Skip 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:
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SUNNY 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 segariniSUNNY 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.
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 segariniIn 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.’
Frank Gutch Jr: Wayne Berry’s Past and Future; plus Spurious Notes of a Curious Nature
Posted in Interview, Opinion, Review with tags Ahmet Ertegun, Audrey Martells, Belden Bullock, Ben Reel, Bob Segarini, Bring America Home, Clive Davis, Cole Bullock, Crowder, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Felice & Boudleaux Bryant, Frank Gutch Jr., George Clinton, Good Boy, Home At Last, Indie Artists, Indie Music, J.D. Wilkes, Jesse Ed Davis, John D. Loudermilk, Johnny Gimble, Journey Mercies, Karly Driftwood, Larry Butler, music, music videos, Niles Bullock, Noel Paul Stookey, Norbert Putnam, Part of What You Hear, Peter Paul & Mary, Peter Rudge, Records, Stanky Brown, Sweet Home Oregon, Tails Out, Th' Legenadry Shack Shakers, The Prefab Messiahs, Timber, Tommy Talton, Volunteers, Wayne Berry on November 7, 2017 by segarini
I woke up this morning and found this at the beginning of my newsfeed on the Book of Face: