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Geoff Whitehorn

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Geoffrey Charles 'Geoff' Whitehorn (born 29 August 1951, London, England) is a guitarist and singer-songwriter, who has played as a member of If, Crawler and Procol Harum.

History

In August 1973, Whitehorn joined the pioneering British jazz-rock band, If, in what was their third and final line-up, appearing on their last two albums, Not Just Another Bunch of Pretty Faces (1974) and Tea Break Over, Back On Your 'Eads (1975). During that period ,he recorded his first solo album, Whitehorn (1974, Stateside), featuring fellow IF members Dick Morrissey and Cliff Davies. This was followed by two largely-instrumental solo albums, Big in Gravesend and Geoff Who? which he also re-recorded and expanded as Geoff Who? 2002. In 1976-1979, Whitehorn played in the band Crawler (formerly known as Back Street Crawler), replacing the band's founder Paul Kossoff after the latter's death.

In 1991, he joined the group Procol Harum, and is now their longest serving guitarist, having played on all of their recent recordings, such as The Long Goodbye, One More Time - Live in Utrecht 1992 and The Well's on Fire as well as on Procol Harum's live DVDs in Denmark and at Union Chapel. He has also played live and recorded with The Palers' Project, the Procol Harum quasi-tribute collective.

Whitehorn has also contributed to the recordings of other artists, such as Bad Company, Kevin Ayers, Elkie Brooks, The Who, Roger Waters, Manfred Mann, Paul McCartney and Paul Rodgers. In 2007, he worked with Elkie Brooks on her UK tour.