V10LETBLUES said:

FEATURING (so far):

Booker T

Living Colour

Talib Kweli

Madeleine Peyroux
Blind Boys of Alabama

DeVotchka

Mike Scott of The Waterboys
with The Roots as your House Band

I only know the first two and the Roots.

I wished to see genre blending artists, for Prince is a multiple genre artist (pop rnb soul rock gospel mpl sound dance etc), so I wish to see:

Joni Mitchell

Kate Bush (The moody songs. And God Created Woman? If I Was Your Girlfriend? Solo? WOW!)

David Bowie

Esperanza Spalding

Beck

Brazilian Caetano Veloso is a great songwriter that mixes a lot of Brazilian and foreign genres in his work since the late 60s, and could make brilliant versions of Prince's songs

Also would like to see:

Lauryn Hill

D'Angelo

Cee Lo Green

Outkast (ideal for the more playful funk songs, examples: La la la hee hee hee or Erotic City)

Carlos Santana

Madonna (like it or not, she owns some of the greatest songs in pop music history, just like Prince)

Lady Gaga (yes, I think she's talented)

Christina Aguilera (she sung bits on 1999 and Kiss in a medley on the Voice program and it was amazing, I think she's a wonderful singer who UNDERSTANDS rnb and soul)

Fiona Apple (a powerful interpretation to a more introspective song like Eye Love U But Eye Dont Trust U Anymore maybe?)

Bjork

Elton John

Robert Plant & Jimmy Page (again, why not? - maybe Bambi, Uptown, Delerious, America, Tambourine, I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man, even a hard funk like Gett Off would be awesome!)

And Prince's fellow rnb geniuses:

Smokey Robison

Aretha Franklin

Stevie Wonder

Chaka Khan

Patti Labelle (these last two, certainly two of the GREATEST SINGERS of all time, absolutely no problem would I see in them singing Prince again)

Off the modern rock bands... Not sure. Are there any rock bands who are brilliant enough (yes, maybe Killers, Arcade Fire, Radiohead, Jack White, Black Keys), but to do Prince? (don't know....) For me, rock n roll glory days are long gone.

Those came to mind right now.

BTW, going and and then again every time I read U2 in this thread. Think I even saw Green Day somewhere.

[Edited 1/31/13 14:17pm]

Scccrreeeechhhh..... This just in Purple people!!!.....according to Drfunkenberry...Prince will be attending the Carnegie Hall Tribute on March 7th!

2elijah said:

Scccrreeeechhhh....... This just in Purple people!!!.....according to Drfunkenberry...Prince will be attending the Carnegie Hall Tribute on March 7th

jgreco7 said:

! Thank U for posting this 2elijah. This is awesome news, U just made my day

Now, what r the chances of him bringing the Purple Medicine 2 dish out? We don't want 2 hurt U Purple Yoda, we just want 2 have some fun

No problem Jgreco7. Saw it on Drfunkenberry's page, and thought I'd post it here.

I notice though that the carnegieprince.com website did not update any info as far as adding more artists, since D'Angelo, Meshell ndegeocello's names were taken off, the list, and I could sworn Living Colour's band name was listed there as well, prior to D'Angelo and Meshell's. That site is very slow on updating info.

where on drF does it say he will be there?

luvsexy4all said:

where on drF does it say he will be there?

http://www.drfunkenberry.com/page/2/

I posted DrF's comments about that from his blog, in reply #141 on this thread. Maybe Drfunkenberry can reconfirm that info on his Spreecast show tonight or on this thread. Just never know, anything can change.

[Edited 1/30/13 7:08am]

The tickets came in the mail today It's great 2 get something other than bills!

Thank you Michael Dorf and it sounds like the afterparty may have some surpise guest performances... let the speculation begin.

I sure could use a dose of that Purple Medicine

PoorLonelyComputer said:

bashraka said:

I totally agree wholeheartedly. There are artists and musicians in rock music that would give superior performances than most of the names on that list excluding D'Angelo. I don't want to hear someone who cannot sing rock music singing "Purple Rain". Foo Fighters for example could do "Endorphinmachine" or a high octane rocker like that.

Being that the concert is at Carnegie Hall, I'm assuming the band won't dress up like Prince circa any point in his career.

Agree with all of this. Unfortunately, if Prince shows up or is involved in any way, we will no doubt see nothing but female performers. It will be BET 2010 redux (which was horrible - except for Janelle Monae)

Esperanza Spalding ' s performance was great I thought ... But agree with you peeps otherwise ... and I would love to see Natasha Khan get a stab at a prince song ...

2elijah said:

luvsexy4all said:

where on drF does it say he will be there?

http://www.drfunkenberry.com/page/2/

I posted DrF's comments about that from his blog, in reply #141 on this thread. Maybe Drfunkenberry can reconfirm that info on his Spreecast show tonight or on this thread. Just never know, anything can change.

[Edited 1/30/13 7:08am]

dont see it

luvsexy4all said:

2elijah said:

http://www.drfunkenberry.com/page/2/

I posted DrF's comments about that from his blog, in reply #141 on this thread. Maybe Drfunkenberry can reconfirm that info on his Spreecast show tonight or on this thread. Just never know, anything can change.

