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Monday, February 28, 2022
Happy Mardi Gras! Videos by Skip Prokop, Derek Miller, Big Smoke Brass
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Thursday, May 13, 2021
SOCAN Awards to Honour Local Visionaries
The 32nd SOCAN Awards will be handed out on the week of May 24, 2021 but SOCAN recently announced the winners of a series of new Guardian Awards. These awards are to honour people who helped boost Canadian music over the years. It's all part of the 50th anniversary of the Canadian Content (aka CanCon) rules. A number of amazing local people got the nod.
Here is a complete list of winners - area ones are bolded:
Those with an asterisk (*) are Canadian Independent Record Production Association co-founders
- Kelly Jay (Hamilton), Crowbar
Links: More Kelly Jay Stories, Video above courtesy of No. 1 West - Skip Prokop (Hamilton), Lighthouse
Links: More Lighthouse Stories, Video above courtesy of Canadian Cult Classics - Greg Hambleton* (Hamilton)
Video above courtesy of AxeMusic - Bernie Finkelstein*, True North Records (now located in Waterdown)
- Terry Brown*
- Paul Clinch*
- Frank Davies*, Love Productions
- Don DiNovo, Lighthouse
- Bob Ezrin*, Nimbus 9
- Tommy Graham*
- Walt Grealis, RPM Magazine
- Pierre Juneau, CRTC chairman
- Stan Klees*, RPM Magazine
- Betty Layton, SOCAN / BMI Canada
- Allan MacMillan*, Nimbus 9
- Alexander Mair, Early Morning Productions
- Ben McPeek*, Nimbus 9
- John Mills, SOCAN / CAPAC
- Harold Moon, SOCAN / BMI Canada
- Jack Richardson*, Nimbus 9
- Mel Shaw, music manager
- Art Snider*
- Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada
- Ritchie Yorke, Billboard / The Globe & Mail
Links: SOCAN Awards, More SOCAN Award Stories
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Friday, September 1, 2017
Lighthouse Founder Skip Prokop Passes
It is our sad to duty to announce the passing of one of Hamilton's biggest rock legends. Lighthouse drummer (and founder) Skip Prokop passed away recently due to heart issues. Our condolences to his family, friends and fans.
The Hamilton-born drummer's illustrious career included a stint in the band the Paupers and Mike Bloomfield, writing for Three Dog Night, being a radio host, platinum-selling records with Lighthouse as well as playing the legendary Monterey Pop and Isle of Wight festivals.
Click here for visitation/funeral information
Click here for the Spectator story.
Click here for the CHCH video story.
Here are a few comments from social media:
Mark Logan (Busted Flat Records)
I only had the chance to meet Skip Prokop once. I was working with Matt Andersen at a festival in Burlington and Lighthouse was headlining. I was hanging around backstage when Skip arrived, looked around for a bit and then smiled and came over. Initially I thought he mistook me for someone else, but we chatted briefly and it became apparent that he chose me to chat with as I was the only other 'longhair' there. He was extremely nice and didn't mind answering a bunch of fanboy type questions. Their show that night was outstanding ! I since had the good fortune to transcribe a bit of audio that was being used to put together his autobiography. What stories ! It was all about his pre-Lighthouse band the Paupers and them travelling to the US and working with Albert Grossman and playing Monterey. I look forward to reading the rest of the book when it's finished. Skip was the real deal !! R.I.P.
The Paupers were one of the greatest Canadian bands ever. Their 'Magic People' album is truly timeless. Among their many innovations, when the bass player and lead guitarist would periodically play drum sets along with drummer Skip Prokop, it constituted a stunning musical and visual outburst. Skip went on to form the more well known 'big band', Lighthouse. I am truly saddened to hear of his passing today.Derek Downham
My career as a drummer who sings owes a lot to Skip Prokop, a true trailblazer of the craft. Thank you for the inspiration, conviction, and deep hustling and fearless beats. R.I.P.
Video above courtesy of iamdistribution
Video above courtesy of Anhalter Udo
Video above courtesy of Words and Sounds
Links: Lighthouse, More Lighthouse Stories
Video above courtesy of Anhalter Udo
Video above courtesy of Words and Sounds
Links: Lighthouse, More Lighthouse Stories
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Sunday, December 1, 2013
New Sonny Del-Rio Compilation CD: Blow Your Horn Man!
It's hard to create a CD that encapsulates such a storied career but Blow Your Horn Man! succeeds quite well. Not only is it a wonderful historical document - its a kick ass disc as well. The album was even nominated for a Hamilton Music Award this year.
Compiled from many of his solo CDs and other sources, it features work with such luminaries as Trickbag, King Biscuit Boy, Jack Pedler (Teenage Head), Neil Nickafor, Mike Williams, Dan Thomas (Hammertones), Jesse O'Brien and many more.
As an added bonus, there's an amazing unrelased holiday tune, Merry Christmas to You, where Sonny teams up with a who's who of the Hamilton music scene: Tom Wilson, Dave Rave, Skip Prokop (Lighthouse), Jude Johnson, Ray Materick, Harrison Kennedy, and others.
You can pick this CD at any of Sonny's live shows or download it through eMusic or iTunes.
Video below courtesy of Jim Unsworth.
Video below courtesy of Canada Jams
Blast from the Past: Sonny Del-Rio and We Got Blues@Boon's House
Links: Sonny Del Rio, More Sonny Del Rio Stories, More CD Releases
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