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Trace of a Feeling Players' biographies |
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The Palers'
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Tony
Heard on A 4 |
Tony grew up with the singer Newdle (see below) in Dallas, and remains his oldest friend on the planet. Tony started out in Dallas with the Zig Zag String Quartet. After he moved to Austin he joined Greezy Wheels. Currently he is playing with a Gypsy Jazz Band by the name of Django's Moustache. |
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Richard Heard on B 15 |
Richard is the co-founder and engine-room of the band Outcry, formed in 2000 to entertain at a high level of performance while incidentally raising awareness about the homeless, thereby promoting his the local charity that addresses that problem. Self-taught guitarist (electric, acoustic 12- and 6-string), classically-trained pianist, self-taught rock keyboardist and orchestrator, he composes, arranges, produces. Lifelong Procol fan, (introduced to the Salty Dog album by Outcry's co-founder Nigel Ratcliffe) he has written articles in Shine On and at Beyond the Pale. He also profoundly enjoys Camel and Iona, but that's not even scratching the surface of a thirst for music and knowledge that also reaches deep into classical and early music, plus a passion for dance (and, if pressed, yes, dancers). Richard achieved an ambition in 2005 when invited to guest among the tenors in one of Worthing's top choirs at Midnight Mass. He may also be heard on Lost in the Looking-Glass, track B 20. |
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Adam Heard on A 5 |
Adam was born in Sheffield, England in 1981 and has played drums for twelve years, most notably with Jars between 1998 and 2000, throughout NE England; he's currently playing in a folk-rock band, which writes its own material. Adam has also done studio work, including being coerced by his father to play on seven tracks of his first album. Adam works in the IT industry based in Newcastle as Technical Consultant with Sage Group plc, climbs high mountains, and white-water rafts as often as he can. |
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Robert Heard on A 5 |
Rob was born in Sheffield, England last century, and started playing horn in his school brass band, but was soon playing rhythm guitar in the school rock band Light Green Shades of Yellow (bet you can't guess where that idea came from!). He was also a member of the first-ever Palers' Band at Guildford in 2000. Plays and sings when asked, for charity and party occasions, but really enjoys the creative bit. Wrote Algernon – a 90-minute musical comedy set around World War 1 – which has played to sell-out houses on two occasions. On the basis of 'Something I must do before I'm 70', has just written and recorded his first album. He is a long way short of 70, and will carry on writing, playing and singing until someone tells him to stop – that someone probably being wife of 31 years Sue, or any of their four children. Lives in South Shields – England's North East Riviera – and runs his own business consultancy. |
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Martial Heard on B 5 |
Martial Baudoin and Marc Chaniot played together in 'Made in Sun', a French rock power-trio in the 90s. Martial played with Jean-Marc Devaux in the Hipshakers in 98 / 99, before recently joining Astral Quest. |
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Rick Heard on B 11 |
Rick Bellaire and John Dunn (see below) are true Gemini twins, born the same day of the same year in Providence, Rhode Island. They've been performing and composing together for 34 years. After a good run at the brass ring in several Rock 'n' Roll and country bands, they returned to their roots as singer-songwriters, performing acoustic music at folk venues throughout the northeast United States. For the last several years, Bellaire & Dunn have performed as one facet of the singer-songwriter collaborative FolksTogether along with two other acts, Vincent Pasternak and Wire & Wood, the husband / wife team of Jeff and Donna Olson. FolksTogether's first full group effort, Pilgrims, was released in September 2005. |
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George Heard on A 16 |
George, 53 , is a musician / teacher in his hometown of Peterborough,
On, Canada. In the 70s he toured Canada with many rock / R'n'B pub
bands, the most notable being 'odd psycho-billy' band Max Mouse and the
Gorillas, who garnered positive reviews in Melody Maker, and Prog.
cover bands Anthem, and in the 80s, EXP. In 1980, George played keys
on Klaatu's Magentalane album (Capitol / EMI), which eventually
(1990) led to him recording demos and playing pool with Klaatu
engineer / guitarist Dee Long, at his studio in Hammerwood Park, Sussex.
At that time, Dee was working with George Martin at AIR Studios, London.
Dee has recorded with countless artists ranging from Mark Knopfler to
Duran Duran. George has explored the UK / Europe extensively on foot and bicycle, while photographing his travels. Classically trained on piano, he also plays a killer B3, Mellotron, and electric guitar inspired by the likes of Robin Trower, Paul Kossof, etc ... Trawling his website will reveal mp3s of his multi-instrumental CDs. George's music is best described as 'early prog. keyboards happily married to British-bluesy guitar, all with a decidedly Gothic bent.' He may also be heard on From Shadow to Shadow, track A 10. |
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John Heard on A 1 |
John currently sings and plays bass guitar with In 2 Deep. He has
previously played with many bands including (Mickey Jupp's) Legend
(appearing on two albums, the Red Boot LP and Moonshine). He also worked with The Fingers in the
60s and obscure Fingers' tracks turn up fairly regularly on psychedelic
compilations. He is a regular with Hunt, Runt, Shunt and Cunningham: he enjoys the repertoire of this long-standing Rock and Roll band that also features Denis Masterton (from In 2 Deep) and Mick Brownlee (ex -Paramounts). NB Mick still insists that he has now retired from drumming. One of John's earliest bands was a re-formed version of The Orioles (with Mickey Jupp) who were named by ... Gary Brooker. He may also be heard on From Shadow to Shadow, track A 12. |
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Luiz Heard on B 21 |
Luiz de Boni was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1959. He made his first
stage appearance at the age of nine, at his sister's school graduation
party, when he sang A Whiter Shade of Pale accompanying himself
on acoustic guitar. His musical career began in 1972 as the bassist in a
band called Cia. Iltda ('Unlimited Company') with school friends. In
1976 he switched to keyboards and since then has played with many
Brazilian artists and rock groups, like Tom Zé, RPM, Mutantes and O
Terço. This last is the main Brazilian progressive rock group, and De
Boni recorded three CDs with them between 1991 to 1996 (some of
these are available on Musea, the French progressive label ). One of
these, Live at Palace '93, was recorded live in a major music
hall in São Paulo, and O Terço played their best stuff with a
Symphony Orchestra. In 1980 de Boni opened his own Recording Studio in São Paulo, (new studio), where he works to this day as composer of TV and Radio Commercial Music, and also as producer for several groups and artists of various styles including Samba, Bossa Nova, Rock, Blues and Progressive Rock. With a business friend he ran the Brazilian Progressive Rock label, Record Runner from 1991–1995. His favourite group, of course, is Procol Harum; the dream he would like to realise is to bring them to São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro for a series of concerts! He may also be heard on Lost in the Looking-Glass, tracks A 1, B 9 and B 16, and on From Shadow to Shadow, tracks A 7 and B 5 |
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Eric 'Billy B' Heard on A 1 |
Billy B is the lead vocalist for In 2 Deep. In the late fifties he was a member of Larry Bell and the Belvederes. The sixties saw him singing with The Ranch Boys, The Premiers, The Exchequers and The Wise Men, who recorded at Abbey Road in '67. Billy had a long slot with the Alvin Jones Band alongside In 2 Deep's guitarist Denis Masterton. In 1989 Billy was invited to join The Beverly Brothers. The band is still run by Freddie Friedlein, who originally developed and owned Trace Elliot. Billy joined In 2 Deep in December 2004. |
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Christian
Heard on B 8 |
Born in Minden (Germany) in June 1986, Christian is the founding guitarist of 'Never Void', but he's also known locally as the guitarist in 'Syncopate'. Like his brother Stefan he took a very early interest in music, first consciously listening to records at the age of four. Until he was seven he lived on a diet of Toto and Deep Purple: on seeing Steve Luthaker's incredible version of Hendrix's Little Wing on the live Toto video, he announced to his parents that he wanted to be a guitarist.
