I honestly don't know of any worth checking out? please help

This is a good tribute act. But (personally)
when I see people "doing" Prince, It just ain't the same. Not even close!
www.purplereign.net

metallicjigolo said:

I saw them in Vegas in 2001, only tribute band I've seen but I think they are great. I'd recommend them for sure and if I ever go to Vegas again, I'd definitely go and see them.

I go to Vegas at least once a year and 2 years ago we checked out Purple Reign. One of the best nights I have ever had in Vegas. They did 2 Prince sets with a Time set in the middle. Even the DJ that played before the show was awesome.

I've seen the real deal too many times to count at this point but it's pretty cool to see Purple Reign do songs that the real Prince probably won't do any more.

I'm down with Purple Reign! They are the best band in Vegas, they play Fri., Sat., Sun., at Hooters, check 'em out!

dpwives said:

Nothing beats the original bands or songs - be it Prince or any other musician(s).

i'm off to vegas in january for a holiday and checking out this band is high on my list of things to do.

It's funny you should ask this cos I was just thinking posting something about tributes:

I have played funk for the last 15 years, covered many prince tunes alongside original material, and with Prince being my favourite artist I've ofetn toyed with the idea of doing a full Prince show.

However, recently I had a slightly different idea - what do think?

A Prince 'tribute band', but instead of the whole "acting" like and dressing up like Prince and the band and mimicking his style(s), simply a kick-ass tight funk-soul band that covers a wide range of prince tunes (popular and not so well known), but just dressed in their normal gear, and not pretending to be Prince in any way?

It would be all about PLAYING THE SONGS WELL, with an amazing (and he really is amazing) soul singer who doesn't sound like prince, but everyone loves his voice. Two brass, keys, bass, guitar + bv's.

I'm thinking of getting something like this started in the south east (UK) in the new year.

UK fans - would you go and see somethuing like that?

^^^
need a front man...lol

nyse said:

Lol. You live in USA anyway, right? To be honest I already have the band together, but if I was looking for a Prince lookalike you'd definitely be the man!!