Through most of 1968, Skip Prokop’s band The Paupers had been touring with new bass player Brad Campbell as they were making their way through recording and releasing their second album for MGM Records called “Ellis Island.” But Skip was getting a taste for session work and expanding his musical horizons beyond a 4-piece rock and roll ensemble. It was leading him to decisions that would change his life and Canadian music forever…
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SUNNY DAYS: THE SKIP PROKOP STORY (PART 8) by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in Interview, music, Opinion, Serialized Book with tags albert Grossman, Big Brother & The Holding Company, Bill Graham, Bob Segarini, Caesar's Palace, Carlos Santana, Cass Elliot, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Electric Circus, Electric Flag, Fillmore West, Harvey Brooks, Jaimie Vernon, Janis Joplin, Lighthouse, Mike Bloomfield, music, Paul Hoffert, Ralph Cole, Records, Sam Andrew, Skip Prokop, Steve Miller, Supersession, The Paupers on May 18, 2020 by segariniSUNNY DAYS: THE SKIP PROKOP STORY (PART 7 by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in music, Opinion, Serialized Book with tags albert Grossman, Album 1700, Bernie Finkelstein, Bob Segarini, Brad Campbell, Cafe Au Go Go, cream, DBAWIS, Denny Gerrard, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Elvin Bishop, Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Grant Spence, Greenwich Village, I Dig Rock and Roll Music, Jack Bruce, Jaimie Vernon, Johnny Rivers, Linda McCartney, Lovin' Spoonful, Monterey Pop Festival, Paul Butterfield, Paul McCartney, Peter Paul & Mary, Peter Steinback, Phil Ramone, Skip Prokop, The Flick, The Paupers, The Youngbloods, Toronto, Whisky a Go Go, Zal Yanovsky on May 4, 2020 by segariniSkip Prokop and his band The Paupers were on their way to the ‘big game’ when they had two back-to-back blows. Their appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival in the summer of 1967 was an unmitigated disaster and the band’s long-time Canadian manager, Bernie Finkelstein, left the group in the hands of U.S. Uber-manager Albert Grossman. Grossman wasn’t going to let these setbacks slow the band down. In fact, he had the guys become surrogate backing musicians for several artists in his illustrious music stable. This would prove to be the undoing of The Paupers as Skip found himself attracted to working with big name acts:
SUNNY DAYS: THE SKIP PROKOP STORY (PART 6) by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in Interview, music, Opinion, Serialized Book with tags albert Grossman, Bernie Finkelstein, Bob Segarini, Brian Jones, Canadian Music, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Eric Burden & The Animals, Fillmore West, Grateful Dead, Jaimie Vernon, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Martha & The Vandellas, MGM, Monterey Pop Festival, Papa John Phillips, Records, Skip Prokop, The Association, The Paupers, Toronto on April 27, 2020 by segariniIn our previous installment, Yorkville Village heroes The Paupers had effectively ambushed New York City and taken the American music business by storm following their gigs at the Café Au-Go-Go. It landed them both a U.S. record deal with MGM/Verve-Folkways and a deal with Uber-manager Albert Grossman (Bob Dylan, The Band, Odetta, Peter Paul & Mary, Paul Butterfield, Janis Joplin). The wheels were in motion for The Paupers to conquer America. The band did a promotional tour across the U.S. to radio stations in preparation for the release of their debut album ‘Magic People’ and live dates to follow. Skip Prokop continues the story…
SUNNY DAYS: THE SKIP PROKOP STORY (PART 5) by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in Interview, music, Opinion, Serialized Book with tags Adam Mitchell, Al Kooper, albert Grossman, Bernie Finkelstein, Blood Sweat and Tears, Bob Dylan, Bob Segarini, Bobby Columby, Brian Epstein, Cafe Au Go Go, Canadian Music, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Greenwich Village, Howard Solomon, If I Call You By Some Name, Jaimie Vernon, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Lovin' Spoonful, Magic People, New York, Odetta, Paul Butterfield, Peter Paul & Mary, Rick Shorter, Simple Deed, Skip Prokop, The Band, The Paupers, The Troggs, William Morris, Wilson Pickett, Yorkville Village on April 20, 2020 by segariniAdam Mitchell was an integral new addition to The Paupers on lead vocals and rhythm guitar. Bernie Finkelstein had come on board as manager and wasted no time getting the band signed to MGM Records stateside. It was a springboard for what was to come. Bernie wanted to showcase the band to their new American label. It meant heading to the USA.
Pat Blythe – Seems Like Only Yesterday….
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", albert Grossman, Alistair Bradley, Bill McKetrick, Blair Packham, Bob Cohen, Bob Dylan, Bob Segarini, David Woodhead, DBAWIS, Don Graham, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Fergus Hambleton, Hugh's Room, Jane Harbury, Jesse Winchester, Lee Winchester, Les Astronautes, Montreal Folk Workshop, Pat Blythe, Perth County Conspiracy, Rebecca Campbell, Robbie Robertson, Rolling Stone Magazine, Suzy Vinnick, Terry Jones on April 13, 2016 by segariniJesse Winchester, a performer, singer, song writer, a gentle man who influenced many….a man who’s music touched many and a man who is greatly missed. “Jesse Winchester was so talented a singer and songwriter that Bob Dylan said of him, “You can’t talk about the best songwriters and not include him.” His songs, overflowing with images and emotions from his own life, were recorded by singers such as Bonnie Raitt, Elvis Costello, Joan Baez, Jimmy Buffett, James Taylor and Emmylou Harris.”
JAIMIE VERNON – ONE FINE MORNING WITH SKIP PROKOP
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags albert Grossman, biography, Bob Segarini, book, book publisher, Bullseye Records, Canadian Music Todd Miller, crowdfunding, David Clayton Thomas, David Quinton-Steinberg, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Drum Corps, Gordon Lightfoot, Greg Godovitz, Hendrix, Isle of Wight, Jaimie Vernon, Jamie Prokop, Jefferson Airplane, Joplin, kapipal, life story, Lighthouse, ministries, Monterey, One Fine Morning, Optimist Club, Radio That Doesn't Suck, rehab, Ronnie Hawking, Skip Prokop, Sunny Days, The Paupers, Travels With My Amp on March 26, 2016 by segarini
Sometimes stuff just falls into your lap. Some call it luck. Some call it Karma. I’ve always thought of it as a birthday present from a distant relative halfway around the world who chose to send the parcel by cargo ship rather than airmail. Better late than never.
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GARY PIG GOLD Reveals ROBERT ALLEN ZIMMERMAN
Posted in Opinion with tags Al Aronowitz, albert Grossman, Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan Revealed, DBAWIS, Documentry, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Gary Pig Gold, music, Records, Rolling Thunder, segarini, The Basement Tapes, The Beatles on November 10, 2014 by segarini
A mere twenty-eight seconds into Joel Gilbert’s extensive Bob Dylan Revealed documentary, the subject matter himself warns us “There’s many sides to the coin, y’know, and you haveta really, uh, the longer you go on, the more sides you show that are, that are, that are there to be, uh, unraveled.”