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David 'Dave' J Ball (born 30 March 1950 in Handsworth, Birmingham
Birmingham

Birmingham is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. Birmingham is the most populous of England's English Core Cities Group, and is the List of United Kingdom cities by population British city after London, with a population of 1,010,200 ....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
) is a guitar
Guitar

The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
 player who is currently resident of New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
 but working in various parts of the World.

In 1972
1972 in music

Events*January 17 - Highway 51 South in Memphis, Tennessee is renamed "Elvis Presley Blvd"*January 20 - Pink Floyd debuts Dark Side of the Moon during a performance at The Dome, in Brighton, but due to technical difficulties, is halted during the song 'Money'....
 he joined Procol Harum
Procol Harum

Procol Harum are a United Kingdom Rock music band, formed in the 1960s, which built an important foundation for what would become progressive rock, or perhaps more closely, symphonic rock....
, replacing Robin Trower
Robin Trower

Robin Trower is an England rock music guitarist who achieved success with Procol Harum during the 1960s, and then again as the leader of his own power trio....
 who had left he group to form his own band, after he saw an advert in Melody Maker
Melody Maker

Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was, according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly music newspaper. It was 1926 in music as a magazine targeted at musicians; in 2000 in British music it was merged into "long-standing rival" New Musical Express....
. He can be heard on the group's live (and best selling) album, Procol Harum Live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Procol Harum Live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

Procol Harum Live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, by the UK band Procol Harum, was released in 1972; it was recorded at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on 18 November 1971....
, but left the group during the recording sessions for their 1973
1973 in music

Events...
 album Grand Hotel
Grand Hotel (album)

Grand Hotel is an album by Procol Harum, released in 1973....
 to play with Long John Baldry
Long John Baldry

John William Baldry, popularly known as Long John Baldry, was an English people blues singer. He sang with many British musicians, Rod Stewart and Elton John appearing in bands led by Baldry in the 1960s....
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David 'Dave' J Ball (born 30 March 1950 in Handsworth, Birmingham
Birmingham

Birmingham is a city status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. Birmingham is the most populous of England's English Core Cities Group, and is the List of United Kingdom cities by population British city after London, with a population of 1,010,200 ....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
) is a guitar
Guitar

The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
 player who is currently resident of New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
 but working in various parts of the World.

In 1972
1972 in music

Events*January 17 - Highway 51 South in Memphis, Tennessee is renamed "Elvis Presley Blvd"*January 20 - Pink Floyd debuts Dark Side of the Moon during a performance at The Dome, in Brighton, but due to technical difficulties, is halted during the song 'Money'....
 he joined Procol Harum
Procol Harum

Procol Harum are a United Kingdom Rock music band, formed in the 1960s, which built an important foundation for what would become progressive rock, or perhaps more closely, symphonic rock....
, replacing Robin Trower
Robin Trower

Robin Trower is an England rock music guitarist who achieved success with Procol Harum during the 1960s, and then again as the leader of his own power trio....
 who had left he group to form his own band, after he saw an advert in Melody Maker
Melody Maker

Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was, according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly music newspaper. It was 1926 in music as a magazine targeted at musicians; in 2000 in British music it was merged into "long-standing rival" New Musical Express....
. He can be heard on the group's live (and best selling) album, Procol Harum Live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Procol Harum Live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

Procol Harum Live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, by the UK band Procol Harum, was released in 1972; it was recorded at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on 18 November 1971....
, but left the group during the recording sessions for their 1973
1973 in music

Events...
 album Grand Hotel
Grand Hotel (album)

Grand Hotel is an album by Procol Harum, released in 1973....
 to play with Long John Baldry
Long John Baldry

John William Baldry, popularly known as Long John Baldry, was an English people blues singer. He sang with many British musicians, Rod Stewart and Elton John appearing in bands led by Baldry in the 1960s....
.

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