Al Harlow
Vocals and Guitar
Born in Vancouver BC, Al “Harlow” Hawirko, began leading local Brit Invasion style bands in 1966. A displaced Mod in Vancouver’s psychedelic Retinal Circus scene, he studied the blues greats and moved to London England in the early ’70s. While recording his band “Harlow” in ’77, producer Bruce Fairbairn heard the results, and teamed Al up with ex-Seeds of Time bandmates to complete the PRiSM lineup. Eight albums, two Junos and five years of North American tours later, Al began lecturing in the Capilano University Music Dept. He currently tours PRiSM while gigging and recording locally.
Ricky Renouf
Bass, Vocals
Ricky Renouf has been singing, playing and performing music since he was born in North York, Toronto Ontario. “There was always music in the house. Dad was a natural musician & entertainer, while my Mom was a trained pianist, playing movie scores on the piano at home.” Soaking in the Sinatra records & Broadway hits at home, plus early influences of R&B, Soul, Funk, Motown, Jobim’s Bossa-Nova, and the cool-jazz era of Stan Getz and Chet Baker, young Ricky sat at the piano with Mom, playing and singing, when not underneath the piano to feel the low string bass notes.
Guitar lessons at age nine, followed by trumpet, soon saw the teenage Ricky fronting his own rock band on vocals. When the band needed a bass-player, Ricky did both.
By age eighteen Ricky was a “Lifer”, quitting school to perform gigs in his new home in BC’s Okanagan. Breaking into the Vancouver club scene as a lead singer with “Dirty Tricks” touring western Canada, Ricky was in demand, doing a stint in the Guy Jones band before forming is own heavy rock unit The Knobs, as singer-songwriter and bassist.
Ricky then honed his reputation on upright bass, becoming a rockabilly star on the country circuit with bands such as the Thrill-Billies, touring from Alaska through Canada, Arizona, to cruise ships through Europe & the Mediterranean.
Back in Vancouver on a rockabilly show at the South City Cabaret, Ricky met Marc Gladstone, soon to be a member of Prism.
Already a Prism expert, familiar with the entire history and catalog of the band, as Al Harlow commented, “getting to know Ricky was like talking to a fellow original member — he knew as much about Prism as I did!” Ricky’s soaring vocal harmonies and aggressive bass playing locks into Gary Grace’s fierce drumming, a dazzling presentation of the enduring legacy that is Prism.
Marc Gladstone
Keyboards, Vocals
Marc started his formal training at the age of seven and he was finished his Royal Conservatory training by age fifteen, scoring first class honours throughout.
After cutting his professional teeth with a few cover bands straight out of highschool, he landed the keyboard chair in Doug and the Slugs for the last seven years of that band, until the untimely passing of Doug Bennett. He then joined Nick Gilder/Sweeney Todd as well as a short stint in the band Toronto.
He is now a highly sought after piano teacher in the Vancouver, BC area, as well as holding the keyboard position in a variety of bands: Google him and find Abandon Paris… Stone Poets… The Jardines… HEAD… stop by and say hi. He’d love to hear from you!
Marc joined Prism in 2010 and is actually a cousin to John Hall (original keyboardist for Prism), and his orchestral keyboard work is a perfect match for the Prism sound.
Gary Grace
Drums
Born into a family line of drummers, Gary Grace hails from Southern Ontario, now residing in Vancouver. He started playing at a young age under the guidance of his Father Doug Grace and older brother Danny Grace, furthering his studies under some of the worlds greatest drummers from Montreal, Toronto and New York, including Jim Petersak (Crane School of Music), Jim Chapin, Moe Slutsky, Dom Famularo, Ed Thigpen, and Joe Morello.
Gary has performed many drum clinics, trading chops onstage with greats such as Marvin “Smitty” Smith, Virgil Donati, Tony Royster, Rodney Holmes and others. Gary has won multi-awards, most recently the 2009 Canadian National Championship for Roland V-Drums where he took first place in the Finals, opening the Montreal Drum Fest. He has recorded and toured with many top Canadian recording acts, devoting many years to Classic Rock band “Prism” where his showcase “On Fire” style of drumming is not to be missed!