Gary Brooker

British pianist & vocalist (he also played keyboards, banjo, harmonica, marimba, koto, guitar), composer, lyricist and frontman of Procol Harum born May 29, 1945 in Hackney, London and died February 19, 2022 in Surrey. In 1962, he and his friend Robin Trower founded The Paramounts; they disbanded in 1966. In summer of 1967, he founded Procol Harum with his friend Keith Reid.