during prince's emotional tribute to george harrison you can see tables with musicians and music related audiance.
who was there ?
does anyone know?

rumour says keith richards was there and was impressed with prince's guitar solo.
was eric clapton there to see how it should have been done?
any info ?

I know P-diddy & Chris Rock were front & center. Lenny Kravitz was there sporting his Lovesexy doo.

That's a good question. I'd also like to know what some other musicians thought of his performance, especially Clapton. There was something magical about that solo. It brought me to my feet (in my livingroom:).
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I believe Robert Plant was in the audience.

You can see Keith Richards during one of the breaks go over to Prince to talk to him with quite a bit of enthusiasm. It looked very much congratulatory in nature.

This was probably after Prince’s first performance of his own material and his induction, but I have no idea how the night was edited.

Other Rolling Stones back in the 80s professed Prince’s musical genius, but Keith Richards did not.

So one can probably derive at least a little from that unheard conversation.

Maybe somebody can produce an article that quotes Keith Richards. I can’t find one quickly doing a Google search.

Lots of guitarists can juggle 5 pins in the air at one time. This is very impressive and shows incredible dedication to one’s craft.

But this solo to me goes way beyond anything that you can achieve through bloody fingers.

It was awe-inspiring and I wish I still had it on video or could purchase it in audio because the whole 10-minute track (or whatever it was) is one of those rare television musical moments worth keeping forever.

Bruce Springsteen and Patty Scialfa were in the audience as well.

Not sure, but my favourite version of this song is the one played on the ukulele on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/wa...=1&index=1


Actually it's one of my most favourite played pieces of music ever. Such beautiful harmony, phrasing and passion. Truly wonderful.

Awesome performance. Plus i loved the way he just swaggers straight off stage after the song

Amazing performance.
I love Prince guitar solos, I get goosebumps every single time I hear them....it's as if his soul comes through somehow and they can be either extremely sexy notes, sad notes or really emotional ones....

This was awesome and yes, I also really dig how he just throws the guitar up and leaves.
Pure funky-man style.

Scandalous69 said:

Totally agree!

scandalousalan said:

The man knew he killed it!

xpertluva said:

true..very true...

iloveannie said:

I have to admit, I thought this was going to be a joke, but that IS a really beautifully-played piece. It's fantastic.

Thank you very much for posting it!

RodeoSchro said:Thank you very much for posting it![/quote]

No problem. It's quite wonderful isn't it

iloveannie said:

No problem. It's quite wonderful isn't it [/quote]

It sure is.

The cat playing "Living on a Prayer" really nails it, too. Did you hear that one?

Farfunknugin said:

~Yes, a Truly Amazing performance!
Prince played from the Soul~ and everyone could just
feel,hear & see that

Mick Jagger was there too.

Weren't there a couple members of Zeppelin there? like Plant maybe?

Brendan said:

U can see this masterpiece on YouTube

Must check it out

maybe if you contact the hall of fame they might give you the names and addresses of everyone

I just hope the Hall of Fame performance is posted in Lotusflow3r sometime...I'm sure the sound/pic quality would be better on his site. I was actually surprised that it wasn't on there already, considering all the other clip from older performances??

I was in Cleveland at the Hall of Fame watching on closed circuit, does that count?
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Tom Petty looked sick.

2freaky4church1 said:

hardly a surpise considering the size of the mushrooms

http://www.youtube.com/wa...5H0wUo37RY

I and a bunch of Detroit / Cleveland Prince fans were in Cleveland for the simulcast at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.

You can see Lenny Kravitz in the audience. He straightened out his hair in homage to Prince before cutting it off into a tight afro.

Smoke is still come off that performance - I never saw Prince kick some much ass. He threw down the guantlet that night.

Brofie said:

a2grafix said:

and little ole me from Erie PA