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 segariniSUNNY DAYS: THE SKIP PROKOP STORY (PART 3) by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in music, Serialized Book with tags Bev Davies, Big G Walters, Bill Marion, Bill Misener, Bob Segarini, Chuck Beal, CHUM, CKEY, DBAWIS, Denny Gerrard, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Duff Roman, El Patio, If I Told My Baby, J.B. & The Playboys, Jaimie Vernon, Jon & Lee & The Checkmates, Like You Like Me, Maple Leaf Gardens, Never Send You Flowers, Petula Clark, Red Leaf Records, Rolling Stones, Skip Prokop, The Big Town Boys, The Paupers, Tom Jones, Toronto, Varsity Stadium on March 30, 2020 by segarini
Skip Prokop (drums), Bill Misener (guitar vocals), Chuck Beal (guitar), and Denny Gerrard (bass) formed The Paupers on December 10, 1964. Skip picks up the story from here.
Bill moved to our house in Alderwood (south of the QEW near Browns Line) to stay with us, and he went home on the weekends. We would drive from Alderwood, New Toronto, over to Scarborough and we would practice in Chuck Beal’s basement because we could set up our equipment there. That’s where we really began to put the band together.
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