Procol Harum and The Amateur Ork

LOS ANGELES – "Well, we're only in our first year here at the magicians' college," Dave Ball, Procol Harum guitarist, advised the gentleman who has asked Gary Brooker to pull a rabbit, or perhaps even a candelabra, out of his top hat. In formal Thirties tails, black tie, topper and baggy pants that break precipitously over the shoe-top, Ball looks like an animated cartoon scarecrow and Brooker like a concert pianist from a more elegant era.