B.J Wilson - Why is there so little praise

To me B.J Wilson is the seacret weapon of Procol Harum, its most sacred ingredience and element that you desire to pay attention to. Hes drumming is so floating and also a bit crazy, hes strikes me as a similae kind of drummer as Kieth Moon, a drummer whom was unrestrained and had a very good sense of placement and underneath good natural tallent.

I can understand the nickname "the Octopus in a Tub" cause he sat very low, but also hes armes were swirling chaos with presision. One of few rock drummers with the floating flair of a jazz drummer. Also a drummer as like Moon, an orchestrator and not obly just a time-keeper.

A fun fact is that he is the drummer of Rocky Horror Picture Show. I founs that to be a cool trivia.

I hope more drummer magazines and netsites have more focus on hem, also music forums in general ought to pay respect to the secret weapon to Procols magic.

Edited by Icarium - August 12 2018 at 12:51

Have your heard Rocky Horror Picture Show album

B.J. is not my biggest favourite drummers, but I have always really liked he´s way of playing. Essential part of Procol sound.

Wilson was an extremely inventive and talented drummer that never got the praise simply because he was not in a straight up rock band like the Who. Procol Harum was always considered an arty, classically based progressive band and the public never looked upon them as virtuoso players. Procol was never as popular as a band like the Who, and never got the same exposure. And, believe me, Wilson was almost as crazy as Keith Moon at times as Moon was a close friend of Wilson. (Now, what does that tell you?)

Edited by SteveG - August 13 2018 at 04:25

I think hes best drumling is on Broken Barricades

BJ's best drumming, imo, was on Broken Barricades, Procol's 9th and Live: In Concert With The (something) Symphony being his best.

Edited by SteveG - August 13 2018 at 09:41

Mortte wrote: B.J. is not my biggest favourite drummers, but I have always really liked he´s way of playing. Essential part of Procol sound.

Icarium wrote: Mortte wrote: Icarium wrote: I think hes best drumling is on Broken Barricades Haven´t paid attention to his drumming in that album, because I have listened it least because I think it´s their weakest seventies album. Well, I think I will listen this week both Broken & Something Magic. on Broken Barricades is Luskus Delph one of Procols strongest songs, among their most delicate conpositions

I really love the tittle song, heard it before I heard the whole album, so I expected more from the whole album. But have to listen it soon again. On the other hand Something Magic was much better than I expected (got really bad reviews).

^ That tale is interesting since I have read in many places that Plant brought Bonham into the band and that was part of the deal from the beginning. The story goes that Page and Jones went to hear Plant in the country where he was in  a band and they asked him to try out and that Bonham was asked to join at the same time because they both played in Band of Joy.

dr wu23 wrote: ^ That tale is interesting since I have read in many places that Plant brought Bonham into the band and that was part of the deal from the beginning. The story goes that Page and Jones went to hear Plant in the country where he was in  a band and they asked him to try out and that Bonham was asked to join at the same time because they both played in Band of Joy.