Guitar players who don't like Prince's guitar playing:
Keith Richards
Yngwie M
George Benson in the past before he was working with P

guitar players that like his playing:
Steve Vai
Eric Clapton
Santana
Steve Lukater

name guitar players you know said something about P good or bad

Wow so many great players ,Eddie stole dirty mind riff for Jump

B.G. I thought that most music folks love Prince the musician but some hate his ways i.e. snubs,ect.

Do you know if the guys in Living Color tried to hook up with Prince?
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living color did a cover of '17 days' too...

electric said:

Really? Wow...that's very cool I wasn't hip to that. Interesting song choice. Would love to hear that.

Prince often covers 'Rolling Stones' in concerty so I don't think Richards comments have bothered him. I think Rolling Stones did one 'O2' gig in the middle of Prince's 21 gig run. Prince played a Stones cover the following night to my knowledge.

Of course, opinions are just that .... opinions. However, often a diss says more about the person giving it than the intended target.

Stevie Ray Vaughn once stated that he liked P's playing and that he wanted to tell P that but at an awards show (either 83 Grammy's or 83 AMA's) during a commercial break, Stevie walked over to P to say hello and tell him that he liked his playing. Stevie said that he extended his hand to P to introduce himself and P just kept looking straight ahead, never acknowledging Stevie. This was in Guitar Player magazine from 86 I believe. I know Duff, the bassists from GnR. Velvet Revolver LOVES Prince and so does Slash although Slash was mad that P snubbed him when he too tried to say hello. So Slash said something to the effect that P dressed like a bitch anyways. I heard that Eddie Van Halen was a longtime P fan and that he has seen P in concert several times. Paul Stanley of KISS has stated a few times that he's a big fan of Prince and likes his guitar playing. He and Gene Simmons both saw P on the Dirty Mind tour in New York in 81 and a few times on the PR tour and the Musicology tour. Lindsey Buckingham also digs P as a guitarist. I saw him arriving at the PR premier (seperate from Stevie Nicks). Nile Rodgers loves P as a guitarist as does P-Funk guitarists Blackbyrd McKnight and Mike Hampton. They both have told me this personally. Both Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield are "admirers" of P's playing. They said this during an interview on VH1. Kendall Jones of Fishbone is also a fan of P's. So was the original guitarists of the Peppers, Hillel Slovak dug P as a guitarist as does John Frosciante. Also Ernie Isley and Neal Schon of Journey. Also Brian May of Queen has said in an interview in Guitar World that he liked Prince as a guitarist.
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Brian May attended one of the 2007 London shows and then commented on his web page about how fab Prince was, and called him a world class guitarist.

electric said:

Really? Wow...that's very cool I wasn't hip to that. Interesting song choice. Would love to hear that.

Prince's guitar "solos" are a mixed bag for me.

It's his rhythm playing that makes him one of the greatest imo...

Brian May attended one of the 2007 London shows and then commented on his web page about how fab Prince was, and called him a world class guitarist.

machinegun said:

Yep, I mentioned Brian as one of the cats who digs P as a guitarist.

Lenny Kravitz is a fan of P's guitar playing..(ok, y'all can fire away with that one).


Vernon Reid told me that P invited them out to Paisley Park one night (1990) and they all jammed with Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora. I wish I had that on tape. He said they had a good time.


Joe Perry said that he's seen many aftershows of P and he said he's the funkiest guitar player on the planet. He said he loves his tone.

Vito Bratta of White Lion has praised him too. Vito said he used to keep a Prince mix tape on his tour bus when they toured back in 1988.

Joe Satriani is huge P fan too. He said that every year he puts out a new LP and has new hairdo and they're both fantastic. Some of the cuts off of "Surfing" (according to him) were influenced by some of P's music.

Jake E. Lee (Ozzy/Badlands) loves P too. He said P always has cool guitar twists and changes in his music that fits.

Phil Collen (Def Lep) is a fan and said he wished P would put out an entire guitar record. He said when he told P that in 88, P played "Red House" onstage and dedicated it to Phil and Steve Clark.

The cats from Exodus, Nuno, Carlos, George Lynch, Richie Kotzen..(who TRIES to rip off P a bit..visually and musically), Steve Stevens, Rocky George, Larry Mitchell, Eric Clapton, and Wyclef have all given P props and respect.


..and f#ck Yngwie. He hasn't put out anything good since 1984. He needs cut out the donuts and find a shirt that covers his belly fat.