In the recent succes of the album and songs vote off threads I thought it would be nice to start an ultimate Prince band vote off thread. The goal is to vote for the best backing band, made up of all the musicians that ever were in any of his backing bands. The ultimate band will consist of:
Drums, Bass, Guitar, Keyboard, Saxophone, Other Horns, Backing Vocals, Dancer

For each round vote one musician off for each of the categories. Some musicians have played various instruments during the years, so they appear in more than one category.

Let me know if I've forgotten anyone, or put them in the wrong category.

These are the nominees:

Drums:
Michael B
John Blackwell
Bobby Z
Kirk Johnson
Sheila E

Bass:
Brownmark
Andre Cymone
Larry Graham
Levi Seacer Jr.
Rhonda Smith
Sonny T

Guitar:
Dez Dickerson
Kat Dyson
Wendy Melvoin
Mike Scott
Levi Seacer Jr.
Miko Weaver

Keyboards:
Tommy Babarella
Kip Blackshire
Boni Boyer
Gayle Chapman
Lisa Coleman
Dr. Fink
Rosie Gaines
Mr. Hayes
Renato Neto

Saxophone:
Candy Dulfer
Brian Gallagher
Kathy Jensen
Eric Leeds
Jerry Martini
Najee
Maceo Parker
Cynthia Robinson

Other Horns:
Atlanta Bliss
Greg Boyer
Dave Jensen
Najee
Michael B. Nelson
Cynthia Robinson
Steve Strand

(Backing) Vocals:
Kip Blackshire
Boni Boyer
Rosie Gaines
Marva King
Tony M.

Dancer:
Jerome Benton
Greg Brooks
Cat
Diamond
Damon Dickson
Geneva
Kirk Johnson
Tony M.
Mayte
Pearl
Wally Safford

My choice:
Drums: Kirk Johnson
Bass: Brownmark
Guitar: Kat Dyson
Keyboard: Gayle Chapman
Saxophone: Najee
Other horns: Najee
(Backing) Vocals: Tony M.
Dancer: Diamond


You can use this for easy voting
Drums:
Bass:
Guitar:
Keyboard:
Saxophone:
Other horns:
(Backing) Vocals:
Dancer:

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[This message was edited Wed Feb 26 23:58:45 PST 2003 by IstenSzek]

This is cruel!

this gonna be easy .

Drums - Kirky Jerky J
Bass - Andre Cymone
Guitar - Kat Dyson - cant think of ONE memerable thing she ever played...

Keys - Kip Blackshire
Sax - Jerry Martinez
Hornz - Cynthia Robinson
Backing Vox - Kip blackshire - i cant stand his damn wailing like a schoolgirl...
Dancer - greg brooks

well thats round 1 !

I can probably only vote in this round, don't know enough about these folks' skills to Xnay them...

Drums:
Kirk Johnson

(Backing) Vocals:
Tony M.

Dancer:
Wally Safford

I'll say goodbye to:

- Kirk Johnson

- Larry Graham

- Kat Dyson

- Kip Blackshire

- Najee

- Najee again

- Kip Blackshire again

- Damon Dickson

Drums: Kirk Johnson
Bass: Larry Graham
Guitar: Mike Scott
Keyboards: Tommy Babarella
(Backing) Vocals: Tony M.
Dancer: Tony M.

Great topic!

Drums: Kirk Johnson
Bass: Andre Cymone
Guitar: Dez Dickerson
Keyboard: Boni Boyer
Saxophone: Najee
Other horns: Steve Strand (who is he?)
(Backing) Vocals: Tony M (no competition)
Dancer: Damon Dickson

Here are my votes:

Drums: Michael B

Bass: Larry Graham (bad influence on Prince, good player though)

Guitar: Kat Dyson

Keyboard: Tommy Babarella

Saxophone: Najee

Other horns: Najee

(Backing) Vocals: Tony M

Dancer: Tony M


Nice topic!!!

Drums:
Kirk Johnson

Bass:
Sonny T

Guitar:
Kat Dyson

Keyboards:
Gayle Chapman

Saxophone:
Cynthia Robinson

Other Horns:
Cynthia Robinson

(Backing) Vocals:
Tony M.

Dancer:
Diamond

Drums:
Michael B

Bass:
Larry Graham

Guitar:
Miko Weaver

Keyboards:
Gayle Chapman (this is so obvious...)


Saxophone:
Jerry Martini


Other Horns:
dunno..

(Backing) Vocals:
Tony M. get da phuc out!

Dancer:
Geneva windmill on...

