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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 segarini

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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Frank Gutch Jr: Classic Rock— Not As Classic As You Might Think; Plus, In Keeping With the Theme, Notes of a Classic Nature

Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Abramson Singers, Alternate Routes, Brewer & Shipley, Brian Auger, Brinsley Schwarz, Captain Beyond, Courtney Marie Andrews, Daddy Cool, DBAWIS, Deep Purple, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Frank Gutch Jr., Gill Landry, Ginger Ale & The Monowhales, Heartsfield, Hydra, If, Indie Artists, J.D. McPherson, Jackson Browne, Jesse Morriss, Johnny Rivers, Julie Driscoll, Karen Lovely, Keef Hartley, Keith Morris, Kevin Coyne, Leah Abramson, Likho Duo, Low Cut Connie, music, music videos, Nick Lowe, radio, Ramona Rose, Randall's Island, Records, segarini, Siren, Sophia Marshall, Steampacket, Sweet Home Oregon, The Trinity, The Youngbloods, Willie Watson on October 10, 2017 by segarini

I would love to gather all of the music directors of so-called Classic Rock radio stations in the Roman Coliseum and turn the lions loose. I was around long before the term Classic Rock was even phrased and as big a fan of rock radio as there was and I learned to hate everything radio tried to do after big money came in with all of their ideas to make radio “better.” I suffered through a number of formats from the time of “Boss” radio to the present, the only one being worth a shit (to my mind) being Underground. Ah, the days of underground. I remember returning from the Army to Eugene and radio station KZEL and being floored with evening sets by The Wasted Potato (I think his name was Gary Parmentier) like War/Four Cornered Room, The Temptations/Masterpiece, and Funkadelic/Maggot Brain, back-to-back-to-back.

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Roxanne Tellier:: A Big Hand For The Little Lady

Posted in Opinion with tags Bob Segarini, Bruce Cockburn, Carole Pope, Chilliwack, Dave Garber, DBAWIS, Dianne Heatherington, Don't Believe a Word I Say, East Village, Gary Taylor, Iron Butterfly, Jimmy Page, Joe’s Bar, Juno Award, Kenny Rogers, Laura Vinson, Led Zeppelin, Len Shaw, ManPop 70, Mark Rutherford, Michaele Jordana, randy bachman, Richard Underhill, Rough Trade, Roxanne Tellier, Sandy Chochinov, Seymore Koblin, Shari Ulrich, Shuffle Demons., The Colonial, The Electric Banana, The Guess Who, The Ides of March, The Merry Go Round, The Opera House., The Poles, The Youngbloods, Winnipeg on May 4, 2014 by segarini

Once again, I must begin by apologizing for not mentioning something rather important in a previous column. I included the Shuffle Demons’ classic tune, “Spadina Bus,” in last week’s piece, without noting that one of the Demons, Richard Underhill, is currently running for the position of Toronto’s next mayor. You can read all about his platform here: http://www.underhillformayor.com.