He got his first guitar at Christmas 1997, and within a couple of months had formed his first band, 'Lemon Jumps', at the KTG-Schule in Minden, playing blues, funk, pop and rock. When that band folded after a couple of years Christian sprang straight back with 'Basement Six', which developed through various personnel changes over four years into the current 'Syncopate'. At some point Christian's brother Stefan proposed founding a second band, since not all the brothers' musical ideas were finding an outlet in the one ensemble: they were keen on such bands as Mr Big and Lynch Mob, but also the likes of Pantera, Damageplan and Dream Theatre. Never Void has evolved into a very extreme kind of band, whose aggression leaves behind the 80s' influence and leans more in the direction of In Flames, Soilwork, Children of Bodom or even Rammstein.
In his spare time Christian enjoys reading, and is interested in tattoos of all sorts; a favourite recreation is cooking, specially noodle-based dishes. |
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Stefan
Heard on B 8 |
Stefan was born in Minden in July 1989 and, like his brother Christian, took a strong interest in music from an early age: he grew up listening to Deep Purple and Toto, bands he still follows avidly. In 1998 he took up the bass, influenced by Billy Sheehan, John Myung, Joerdy White (aka Twiggy Ramirez) and Gene Simmons among others.
In 2001 he joined the band 'Syncopate' and plays bass with them to this day. Unable to accommodate all his musical vision in the one band, however, he set about forming another: still wanting to play with his brother Christian, he sought out a singer and drummer. He knew Christian Nicolai by sight at school, and knew he was a percussionist: when he agreed to audition, a single session was enough to confirm him as the perfect drummer for the new band.
Beyond music, Stefan's hobbies include magic (The Gathering), and watching nature documentaries. He has no favourite band but listens to Mr Big, Dream Theatre, Dir En Grey, Marilyn Manson, Kiss, Deep Purple, Apocalyptica, and Damageplan among many others. In Flames, Soilwork, Children of Bodom and Rammstein are among his recent influences. |
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Jack Heard on B 14 |
Jack was born in January 1987 in Sunderland, UK; his dad James is related to Procol's Mick Grabham (when Cochise were playing at The Mecca in Sunderland, James wrote a request on a napkin for Mick to play with his teeth, which was handed to him backstage: Mick obliged!). A keen artist, Jack is on his art foundation year at Newcastle College, leading to a University course. He writes, 'I first had a passion to play the guitar when I was 15 after my dad took me to see Mountain (thanks dad!), and Leslie West absolutely blew the roof off with his playing. I still go to see Leslie every time he comes up here, whether with Mountain or solo. Forget Clapton, Hendrix, even Trower (sorry!): Leslie West is the master of the guitar, and always will be!
'My biggest influences are Mountain, Leslie West, Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, Jethro Tull, Procol Harum, Cochise, King Crimson, Cream, Frank Zappa, Bill Nelson, John Mayall, Mark Knopfler. I have met a lot of these, such as Leslie West, John Mayall and Bill Nelson, but the most nervous I have been was when I played for Mark Knopfler at North Tyneside college; despite my nerves, I made no mistakes, but had trouble speaking when he complemented my guitar playing. At the time I had my Leslie West shirt on, and asked Knopfler to sign the back of my Steinberger below where the 'Great Fatsby' himself had signed: so I think he got the picture where he stood in my estimations! All he had to say then was, 'West … yup, he's good!' |
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Elizabeth Heard on B 6 |
Elizabeth (born
1960) started playing the flute at the age of eight, and after
moving through most of the woodwind family, started playing piano at the
age of fourteen and actually stuck with it. She was a classical piano
major in college for about two years but became increasingly aware of
the fact that she had a very difficult time performing in front of an
audience. It was around this time that she started writing her own
songs. She has loved music for as long as she can remember: some of her
favourite music is Procol Harum, Brahms,
Dvořák, late
60s / early 70s R'n'B, Paul Weller / The Jam, Duke Ellington, Vaughan
Williams, U2, Elton John, the Beatles and Tchaikovsky. Elizabeth was born in El Cajon, California and raised in Columbia, Maryland. She met her husband in California, and they presently live in Elkridge, Maryland: both have jobs in retail and spend a lot of their free time listening to music, new and old. They also love to spend as much time as possible by the ocean. She may also be heard on From Shadow to Shadow, track B 3. |
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Sam Heard on B 1 |
Sam was born in Glasgow, and has played drums from an early age in various bands; now living in Crowthorne, he works as an auditor for a large UK engineering company, being an accountant by training. His musical influences are 'blues, rock, women, vocals, guitarists etc etc' and his best experiences have been 'on the road with RAM'. |
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Helen Heard on A 17 |
Helen has lived in Brighton her whole life. She admits to having played percussion in various Brighton bands in her youth, but her contribution to partner Sev's Piggy Pig Pig is her first recorded vocal. She works in the Lanes in Brighton as a manager in an antique jewellers. Her musical interests are eclectic, including such disparate artists as Astor Piazzola and The Beach Boys. Her favourite instrument is the accordion. She has never seen Procol Harum play live, but then she's never watched an Ashes series either! Both delights are yet to come ... |
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Sam |
Allegedly an economist, Dr Cameron was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, but grew up in Carrickfergus until he migrated to England in 1979. 'A lifetime dedicated to avoiding singing or playing instruments. This was marked by some failures (not getting kicked out of the school choir) and successes (being found trying to play the recorder aged twelve with the cleaning brush inside it). Despite this a reasonable wodge of musical education was forced in me at the ages of ten to fourteen at school with no apparent result.' His albums include Acorns Wearing Masks (which permutates short excerpts of accidentally-written music 'in multiple morphoses'), Wallpaper that Sucks (which 'sounds like religious birthing music for the most part'), and Electrospontanea ('all my own songs bar a setting of a C17 anonymous poem about having a baby with no male contribution').
