Prince just tweeted this guy earlier today... I love his sound.

I heard two other of his songs, one from 2012 and the other from 2013 and they all have an 80's pop/R&B vibe to them..

i really liked that "leaving it all behind" song he did last year,

some really nice guitar on that.

sounds a little like Jesse johnson

He got skills.

He plays the heck out of that guitar. Beside that, he doesn't move me.

One of his Facebook posts was about having met Prince recently, if I understood correctly. It sounded like Prince was the one that had wanted to meet him after a show or something like that.

Harts is great song writter,singer,arranger,keyboard player,rhythm

guitar player but there is a lot of space to improve on solo guitar.

"I never liked Larry. Always knew he was a bitch ass!! Look how he ruined Prince. He knew you were going to embarrass him I am sure. To me Larry is overrated. Victor Wooten said it the best, "Larry Graham is the king of simplicity, he plays the hell out of one note". Harts would have eaten him for lunch!!

"Be sure there comes a day where Larry regrets by refusing the honour you offered him. Keep up the Funk Man."

"You are just as talented as Prince."

Heard this guy's music and it's good but his fans are fangirling too damn much. So Larry Graham, a soul and funk music legend, Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer, a cornerstone architect for the most ubiquitous bass playing technique in Western music, was suppose to give this guy the red carpet treatment to come on stage and jam with him? Hart's fan's comments on his Facebook page is textbook delusional fandom.

And as far as Hart being just as talented as Prince, when you do have the things Prince has accomplished then get back to me.

bashraka said:

"I never liked Larry. Always knew he was a bitch ass!! Look how he ruined Prince. He knew you were going to embarrass him I am sure. To me Larry is overrated. Victor Wooten said it the best, "Larry Graham is the king of simplicity, he plays the hell out of one note". Harts would have eaten him for lunch!!

"Be sure there comes a day where Larry regrets by refusing the honour you offered him. Keep up the Funk Man."

"You are just as talented as Prince."

Heard this guy's music and it's good but his fans are fangirling too damn much. So Larry Graham, a soul and funk music legend, Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer, a cornerstone architect for the most ubiquitous bass playing technique in Western music, was suppose to give this guy the red carpet treatment to come on stage and jam with him? Hart's fan's comments on his Facebook page is textbook delusional fandom.

And as far as Hart being just as talented as Prince, when you do have the things Prince has accomplished then get back to me.

Agreed.

Bought 2 of his songs after listening to the vids posted in this thread. The start-up of 'Leave it All Behind' Extended sounded alot like The Time/Prince's 'The Walk' and the guitar work was brilliantly placed. 'Lovers in Bloom' is catchy and shows versatility but it's way too early to be comparing this young man to Prince, in any way, shape or form.

Thanks to the OP for the introduction to Harts, the 2 songs were a welcome purchase.

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bashraka said:

"I never liked Larry. Always knew he was a bitch ass!! Look how he ruined Prince. He knew you were going to embarrass him I am sure. To me Larry is overrated. Victor Wooten said it the best, "Larry Graham is the king of simplicity, he plays the hell out of one note". Harts would have eaten him for lunch!!

"Be sure there comes a day where Larry regrets by refusing the honour you offered him. Keep up the Funk Man."

"You are just as talented as Prince."

Heard this guy's music and it's good but his fans are fangirling too damn much. So Larry Graham, a soul and funk music legend, Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer, a cornerstone architect for the most ubiquitous bass playing technique in Western music, was suppose to give this guy the red carpet treatment to come on stage and jam with him? Hart's fan's comments on his Facebook page is textbook delusional fandom.

And as far as Hart being just as talented as Prince, when you do have the things Prince has accomplished then get back to me.

You're dissing Harts because of some comments made by some of his fans on FB? How stupid is that. Following that argument to its logical conclusion, Prince is shit.

Not bad...

Marrk said:

He got skills.

I kind of like that Lovers in Bloom track but on Purple Haze his voice sounds like Lenny Kravitz. That is not a good thing, IMO.

Skills for sure, though.

Anyone notice that Harts is at Paisely Park?

From:

http://blog.thecurrent.org/2014/06/prince-and-3rdeyegirl-share-new-music-at-late-night-paisley-park-rendezvous/

"By this time a band had started up—a young guitarist named Darren Harts, plus three of Prince’s session players, who had formed something of a house band behind him. “He’s from Australia,” Prince said, pointing to Darren. “He doesn’t have any real musicians he can play with back home. Isn’t that weird? So I invited him here.”

“That’s nice of you,” I said.

“He reminds me of how I was at that age,” he said, obviously impressed with Darren’s guitar abilities. “I want him to have the opportunity to play with real musicians.”

Yeah.

Kinda huge. Prince must really dig him.

Y'all would've seen this as 3EG tweeted it, but ...

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http://www.underthegunrev...at-prince/

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Edit: make it a link

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Fantastic, glad to see young musicians taking the baton

Very nice! Prince flew him to Paisley Park and he got to jam with P and 3EG. He said Prince gave him a lot of advice about music, stage presences, etc.

I really like "Lovers in Bloom" and am going to listen to more stuff from him. He lists Prince as an influence and you can certainly hear that on "Lovers in Bloom".

Harts..?

I like what I hear, it's refreshing,

dare I say it's better than what Prince has released with the 3rd eye girl band.

Lammastide said:

He plays the heck out of that guitar. Beside that, he doesn't move me.

Definitely has skills, I agree. He sounds so dated in his music. He really isn't bringing anything new to the table except that he can play geetur.. This music sounds like the 80s...been there done that. I am very surprised that Prince liked this particular sound. No shade, but Harts need to be unique. Amy Winehouse was unique. Prince is unique. Sinatra was unique for his time. Sammy Davis, Sly Stone, Aretha, The Beach Boys, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Loretta Lynn, Patsy Kline, James Brown were inventors. I don't know who this guy is yet....

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thedance said:

Harts..?

I like what I hear, it's refreshing,

dare I say it's better than what Prince has released with the 3rd eye girl band.

Are you serious? Screwdriver was hard. This dude is still wet behind the ears...he really need to go to school. He hasn't found himself yet...

Wait......it's not a young woman?

Thanks for sharing! Groundbreaking? Who cares I still enjoy it. Good stuff!

What about this guy?

http://www.soundcloud.com...eep-bhadra

Multi-instrumentalist heavily influenced by Prince

Check it out!!

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Tevin Campbell, Wade Robson.... 'nuff said.

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Jamzone333 said:

Lammastide said:

He plays the heck out of that guitar. Beside that, he doesn't move me.

Definitely has skills, I agree. He sounds so dated in his music. He really isn't bringing anything new to the table except that he can play geetur.. This music sounds like the 80s...been there done that. I am very surprised that Prince liked this particular sound. No shade, but Harts need to be unique. Amy Winehouse was unique. Prince is unique. Sinatra was unique for his time. Sammy Davis, Sly Stone, Aretha, The Beach Boys, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, Loretta Lynn, Patsy Kline, James Brown were inventors. I don't know who this guy is yet....

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So Amy was unique because she imitated Ronnets and Hearts is not unique because he does MPLSound?

damn this sounds good too I must be sleeping

PURplEMaPLeSyrup said:

i'm really touched that Prince reached out to him. a well-earned opportunity. hope it will help give him an edge to shine and transcend challenges in the evolving music scene. magic and destiny being felt.

I think, Prince hears himself in this male singer. That could be, partially, why he likes him. Not saying, it's a bad thing at all. I'm just saying.