B. J. Wilson (18 March 1947 — 8 October 1990) was a English rock drummer.
Born Barrie James Wilson in Edmonton, London, England, Wilson was the drummer for Procol Harum. He did not play on their first hit "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (jazz session drummer Bill Eyden did), but joined the group soon afterwards. As a result he played on the follow up single "Homburg" and their first album (Procol Harum). He also played on the later hit single, the live ...
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B. J. Wilson (18 March 1947 — 8 October 1990) was a English rock drummer.
Born Barrie James Wilson in Edmonton, London, England, Wilson was the drummer for Procol Harum. He did not play on their first hit "A Whiter Shade of Pale" (jazz session drummer Bill Eyden did), but joined the group soon afterwards. As a result he played on the follow up single "Homburg" and their first album (Procol Harum). He also played on the later hit single, the live version of "Conquistador". Wilson was the only stable member of the band besides Gary Brooker during their commercial and artistic peak from 1967 to 1977. He had a powerful, distinctive style - he sat very low behind his kit (often side-on at the side of the stage) and was once referred to as like an 'Octopus in a Bathtub'.{Steve Peacock in SOUNDS magazine, reviewing a 1971 concert: Peacock actually wrote, unfairly, that B.J. thrashed around like "an octopus in a hot tub."} A 1974 Danish TV recording of the band was released as a 6-track ...
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