got a message from a little purple jack-headed bird again:


MUSICIANS SLATED 2 PER4M WITH PRINCE 4 THE MONTH OF MARCH R AS FOLLOWS:

on Drums:
MICHAEL BLAND
CC. DUNHAM
JOHN BLACKWELL

on bass:
RHONDA SMITH
JOSHUA DUNHAM
SONNY T.

keyboards:
RENATO NETO
MR. HAYES

backing and co-lead vox:

SHELBY J.
LIV WARFIELD
ELISA FIORILLO

harmonica: YONNET

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okay I must admit that when we went to Prince's house in January Anthony Malzone had mentioned that he had met Sonny Thompson and I think they had mentioned that their were some jam sessions earlier in the month. When I heard that prince would be playing with three groups I was almost sure John Blackwell and Rhonda Smith would be involved. Same goes for Sonny and Michael Bland and seeing as Reneto was still in the mix sometimes filling in I felt he would be playing on the 28th project as well

wait I just noticed you said Elisa Fiorillo WTF I love that chick.

Damn it, wish I could get over there for these shows, what a cool idea! To those going, have a great time!

Michael Bland! I love Blackwell too, but I've seen him with Prince a few times, never got to see Michael though.
[Edited 3/19/09 10:13am]

It's a great way to pay homage to those who have surrounded him & helped him for the new albums.

But if he could keep Michael B & Sonny T for his next tour, that would be even better!

I'm pretty sure he will play with a different band each night on Leno as well.

This makes me want to go to L.A. real bad now! I'd piss my pants to see Michal B and Sonny T. I never saw them live and to see them with P would be a dream come true, Princewise.

Who's playing with Prince on March 28? Check it out...!

got a message from a little purple jack-headed bird again:


MUSICIANS SLATED 2 PER4M WITH PRINCE 4 THE MONTH OF MARCH R AS FOLLOWS:

on Drums:
MICHAEL BLAND
CC. DUNHAM
JOHN BLACKWELL

on bass:
RHONDA SMITH
JOSHUA DUNHAM
SONNY T.

keyboards:
RENATO NETO
MR. HAYES

backing and co-lead vox:

SHELBY J.
LIV WARFIELD
ELISA FIORILLO

harmonica: YONNET

Talk about a blast from Prince's past...I didn't even know Elisa Fiorillo was still singing, that's kinda cool
[Edited 3/19/09 10:15am]

i was surprised to see elisa in the line-up as well...talk about random. cool, though!

purplecam said:

I have seen several shows with P, Sonny, Michael and Tommy. And two aftershows, I will never forget. Absolute killers. Pure perfection.

Putmarroussia said:

I bet they were. I hope he does this in NYC in April or something. In any event, you L.A. orgers better have a blast. This seems like it's going to be very special.

Holy shit.... the Power Trio in full effect (P, Mike and Sonny)

Now if something would just piss Prince off...then maybe we could get some music to get REALLY excited about...

I'd love to be in L.A. next week....

Putmarroussia said:

i've only seen michael bland at a tribute show in MPLS...well, "only", heh...he was playing with eric leeds, dr. fink, dez dickerson and a bunch of other purple all-stars...but he tore it up! meanwhile, i'd love to see mr. blackwell playing with prince again. good stuff.

This is great! I love Michael B. and Rhonda. Rosie Gaines, please????

Wheres the brass section, Maceo, Mike, Greg, Lee or Candy. Hes gotta have brass, it helps with the funkiness

Anxiety said:

Blackwell has inspired P big time at the start of the 00's. He is an amazing talent.

Cool.

Anxiety said:

Michael Bland and Sonny T on stage with Prince again?!?! FUCK YEAH!

I think he needs a guitar player. bring Mike Scott Back.

rossco said:

i'm guessing we'll be seeing more names as the date approaches. maybe not, but you never know....

This gets exciting by the minute!!

Anxiety said:

you've never seen Michael play live with Prince? i thought you live in Minni.

Is there a name missing that one would expect, especially considering Prince is releasing her album with his two albums? Or is it just assumed?

Not that I'm hoping for her to be there, just a little odd...

PEJ said:

now i do...but i didn't then.

Anxiety said:

I remember way back in the day I went to the Prince convention for Controversy magazine and we caught sight of him (Michael Bland) playing all over the place like at the Whiskey Junction and at Bunkers with Dr.'s Mambo Combo. I always dug Michaels playing style. He's my second favorite Prince drummer after John Blackwell.

floralelephants said:

Sheila E?



oh wait you mean Bria