My Bro on stage with gary brooker from Procol Harum.

[cudaspaz]

Procol harum was playing with the symphony at Wilmington opera house.

Afterwards most people go to the Hotel Dupont for drinks and live band.

Well my Brother's band, Club Phred was playing with David Letterman's horn section and gary Brooker liked them so much, he got on stage and did a whiter shade of Pale with them.

Keep in mind this was the first time Gary got on stage with another band other than Procol Harum in 45 years, and dang, he still got what it takes.

The video's are crappy cell phone vids, but especially in the second vid you can see my older brother on the Mapex drum kit.

He's also done work with Joan Jett, Rick Derrenger and countless other bands.
I told him when he's going to play with big name people like this he needs to get good video taken for his resume, but this Gary Brooker thing was a surprize to everyone on stage.

In the second video, the Letterman horn section had left the stage at that time.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4YIFipDAmQ"]YouTube - Phred-Brooker.wmv[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QgM5qbVBbA"]YouTube - A Whiter Shade Of Pale...LIVE![/ame]

This stuff is kinda tame for what he likes to play.
He prefers hard rock, metal, classic rock and loves to do Neal Peart stuff.

 

[memike]

Wow :cheers: What a geat to play with =P~8) I am so happy for you and your family spaz :color:
That song sure douse bring back some great memories and to see
Gary Brooker :glasses2:, That man can still get it dun thats for sure =D>

Making even more memories, music is a talent that will stay with a person, and the love for it will never leave :happy10: I bet your brother is on cloud nine witch he should be and he sounds great :thumbrig::thumbrig: A tear of happiness to you and your brother and family, I sure am proud for yall. Thank you for sharing this with us this morning :hello2::happy2:
I am humbled brother :rock::cheers: Congratulations to your brother and you and your family :cheers:

 

[3404speed]

That is so friggin cool...

 

[Tony Fields]

That's some good stuff right there!

 

[cudaspaz]

Thanks guys.

I got a chance to play some seriously expensive guitars last time I was at my Brother's place, I'm talking $20-k guitars, but I was afraid to touch them for that kind of money.

I've been begging my brother to get some video of him going ape on some heavier stuff, like when he does Rush YYZ, and crazy heavy metal hammering, but it's like me taking video of myself at work, and he just does this for fun but he has been all over the place behind the scenes and does a lot of studio work for well known bands that may be between drummers or just want to cut an album with someone who knows what the hell they are doing without worrying about tracking down their own drummer that may be off on a play-cation where nobody can find them.
Pretty cool side job.