Live Hits: Conquistador – Procol Harum

Conquistador a vulture sits, upon your silver sheath

There are some songs that were bigger, sometimes a Billboard hit, in their concert recorded version. They may have a studio-recorded counterpart but the live version, in this case, was bigger. I’ll stay away from the ones that have a “fake” live audience. The last criteria, it has to be a favorite of mine.

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Gary Brooker Dies

We skipped the light fandango
Turned cartwheels ‘cross the floor

Gary Brooker was an English singer-songwriter, pianist, and the founder and lead singer of the rock band Procol Harum. He was born in Hackney Hospital, East London, on May 29, 1945, and grew up in Hackney before moving to Middlesex.

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