[Edited 1/30/13 7:08am]

dont see it

Okay, I found the actual article where DrF mentions that on his blog, dated 1/27/13;see the highlighted excerpt below from DrF's blog:

http://www.drfunkenberry....next-week/

" If January is any indication of what 2013 has in store for PRINCE (Pr1NC3) fans, then it is going to be BIG! Along with the new web site and the Billboard cover, PRINCE will be receiving the Icon Award at this Year's Billboard Awards May 19th and will be attending a tribute in his honor at Carnegie Hall in March which is being put together by Questlove of The Roots......"

Also, just to confirm that DrF mentioned Prince attending the Carnegie Hall tribute last week on his blog, here is DrF's reconfirmation of that info that he tweeted today, reconfirming that information. See his tweet below:

2/1/13

drfunkenberry‏@drfunkenberry

"In response to last tweet, PRINCE confirmed to @billboard that will be attending Carnegie Hall Tribute. He supports it. We re-confirmed."

[Edited 2/1/13 16:01pm]

Marcus just confirmed this as well...Prince will b there

Marcus Anderson ‏@mandersonsax

Prince March 7th, 2013 http://carnegieprince.com

SERPAN99 ‏@serpan99

Hey Marcus, r u hereby confirming Prince will b there himself?! RT @mandersonsax Prince March 7th, 2013 http://carnegieprince.com

Marcus Anderson ‏@mandersonsax

@serpan99 yes, it's for charity so please support and spread the word!

jgreco7 said:

I noticed it's also mentioned in Billboard magazine

have fun...I'm sure ur mind is already with scoring expected aftershow tix...

serpan99 said:

have fun...I'm sure ur mind is already with scoring expected aftershow tix...

Eye pulled a little Jedi Mind trick w/VIP tix so eye could b assured of attending the afterparty @ City Winery... I dont think it will turn in 2 a Prince aftershow per se, but the letter from Michael Dorf indicates they expect some suprise guests performing throughout the afterparty

UPDATE: More added to the list!

www.carnegieprince.com

This is going to be a good show! Here's the latest, updated list.

The highlighted names have just been added today:

[Edited 2/5/13 8:24am]

I think after Prince learns that Susannah Melvoin is going to be there, Prince is going to "catch a cold" and not attend.

2elijah said:

UPDATE: More added to the list!

www.carnegieprince.com

This is going to be a good show! Here's the latest, updated list.

The highlighted names have just been added today:

Elvis Costello • Bettye LaVette Talib Kweli • Sandra Bernhard Booker T. Jones • The Waterboys Citizen Cope & Alice Smith D'Angelo • Blind Boys of Alabama DeVotchka • Amos Lee • Bilal Bhi Bhiman Princess feat. Maya Rudolph & Gretchen Lieberum with The Roots as your House Band with Eric Leeds, Wendy Melvoin and Suzannah Melvoin

[Edited 2/5/13 8:24am]

NICE ADDS!!

Curious about the setlist.

Just hope Elvis Costello doesn't sing again Purple Rain, nor D'Angelo sings She's Always in My Hair. That would be disappointing.
Most interesting add for me was Booket T. Has he ever played a Prince song before? He is no doubt a talented artist, and I bet he's the one to steal the show.

[Edited 2/5/13 10:25am]

BrazilianOnRaspberryBeret said:

2elijah said:

UPDATE: More added to the list!

www.carnegieprince.com

This is going to be a good show! Here's the latest, updated list.

The highlighted names have just been added today:

Elvis Costello • Bettye LaVette Talib Kweli • Sandra Bernhard Booker T. Jones • The Waterboys Citizen Cope & Alice Smith D'Angelo • Blind Boys of Alabama DeVotchka • Amos Lee • Bilal Bhi Bhiman Princess feat. Maya Rudolph & Gretchen Lieberum with The Roots as your House Band with Eric Leeds, Wendy Melvoin and Suzannah Melvoin

[Edited 2/5/13 8:24am]

NICE ADDS!!

Curious about the setlist.

Just hope Elvis Costello doesn't sing again Purple Rain, nor D'Angelo sings She's Always in My Hair. That would be disappointing.
Most interesting add for me was Booket T. Has he ever played a Prince song before? He is no doubt a talented artist, and I bet he's the one to steal the show.

[Edited 2/5/13 10:25am]

Best to go with no high expectations and just wait until the show happens. I was happy to see D'Angelo back on the list, and glad to see that Alice Smith was added..

2elijah said:

UPDATE: More added to the list!

www.carnegieprince.com

This is going to be a good show! Here's the latest, updated list.

The highlighted names have just been added today:

Elvis Costello • Bettye LaVette Talib Kweli • Sandra Bernhard Booker T. Jones • The Waterboys Citizen Cope & Alice Smith D'Angelo • Blind Boys of Alabama DeVotchka • Amos Lee • Bilal Bhi Bhiman Princess feat. Maya Rudolph & Gretchen Lieberum with The Roots as your House Band with Eric Leeds, Wendy Melvoin and Suzannah Melvoin

This is going to be something special. I hope the event is recorded.

[Edited 2/6/13 11:32am]

Just picked up a balcony ticket! Wendy, Susannah, Eric Leeds, The Roots, Elvis C.

Holy Macaroni, VERY Excited 4 this!