It is the 4th July 1976 and a balmy summer evening in the grounds of the Castle Museum, York.We (the two Reverend Doctors and the future Mrs Grace) are watching Procol Harum play a one-off outdoor show. It is one of those rare occasions when music, location, band, audience and ambience combine to perfection.
I have always loved Gary Brookers voice and it has rarely been better than on A Salty Dog. Keith Reid's lyrics manage to stay the right side of the twaddle he was sometimes capable of and the string arrangements provide the perfect support for a great tune.
Procol played this song that night and thirty-odd years later I still doubt that I will ever get tired of hearing it.
Listen: A Salty Dog - Procol Harum
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