Prince's last bassist MonoNeon discusses how Prince found him and what is was like working with him.

http://www.okayplayer.com...rview.html

"Another cool thing about the times I had playing with Prince was that he just let me play. Sometimes he would say, “I will follow you,” when we jammed on some songs. Prince gave me a lot of freedom, which I didn’t expect… he let me be MonoNeon. Outside of playing music, Prince would invite us to hang with him at the Chanhassen Cinema down the street from Paisley and we would watch a movie with him."

Nice interview! Thanks for sharing.

lrn36 said:

I saw MonoNeon last week. He's a bad motherfucker.

poppys said:

How did Mono get in the middle of this? LOL

lrn36 said:

How did Mono get in the middle of this? LOL

Blame it on Prince!!! The man had a serious eye for talent.

lrn36 said:

Latin said:

Check out MonoNeon jammin' to Judith Hill's funky "As Train Goes By": https://m.youtube.com/wat...0sdIuXNFqc

I'd love to hear more! Thanks for sharing

Yeah, MonoNeon is starting to blow up, unfortunately it wasn't with Prince. Looks like he started to get a lot of attention when he started posting those Cardi B mash ups to his instagram. The Roots played a few of his tracks on Jimmy Fallon when Cardi b was a guest. It seemed to take off from there. I'm shocked no big artists have snatched him up because he has endless stream of original grooves. Maybe he is just too clean, he woud ending up blowing fools out of the room. I mean, there is very few dudes that can make the Bop Gun sound funkier than it already is.

For those interested, here is the entire performance of MonoNeon with the band Ghost-Note. It's

insane!

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lrn36 said:

Yeah, MonoNeon is starting to blow up, unfortunately it wasn't with Prince. Looks like he started to get a lot of attention when he started posting those Cardi B mash ups to his instagram. The Roots played a few of his tracks on Jimmy Fallon when Cardi b was a guest. It seemed to take off from there. I'm shocked no big artists have snatched him up because he has endless stream of original grooves. Maybe he is just too clean, he woud ending up blowing fools out of the room. I mean, there is very few dudes that can make the Bop Gun sound funkier than it already is.

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

Prince definitely gave him a way in.

Dude can play anything, probably with anybody. I saw him in the Jazz tent with an excellent young straight ahead jazz cat - Terrance Martin. You don't just jump in those waters if you're not a strong swimmer.

Once MonoNeon became known far-and-wide as "Prince's Last Bassist," he had arrived. Really, his ascent began the moment he set foot in Paisley Park. I know Prince would be exceedingly proud of his success. IMHO, the case can be made that MonoNeon is Prince's last bonafide protege. Here is a great article in which he details how he caught Prince's eye.

Prince’s Last Bassist… MonoNeon…

I remember Prince saying to me, “I saw you before I heard you.”

I first got to Paisley Park early 2015 – got an email asking, “Are you available to come to Paisley to jam?” And of course I said YEP!! Read More...

FlyOnTheWall said:

Once MonoNeon became known far-and-wide as "Prince's Last Bassist," he had arrived. Really, his ascent began the moment he set foot in Paisley Park. I know Prince would be exceedingly proud of his success. IMHO, the case can be made that MonoNeon is Prince's last bonafide protege. Here is a great article in which he details how he caught Prince's eye.

Prince’s Last Bassist… MonoNeon…

By Kilian Duarte

Published on June 1, 2016

I remember Prince saying to me, “I saw you before I heard you.”

I first got to Paisley Park early 2015 – got an email asking, “Are you available to come to Paisley to jam?” And of course I said YEP!! Read More...

Great article! I love the clip called "VIBES" that Prince shared on his IG of what Mono said in the article was there last "late night jam session" at Paisley. Thanks for sharing Fly!

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MonoNeon will be performing with Zedd, Maren Morris, Grey on Ellen today.

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pinkcashmere23 said:

Latin said:

Check out MonoNeon jammin' to Judith Hill's funky "As Train Goes By": https://m.youtube.com/wat...0sdIuXNFqc

I'd love to hear more! Thanks for sharing

Here he is with Judith Hill.

lrn36 said:

pinkcashmere23 said:

I'd love to hear more! Thanks for sharing

Here he is with Judith Hill.

That was great! Thanks!

lrn36 said:

Latin said:

Check out this video posted by MonoNeon of him performing with the NPG and Tamar Davis: https://m.youtube.com/wat...AyLZazFahQ

Awesome! Loved the bit at the end! Thanks Latin!

Check out MonoNeon's instagram playing Sexy Dancer and Do It All Night. Fire.

https://www.instagram.com...eon/?hl=en

lrn36 said:

Check out MonoNeon's instagram playing Sexy Dancer and Do It All Night. Fire.

https://www.instagram.com...eon/?hl=en

Amazing! Thanks for sharing

MonoNeon tearing it up on rhythm guitar.

MonoNeon with jazz keyboardist John Medeski. At the 31:00 min mark is a cover of She's Always in My Hair.

he's incredibly talented. i'm so sad today about missing/never having the chance to watch that last band Prince was putting together develop over time. wouldn't that have rocked?