Harlow’s PRiSM Quest To Keep Their Legacy Alive

August 22, 2022August 24, 2022 Keith Sharp

Al Harlow of PRiSM – Photo by Debbie Albrough By Keith Sharp An examination of PRiSM’s personnel timeline on Wikipedia reveals that no less than 24 musicians have featured in the band since two other Vancouver-based bands; Seeds Of Time and Sunshyne, merged together in the early 1970s as a studio project producer Bruce Fairbairn was assembling, eventually developing into... Read More

What’s In A Name?

June 4, 2013June 6, 2013 Keith Sharp

It was photographer Ted Van Boort who inadvertently came up with this Rockpiles’ column idea when he called me one day to inform me The Bay City Rollers were playing Hamilton Place and was I interested in covering the show. First off, we don’t cover non-Canadian artists, and secondly, who the hell is still playing in the Bay City Rollers???... Read More

Keeping The Flame Alive – Prism

May 30, 2013June 2, 2013 Keith Sharp

Al Harlow admits to getting quite emotional when he read a glowing recent concert review of his Prism band penned by Music Express scribe Keith McTaggart who enthused about the band’s recent gig at Calgary’s Deerfoot Casino. “The old Prism band never got reviews that positive,” noted Harlow on the phone from Vancouver. “We were never taken seriously by the... Read More

Prism Rocks Calgary

May 13, 2013May 13, 2013 Music Express

Make no mistake. Prism is a great rock band and an underrated one. When Peter Townshend wrote the phrase: “I hope I die before I get old” it left many of us with the impression that youthful passion and rock music were only for the young. Well it was a grand notion and a largely wrong one. Al Harlow and... Read More

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