Archive for Paul Hoffert
SUNNY 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…
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.
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 