JudasLChrist said:

Oh, okay. I think I will actually watch this show, just to see how it all turns out.

2elijah said:

Or maybe like this?

Adisa said:

Ouch!! I like that. I think you hit the nail on the head Adisa. I like that Country blues, funk sound...yeah..you found the "CountryFunk" sound.
[Edited 1/18/09 14:45pm]

Adisa said:

true.. this does sound like countryfunk ..

Interesting, since the first song Prince involved Sheila with was"Erotic City", which is said to have been inspired by a George Clinton concert. He went straight home and wrote the track after the show supposedly.

Anyways it should be cool. George got plenty of country up in him.
he was born in North Carolina!

For some reason I just can't get into the show.

So is anyone watching?

This is from Sheila's blog at CMT:

"My name is Sheila E., and people might know me as the girl who played “The Glamorous Life.” That was a song done in 1984, and I was pretty much one of the first female percussion players to form her own band, and that’s what people know me for, and for being very sexy in what I didn’t wear on stage. The newest project I have is with my family. We just did a CD that will be released in February. And it’s the whole family, my dad, Pete Escovedo, who stills plays percussion, my brother Juan and my brother Peter Michael. And then we have special guests on the CD, we have Gloria Estefan, Earth Wind and Fire, Joss Stone, Prince, Raphael Saadiq, Israel Houghton and George Duke. And I also have an all-girls band called C.O.E.D., which means Chronicles of Every Diva, and that’s a fun band. And I have a foundation called Elevate Hope Foundation for abused children, which I’ve had for about seven years, and we deal with kids in the Foster Care system.

I really wanted to do this show because I love country music. I’ve always been a fan of country music. I listen to a lot of Christian and Gospel music which sometimes is country and contemporary. To be able to write a song with some of the best country songwriters and producers, it would be pretty awesome, and it’s a good door for me to walk into, and a challenge. I think I can write a country song, I have the tools to do it. It’s just figuring out what to do. Lyrically I could possibly do it because that’s what I can relate to with country artists, are the lyrics and being honest and sincere about our lives. We write about situations or someone else’s, but musically it’s going to be different, so I’m excited about that. It’s going to be challenging, but I’m going to try and make this as fun as possible. I would be one to say that I would never do a reality television show, because I’m one to watch and go, “I would never do that.” And the only reason why I’m doing it is because of the songwriting. So if that’s what it takes to get through all that to do this, then it’s worth it.

I think my fans should watch it because this is something that I’ve never done before, and I have really good fans. They always support me, and this is something totally different for them and I think they’ll enjoy it. And the great thing about it is to try to win over the country fans because they are awesome people and that’s another great experience for me. I want to see what JR can teach me, see what he can do!"

Is there anyway to watch this on the Internet because I didn't have this channel.

Jude418 said:

Very interesting. Now let's see if she could hook up with George Clintion and bring us back some "CountryFunk." It's reairing Saturday, 1/31 on CMT. I missed the repeat last night, so still didn't get a chance to check it out, but I will this Saturday.
[Edited 1/27/09 10:24am]

On the CMT station: "Gone Country" Season 3 airs again on:
http://www.cmt.com/shows/...%2F31%2F09

Saturday, 1/31/09 @ 2pm, 7pm and 8pm and 9:30pm Eastern time.

Sheila was just as sweet and genuine as I'd hoped. She's truly a special human being.
I wish Prince would do something new with her, rather than investing so much time and energy in whatever flavor of the month comes down the pike.

UniversalSon said:

I'm just happy Prince signed off on his collaboration for the new Escovedos CD. Seemed like Pete and Sheila weren't sure of his decision up until the last minute.