Skip Prokop and The Paupers were well on their way with a record deal on Red Leaf Records, songs on the radio, and a foot in the Yorkville coffee houses. It wouldn’t be long before the band was highly in demand and craving bigger and better rewards.
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SUNNY DAYS: THE SKIP PROKOP STORY (PART 4) by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in Interview, music, Opinion, Serialized Book with tags Adam Mitchell, ARC Records, Bernie Finkelstein, Bill Gilliland, Bill Marion, Bob Segarini, Chuck Beal, Columbia Records, DBAWIS, Denny Gerrard, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Duff Roman, El Patio, Harvey Glatt, Jaimie Vernon, Mousehole Cafe, Pepsi Under 21, Red Leaf Records, Roman Records, Skip Prokop, The Hawk's Nest, The Paupers on April 6, 2020 by segariniPat Blythe – The Women of Blues Revisited, Part I….
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Alannah Myles, Algiers, Aretha Franklin, Beale Street, Bessie Smith, Betty Garon, Big Bill Broonzy, Big Momma Thornton, blues, Blues Hall of Fame, Bob Segarini, Bonnie Raitt, boogie woogie, Chess Records, Chicago blues, Christopher Blythe, Columbia Records, DBAWIS, Decca, Dina Washington, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Erin Harpe, Ernest Lawlars, Etta James, Frisco Town, Ida Cox, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane, Jeil Nursing Home, Jimmy Rodgers, JOB Records, John Lee Hooker, John Roach, Johnny Shines, Julia Lee, Kansas Joe McCoy, Ken Jarvis, Kid Douglas, Little Son Joe, Lucille Hegamin, Maria Muldaur, Maxine Sullivan, Mazzy Star, Melrose sound, Mount Zion Memorial Fund, Muddy Waters, New Hope Baptist Church Cemetary, Pat Blythe, Paul Garon, R&B, Ringling Brothers, Rolling Stones, Roosevelt Sykes, Sarah Vaughan, Texas Tessie, urban blues, Victoria Spivey, Vocalian, Washboard Sam, Woman with Guitar: Memphis Minnie Blues, World of Trouble on July 27, 2017 by segarini
I am swamped with another project that is sucking up all my time during the waking hours. I have less than two weeks to complete it and it’s seems to be growing arms and legs I wasn’t expecting. So…..just to rehash a bit of blues history, specifically the ladies, I thought I’d have my editor post this again as many of you have probably not seen it. I wrote three series, Women of Rock, Women of Blues and Women in Song. The Women of Blues was actually inspired by a contemporary whom I saw for the first time a couple of years ago. She had dedicated her latest album to a female blues artist I had never heard of. Read all about her and the women who contributed so, so much to the genre we call the blues. The famous and not so famous. They were tough, talented, single-minded, sexually liberated, passionate and most of them had more balls than the men. Read on, you might even learn something.
Pat Blythe: The Women of Blues
Posted in Opinion with tags Alannah Myles, Algiers, Aretha Franklin, Beale Street, Bessie Smith, Betty Garon, Big Bill Broonzy, Big Momma Thornton, Black Velvet, blues, Blues Hall of Fame, Bob Segarini, Bonnie Raitt, boogie woogie, Broken Heart, Bumble Bee, Chauffeur Blues, Chess Records, Chicago, Chicago blues, Christopher Blythe, Columbia Records, country blues, DBAWIS, Decca, Dinah Washington, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Erin Harpe, Ernest Lawlars, Etta James, Frisco Town, Going Back To Texas, I'm Salin', Ida Cox, Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplan, Jeil Nursing Home, Jimmy Rodgers, Jo Ann Kelly, JOB Records, John Lee Hooker, John Roach, Johnny Shines, Julia Lee, Kansas Joe McCoy, Ken Jarvis, Kid Douglas, Kissing in the Dark, Langston Hughes, Led Zeppelin, Lester Melrose, Little Son Joe, Lizzie Douglas, Louisiana, Lucille Hegamin, Maria Muldaur, Maxine Sullivan, Mazzy Star, Me And My Chauffeur, Melrose sound, Memphis, Mount Zion Memorial Fund, Muddy Waters, National, New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery, Pat Blythe, Paul Garon, postwar blues, R&B, Ringling Brothers, Rolling Stones, Roosevelt Sykes, Sarah Vaughan, She Hangs Brightly, Signe Anderson, St. Louis Jimmy Oden, Tennessee, Texas Tessie, That Will Be Alright, The Lydia Taylor Band, urban blues, Victoria Spivey, Vocalian, Washboard Sam, When The Levee Breaks, Woman with Guitar: Memphis Minnie Blues, World of Trouble, You Got To Move (You Ain't Got To Move), You Wrecked My Happy Home on May 27, 2015 by segarini
Prologue….
