Who was the guy singing the song "Mountainaire"?

Was that one of Princes acts he put together? Was that a Prince song as well? Wonder what ever happened to that guy.

gantonio said:

The song was Modernaire and it was Dez Dickerson, the original Revolution guitarist. He didnt open on the tour; Sheila E did. Goto dezdickerson.com or oneman.com and check out his great CDs and his even greater book.

gantonio said:

that was dez dickerson who was with prince from 80'-82'. from what i hear he like prince is on a spiritual plane these days bein born again. btw,that's also dez' guitar solo on "little red corvette"

Thats a trip I thought that was Prince on the guitar of "corvette".

I wonder why he left the Revolution and Prince was still cool to give him a spot in the movie?

gantonio said:

He left on friendly terms. Dez got some religion and wasn't feeling comfy in the band no more. Cool that Prince was still there for him though. Dez went on to pursue a solo deal and tour with Billy Idol. He became a Christian record exec and owner of his own label, releasing a couple more albums by himself and for others (including his son's group). Dez recently released, just this year, the full version of "Modernaire" in a 2-disc retrospective package w/ book. The Purple Rain version (the same as the one Dez has made available) is very Prince-like because Prince had a big hand in the production of the song (per Dez). Peace.

I never understood why Dez left P's camp 4 Billy Idol's, if it was b'cuz of religion. Billy was kinda wild 2

BEAUGARDE said:

There is more to it than that....read the book.....

actually the book is a great read...

Well, that is probably the one reason Prince would be cool, with all of his religious circumstances.

What I really want to know is does Dez do music full time or is he working part time at McDonalds?

gantonio said:

Seems to me that Dez is quite happily employed as a Christian musician, producer, songwriter, record exec, etc. Seems like he's always helping somebody out, and when he has time, he's talking with his fans about his faith and doing things through his church.