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Mick Grabham (* 22. Januar 1948 in Sunderland, England) ist ein britischer Rock- und Blues-Gitarrist. Leben und Werdegang. Grabham spielte (unter dem Pseudonym Mike Graham) von 1968 bis 1969 in der Popband Plastic Penny, die einige Hits in Großbritannien landete.
- Origins, The Paramounts, Early Years and Formation
- "A Whiter Shade of Pale", Commercial Success and Debut Album
- Follow-Up Albums and Break-Up
- Reformation and The 1990s
- 2000s
- 2010s
The Paramounts, based in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, led by Gary Brooker and Robin Trower and including Chris Copping and B. J. Wilson, scored a moderate British success in 1964 with their version of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller's "Poison Ivy", which reached number 35 in the UK Singles Chart.Unable to generate any follow-up success, the group disbande...
At Olympic Studios, southwest London, with session drummer (and non-Paramount) Bill Eyden, producer Denny Cordell and sound engineer Keith Grant, the group recorded "A Whiter Shade of Pale", and it was released on 12 May 1967. With a structure reminiscent of Baroque music, a countermelody based on J. S. Bach's Orchestral Suite N° 3 in D Major playe...
The band's follow-up album, Shine On Brightly was released the following year and saw a greater excursion into progressive rock stylings. Their third album, A Salty Dog (1969), was very popular among fans and their first album to sell well in the UK. The title track in particular gained a good deal of US FM radio airplay, and the album is now consi...
The band reformed in 1991 with Brooker, Fisher, Trower and Reid (Wilson had died in 1990), and released The Prodigal Stranger, but sales were modest.After the album's release, a new incarnation of the band, with Brooker and Fisher but not Trower, toured the US and the world for a few years in the first half of the 1990s. In August 1995, Procol Haru...
In 2000, Procol Harum received some attention after the song "In Held Twas in I" appeared on the band Transatlantic'sdebut album. Since 2001 the band, comprising Brooker, Fisher, Geoff Whitehorn (guitar), Matt Pegg (bass) and Mark Brzezicki (drums), has made several tours of mostly Europe, but also Japan and the US. A 2001 concert in Copenhagen, De...
Procol played a string of US (and Toronto) concert dates in June 2010, mostly opening for Jethro Tull. On 22 July Procol again headlined at the Keitelejazz Festival in Äänekoski, Finland – the venue where the band performed with an injured Brooker in 2009. They described this loyal Finnish audience as "the best in the world" and played a unique thr...
After Dave Ball left, Mick Grabham was the group's guitarist from 1972 until 1977. The band continued with their new symphonic rock sound on their follow-up, Grand Hotel. Released in March 1973, the album reached No. 21 in the US. It did not chart in the UK, but it was certified silver for selling over 60,000 copies there.
Mick Grabham, Procol Harum's guitarist ever since he replaced big Dave Ball almost a year ago, lives in a tastefully-furnished Harrow semi with his wife, the two dogs and a street full of neighbours who are about as far removed from the rock and roll business as you could imagine.
13. Dez. 2021 · Mick Grabham, one of Britain’s most respected rock guitarists, releases ‘Original Paint’, a collection of covers and originals from his archive. The album features his collaborations with Nigel Olsson, Rick Wills, BJ Cole and other musicians from the 60s and 70s.
13. Dez. 2021 · Mick Grabham, a respected rock guitarist and former member of Procol Harum, releases 14 tracks of covers and originals from his archive. The album features collaborations with other rock legends such as Gary Brooker, Pete Wingfield, and Nigel Olsson.
Home Again: Mick Grabham interview by Rob Kelly in Déjà Vu, 1978 or 1979 Mick on the Procol Years: extended interview with Roland Clare . Super Mick Grabham page at The Musicians' Olympus Mick joins Procol Harum: Melody Maker snippet. Review of Mick the Lad: BtP's interview with Mick about it