Anyone heard of Memphis Minnie? How about Ida Cox, Victoria Spivey, Lucille Hegamin, Julia Lee or Maxine Sullivan? Me neither. How about Bessie Smith, Etta James, Sarah Vaughan, Aretha Franklin, Big Momma Thornton, Dinah Washington or even Janis Joplin. The latter are a smattering of the ladies most frequently thought of or mentioned when we think of great female blues singers….the former, not so much.
Doug Thompson: COVERING UP! VINYL RECORD COVERS CLASSICS!
Posted in Opinion with tags 10cc, AC/DC, Al Stewart, Alan Rickman, Alex Steinweiss, alice cooper, Andy Warhol, Annie Leibowitz, Aretha Franklin, Asia, Aubrey Powell, Ben Colder, Big Audio Dynamite, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Blind Faith, Blues Travellers, Bob Freeman, Bob Seidemann, Bob Whitaker, Bon Jovi, Booker T and The MG’s, Bruce Springsteen, Captain & Tennille, Celine Dion, Columbia Records, Crosby, David Crosby, David Frye, DBAWIS, Dean Torrance, Debbie Harry, Def Leppard, Delores Erickson, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Dimo Safari, Don Imus, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Doug Thompson, Eden & John’s East River String Band, Elvis Presley, Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, Genesis, George Benson, Google Street View., Graham Nash, Harry Nilsson, Henry Diltz, Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, Hipgnosis, Homer & Jethro, Hugh Syme, Iain Macmillan, Jack Davis, Janis Joplin, Jerry Reed, Jill Haworth, Jim Morrison, John Densmore, John Lennon, Johnny Otis, k.d. lang, Kim Mitchell, Kirk Weddle, Klaatu, Larry Gowan, Led Zeppelin, Lighthouse, MAD Magazine, Michael Cooper, Mick Jagger, Modern Folk Quartet, Monkeys of Syion, Nirvana, Pat Cooper, Paul Anka, Paul McCartney & Wings, Peter Blake, Peter Christopherson, Phil Ochs, Pink Floyd, Queensryche, R. Crumb, Ray Manzarek, Records, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rick Eldon, Robbie Kreiger, Rod Stewart, Roger Dean, Rolling Stone Magazine, Rough Trade, Rush, Russ Gibb, Sailcat, Scorpions, Sheb Wooley, Sigourney Weaver, Sir Joseph Lockwood, Soul Asylum, Spencer Eldon, Spike Jones, Stephen Stills, Stills & Nash, Storm Thorgerson, Styx, Supertramp, Sweet Cream, T-Rex, The Alan Parsons Project, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Clash, The Dells, The Doors, The Fall, The Guess Who, The Jeff Healey Band, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, The Phantom Surfers, The Rolling Stones, The Smithereens, The Turtles, The Velvet Underground, Tim Allen, Time Magazine, Tom Waits, Tony Shaloub, Toronto, TV Guide, Uriah Heap, Yes on May 5, 2014 by segarini
I love album covers! Not the shrunken down versions they use on CDs, I mean those gloriously creative (mostly) 12” vinyl record album covers. I was looking through my vinyl record collection the other day and marvelled at some of the amazing designs of some of the covers. Now, before we start delving into some classic album covers as well as a few personal favourites, a little history is in order, but don’t panic – there will not be a quiz later.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 