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So whose cat was it?
The Longest Crawl, by Ian Marchant, is a newly-published book (2006) describing a month long pub-crawl in Britain. The spelling of the band's name is that of the author. This short extract describes a meeting with someone called Ash in Wales:
In the early sixties, Ash shared a flat with the blues singer Long John Baldry. They used to go busking together up Ladbroke Grove, Baldry singing and playing guitar and Ash handing round the hat. Often, they were accompanied by a young ukulele player known as 'Long Haired Eric' (Eric Clapton) ... Ash passed his pipe and told some more of the stories. 'I had this cat called Procol Harem,' Ash told us. 'A Burmese, a sweetie she was. At this time, '66, '67, I was dealing acid to the beautiful people. Sold it to Hendrix a few times.Gary Brooker was one of my regulars. He played in a group called the Paramounts. He was always around mine. What's your cat called Ash? he asked me. Procol Harem, I said. So they changed the name of the band'.
'But Ash, that's one of the great unsolved mysteries of rock'n'roll,' said Perry.
'What is?'
'Who owned that cat that Procol Harem were named after.'
'Is it? Well it was me'...
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