Skip Prokop

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Ronn "Skip" Prokop (born December 13, 1946 in Hamilton, Ontario)[1] is a Canadian drummer and band leader who was a driving force in Canadian rock music, creating seminal bands The Paupers[2] and Lighthouse.

He is also remembered for The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper, a seminal live blues-rock album of the late 1960s.

Skip also drums in a London, Ontario rock/funk/christian band called Mercy Train.[3]

During the years in which Lighthouse was inactive, Prokop turned towards radio for his career. He was host of CFNY-FM's Rock and a Hard Place program in the Toronto broadcast market. As of 2001, he lived in London, Ontario, working for Astral Media radio stations CJBX/CIQM/CJBK in advertising sales.[4]

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  1. ^ www.racerecords.ca/ Biography: Skip Prokop. Retrieved on 2007-01-20.
  2. ^ Classic Rock: The Paupers
  3. ^ MySpace: Mercy Train
  4. ^ The Spirit of Radio (CFNY-FM): Skip Prokop
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