I was talking to a co-worker of mine...27 year-old college grad, plays guitar and the drums...and when talking about the drums I mentioned that I was a fan of Sheila E.

"Sheila who?" he replied.



How can it be? Never heard of Sheila E.?!?!?!?!?

What is this world coming to?

PurpleJedi said:

I know it hurts, but Prince's sidemen/women are not as well known as you might like. Even though she is till very much in the music scene, that doesn't mean people really know who she is.

If it wasn't for listening to Prince, I never would have heard of her either.

Let's face it, most people haven't got a clue about decent music - blame radio and music TV for that. It's hard to find good music.

PurpleJedi said:

You're overlooking one thing: time 2 give him an 'education'!

PurpleJedi said:

Sad,isn't it,PurpleJedi
How happier his ears would be,if he'd only heard the songs of Sheila E.
[This message was edited Thu Nov 13 6:34:51 PST 2003 by drummergirl]

Ok, I have another story about that. I play guitar and bass in some bands. The other day I was practicing with one of these bands, where we have an incredibly good percussionist (from Cuba), unknown for public in general, but who has played with James Brown, U2 and more. I was talking to the saxophonist about Prince LV DVD (the saxophonist admires Maceo Parker), and I told him about how good is Prince band.
When I mentioned Sheila E, the percussionist leapt up and asked me: "Have you said "Sheila E"?". And when I responded yes, he told me she is one of the best latin percussionist, one of the 5 best, and he didn't know she plays with Prince, he mentioned another jazz musicians like Ch. Corea, or sth like that, who Sheila has played with.

Conclussion: she's beautiful, she's great.

JavierAlcalde said:

great story!

bananacologne said:

YOU BETCHA!!!

Any ideas as to what tracks I should include in my INTRODUCTION TO SHEILA disc?

PurpleJedi said:

I betcha if ya played Glamorous Life for him, he'd know who she was (Oh...she's the one who sang THAT?)

Nikster said:

yup, if you were alive in '84 or know about popular 80s music, you know who she is. You may not know her name, but you know who she is.
Or it could be the other way around..I know quite a few people who are familiar with her name but don't know she's a drummer and/or can't name a song she did
[This message was edited Tue Nov 11 22:14:15 PST 2003 by lovebizzare]

lovebizzare said:

Yeah, as ridiculous at it may sound to US, to the rest of the pop-40 world she was just a one hit wonder

(yeah..she has a couple other songs that charted, but GA will always be her 'biggie')

be
glad
u
didn't
get

Prince
who?

JC said:

would die.

What'cha think of this playlist?;

01. Glamorous Life
02. Toy Box
03. A Love Bizarre
04. Hold Me
05. Love On A Blue Train
06. Koo Koo
07. Hollyrock
08. What'cha Gonna Do
09. Droppin' Like Flies
10. Lady Marmalade
11. Scarlett Pussy
12. Erotic City

PurpleJedi said:

Her
best
is
yet
to
come

lovebizzare said:

I always get "I LOOOVE Sheila E., Sugar Walls is my favorite."

PurpleJedi said:

Who the hell hasn't heard Glamorous Life or Lovebizarre??!!!??

Janfriend said:

exactly. i got friends in their mid 20s who aren't familiar with the minneapolis sound and even if they only remember the glamorous life, they know it's sheila e.

WonderU said:

I really HATE that!!!

Even worse is when they say..."that chick Sheena E"...!