'Just now I have abandoned my settings of poems, which was going well and made me fall in love with Christina Rossetti ... I find myself doing a sort of twenty-minute non-linear song-cycle symphonic poem based on a book of 1930s German Expressionist poetry called Music While Drowning.'
He may also be heard on Lost in the Looking-Glass, tracks A 4, B 8 and B 17 and on From Shadow to Shadow, track B 16. |
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Andrew Heard on A 18 |
Born in the UK (Purley, Surrey) Charles Andrew Alexander Cann began studying classical music at The Watford School and piano with Julianne Skerry at age six. After moving to the USA, Andrew played everything from classical to blues and heavy metal – occasionally dabbling in original composition. In 1994, he composed and produced an experimental orchestral work called Cerebral Vortex, Cerebral Café on which he played all the instruments.
In the late 1990s, Andrew studied piano at The Levine School Music in Washington DC under master pianist, Anna Balakerskaia, and in 2000 classical guitar under virtuoso, Eric Ulreich. To further enhance his skills on electric guitar, Andrew began studies in 2004 with recording artist / master guitarist, Michael Fath. Composing and arranging on piano, MIDI, and guitar, Andrew has performed original music with Xyra (see below) in such notable venues as the PMC, Blues Alley, Black Cat, and The State Theatre. He plays on all Xyra's commercial releases. |
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Janey Heard on A 7 |
Janey hails from BJ Wilson territory, having been born in Enfield at about the time Dave Ball joined Procol Harum for his first US tour. She made her début singing Poor Little Pierrot at the age of twelve or so, and was the lead singer in the band 'Soulicit' in her college days, but her main loves are choral and classical music and she is currently a member of the City of Bristol Choir; she works as a drama teacher in the same city. When pressed for further biographical details, she says she loves Christmas, and her ambition is to be a character in a children's book. |
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Alan Heard on B 1 |
Alan's musical influences include 'everything I've heard over the last forty years, but I guess Clapton, Santana, West, Beck, Lee (Albert and Alvin) and Moore are the main culprits'. Now living with his guitar collection in Bangor (Co Down), he grew up in Glasgow, teaching himself to play guitar with Erik Russell (see below) who lived a few hundred yards away. Alan played in school bands and pantomimes, and later in various jam bands in Co Down . 'He's the best guitarist I've ever played with,' says Erik. 'He can play anything he puts his mind to, and it's a travesty that he followed his father's footsteps and become a chartered surveyor!' |
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Marc Chaniot and Martial Baudoin played together in 'Made in Sun', a French rock power-trio in the 90s. Marc Chaniot is currently the drummer in Blues TV as well as Astral Quest. |
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Linda Heard on A 2 |
Born in 1953, Linda learnt the piano from an early age, later taking up
the 'cello as well. She trained as an orchestral percussionist and gave
many concerts on timpani and xylophone (she still harbours an orchestral
xylophone, which comes out on high days and holidays); she has played
three gigs with the Palers' Band. Once a primary teacher, she now
teaches music from home in Bristol, specialising in accompanying as well
as piano and music theory. She attended her first Procol Harum concert in 1971 (though the band themselves didn't) and has seen them twenty-five odd times since then; one of her best musical memories is of a day at the Barbican in 1996, at the Procol rehearsals and subsequent concert with the LSO. She may also be heard on From Shadow to Shadow, tracks B 16 and B 20. |
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Peter |
Peter (born 1986) made his musical début at the age of five as an
onstage percussionist in an open-air production of Shakespeare's The
Winter's Tale, though he first sat behind a kit in 2001. At school
he played in many bands, and he is now studying music at Bristol
University (first instrument piano, under Raymond Clarke) where he sings
bass in the choir and plays first trumpet in an enormous wind band.
He writes songs on guitar and bass, and is currently playing drums in Bristol's We*Take*Flight, an original-songs indie outfit; other extra-curricular music is somewhat 'on hold' during the infancy of his daughter Darci (who nonetheless likes to dance to his playing). He has played piano, drums, bass and trumpet with the Palers' Band in England and Norway; his favourite musicians are Dave Grohl, BJ Wilson and Prokofiev. He may also be heard on Lost in the Looking-Glass, tracks A 6 and B 12, and on From Shadow to Shadow, tracks A 3, A 20, B 2, B 17 and B 20. |
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Roland |
Formerly MD of the Cambridge University Light Ents Soc, then of a Midlands travelling theatre company, Roland (born 1953) was taught the piano by his aunt, Joan Clare, whose great-grandfather had been musician-in-ordinary to Queen Victoria for 44 years. His favourite songwriters include Richard Thompson, Difford and Tillbrook, Leon Rosselson and the McGarrigle sisters; the marvellous harmonic re-inventions of British folk-songs by Benjamin Britten are among his favourite recordings. Now a teacher of English by profession, he has played Procol tunes on various instruments ever since his first group in 1967, and has written CD- and DVD- liner notes, and concert programmes, at the band's request. His theatre work include scores for Twelfth Night
and
The
Winter's Tale as well as original pieces, and his songs include
settings of Edward Lear, Lewis Carroll, and Stevie Smith. His
through-composed musical The
Mystery of Mary Celeste played in 1993 in
his home town of Bristol UK; a little cantata, The Wakefield Shepherds'
Carol, had its public première at
St
George's, Bristol in 1997. He gets hired for
theatre pit work from time to time, and is occasional guest bassist with
the Bristol University Sinfonia. He has been convener four times for The
Palers' Band, in the UK, Norway and California; he has overseen the three
Palers' Project 2CD collections, and is one of the webmasters of 'Beyond the Pale'. A happy
musical memory involves busking Grand Finale as a duet with Gary
Brooker on the family Steinway.
