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Skip Prokop: Lighthouse co-founder made rock history

Nicholas Jennings, The Globe and Mail, 8 September 2017

SKIP PROKOP was one of Canada's first major rock stars, a world-class drummer and talented songwriter who co-founded the groundbreaking jazz-rock band Lighthouse, which earned international acclaim in the 1970s. His death on August 30, after a long battle with heart disease, sparked an outpouring of tributes from the music world.

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