Lighthouse was gradually becoming a North American force to be reckoned with. They were making in-roads on tour on both sides of the border having performed a city-wide tour with the Winnipeg Ballet, played at Carnegie Hall in New York, The Isle of Wight Festival with Jimi Hendrix, the Atlantic City Pop Music Festival, and Expo 70 in Japan. In a short 18 months, Lighthouse had released three studio albums for RCA Records. They were a live sensation, but they weren’t selling a lot of albums. Something needed to change.
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SUNNY DAYS: THE SKIP PROKOP STORY (PART 10) by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in Interview, music, Opinion, Serialized Book with tags Bob McBride, Bruce Bell, Carnegie Hall, Columbia Recording Studio, Ed LaBuick, Evolution Records, Expo 70, Grant Fullterton, GRT Records, Hats Off To The Stranger, Isle of Wight, Jimmy Ienner, Keith Jollimore, Lighthouse, Mud Flat, One Fine Morning, Pinky Dauvin, RCA Records, Ross Reynolds, Skip Prokop, Sunny Days, Vinnie Fusco on June 1, 2020 by segariniSUNNY DAYS: THE SKIP PROKOP STORY (PART 9) by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in Interview, music, Opinion, Review, Serialized Book with tags Al Kooper, Bob Segarini, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Duke Ellington, Hertz Car Rentals, Howard Shore, Jaimie Vernon, Janis Joplin, Lighthouse, MGM Records, Mike Bloomfield, music, Paul Hoffert, Peter Csanky, Ralph Cole, RCA Records, Skip Prokop, Super Session, The Paupers, The Rockpile, Vinnie Fusco on May 25, 2020 by segarini
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 segarini
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…
SUNNY DAYS: THE SKIP PROKOP STORY (PART 2) by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in life, music, Serialized Book with tags Bill Marion, Bill Misener, Bob Cringan, Bob Segarini, Chuck Beal, David Bell, DBAWIS, Denny Gerrard, Dig Band, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Doug Guy, Fern Resort, Jaimie Vernon, Larry Sykes Music, Lighthouse, Optimists Drum & Bugle Corp, Paul Chabeau, Preston Scout House, Riverside 3, Ronn Prokope, Royal York Hotel, Skip Prokop, Skip Prokop Five, Sunny Days, The Beatles, The Paupers, The Spats, Toronto, Toronto Police Department, Waddington School of Music on March 23, 2020 by segarini
In last week’s installment of “Sunny Days: The Skip Prokop Story” our young drummer, Ronn Prokop (he had yet to adopt his nickname), was heading to the Preston Scout House to hone his drum corps chops. Suffice to say Skip would not only become quite adept at marching band drum skills, but became a reigning SIX time champion in Canada and the United States with the Optimists Drum & Bugle Corp.
SUNNY DAYS: THE SKIP PROKOP STORY (PART 1) by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in Interview, life, music, Opinion, Review with tags accordion lessons, Bob Segarini, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, drum corp, Hamilton, Jaimie Vernon, Janis Joplin, Lighthouse, Mama Cass Elliot, Mike Bloomfield, music, Navy Cadets, One Fine Morning, Peter Paul & Mary, Pretty Lady, RCC Lions, Records, Scout House, Sea Cadets, Skip Prokop, Sunny Days, The Paupers, Toronto, Waddington's on March 9, 2020 by segarini
In 2012 I took on the task of interviewing internationally renowned drummer Skip Prokop on what we thought would be a quick set of sessions to lay down the most interesting stories from his impressive career as drummer for The Paupers and Lighthouse with side projects involving Peter Paul & Mary, Janis Joplin, Mama Cass Elliot, and Mike Bloomfield’s ‘Supersession.’
Pat Blythe – Canada Turns 150? and Canadian Music Reminders…..
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags A Girl With A Camera "The Picture Taker", Act of The Union, Andy Kim, Ann Murray, April Wine, Bob Segarini, Bobby Curtola, British North American Act, Bruce Cockburn, Canadian Shield, Chiliwack, CHUM Chart, Crosby, Crowbar, Dan Hill, David Clayton Thomas, DBAWIS, Denny Doherty, Dominion of Canada, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Edward Bear, FYI Music News, Ginette Reno, Gisele MacKenzie, Gordon Lightfoot, Hank Snow, Ian and Sylvia, Jaimie Vernon, Jesse Winchester, John Kay, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Lighthouse, Lower Canada, Luke and the Apostles, Mashmakhan, Murray McLauchlan, Neil Young, Ocean, Offenbach, Original Caste, Pat Blythe, Paul Anka, Province of Canada, Queen Victoria, R. Dean Taylor, Ronnie Hawkins, Sir John A. MacDonald, Stan Rogers, Stills Nash & Young, Terry Jacks, The Band, The Bells, The Crew Cuts, The Diamonds, The Guess Who, The Poppy Family, The Rockies, The Sparrows, The Stampeders, Tranquility Base, Upper Canada, Valdy, Willie P. Bennett, Zal Yanovsky on July 5, 2017 by segarini
A weekend (and a year) of celebrations across Canada….150 years young…..but is it really?