He may also be heard on
Lost in the Looking-Glass, tracks
A 2,
A 6,
A 10,
A 18,
B 4,
B 8,
B 12,
B 15 and
B 19, and on
From Shadow to Shadow,
tracks
A 2,
A 3,
A 4,
A 17,
A 20,
B 5,
B 16,
B 17 and
B 20. |
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Billy Heard on A 10 |
Billy Clarksville (not his real name) is an artist in Cleveland who sells his paintings to local galleries when he isn't writing songs and playing piano. He figures that no one understands what a creative genius he really is, so why worry about it? You can check out some of his art at his website. | ||
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Nigel Heard on B 15 |
Nigel has been playing drums for over thirty years in a variety of settings, but seems always to return to his first love – rock! His playing style has been influenced by great stage and session players like Ian Paice, John Bonham, Mitch Mitchell, Bobby Elliott, Hal Blaine, Clem Cattini and Jeff Porcaro, and not forgetting the unique BJ Wilson who drove the early Procol Harum tracks. He plays with Outcry, whose varied output provides plenty of interesting pieces to get round including a lot of modern material. Nigel has a passion for vintage drums, and uses different kits as he thinks appropriate to the music and venue. |
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Antonio Heard on B 20 |
52 years old, Antonio engages in several activities: his secret for
being a lawyer and a showman at the same time (as well as being a critic
for Musica e Dischi, a national magazine) stands in doing each
thing at the right moment ... another secret is reading Zen philosophy. One of his works is a collection of eight songs titled Come Fregoli, which he dreams of hearing sung by some voice of national relevance. From 1969–1974 Antonio was part of the group 'I Fuochi Fatui' ('The Will-o'-the-Wisps'). In 1975 he first played Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar; the show was resurrected fifteen years later with the group 'La Goccia', and he currently plays Pilate. He may also be heard on Lost in the Looking-Glass, track B 18, and on From Shadow to Shadow, tracks A 16 and B 5. |
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Anne Heard on A 14 |
Ever since picking up her big sister's guitar at the age of ten, Anne
has been hooked on playing and singing a variety of music. Her first
love, however, was, and still is, contemporary folk and folk / rock and
her voice has been compared to the likes of Joan Baez and Sandy Denny. She joined 'Badgers Sett' (sic) too many years ago to remember, and performed with them for nearly ten years in all sorts of venues from pubs to festivals, concerts to riverboats, always providing distinctive and memorable pure English vocals over some classic instrumental arrangements. Having temporarily 'retired' from live performance, (her current audience being one small boy, one big dog and the neighbours!) she welcomes the opportunity to contribute to this compilation. |
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Tom Heard on A 10 |
'The Curious' is a professional drummer / percussionist based in NYC. He has toured and recorded extensively with some of NY's finest artists and is an 'in demand' session player as well. He has appeared on dozens of major and indie label releases. Some of the artists Tom has worked with include: Julian Coryell, Popa Chubby, October Project, Robbie Dupree, Peter Noone, Martha Reeves, Orleans, The Itinerants, Speed Dial, JD Duvall, Sam Barron, Phil Roy, Billy Hector, Arthur Neilson, Matt Smith and Loup Garou. Tom was also a steady sub for the recent off-Broadway smash Betty Rules. Tom also plays guitar and bass and composes his own music, as well as writing for TV and film. He runs a small studio in Manhattan and has recently started producing a vast array of talent. Tom is endorsed by Smith Custom Drums. |
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Ronnie Heard on A 13 |
Born and raised in Manhattan, Ronnie started playing guitar in 1965 at
the age of ten. He began singing and playing, including bass guitar,
professionally in 1972. He grew up listening to 1960s pop music. For the
past two decades he has played guitar with Tommy Makem, of The Clancy
Brothers and Tommy Makem fame, in concerts, recordings, TV shows, and on
the stage.
Ronnie's credits include an appearance on The Rosie O'Donnell Show, TV commercial jingles, and six PBS shows with Tommy Makem (where he performed with Judy Collins and Eric Weissberg of Dueling Banjos fame). He has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Guinness Fleadh at Randall's Island, Lisner Auditorium, Washington DC, and Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA. Ronnie also produced the album, Live At the Irish Pavilion, a favorite among Makem fans. He recently performed for President Clinton at the Friar's Club in NYC. His song, Falling for Love, was recorded by The Carpenters in 1981. Ronnie lives in Hicksville, NY, with his wife and two young sons – Brian, eight, and Michael, six. He is on the faculty of Kellenberg Memorial High School in Uniondale, NY, where he runs the auditorium, TV studio, and recording studio. He has his own original and classic rock band called 'The Rock Club'. He has recently released a children's album of original songs, Try Out a Song on Homburg Records. In 2003 Ronnie interviewed Gary Brooker backstage at the IMAC theatre in Huntington NY. He may also be heard on From Shadow to Shadow, track B 8. |
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Chris Heard on B 15 |
Chris joined the band Outcry as bassist in 2003 when original member Simon Payne left. He has played in many different bands in the past three decades, on guitar, bass or drums. He has been musically influenced by artistes as diverse as Cat Stevens and Led Zeppelin, and has a fairly eclectic taste. He's a recent strong Procol fan. |
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Jean-Marc Heard on B 5 |
JMD (born on Gary Brooker's twentieth birthday) is the former guitarist of 'M Pick' (1986-1990), a Rhythm'n'Blues quintet (Printemps de Bourges 1989, support-band for Dr Feelgood (1989)), The Hollywood All-Stars ((Memphis, USA) 1988 ...), before he fronted various blues-rock outfits ('The Hipshakers', 'Fortuna Major', 'Blues Deluxe'...). Astral Quest released an (eponymous) album in 2001 (on Nova Express Records, n010052), which was well-received by the French specialised press. They played in August 2004 at the psychedelic Magic Festival in Torredembarra, Spain (website here). |
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Stephen Heard on A 4 |
Stephen has been producing great CDs in Austin, Texas for fifteen years or more. He has worked with Dr John, Double Trouble, Tommy Elskes, Carolyn Wonderland, and Will Sexton. He is a good friend of Newdle (see below), who is always amazed by his wizardry in production. |
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Ellice Heard on B 12 |
Al 'One-Eye' Edelist sent Ellice a lovely pink blanket when her daughter Darci Clare was born, and she was pleased to reciprocate by playing some sax for him on Robert's Box. She declines, however, to supply any further biographical details. | ||
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John Heard on B 11 |
John Dunn and Rick Bellaire (see above) are true Gemini twins, born the same day of the same year in Providence, Rhode Island. They've been performing and composing together for 34 years. After a good run at the brass ring in several Rock 'n' Roll and country bands, they returned to their roots as singer-songwriters, performing acoustic music at folk venues throughout the northeast United States. For the last several years, Bellaire & Dunn have performed as one facet of the singer-songwriter collaborative FolksTogether along with two other acts, Vincent Pasternak and Wire & Wood, the husband / wife team of Jeff and Donna Olson. FolksTogether's first full group effort, Pilgrims, was released in September 2005. |
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Cliff Heard on B 19 |
Cliff has always kept more than a toe dipped into the entertainment waters. Aged 33, he has been in over forty theatrical performances in the American South-East, was nominated for the Irene Ryan National Acting Scholarship, has been afternoon host and Programme Director of a #1-rated classic rock radio station, and has been a 'constantly learning' guitar-player for over twenty years.