Drums: Kirk Johnson
Bass: Andre Cymone
Guitar: Kat Dyson
Keyboards: Kip Blackshire
Saxaphone: Cynthia Robinson
Other Horns: Cynthia Robinson
Backing Vocals: Tony M
Dancer: Pearl - I'm keeping Diamond 'cos she autographed my jacket, 'tho it came out in the wash

Goodbye to:

Drums: Kirky J

Bass: Larry Graham (only because I really don't like his voice, and you can always hear him singing. A little duct tape would keep him on the island.)

Guitar: Kat Dyson

Keyboard: Gayle Chapman

Saxophone: Najee (snore)

Other horns: Najee (double snore)

(Backing) Vocals: Tony M

Dancer: Mayte

Drums: Kirk Johnson
Bass: Larry Graham
Guitar: Kat Dyson
Keyboard: Kip Blackshire
Saxophone: Najee
Other horns: Cynthia Robinson
(Backing) Vocals: Tony M
Dancer: Greg Brooks

Drums: Kirk Johnson
Bass: Andre Cymone
Guitar: Dez Dickerson
Keyboard: Kip Blackshire
Saxophone: Najee
Other horns: Najee
(Backing) Vocals: Tony M!!!
Dancer: Mayte

Drums:
Kirk Johnson

Bass:
Larry Graham

Guitar:
Kat Dyson

Keyboards:
Gayle Chapman

Saxophone:
Jerry Martini

Other Horns:
Steve Strand

(Backing) Vocals:
Tony M.

Dancer:
Both Diamond and Pearl (you can't really keep or delete one without the other!

i can't believe half of ya'll are keepin gayle chapman...she wuz a wuss.

DRUMS - JOHN BLACKWELL

BASS - LARRY GRAHAM

GUITAR - LEVI SEACER JR.

KEYBOARDS - DR. FINK

SAXOPHONE - MACEO PARKER

HORNS - GREG BOYER, ERIC LEEDS

BACKING VOCALS - ROSIE GAINES, KIP BLACKSHIRE

DANCERS (NONE ARE NEEDED)

Has to be...

Drums: Kirk Johnson
Bass: Brownmark
Guitar: Kat Dyson
Keyboard: Dr Fink (loved him at the time, but now seems so old hat!)
Saxophone: Cynthia Robinson
Other horns: Steve Strand
(Backing) Vocals: Tony M (though I loved the Gold Nigga album his contributions on Prince's music make me cringe at times!)
Dancer: Damon Dickson

This is certainly going to get interesting as we get down to the final few.

(eldog98 - what are you doing voting off John Blackwell - the man rocks the joint live!)

AT least Tony M is proving pretty conclusive

eldog98 said:

take these back.

Drums:
Kirk Johnson

Bass:
Brownmark

Guitar:
Kat Dyson

Keyboards:
Gayle Chapman

Saxophone:
Kathy Jensen

Other Horns:
Dave Jensen

(Backing) Vocals:
Tony M.

Dancer:
Kirk Johnson

Was Mike Scott that rhythm guitarist for the RAVE tour?

drums K.Johnson
bass Anre C.
guitar Kat D.
keyboard Mr. Hayes
sax Cynthia R.
other horns Steve S.
backing(vocals) Kip Blackshire
dancer Diamond

Is this a trick ?

You know would have to say
that they are all Onederful, they
all represented their own, unique
talents, and still do!

Oooops, I accidently voted for the best musicians, instead of voting off. here's the correct answer:


Drums
Kirky J

Bass
Sonny T

Guitar
Kat Dyson

Keyboards
Gayle Chapman

Saxophone
Brian Gallagher

Other Horns
Steve Strand

Vocals
Tony M.

Dancer
Kirk Johnson (didn't even know he danced)
[This message was edited Sat Oct 19 5:55:56 PDT 2002 by Heavenly]

I vote off Tony M and everyone on NPS except Mr. Hayes.

Drums: Kirky J.
Bass: Larry Graham
Guitar: Mike Scott
Keyboards: Rosie Gaines (she's not a keyboardist!)
Sax: Najee
Other horns: Najee
Backing vocals: Tony M
Dancer: Tony M

Okay here goes,
DRUMS: Mike B
KEYBOARDS: Boni Boyer
BACKING VOCALS: Tony M
DANCERS: Damon Dickson, Tony M, Kirk Johnson, Greg Brooks

thread!

so BUHBEYE:
Drums: Bobby Z
Bass: Andre Cymone
Guitar: Dez Dickerson
Keyboard: Gayle Chapman
Saxophone: Cynthia Robinson
Other horns: Cynthia Robinson
(Backing) Vocals: Tony M.
Dancer: Geneva

Drums: Kirk J

Guitar: Kat Dyson

Bass: Andre Cymone

Keys: Gayle Chapman

Sax: Brian Gallagher

Horns: Steve Strand

Backing Vox: Marva King

Dancers: Wally Safford