sosgemini said:

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Well maybe it was in my dreams when I read about this on Prince.org. Just because you are the moderator it does not make you a know it all. I will see if I can find something on the web and post it.

Get off your hero worship and get in touch with reality people use drugs.(LOL)

laurarichardson said:

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sosgemini said:

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Nothing in here about drugs but he does talk about lying under his ex's car with a gun. Does not say that he went to jail for doing this but from what I have read he did and the story goes that this was due to drugs.


I'd already read the article you posted a long time ago. Again...I've followed his career pretty closely. "Total Druggie" sounds as if you're making a personal
assertion about the cat with out backing it up with anything factual to support
your claim.

Could his actions have been as the result of drug use? Maybe... but you can't say this with any certainty since you didn't witness these acts or have any intimate knowledge of what led up to it.

Besides, I thought the main thrust of the thread was what one thought of Jesse
in the musical sense. Of course I'd like him to be happy & healhty, but what he does or doesn't do or his personal habits are really his business! It's always been about the music for me.

I've been playing guitar a long time now & Jesse's music along with Prince stuff were initial sources of inspiration.


Peace

-K-
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Anyway I am not delusional as the all knowing moderator seems to think I am.

laurarichardson said:

be careful..your gonna get ulcers if you take everything soo serious..

sosgemini said:

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I think we know who takes themselves to seriously on this board.

sosgemini said:

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I think we know who takes themselves to seriously on this board.

laurarichardson said:

Good article on Jessie. I worked with Morris and Andre back in 95. A lot of what was mentioned in the article, Morris told me. Don't trip on what other's may think. At the end of the day, it won't hold salt anyways.

laurarichardson said:

Good article on Jessie. I worked with Morris and Andre back in 95. A lot of what was mentioned in the article, Morris told me. Don't trip on what other's may think. At the end of the day, it won't hold salt anyways.

JJ is the baddest player out there!

laurarichardson said:

"Total Drugggie"??? Where's that commin' from? I know that in the past that Jesse's had some personal problems, which he's admitted to. I'm not aware that dope was one of them, and I've followed his solo career pretty closely from the onset. I ask again, where did you get this info?

As far as his guitar playing goes Jesse is comming from out of a different space than Prince. I wouldn't go so far as to say one cat is better than the other, but in terms of pure balls, I prefer Jesse's playing. Also I could see myself talking shop with Jesse if I ever met him. Prince? Forget about it!

kstrat said:

Yes, drugs did STEAL the career away from Jessie. This is just another unfortunate example on how even genius can be robbed by that shit. This does not mean that he was a total druggie. That is a poor choice of words. Ms. Richardson, no disrespect intended, but you give far too many PERSONAL JUDGEMENTS, up in here. For whatever reason, this seems to happen quite often on these threads, with you "relaying" info on folks, based on YOUR agenda and views. This does not mean that Sogemini(supposed MODERATOR) is a saint either. You two fighting and arguing in here is really sickening and boring. Now back to point.....Jessie, was and IS a very fine musician who went down the wrong path of life. His PERSONAL decisions(drugs) were the MAIN reason why P resorted to public dissing of Jessie and his music. Both are fine guitarists, and should be collaborating as good 'ol boyz....whether this ever happens is the biggest question ever.

kstrat said:

Yes, drugs did STEAL the career away from Jessie. This is just another unfortunate example on how even genius can be robbed by that shit. This does not mean that he was a total druggie. That is a poor choice of words. Ms. Richardson, no disrespect intended, but you give far too many PERSONAL JUDGEMENTS, up in here. For whatever reason, this seems to happen quite often on these threads, with you "relaying" info on folks, based on YOUR agenda and views. This does not mean that Sogemini(supposed MODERATOR) is a saint either. You two fighting and arguing in here is really sickening and boring. Now back to point.....Jessie, was and IS a very fine musician who went down the wrong path of life. His PERSONAL decisions(drugs) were the MAIN reason why P resorted to public dissing of Jessie and his music. Both are fine guitarists, and should be collaborating as good 'ol boyz....whether this ever happens is the biggest question ever.

kstrat said:

Yes, drugs did STEAL the career away from Jessie. This is just another unfortunate example on how even genius can be robbed by that shit. This does not mean that he was a total druggie. That is a poor choice of words. Ms. Richardson, no disrespect intended, but you give far too many PERSONAL JUDGEMENTS, up in here. For whatever reason, this seems to happen quite often on these threads, with you "relaying" info on folks, based on YOUR agenda and views. This does not mean that Sogemini(supposed MODERATOR) is a saint either. You two fighting and arguing in here is really sickening and boring. Now back to point.....Jessie, was and IS a very fine musician who went down the wrong path of life. His PERSONAL decisions(drugs) were the MAIN reason why P resorted to public dissing of Jessie and his music. Both are fine guitarists, and should be collaborating as good 'ol boyz....whether this ever happens is the biggest question ever.

NPGman said:

for the record, i am not a moderator in this forum..i am just a participant just like everyone else...i have the right to call her statement delusional.....note: i did not once call her crazy..i was refering to her statement.....thats not personal. was it overboard? possibly.....but just like you felt the need to vent with your statement to her, so did i..




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I like all of Jesse's albums. You can not sleep on "Bare My Naked Soul" He's truly an underrated musician and writer. For some reason P liked digging at him.

I've ALWAYS said this, and some of y'all KNOW it's true. Jesse is JUST AS GOOD, if NOT BETTERTHAN PRINCE!!!!! Sure, Prince had all the "stroke", but I've seen The Time back in the day ('83 in Buffalo N.Y.), and Jesse f**cked s**t UP!!!! I remember his solo for "777-9311", and he was rolling around on the floor in that pink zoot suit just blazin'!!!!! I saw the Houston show of the same tour, and The Time killed Prince!!!! At one point during "The Walk" you could see Jesse look backstage & then just pull some s**t off that would only piss off Prince!!! AND: as much as Prince looked up to Sly, guess who got to work with him????? Y'all need to stop puttin' down Jesse & recognize. Yeah, he may have had some personal problems in the past, but I've seen his new guitar ad, & the man is still SMOKIN'!!
I've seen Morris Day & "part Time" lately. They STILL deliver the goods. But I'd almost give my right arm to hear these three words: "Cut 'em Jesse!!". And that's the quintessential truth.....RUTH!!!!!


p.s.: Don't believe me???? Go back & listen to:

a)Fool's Paradise
b)Baby Let's Kiss
c)Blondie
d)Bare My Naked Soul-The Whole CD

Jesse IS one of THE BEST proteges outta that whole scene!!! RECOGNIZE!!!!!

Hey, it seems like all of his albums except for his compilation are out of print. Where would I be able to find all of Jesse's albums?