From performing on the stage of the Grand Ol' Opry, to having a sit -down chat with BB King, to opening up for REO Speedwagon and Kansas, Cliff's dabbled a bit in everything. When not spending time with his wife and two children, Cliff can usually be found on stage with his blues / rock trio, Red-Headed Stepchild. |
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Al 'One-Eye' |
'One-Eye' was born in Los Angeles in 1950, and still lives there with his wife and two daughters. A Certified Shorthand Reporter, he has run his own agency for 25 years and is a Fellow of the Academy of Professional Reporters. Schooled in accordion at a young age, he played orchestral percussion on various classical recordings. Piano lessons and some (still unrecorded) song-writing followed, then roadie work and co-managing for cover band The Pontoons, for whom he also did vocal arrangements ... opening for the likes of Oingo Boingo and Van Halen. He retired from music until joining the third Palers' Band in Manchester. He first heard AWSoP in May 1967 and badgered record stores prior to every album release thereafter. Most memorable moments include sneaking into the 1973 Hollywood Bowl rehearsal the evening prior to the show, walking out of the Anaheim Convention Center arm-in-arm with his wife singing Piggy Pig Pig, and a seven-city PH tour in 1993 – to say nothing of a seventeen-date stint, across three continents, with the band in 2003. He co-organised the LA Palers' convention, and has fond memories of Paler parties in the UK, including two all-nighters in the bar with Dave Ball, and car rides in the wee small hours with Roland and Professor Copping. He may also be heard on Lost in the Looking-Glass, track A 8, and on From Shadow to Shadow, tracks A 6, B 2 and B 5. |
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John Heard on A 19 |
John was born in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire in 1955, and has
entertained people in a variety of guises: actor, cabaret performer,
folk-singer, writer. He currently works as a professional story-teller
in the Midlands. His work includes two plays for BBC Radio 4, several
CDs of topical and political satires; his third solo story-telling
performance, Curses, Corpses and Conjurations, is currently
touring the UK.
A trained voice, John accompanies himself on a great variety of left-handed guitars; he first saw Procol Harum on Top of the Pops and was taken aback by Matthew's habit and cowl ... his ultimate Procol moment was Gary Brooker singing AWSoP with Pete Townshend at the Prince's Trust gig in 1982. John recently released a CD of Breton Tales: more details at his website. Despite all evidence to the contrary, he remains a staunch Dylan fan. His offstage hobbies include doing The Guardian crossword, protesting, and asking Julie if his new material is any good ... He may also be heard on From Shadow to Shadow, tracks B 17 and B 20. |
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Vince Heard on A 10 |
Fun facts for inducing sleep: underground songwriter, bass guitarist, wannabe singer and rock'n'roll curmudgeon extraordinaire, Vincent Priceless has been involved in countless money-losing musical propositions for the past 25 years: most notably The Mean Clowns, having appeared on the New Jersey cult classic cable TV program The Uncle Floyd Show several centuries ago. Other obscure ventures included the totally wired and insane Bagpipe Gunman with NYC drummer / producer Tom Curiano and Glen Cove guitar legend Art Quinn, and Rocketfinger, with Brat's / Corpse Grinder's Jerry 'Pat' Pucsek and Electric Frankenstein's skinsman Rob Sefcik.
During a stint with Chiller Theatre Expo darlings The Dead Elvi, Priceless fulfilled a life-long dream by playing several promo gigs with a few of his musical heroes, Michael Bruce and Neal Smith of the original Alice Cooper Group. From 1996 to 2004, VP could be heard cataloguing his bass-playing faux pas with long-time friend John Part of The Union Ford, of Strawbs pedigree. The latest serving of sonic analogue chaos in Mr P's self-proclaimed 'low-fi' basement demo sound series, Purerockcrazy, was unleashed in November 2003.
When away from the daily chaos of running his own NYC Building and Zoning consulting firm (as his alter ego, Vince Fabiano), Priceless continues to conjure up his own sonic soufflés of insanity, while being an avid fan of everything from down-tempo chill music to British punk and so-called 'art rock'. Interestingly enough, VP manages to do all this while still completely avoiding hip-hop and other such claptrap phenomena! Mr Priceless is also proud to admit that he did not vote for 'W'. |
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Dennis Heard on B 2 |
I was born 16 June 1949 in the USA, and have been a full-time musician
since 1974: I've played with
some famous guys. Musical highlights: all the Procol Harum shows
I've seen, Old and New Testaments (personal musical highlight: playing
the first 'Farm Aid' in the US for 105,000 people). My musical
influences: the usual – Gary Brooker, Bill Monroe, and Brian Jones. With
The Grateful Dudes I have played the same pizzeria on Saturday nights
for 14 (!) years. Interested parties can visit
our site. I still work five days a week at Disneyland: see my
'day job' here.
He may also be heard on From Shadow to Shadow, track A 2. |
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Wayne Heard on A 6 |
Wayne Franks was born in 1953 in Montreal, and exhibited early talents on the piano. By the time he had met Gary Hodgins through mutual friends at age 17 in 1971, both had developed technical proficiency on their instruments. They are now in their thirty-fifth year of collaboration with no end in sight; their many band incarnations include Montreal's 'Shades of Time' in the 1990s.
