I guess: Carlos Santana.
Your opinion? Someone else?

ps still waiting for my John McCain icon to appear under my username.
[Edited 10/27/08 3:02am]
[Edited 10/27/08 3:02am]

Aloisio said:

Himself.

Himself?

prince said he like :hendrix,guitar player from rock band boston,
carlos santana,tony maiden from rufus,ike turner,benson.

i guess thin lizzy's dueling guitars also influanced prince,oh yeah
prince loved to listen grand funk railroad because of their lead guitar player.

He references Santana the most (at least what I've seen).

Hendrix and himself. Maybe Levi or Wendy but mostly himself.

Well Wes Montgomery comes to mind, but to most of you,perhaps never.

If -P- plays like Tom Sholtz from Boston, no wonder America is fucked. sorry,but if McCain is elected next tuesday, i have no use 4 dumb fucks on this website.

pickle did you just call me a dumb fuck???

first of all about guitar player of the rock band boston being an influance isn't my observation it came directly from prince's mouth.

prince said that one of his influances was guitar player of the band boston.

maybe the influance isn't obvious at first site but if you listen to harmonizing guitars on why you wanna treat me so bad

or you listen to guitar solos on dinner with delores ,
holy river...you'll probably come up with resemblance between prince and tom.

eric clapton is for instance eddie van halens biggest guitar influance but who could say it???

so pickle do your home work first before you call people "dumb fuck " because you know s*it

im 1have to reread a lot of old interviews but i know i remember a fact that prince namechecked guitar player from rock band boston.
also prince as a kid liked very much to listen to grand funk railroad because of their guitar player.
also joni mitchel influanced some of his acoustic guitar playing style.

What about Eddie Van Halen??

Steve Vai

I remember hearing him say Hendrix & Santana. He says his style is more like Santana than Hendrix (whom most people associated with him).

Of the ones he worked with personally, Wendy probably was because they had that of chemistry. He'd said how he liked her on stage with him because her smiling made him look good

luv4u said:

i don't hear any EVH influence in his playing

InsatiableCream said:

Saw him do some nasty work on his geeeeetar!!

Ya'll trippin' you know it's Larry Graham

nurseV said:

But he's a bass player
that's kinda different than flat out guitar

pickle said:

I voted Obama.
Obama is leading but they will steal the election just like 2000 and 2004.

DreamyPopRoyalty said:

I know But you know he's his fav

nurseV said:

Ur right! I 4got about Larry!

sexxydancer said:

I hear the runs of Hazel and Santana in Prince's earlier soloing, though his Hendrix leanings have been a lot more evident in the past decade or so. I hear Brian May and Eric Clapton more in Prince's tonal approach -- particulary during the Purple Rain-Symbol periods, where his tone was the best, IMO.

Definitely Freddie Stone and Larry Graham (Prince slaps guitar pretty often, too) in some of his rhythm styles (in addition to Jimmie Nolen, of course).

And, as already mentioned, Joni Mitchell in his acoustic work.

if you listen to all of his live guitar work during dirty mind controversy tour in his solos you could hear jimi hendrix.
santana element become evident latter ,althought my love is forever sounds like santana

Well yeah! Carlos Santana

ThreadBare said:

Santana may be is one of his fav but I guess he respect every good guitarrist

What about Jonathan Butler?