Prince is an icon. A legend. A mood. Sometimes though, it seems like his image crowds out his gift as a musician. Why were so many people blown away by the RRHOF performance? Why didn’t people know that kind of thing was a regular occurrence for him…for decades? 
Why did a panel of musicians and critics not tap him to be a recognized and celebrated guitar player until 2011 when he FINALLY made the list of greatest players at #33?
There may be a few reasons, but I think it's mostly because people truly had no idea. The fun part of being an admirer of Prince is that his best work requires effort to find. A regular treasure hunt.
Tonight, I will be a teacher's assistant in showing you how my professor makes love to his strings.
FROM THE TOP, baby Prince.
The year, 1976. This jam is known as “Jelly Jam” and you’ll hear it again on Prince’s debut album For You on the back half of Just As Long as We’re Together. It’s groovy, it’s funky, and everything you hear here, is Prince.
The year, 1976. This jam is known as “Jelly Jam” and you’ll hear it again on Prince’s debut album For You on the back half of Just As Long as We’re Together. It’s groovy, it’s funky, and everything you hear here, is Prince.
Must nod to Why U Wanna Treat Me So Bad on Prince’s second album, Prince, it’s a nice little groove. Live.…a little different…
(I’m going to be full disclosure. Sometimes Dez Dickerson took this solo. Sometimes Prince did. Regardless, it’ll be here because still attributed to his sound.)
Sticking to the Controversy Tour tho…
Head. We know he actually DID make love to his guitar during this performance, but can we talk about the funk he was generating off this bad boy?
(The other part of this for those who indulge or for those of you who didn’t know the deeds that were done to those strings)
The infamous Birthday show. He was having a time. Something in the Water (We’ll revisit him doing this 30 years later in a bit).
(Can you imagine having to sing "must be something in the water they drink" for a good hour while he mostly noodles and figures out his solos when they're rehearsing? 😭)
Let’s Go Crazy and thangs were being performed around this time, but as for me and my house? This is more my speed…
https://twitter.com/darlingnisi/status/1306991206291976193
Talked about this intro to America in 86 before…
I’ll leave this here because y’all won’t let me live it down if I don’t… (This song played without the Jamerson bass sounds incomplete to me, sorry Professor)
Just My Imagination
Just My Imagination
Not Prince, but a notable guitar moment in a Prince band. Let’s give it up for Miko Weaver. What a mood he creates!
MOVING ON!
(Just kidding I won’t do y’all like that…)
One more while we’re in this era… the blues...If I Had a Harem…with the incomparable Ms. Rosie Gaines
I usually pull out my favorite version of She’s Always in My Hair from that Diamonds and Pearls/Act I/II era, but this time we’ll go with what he does to this acoustic Guitar. Thieves in the Temple/It
O(+> was bored so he called up the band and a friend and made a video. That video was The Undertaker. It was largely songs such as these… (Prog rock fans chime in on this one I’m curious about your thoughts if you’ve heard this project…)
https://twitter.com/darlingnisi/status/1155309090735874049/
Prince famously said he was more influenced by Santana than Hendrix. A popular riff he played over the years here at his Glam Slam club in 94.
ICYMI, P did 2 guitar oriented projects in the 90’s.
Of note from the truth, “Don’t Play me. I’m the wrong color and I play guitar. My only competition is well, me in the past and time and time and time existing moving ever so fast...”
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Fast forward past my boyfriend AS I DO NOT SHARE HIM 🔪
I'm laughing so hard. Literally broke the thread. My subconscious knows we don't talk about One Nite Alone Era Prince in public 😂
https://twitter.com/darlingnisi/status/1314772159387127814
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