Wayne had a classical background, then after four years became self-taught. He writes classical, rock, and electro-acoustic music. His other interests take him to the battlefields of the American Revolution, where he portrays a musketman in Herrick's Rangers, a rebel regiment out of nearby Vermont. A genealogy buff, he has a proven blue blood lineage dating back over 2,000 years. |
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Alberto Heard on B 20 |
Born in Novara (Italy) in 1959, Alberto now lives in Pavia, working as a vascular surgeon in a private hospital. In addition to medicine he is engaged in several activities: an old music fan and collector, he writes CD-reviews on internet music-sites and plays guitar in a newborn rock-group. Guitar is a great passion, and Al played in the 80s with local bands such as ARKE (jazz-rock style group) and High Flying Storm (hard rock band with Antonio Costa Barbé too). He worked in the past as advisor for several record-labels in realising CD-collector series. Currently he is active in writing novels, books and movie reviews on various internet pages. He may also be heard on From Shadow to Shadow, track A 16. |
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Alan Heard on A 14 |
Alan originates from Sunderland UK, from a family of many musicians, and learnt classical piano from his mother and grandfather before moving on to music theory. The latter made him popular as a band member because he could listen to a track and write out the chords! His first instrument is piano, and his first gig was at the age of thirteen to a bunch of skinheads playing 'Free' songs on an upright …and surviving the evening. He then taught himself guitar, bass and drums, involving himself in projects as diverse as drumming for a Glen Miller band, performing at blues & folk clubs and singing in choirs. Visit his website! In the eighties and nineties, Alan was a member of 'Badgers Sett' (sic), a four-piece contemporary folk band based west of London. They played many live venues from folk clubs to the National Beer Festival and provided support to Acoustic Fairport Convention, Show of Hands, Pyewacket, Whippersnapper, Fred Wedlock and more. Up until recently, he was also a member of 'Last Resort', a five-piece rock outfit, who performed many live gigs, including support to the Nashville Teens, and who once took on the mantle of the Tremeloes for a night with Lenny Hawkes fronting. Over the past few years Alan has also recorded five solo albums of his own songs, mainly rock, folk, blues and ballads, and has just released his latest album Asudu, bringing his tally of recorded original songs to around seventy. This has involved multi-tracking keyboards, bass, guitars, drums and vocals, giving a tight but live feel to his music. He may also be heard on From Shadow to Shadow, track B 6. |
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Jeremy Heard on B 13 |
Jeremy is a keyboardist / composer from Los Angeles, who, inspired by
Procol Harum and the 'Beyond the Pale' website, has re-assembled his old
band from the 70s, Village, and is having more fun than he's had in
years. His closest brush with actual pop stardom was as a keyboard
player with 70s idol Shaun Cassidy, with whom he found his way into the
pages of 16, Tiger Beat, and Bravo teen magazines.
After earning BA and MA degrees in composition from California State
University, Jeremy took a job with the LA County High School for the
Arts, where he serves as music director of the school's Music Theatre
Ensemble. He is also the organist of Downey United Methodist Church,
where he occasionally slips in an appropriate Procol Harum piece as a
prelude or postlude. He has composed two operas: The Magician (based on W Somerset Maugham's novella); and The Happy Prince (after Oscar Wilde's fairy tale). He also recently completed a musical based on the life of Mother Teresa, entitled Calcutta Rose. His Symphonic Suite from The Happy Prince was the winner of the 1997 Valley Symphony Composition Competition. His latest 'classical' work is a hybrid opera / ballet / political circus farce entitled Civic Duty which incorporates quotes from PH as well as Beethoven, Schumann, and Rimsky-Korsakov. Besides listening to the music of his favorite band, Procol Harum, Jeremy's biggest musical thrill has to be the time in 1974 when he got to meet and jam (on Hammond organ!) with John Lennon at LA's Record Plant studios, during the sessions for Harry Nilsson's Pussycats album. He may also be heard on Lost in the Looking-Glass, tracks A 20 and B 11, and on From Shadow to Shadow, tracks A 15 and B 5. |
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Fran Heard on A 11 |
Fran was born in Lincolnshire in 1962, and played her first
professional gig in 1990 with the band Magic Johnson. She now lives and
writes in Norfolk, where she has a following as a jazz singer. As
well as the Magic Johnson album she can be heard on
Mobile,
a showcase album of jazz standards; her own material can be heard on the
Filter Queens' albums Demonstration and Hysterical Woman,
and on her Apple Pie collection, recorded with Strong as Samson
pedal-steel player, BJ Cole.
She may also be heard on Lost in the Looking-Glass, track A 6 and on From Shadow to Shadow, track A 3. |
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Aurélie Heard on A 15 |
As one might guess, Aurélie is of French nationality, which comes across in her chanteuse style of singing. She picked up the guitar a few years back and wrote a few songs which turned into the album Angel in Ballet Shoes after Nick Lewis (see below) pestered her to let him mess around with her tunes. She's currently studying music at Nottingham University. |
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Wash Heard on A 4 |
Stand-out bass player from Austin, Texas, Wash currently backs up Ponty Bone and The Squeezetones. |
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Xyra Heard on A 18 |
Born in Munich, Xyra moved to the USA suburb of Washington DC at an early age, where she began piano lessons at age five, and voice at eight, performing and experimenting with compositions before her teens. Fond of poetry, she began writing lyrics which she soon put to song, and at fourteen her mother surprised her with an electric guitar. Xyra joined her first band, playing original music, at fifteen. In addition to piano and guitar, she has tinkered with differing instruments that include penny whistle, violin, recorder, zither, upright bass, and koto; her far-reaching background embraces opera and classical music, jazz and blues, folk rock, alternative and Celtic goth. Music Theatre Director Charles Williams of The Levine School of Music, and renowned mezzo-soprano, Medea Namoradze, gave Xyra wise counsel and encouragement in writing, recording, and live performance. Where Glass Birds Fly and Frightening Beauty (a Grammy-nominated album) were glowingly reviewed at 'Beyond the Pale', where she had come to the team's attention as a Procol Harum fan. She has been 'in the frame' for a contribution ever since the Palers' Project started, and it is a delight that her return to music-making following a potentially disastrous car accident has been catalysed by a Brooker / Fisher / Reid song. |
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Adam Heard on B 4 |
Adam Hart-Davis (born 1943) is a British writer, photographer and broadcaster who comes from an internationally-known family of authors and publishers. Educated at Eton and Oxford, where he took a first in chemistry, he went on to a doctorate at York University and post-doctoral research in Canada. Since then he has received eight honorary doctorates; he is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and a member of the British Toilet Association. In 1977, following a spell of editing at Oxford University Press, Adam joined Yorkshire Television, researching for the likes of Magnus Pyke and David Bellamy; in 1985 he graduated to production, on Arthur C Clarke's World of Strange Powers and Scientific Eye among many other programmes. Subsequently migrating in front of the cameras, he became a household name through his popular BBC series such as Local Heroes (nine years of scouring every region of the UK on his trademark fluorescent bicycle to expound, with scholarly enthusiasm, on the great innovators of science and technology) and What the Romans did for us (a historical / technological show that has spawned numerous spin-offs and publications). He is in great demand as a speaker, and has effectively become the face of science, and its history, at the BBC. Click here to see Adam's various books in print, here to browse some of his freely-usable photos, and here for a filmography. Adam's partner, the psychologist Susan Blackmore, was enraptured by the first Procol Harum recordings: Adam himself professes no great interest in music (though his Palers' Project voice-over testifies to some impeccable timing) but does enjoy singing the odd hymn in non-pious contexts. Among his career highlights he lists 'dropping tomatoes off the leaning tower of Pisa, and looking down the well where Eratosthenes measured the size of the Earth in 240 BC'. He was highly-placed in a recent Radio Times poll to name the most eccentric man in Britain, which may explain why he fits so perfectly into the Oakes Brothers' revision of Nothing But the Truth. |
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David Heard on A 4 |
David was prominent in the Austin, Texas punk-rock scene of the early 80s, drumming with The Radio Planets. He currently keeps the beat with Doak Short and the Dirty Dogs. |
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Ian Heard on A 21 |
Ian was born south-east of London in the early months of 1967, and it is probably no coincidence that his favourite band came into existence around the same time. 38 years later he is a professional musician, having studied the piano as a small boy and moved on to the pipe organ in his teens. He has a pedagogical relationship to Procol Harum in that his piano-teacher for many years was Josh Phillips's step-father. The classical organ remains his first love and he is at present Head of Keyboard at the Royal Oman Symphony Orchestra on the Arabian Peninsula. Previously he read music at the University of Birmingham (UK), while concurrently holding the position of organ scholar at the Roman Catholic Cathedral in that city; he graduated with a Master's degree specialising in French baroque music. Following this he became Assistant Music Master at Ampleforth College, Yorkshire.
