My Time With Prince by Dez Dickerson?

http://www.dezdickerson.com/

No way, he's just trying to make some money of of the time when he was Prince's friend, some people

EmeraldSkies said:

Yes.

No. I have not.

Tame said:

Definately worth posting.

Are you and Dayclear on a work rota?

EmeraldSkies said:

i haven't yet. i meant to pick up a copy when dez was playing with a bunch of veteran prince associates here in minneapolis, but i'd downed a few too many cocktails before i had the chance to hit up the merch table.

maybe next time!

I read the excerpt that they have posted on that site,and he describes Prince as "painfully shy" I can't imagine someone that has sung the things he has as being shy let alone painfully shy.

A friend of mine read it and said it was great. Unfortunately, he bought his before Dez's album was available. I'm sure I could borrow his book any time I want but I wish he had the album so I could copy it.

What, Prince has'nt sued Dez, maybe he said alot of nice thigs about him.

EmeraldSkies said:

Was thinking the same thing.

purplecorvette1 said:

Maybe he's all talk and no action

NO

EmeraldSkies said:

I really think he is/was but he had a huge goal. His dreams were large and he was aiming for the sky.

I own the book and it was a fun and fast read. There's nothing scandalous here, and it's a great look at the beginnings of Prince's career from someone who was there from the start.

My favorite moments are Dez mentioning when he and Prince checked out a Stray Cats concert and the impact it had on Prince, and how Dez feels Prince got a lot of his style from him, especially the high heels.

Highly recommended.

purplecorvette1 said:

He was young then.

Kinda different today.

just another person trying to use Prince 2 make money...

NightGod said:

The main problem is that Dez way too often "doesn't exactly recall" dates or events. This would have been a lot better if he'd had help from someone like Per Nilsen.