Procol Harum were an English progressive rock band from Southend-on-Sea. Formed in April 1967, the group originally consisted of vocalist and pianist Gary Brooker, guitarist Ray Royer, bassist David Knights, keyboardist Matthew Fisher, …

Guitarist Ray Royer was chosen after the group placed an advertisement for players and were inundated, so the band "really grilled the applicants" to find "someone with the right state of mind." [13]

Ray Royer's musical legacy with Procol Harum. Royer and Freedom on film: a page about the Tinto Brass movie, Black on White. This enigmatic image is one of a set kindly sent to BtP in …

Freedom was an English psychedelic rock band, active in the late 1960s and early 1970s, formed initially by members of Procol Harum. Ray Royer and Bobby Harrison, who had performed on the hit Procol Harum single "A Whiter Shade of Pale", were kicked out of the Harum by vocalist Gary Brooker, and replaced by Robin Trower and Barry Wilson.

Sep 12, 1985 · To record ”A Whiter Shade of Pale” (its organ line is borrowed from Bach’s Suite no. 3 in D Major), they enlisted organist Matthew Fisher, guitarist Ray Royer and bassist Dave Knights.

It's well-known that the original Procol Harum line-up contained guitarist Ray Royer and drummer Bobby Harrison, who, on being replaced by Robin Trower and Barrie Wilson, went on to form their own group, pointedly naming it after the most experimental Paramounts cut of all, Charlie Mingus's Freedom.

Ray Royer was born in the U.K. in 1945. He was the guitarist for Procol Harum for a short time before forming Freedom. He played on one album with that group. Read Full Biography

Ray Royer was born on October 8, 1945 in The Pinewoods, Essex, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for Attraction (1969) and Procol Harum: A Whiter Shade of Pale (Version 1) (1967).

Ray Royer (Essex, 8 ottobre 1945) è un musicista, chitarrista e compositore britannico, primo chitarrista dei Procol Harum. Iniziata l'attività di musicista nel 1963, nel 1967 divenne il primo …

Apr 12, 2018 · Freedom was an English rock band formed by two original Procol Harum members: singer–drummer Bobby Harrison and guitarist Ray Royer. As a quartet, they made a psychedelic soundtrack to the 1969 Italian film Nerosubianco.