Ian has played in most of the places that organists play, including BBC Radio and a few of the more unusual ones besides. |
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Gary Heard on A 6 |
Gary Hodgins was born in 1953 in Montreal, and exhibited early talents on the guitar. By the time he and Wayne Franks met through mutual friends at age 17 in 1971, both had developed technical proficiency on their instruments. They are now in their thirty-fifth year of collaboration with no end in sight; their many band incarnations include Montreal's 'Shades of Time' in the 1990s.
Gary had few formal lessons, but his natural talent took over, leading him in the direction of improvising and composing rock music. He enjoys building and customising guitars, and has in fact worked upon instruments owned by several internationally-known professional musicians. |
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Lucy Heard on B 15 |
Lucy is a classically-trained Grade VIII player with a wide taste in music and playing experience that includes small wind-ensemble, full wind-band and swing, as well as Outcry's rock and pop. She plays with Outcry's Richard Amey and flautist Svetlana Parr in a separate occasional ensemble embracing folk, soft rock and classical material. The longest-surviving Outcry member apart from Amey, she joined in early 2001, within three months of their first gig: the two are the only Outcry members who also played on Lost in the Looking-Glass, track B 20. |
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Peter Heard on B 3 |
Peter Hummers was born in 1949 on the
outskirts of New York City. He begged his parents for a guitar in 1962,
after hearing the Beatles, and let it sit for two years. A friend then
recruited him into a garage band, the Active Ingredients, where he
memorized Ventures, Motown and Beatles songs. In later bands he played
Blues Project / Byrds / Cream / Jethro Tull + Blodwyn Pig / Procol / Stones
/ Zeppelin ... well, one can
imagine ... Peter saw Procol only once, on their first New York trip,
probably in 1967, but he will never forget Robin Trower's amazing humbucking, feedback-ing Les Paul. Peter, in his spare time, played for years in the Lassitudinal Slump Jug Band and Quartet, essentially for fun and parties. Peter played mandolin ('old-timey' style, not bluegrass, which requires a lifetime of dedication by itself) on numbers ranging from the Dixon Brothers' Intoxicated Rat to Gram Parsons's Hickory Wind. Peter managed a few semesters in 1980–81 at Eddie Simon's Guitar Study Center in New York, where he learned music theory and, the most fun he ever had in a classroom, 'Rock Guitar'. His influences were Clapton, especially with John Mayall and Cream, Hendrix (of course), Pete Townshend, Robin T (no doubt), David Gilmour and so on. Later he fell under the spell of nylon-wielders such as Andrés Segovia, Eliot Fisk, Charlie Byrd and Luiz Bonfa. Robin's boss Gary Brooker turned Peter on to JS Bach and his friends, who make up the bulk of Peter's listening today, but Gary's own bands stand out, with music ranging from distorted guitar at its best to Bach and orchestral treatments – of course, Procol Harum. What a canon! Something for everyone. Peter covers entertainment events on, and about, the Outer Banks of North Carolina on 'Outer Banks Onstage'. Some of his own music, including samples, is available here. He may also be heard on From Shadow to Shadow, track A 13. |
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Marina Heard on B 1 |
Marina lives at Lymington in the New Forest; she works in PR and marketing,
running her own
company, but comes from sailing stock. Once a professional sailor
herself (with America Cup teams) she met Erik Russell (see below) at a regatta
in Tobago. |
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Sebastian Heard on B 8 |
Born on a Friday 13th (Herford, Germany) Sebastian was unluckily unable to sing with Never Void for long, as he had to move to Austria for a year. It was there that he came into contact with the people from Depresion, and had a lot of fun performing cover songs. Since returning to Germany in September 2005 Sebastian has been searching for some suitably skilled people to start making music with again: he goes on to university in October 2006. |
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Dave Heard on A 3 |
Dave, born many years ago, lives in the leafy suburbs of Cheshire and has been playing the guitar from the age of fourteen. Influences are many and varied, but early memories include The Beatles' A Taste Of Honey and performances on Esther Rantzen's That's Life by Jake Thackray which led to an interest in playing the instrument (really).
In latter years his interests were still many and varied but in quite a narrow field, main influences being Robin Trower, and any six-string player with Thin Lizzy and Steve Hillage. Dave plays in a five-piece band doing covers, and performed with the Palers' Band in Manchester, 2001.
