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 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.’
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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JAIMIE VERNON – THE BOOK GOES ON
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Advent, Barry McVicker, Bob Segarini, Bolero Lava, Bullseye Records, Bullsography, Canadian Music, cassette, CD, Daughaus, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Elyse Thorpe, Great White Noise Magazine, Jaimie Vernon, Life's A Canadian Punk, Montclair Studio, Moving Targetz, Mr. Science, Saga, Shawn Gardner, Simon Truth & The Last Band, Skip Prokop, Sunny Days, Swedish Fish, Swindled, Terry Draper, The Barking Boys, The Id, This "Blue Piano", Unsigned Sealed & Delivered, vinyl on February 13, 2016 by segarini
I’m desperately trying to finish writing my 6th book. It should have been released in December but things like re-launching my record label have had me in meetings for the better part of 4 months. The new book should actually be my seventh, but that book – ‘Sunny Days – The Skip Prokop Story’ – is taking a very long time to transcribe and edit though we do expect it to be completed in coming months.
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Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 