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…
I just took another stroll through Rolling Stone’s list of 100 Greatest Guitarists. I do so occasionally just to remind me of what a fools errand such lists are. I realize that it sells “magazines” (are they a magazine these days?), people being suckers for Top of’s of 50 Best’s if for no other reason to compare choices with theirs. Jimi Hendrix? Sure. #1. Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck? Automatic Top Ten. James Burton and Buddy Holly? You have no choice but to throw in the originators on occasion. John Fahey? Can’t leave out the cool artist who never really sold in terms of the numbers necessary to chart.
Bullseye Records of Canada
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 