Mel Pritchard

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Mel Pritchard
Birth name	Melvyn Paul Pritchard
Born	(1948-01-20)20 January 1948
Origin	Oldham, Lancashire, England
Died	28 January 2004(2004-01-28) (aged 56)
Genres	Rock Classic rock Progressive rock
Occupations	Musician, drummer
Instruments	drums
Years active	1960s–2004
Labels	Harvest, Polydor
Associated acts	Barclay James Harvest

Mel Pritchard (20 January 1948 – 28 January 2004^[1]) was the former drummer with the British progressive rock band, Barclay James Harvest.

Biography

Melvyn Paul Pritchard (usually credited as Mel) was born in Oldham, Lancashire, England. He played with Barclay James Harvest throughout their career and following the band's split, worked with Les Holroyd in his spin-off band, 'Barclay James Harvest featuring Les Holroyd'.

Pritchard died of a heart attack in 2004, at the age of 56.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Thedeadrockstarsclub.com – accessed August 2009

External links

Barclay James Harvest featuring Les Holroyd

v t e Barclay James Harvest

John Lees Craig Fletcher Kevin Whitehead Jez Smith Les Holroyd Colin Browne Steve Butler Michael Byron-Hehir Louie Palmer Stuart "Woolly" Wolstenholme Jeff Leach Mike Bramwell Mel Pritchard Ian Wilson Chris Jago Roy Martin Paul Walsham

Studio albums	Barclay James Harvest (1970) Once Again (1971) Everyone Is Everybody Else (1974) Time Honoured Ghosts (1975) Gone to Earth (1977) Eyes of the Universe (1979) Ring of Changes (1983) Face to Face (1987)

Authority control	VIAF: 84964249 ISNI: 0000 0000 7825 1687

Persondata
Name	Pritchard, Mel
Alternative names
Short description	British musician
Date of birth	20 January 1948
Place of birth
Date of death	28 January 2004
Place of death

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