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Procol Harum's drummer
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Mick Rice
Aug 25, 2012, 5:34:22 PM8/25/12
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Biffy the Elephant Shrew View profile
More options Jun 9 2003, 2:41 pm
>I once had a pal called Tony who swore he was Procul Harum's drummer
>before they were famous.
>I said "Did you think you were better than their next drummer?" (The
>one on "A Whiter Shade Of Pale").
>He said "I knew I blooming was!"
>I always thought he was pulling my leg, was he?
If he was claiming to be better than B.J. Wilson, you can bet he
was pulling your leg. (Although the drummer who actually played
on AWSOP was session man Bill Eyden.) Procol did have a mystery
drummer in ther formative period remembered only as "Tubs
Drubs"--no one seems to recall his real name. Tubs was ditched
in favor of Bobby Harrison, who, besides not being allowed to play
on the single, was himself sacked not long afterwards, at which
point B.J. Wilson--who had been the band's first choice all along--
was brought back in.
(I've corrected the speling of "Procol" in the header.)
Your pal,
Biffy the Elephant Shrew
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http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQjoBaa834MKVWJ3nhiNy8avBWjiGHDUmAiJJ75HNI2b92rab7o&t=1
I remember a Tony Arthurs telling everyone he was Procol Harum's drummer? He
was a little guy with an M&S blue pinstripe suit and a perm.
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Mick Rice
More options Jun 9 2003, 2:41 pm
>I once had a pal called Tony who swore he was Procul Harum's drummer
>before they were famous.
>I said "Did you think you were better than their next drummer?" (The
>one on "A Whiter Shade Of Pale").
>He said "I knew I blooming was!"
>I always thought he was pulling my leg, was he?
If he was claiming to be better than B.J. Wilson, you can bet he
was pulling your leg. (Although the drummer who actually played
on AWSOP was session man Bill Eyden.) Procol did have a mystery
drummer in ther formative period remembered only as "Tubs
Drubs"--no one seems to recall his real name. Tubs was ditched
in favor of Bobby Harrison, who, besides not being allowed to play
on the single, was himself sacked not long afterwards, at which
point B.J. Wilson--who had been the band's first choice all along--
was brought back in.
(I've corrected the speling of "Procol" in the header.)
Your pal,
Biffy the Elephant Shrew
*****************************************
http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQjoBaa834MKVWJ3nhiNy8avBWjiGHDUmAiJJ75HNI2b92rab7o&t=1
I remember a Tony Arthurs telling everyone he was Procol Harum's drummer? He
was a little guy with an M&S blue pinstripe suit and a perm.
--
Mick Rice
R. Totale
Aug 25, 2012, 9:01:43 PM8/25/12
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I must say responding to a 10+ year old Usenet message is an
impressive achievement.
impressive achievement.
Mick Rice
Aug 25, 2012, 10:16:57 PM8/25/12
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"R. Totale" <slang...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Someone else knew a Tony drummer, but the fellow in the pic was mouthing off
in the mid-80s before the days of Google. There was a great rock 'n roll
dictionary in the library that featured Harum with no mention of a Tony,
though, bu that ay have been a 90s tome.
It's possible he was this mysterious Tubs Drub, I suppose.
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Mick Rice
news:k8ti389mo7bcsj9t5...@4ax.com...
>I must say responding to a 10+ year old Usenet message is an
> impressive achievement.
<g> Well that Google archive makes it easy!
> impressive achievement.
Someone else knew a Tony drummer, but the fellow in the pic was mouthing off
in the mid-80s before the days of Google. There was a great rock 'n roll
dictionary in the library that featured Harum with no mention of a Tony,
though, bu that ay have been a 90s tome.
It's possible he was this mysterious Tubs Drub, I suppose.
--
Mick Rice
Mick Rice
Sep 10, 2012, 7:00:47 PM9/10/12
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>I must say responding to a 10+ year old Usenet message is an
> impressive achievement.
Thanks.
> impressive achievement.
The webmaster on Procol Harum's site was impressed enough to ask how he can
contact the boastful Tony! :-D
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Mick Rice
Mike Rice
Feb 23, 2013, 9:36:52 PM2/23/13
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http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQjoBaa834MKVWJ3nhiNy8avBWjiGHDUmAiJJ75HNI2b92rab7o&t=1"In 1988 my boss said he was Procol Harum's drummer in the 60s!The Procol Harum site were very interested and there was speculation hecould have bin the mysterious Tubs Drubs!They never got back to me, lol"I emailed the above to Gary Jackson on Skyline Gold Radio (they had a ProcolHarum hour) and Gary read out the email.Gary said, "No, I don't think it's him either", lol!--Mick Rice
R. Totale
Feb 27, 2013, 4:14:52 PM2/27/13
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On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 02:36:52 -0000, "Mike Rice" <Mike...@bogus.com>
wrote:
>In 1988 my boss said he was Procol Harum's drummer in the 60s!
Sounds like you boss did a lot of acid in the 1960s. And the 1980s.
wrote:
>In 1988 my boss said he was Procol Harum's drummer in the 60s!
Mike Rice
Feb 27, 2013, 4:59:08 PM2/27/13
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"R. Totale" <slang...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Mike Rice
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