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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Richard Leslie Holroyd |
| Born | March 12, 1948 |
| Origin | Oldham, Lancashire, England |
| Genre(s) | rock classic rock progressive rock |
| Occupation(s) | musician |
| Instrument(s) | bass guitar |
| Years active | 1960's – 2004 |
| Label(s) | Harvest |
| Associated acts | Barclay James Harvest |
Les Holroyd (born Richard Leslie Holroyd, on March 12th, 1948 in Oldham, Lancashire), is the former bass guitarist, vocalist and songwriter with the British progressive rock band Barclay James Harvest. Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England It lies amongst the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Classic rock was originally conceived as a Radio station programming format which evolved from the Album oriented rock (AOR format in the early-1980s Progressive rock (often shortened to " progressive " " prog " or " prog rock " is a form of Rock music that evolved A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Harvest Records was a Record label created by EMI in 1969 to promote Progressive rock music and to compete with Philips' Vertigo and Barclay James Harvest is a British rock band specialising in Symphonic/Melodic Rock with folk/progressive/classical influences Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England It lies amongst the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the Barclay James Harvest is a British rock band specialising in Symphonic/Melodic Rock with folk/progressive/classical influences
Biography
Les was a founder member of BJH and played with the band throughout its life.
Following the split of the original band, he now tours with his own version of B. J. H. , known as Barclay James Harvest featuring Les Holroyd. Initially, the band featured Barclay James Harvest drummer Mel Pritchard. Mel Pritchard ( 20 January 1948 &mdash 28 January 2004) was the former drummer with the British progressive rock band Barclay James Harvest They have released an album called Revolution Days, and more recently a live recording with the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
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