Skip Prokop

Who is Skip Prokop?

Ronald Harry "Skip" Prokop is a Canadian drummer and band leader who was a driving force in Canadian rock music, creating seminal bands, including The Paupers In 1969, Prokop co-founded the rock group Lighthouse with Paul Hoffert. The world’s first 13-piece rock orchestra, it achieved international success as Canada’s leading rock group. Lighthouse was the first group in Canada to be sponsored by a large corporation on a national level.

He is also remembered for The Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper, a seminal live blues-rock album of the late 1960s. He wrote "I'd Be So Happy", which was recorded by Three Dog Night in 1974 on their album Hard Labor.

Prokop also drums in a London, Ontario rock/funk/Christian band called Mercy Train. He is currently working on smooth jazz album with IAM Studios in Brantford, Ontario, to be released in 2012 titled The Smooth Side Of Skip Prokop.

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. In the early 2000s, he worked for Astral Media radio stations CJBX/CIQM/CJBK in advertising sales. As of 2010, he lives in Aylmer, Ontario.