Oh how I love history! An item on my “to do” list before I pop my clogs is to work towards, and obtain, my BA Mediaeval History. Cambridge University is where I’d love to be (I do love England) but University of St. Michaels College here in Toronto is also an excellent choice and know for their studies in Mediaval history. The bucket list is not long, just really big projects.
Frank Gutch Jr: These Are People I’ve Known (But Who Try to Keep It a Secret); Plus Notes
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags 54.40, Angharad Drake, Arlon Bennett, Bow Thayer, C-Leb & The Kettle Black, Corner Lounge, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Frank Gutch Jr., Indie Artists, Indie Music, John John Brown, Joseph LeMay, King Wilkie, Lighthouse, Louder Than Words, michael fennelly, Mick Hornbuckle, Mist & Mast, music, music videos, Nylon Union, OAMI, Powder Blues, radio, Randy Burns & The Morning, Records, Sarah White, segarini, Shayne Thomas Byrne, Skip Prokop, Skyboys, Son of Man, Sweet Home Oregon, Ted Pitney, The Fugs, The Heatley, The Life, The Living Sisters, The Paupers, Trees Organic Coffee & Roasting House on June 6, 2017 by segarini
The past week I have been revisiting some of my earlier DBAWIS columns and am shocked at how few people (as far as I can tell) know about them, even now. When I write about musicians, it is usually personal, both the person or people and the music, and I feel that sometimes they are more water under the bridge than anything. No one sends notes asking about someone I wrote about in 2012 unless something has happened since and there are so many truly talented people who deserve recognition. So this week, I am going to point toward artists you may have missed whom I think are above the norm in terms of talent and/or personality. And maybe I owe a few of them money, but that is neither here nor there.
Roxanne Tellier – Grant Fullerton … King of the Road
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Alec Fraser, Betty Richardson, Bob Segarini, Bobcast, Brad MacDonald, Canada, Carnegie Hall, Chicago, cream, Danny Marks, DBAWIS, Dee Long, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Dough Pypher, Fillmore East and West, Fullerton Dam, Fullerton's, Gail Berry, Grant Fullerton, Halifax, in Tyme, John Dickie, Klaatu, Led Zeppelin, Lighthouse, Michael Fonfara, Mike McKenna, Miles Davis, Monterey and Newport Jazz Festivals, Mudflat and Friends, Nova Scotia, Omar Tunnoch, Paul Hoffert, PentiGlan, PinkyDauvin, Quinns, Rich Washbrook, Rick Morrison, Rockpile, Roxanne Tellier, Saga, Santana, Skip Prokop, Steve Kennedy, Steve Negus, Stouffville, Terry Draper, the Atlantic City Pop Festival, The Band, the Boston, The Doors, The Madcats, The Who, Toronto City Hall, Untouchables, Yorkville on May 29, 2016 by segarini
In 1967, the Song of the Year was “Canada” by The Young Canada Singers. I was a geeky, gawky Montreal teen with cats eye glasses and a bad perm. My season’s pass to Expo 67 made me feel like a citizen of the world.
But in Toronto, another kind of world was coming together; one of young, talented musicians who’d flocked to Yorkville to find fame, if not fortune.
Grant Fullerton was one of them.
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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Frank Gutch Jr: Thank You, Vancouver! We Love You! Be Sure To Tip Your Waitress!
Posted in Opinion with tags 54.40, Bob Segarini, Bobby Bazini, Chilliwack, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Farley Mowat, Frank Gutch Jr., hometown band, Indie Artists, Indie Music, Joelle May, Lighthouse, New Canadian Library, Powder Blues Band, Records, segarini, Skip Prokop, Templeton's Diner, The Collectors, The Paupers, Vancouver B.C., W.P. Kinsella on September 1, 2015 by segarini
My brother-in-law kept telling me about New York but all I could see was the tall buildings popping out of the ground of downtown Vancouver. It wasn’t the massiveness of the city. It was the feel! And make no mistake, Vancouver is a city. A big one with a big downtown and all of the pluses and minuses which go with it. Sirens all night, a large homeless contingent, people walking with rolling suitcases everywhere. Restaurants— my God, there were so many restaurants— every kind of food you could possibly imagine.
