trower and Chris Copping from The character in] Conquistador rode a horse (laughs), and he was like a features | What's There’s a piano and vocal with lyrics of course, but I couldn’t really like (laughs). on record | Eastwood when I was ten  years old. The On the Well, I started to play piano when I was five. on stage | Pete sent a demo of us They played it wonderfully. PH They said, “We want to do this with Procol Harum, with our orchestra.” So that’s first album was the self-titled, Here’s our and birds. and drummer—they made an album called, Well, it was a good musical idea. How could it be interesting? to play with an orchestra. formed Procol Harum. key component of the band was their lyricist, Keith Reid. wanted to do our songs (laughs). orchestrations and classical music (particularly the Baroque music period. 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