He may also be heard on Lost in the Looking-Glass, tracks A 3, A 10, A 18, B 3 and B 19 and From Shadow to Shadow, tracks A 4 and B 5. |
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Dave Heard on B 7 |
Dave Lee is a writer of technical and art books, and has been ... for ever-such-a-long-time: not bad for someone who failed his 'O' Level English exam (they made him take it again, sadly, and he's never looked forward since). He lives down the road from the Beckhams in Cheshire, although they've recently moved house(s) and career(s) just to get away from him. He was once in a band called Four Play (there were only three of them when they came up with the name, and so they had to find another guitarist). More recently, under his own name, he released a CD called Me, I'm Just Happy To Be Here, which is available from the BtP website. Although guitar / band based, he loves nothing better than surreptitiously slipping in a sound-effect here or a song sample there to see if anyone's paying attention. He'll swing for it, no doubt. He may also be heard on From Shadow to Shadow, track B 9. |
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Dave Heard on B 15 |
Dave joined Outcry at the beginning of 2004 following a ten-year spell with the Worthing four-piece Hank Muller Band (Muller was a school classmate of Outcry's Richard Amey), and ad hoc appearances with Crawley-based Scrapin' The Barrel. Despite dabbling occasionally with guitars, Dave's preference remains keyboard instruments; music production is an additional interest. Own compositions recorded with Outcry drummer Nigel Constable have been used to accompany firework displays. A lifelong Procol fan, Dave agonised with Richard about which number to record for the present album. |
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Nick Heard on A 15 |
Nick has been recording music since about the age of 14, but only started seriously when he met Aurélie (see above), whose brilliance prompted him to start his label / production company / collective Causa Sui Records. He's since gone on to form The Simple Pleasures in Brighton where he's at university studying philosophy. |
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Sev Heard on A 17 |
Sev started his musical career at the age of sixteen as a church organist: he came to rock in the early 70s, via classical piano lessons: hence his love for the music of Procol Harum. He bought all their albums as they were released, but didn't see the band live until the Dave Ball era. In the early 80s Sev collaborated on three albums with Australian singer Duffo, whose band included Dave Ball; he also played on tours with Any Trouble and Mungo Jerry. He remembers playing down the bill to Procol Harum, at Surrey University, in the Mick Grabham era. Sev played organ with the Palers' Band on their début in 2000. In 1994 he set up his own studio at home; also at that period he was singer, keyboardist and main songwriter on a comeback CD by 70s prog rock band Gracious!, released on Centaur Discs. He followed up this album in 1997 by releasing his first solo album under the name Nostromo, entitled No Such Thing As Silence – also on Centaur. In that year he completely re-equipped his studio with a digital hard-disc recording system, and opened commercially as The Music Loft. These days he divides his time between music and working as a sound designer in the theatre, particularly with Sarah Miles, and with Gavin Robertson. He may also be heard on From Shadow to Shadow, track A 14. |
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Denis Heard on A 1 |
Denis currently plays lead guitar for In 2 Deep, whom he joined as a
result of his playing with John Bobin in Hunt, Runt, Shunt, and
Cunningham (featuring the Paramounts' Mick Brownlee). HRSC has included many fine musicians over a long period, including Vic Collins (ex-Kursaal Flyers) and rock'n'roll veteran Tony Sumner, who was a leading light in the early Southend scene (by the way, the Commander says that he learned Ubangi Stomp from Tony Sumner!). Denis has played in many bands over the years, including Session Club and the Alvin Jones Sound, in which he had Tony Sumner and Mick Brownlee as fellow members. He also played in a recent version of the Mickey Jupp band with John Bobin and Mick Brownlee. He may also be heard on From Shadow to Shadow, track A 12. |
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Alan Heard on B 10 |
Alan was born (Torquay, UK) in 1958. Procol were the first band to get him interested in creating music as opposed to just listening to it. The track that did it was the live Conquistador – the mixture of rock with classical overtones, coupled with imaginative and unusual lyrics, he found irresistible. Another early influence would have been the film music of John Barry; Alan's always been inspired by music that paints pictures in the head. He is self-taught on the
guitar from the age of 14. He became interested in sound synthesis
during the early 80s, during the birth of MIDI, which resulted in the
necessity of selling his guitars to buy a couple of synths, a hardware
sequencer and drum machine, later adding a Yamaha CX5 music computer.
After graduating to using an Atari ST with a sequencer programme around
1990, he then re-acquainted himself with the guitar to provide the best
of both worlds. The acquisition of an Akai sampler was a major turning
point in the mid 90s – the incorporation and editing of samples and
loops being creatively liberating and changing the way he approached
composition and arrangement. Nowadays everything is lost somewhere
inside the computer (even the guitar!) – no spaghetti, no sky-high rack
of gear, great! |
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Clyde Heard on B 10 |
Born (Torquay, UK) in 1994, Clyde is learning to play guitar and piano, likes singing, dancing and generally showing off! His musical favourites are The Beatles, Bad Manners, Eminem, 50 Cent, The Beat, Queen, The Beastie Boys, The Offspring and ... um, George Formby (honest)! He has developed a very encouraging interest in creating his own music and is often heard pleading to his uncle Alan 'Can we do some recording now?' His fledgling compositions included My Babe, Rock!, Do the Cornflake, Doughnuts: he is currently working on an ode to Omelettes. Clyde is known to be very keen on food. |
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Rudy Heard on B 10 |
Born (Swindon, UK) in 1992, Rudy is learning to play piano (has passed his Grade II) and guitar, and would like in future to play drums, be in a band and perhaps try out some DJ-ing. Being a very fit performer, he also has designs on becoming a footballer – but only if he can play for Torquay United and Liverpool. His musical tastes include the likes of Queen, The Offspring and The Beatles (has recorded a barking version of Hey Bulldog with his uncle, as well as a charming duet of Nowhere Man with brother Clyde).
Rudy and Clyde often describe their Uncle Alan's taste in music as 'rhubarb', though this doesn't stop them continuing to ask to hear more examples of his collection, only for it to be judged in a similar fashion or dismissed as 'just weird'. Their uncle has a feeling that the rôles are likely to be reversed in years to come. |
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Ted Heard on B 9 |
A product of Da Bronx, NY, Ted has been 'officially' drumming since 1969 , when he bought his first drum set. Met Larry 'Cerdes' Pennisi in high school, along with the real library nuns, and formed their first band called Epitaph in 1970. Enlisted in the US Navy in '73, and had two bands in Athens, Greece called Desron 12 and The Woodsmen. Formed fusion band Dual Wind in '78. Then moved on to cover rock and new wave in 1980 with Hyjinx and '82 with Five Across. 1985 saw Ted leading his own 60s cover band Route 66 as well as drumming with 50s hit makers The Excellents and The Ovations. During the late 70s, Ted was part of the infamous Food Stamps as well. Then it was on to blues-rock and originals band The Allen Wrench Band around 1988, a band that continued with various members until 2004. And now Ted's musical journey has come full circle back with Larry in The Library Nuns. Ted's musical leanings are everything with a preference for fusion and prog-rock. His drumming idol is Billy Cobham and Ted has his own website dedicated to Billy. Ted still uses those same Ludwig drums he used in Epitaph. |
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Trevor Heard on A 1 |
Trevor currently sings and plays keyboards for In 2 Deep. He also plays
rhythm guitar and has been in many bands since the 60s. His previous
groups have included the Mel Lewis Band (with a brass section lead by
the well-known trumpet and cornet player Digby Fairweather), North Sea
Bubble, Kingfisher and Oscar. Trevor is also a keen private pilot. He actually did 'learn to fly' before the relevant Procol Harum track appeared on The Prodigal Stranger. He is a well-respected musician who can play convincingly in any style. His fellow members of In 2 Deep say that he is far too modest! He may also be heard on From Shadow to Shadow, track A 12. |
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