The Paupers
The Paupers were a Canadian psychedelic rock band that existed from 1964 to 1969. 1967 included performances by the Monterey Pop Festival.
History
Skip Prokop (drums) founded in 1964 in Toronto with Bill Marion (rhythm guitar, vocals), the band "The Spats ". Also present were Chuck Beal ( lead guitar ) and Denny Gerrard ( bass).
Early 1965, they called themselves " The Paupers ". Duff Roman became their manager and gave them a recording contract with Red Leaf. They released two singles, Never Send You Flowers and If I Told My Baby. They performed, among others, the Rolling Stones and David Clayton -Thomas & The Shays. After they were changed to the novel 's own label novel Records, their third single For What I Am appeared there.
In the spring of 1966 was followed by Long Tall Sally, the last collaboration with Roman. New manager of the group was Bernie Finkelstein. Bill Marion left the band in its place came Adam Mitchell, who became the new lead singer and main songwriter of the next Prokop. Finkelstein got the paupers a contract with MGM and performances, among others with Wilson Pickett and The Lovin ' Spoonful.
Early 1967 took over Bob Dylan's manager Albert Grossman 's band Finkelstein. Her single If I Call You By Some Name reached # 31 on the charts of the Canadian music magazine RPM and was the biggest hit of the paupers. This was followed by an appearance at New York's Cafe Au Go Go opened for Jefferson Airplane and a series of concerts in the United States, approximately at the Fillmore in San Francisco and the Monterey Pop Festival. In the summer they released their next single, Magic People, and their eponymous debut album. In its promotional tour they went back to the cafe au go go, this time with Cream. In Detroit, the MC5 were their opening act.
In January 1968, the single from the album Think I Care came out. Denny Gerrard busted out for him was Brad Campbell on bass. Briefly, the group has performed with keyboardist Peter Sterenbach. In February they were in Toronto with the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Soft Machine on stage. In the summer John Ord came as a keyboardist for the band. Meanwhile, per capita income was increasingly active as a session musician; He drummed for example, Peter, Paul & Mary and Richie Havens. In September 1968, he left the Paupers to provide with Lighthouse a new project off the ground. Campbell went to Janis Joplin's Kozmic Blues Band. It appeared the second album Ellis Iceland and the single Cairo Hotel, but the paupers were in process of resolution. After several line-up changes came the final out in the summer of 1969.