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Thread started 03/16/07 8:46am

LittleSmedley

Boyer of Gaines?

Boni
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Reply #1 posted 03/16/07 8:47am

LittleSmedley

This is meant to be Boyer OR Gaines. As in Boni or Rosie....
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Reply #2 posted 03/16/07 9:38am

sexxydancer

Gaines!
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Reply #3 posted 03/16/07 11:13am

VelvetJ

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Gaines.
I am convinced Beyonce's career would not be where it is, if she had dark skin.
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Reply #4 posted 03/16/07 1:35pm

peterfalconer

Boni!
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Reply #5 posted 03/16/07 9:18pm

jone70

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Boni...ain't nobody can mess with that girl. wink
The check. The string he dropped. The Mona Lisa. The musical notes taken out of a hat. The glass. The toy shotgun painting. The things he found. Therefore, everything seen–every object, that is, plus the process of looking at it–is a Duchamp.
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Reply #6 posted 03/16/07 9:46pm

GaryMF

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Boni (RIP).

Her voice was more soulful and poweful IMO.
Watch the SOTT movie during Forever In My Life. She goes off!!!

She was in Sheila's band before with Levi and Miko.
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Reply #7 posted 03/17/07 7:58am

datdude

i didn't know Boni passed away (i'm new to the org, and it definitely didn't get ink in the mainstream press). Boni doesn't have a D & P that solidfies her on wax, but maybe her "live" moments surpassed rosie. hard to pick one.
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Reply #8 posted 03/17/07 8:15am

thedribbler

They both big girls, maybe they should catscrap it out.
I like the vocals on diamonds and pearls, whoever that is.

Can someone post pictures of both these chicks?
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Reply #9 posted 03/17/07 9:25am

GaryMF

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datdude said:

i didn't know Boni passed away (i'm new to the org, and it definitely didn't get ink in the mainstream press). Boni doesn't have a D & P that solidfies her on wax, but maybe her "live" moments surpassed rosie. hard to pick one.

Unfortunately, she passed away a few years ago. I don't remember the year. I think I learned about it on here. I couldn't ind the thread now.

you're right about Boni not having a "signature" recording on wax. She's not on SOTT the album, but you can hear on the Black album and Alphabet street but no real solos to my recollection (At one point on Le Grind, Boni starts to wail and Prince goes...."not now Boni!".

But SOTT movie performance of FIML is really the great showcase for her.
rainbow
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Reply #10 posted 03/17/07 10:01am

thedribbler

what did Boni die of?
She had a great life
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Reply #11 posted 03/17/07 10:14am

regcart

WOW! I had no idea Boni Boyer had passed away, its a tough choice so i say TIE!
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Reply #12 posted 03/17/07 11:12am

jone70

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thedribbler said:

what did Boni die of?
She had a great life


iirc, Brain anursym (sp)

Screencap from the Sign 'O' The Times movie (1987)




Screencap from the Sign 'O' The Times movie (1987)




rip rose
The check. The string he dropped. The Mona Lisa. The musical notes taken out of a hat. The glass. The toy shotgun painting. The things he found. Therefore, everything seen–every object, that is, plus the process of looking at it–is a Duchamp.
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Reply #13 posted 03/17/07 11:14am

jone70

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thedribbler said:


Can someone post pictures of both these chicks?



Here's a pic of Rosie:

Rosie Gaines - I want you (1996)

The check. The string he dropped. The Mona Lisa. The musical notes taken out of a hat. The glass. The toy shotgun painting. The things he found. Therefore, everything seen–every object, that is, plus the process of looking at it–is a Duchamp.
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Reply #14 posted 03/17/07 11:17am

thedribbler

big chicks,small pics!

Thanks anyway.
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Reply #15 posted 03/17/07 6:08pm

sosgemini

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thedribbler said:

big chicks,small pics!

Thanks anyway.



falloff
Space for sale...
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Reply #16 posted 03/17/07 11:49pm

tony23k

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Gaines
my phone is heavy
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Reply #17 posted 03/18/07 12:56am

padawan

Boni.

She's so much sunnier and pleasant. Nice demeanor.

Rosie looks terrified on stage, like she's gonna burst out in tears.
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Reply #18 posted 03/18/07 7:34am

SCNDLS

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thedribbler said:

what did Boni die of?
She had a great life


This is what I found.


Bonita Louisa "Boni" Boyer (July 28, 1958 -December 4, 1996)
(Singer and musician) Boyer contributed back-up vocals and played a wide variety of instruments for Lionel Ritchie, Tony! Toni! Tone'!, Con Funk Shun, and Digital Underground. She was perhaps best known for her work with Prince on the "Sign O' the Times," "Lovesexy," and "Graffiti Bridge" albums and related concert tours. A fellow classmate of Sheila E., Boyer was replaced in Prince's band with Rosie Gaines. Boyer passed away from a brain aneurysm.
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Reply #19 posted 03/19/07 7:20pm

bobsteezy

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Boni.

She was insane live. ...I was blessed to catch her at a Prince Lovesexy aftershow in SF at the Warfield.

...Following that she showed up one night at the Broadway in Sacramento and hi-jacked a show with Raphael Saadiq. They ripped it off the hinges. I have been told there is a DAT of that Broadway show. If any of you know "Ray" - ask him about it.

I attended her memorial benefit at Geoffrey's Inner Circle in Oakland. The Tonie's performed an unforgettable tribute to her.

B.
We all want the stuff that's found in our wildest dreams.

http://www.ustream.tv/cha...dj-bobstar
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