There are some records were Prince's backup have managed to distinguish themselves over the years. My personal fav will always be Dez Dickerson's guitar solo on Little Red Corvette. It is hard to find a more relevant or iconic contribution to one of the most important Prince records in his mind boggling career. LRC is easily one of the greatest rock records of all time and you have to give Dez his props for his part in it.

Dr. Fink's synth solo on Head is right behind it though. Every time I hear it, it kicks my ass - and I have been playing it since it was released 31 years ago.

Everything else falls behind these 2 in my opinion. What you got?

purplenuts said:

There are some records were Prince's backup have managed to distinguish themselves over the years. My personal fav will always be Dez Dickerson's guitar solo on Little Red Corvette. It is hard to find a more relevant or iconic contribution to one of the most important Prince records in his mind boggling career. LRC is easily one of the greatest rock records of all time and you have to give Dez his props for his part in it.

Dr. Fink's synth solo on Head is right behind it though. Every time I hear it, it kicks my ass - and I have been playing it since it was released 31 years ago.

Everything else falls behind these 2 in my opinion. What you got?

That's because they didn't really happen all that often, in general.

Dez on Little Red Corvette

Levi on Sexy MF

Miko on We Can Funk 86

Fink on Head, Baby I'm A Star

Wendy on Christopher Tracy's Parade

Lisa on Data Bank

Michael B on Shhh!

Those are off the top of my head and all are classic solos.

Little Red Corvette is definitely the top of the heap, but I'd also like to nominate Eric Leeds for Hot Thing - it just wouldn't be the same song without Eric.

Tony M's rap solo on Jughead

Spinlight said:

purplenuts said:

There are some records were Prince's backup have managed to distinguish themselves over the years. My personal fav will always be Dez Dickerson's guitar solo on Little Red Corvette. It is hard to find a more relevant or iconic contribution to one of the most important Prince records in his mind boggling career. LRC is easily one of the greatest rock records of all time and you have to give Dez his props for his part in it.

Dr. Fink's synth solo on Head is right behind it though. Every time I hear it, it kicks my ass - and I have been playing it since it was released 31 years ago.

Everything else falls behind these 2 in my opinion. What you got?

That's because they didn't really happen all that often, in general.

Dez on Little Red Corvette

Levi on Sexy MF

Miko on We Can Funk 86

Fink on Head, Baby I'm A Star

Wendy on Christopher Tracy's Parade

Lisa on Data Bank

Michael B on Shhh!

Those are off the top of my head and all are classic solos.

No love for Eric?

Dandroppedadime said:

Tony M's rap solo on Jughead

Rosie on "Gett Off". Without her, it would be a much weaker record.

Spinlight said:

purplenuts said:

There are some records were Prince's backup have managed to distinguish themselves over the years. My personal fav will always be Dez Dickerson's guitar solo on Little Red Corvette. It is hard to find a more relevant or iconic contribution to one of the most important Prince records in his mind boggling career. LRC is easily one of the greatest rock records of all time and you have to give Dez his props for his part in it.

Dr. Fink's synth solo on Head is right behind it though. Every time I hear it, it kicks my ass - and I have been playing it since it was released 31 years ago.

Everything else falls behind these 2 in my opinion. What you got?

That's because they didn't really happen all that often, in general.

Dez on Little Red Corvette

Levi on Sexy MF

Miko on We Can Funk 86

Fink on Head, Baby I'm A Star

Wendy on Christopher Tracy's Parade

Lisa on Data Bank

Michael B on Shhh!

Those are off the top of my head and all are classic solos.

damn good examples young man!.

don't forget that LRC was a cut and paste P did of 3 Dez solos chopped and put together [?]

D to the i to the a to the m, o to the n to the d to the pearls of love;

(repeat)

Jesse Johnson on Jungle Love (guitar)

Wendy's guitar screeching opening Computer Blue

Eddie M's sax on Temptation (made the song)

(I don't know who played what on America)

Eric Leeds sax solos on the Family & Madhouse music:brb gotta pull up a few

the Revolution on Power Fantastic... Eric Leeds on Flute Lisa on Piano etc

Lisa played a lot of piano/synth/orchastra chords throught the 1999-Dream Factory music, but don't know who is who

for my money, Dez' Little Red Corvette solo, nothing even comes close, a perfect song with a perfect solo, perfect example of how music doesn't have to be complex to be great. The lead guitar work on the song througout is also stellar, the fills etc.., If there is a better pop song, you'll have to show me.

This is live, not on a record per se, but Miko's guitar solo on "Do Me Baby" from Tokyo 1990. I still think Miko played the closest to Prince's sound.

Spinlight said:

That's because they didn't really happen all that often, in general.

Dez on Little Red Corvette

Levi on Sexy MF

Miko on We Can Funk 86

Fink on Head, Baby I'm A Star

Wendy on Christopher Tracy's Parade

Lisa on Data Bank

Michael B on Shhh!

Those are off the top of my head and all are classic solos.

Hell, yes. That one.

OldFriends4Sale said:

Jesse Johnson on Jungle Love (guitar)

Wendy's guitar screeching opening Computer Blue

Eddie M's sax on Temptation (made the song)

(I don't know who played what on America)

Eric Leeds sax solos on the Family & Madhouse music:brb gotta pull up a few

the Revolution on Power Fantastic... Eric Leeds on Flute Lisa on Piano etc

Lisa played a lot of piano/synth/orchastra chords throught the 1999-Dream Factory music, but don't know who is who

I agree with Eric on Power Fantastic

nursev said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Jesse Johnson on Jungle Love (guitar)

Wendy's guitar screeching opening Computer Blue

Eddie M's sax on Temptation (made the song)

(I don't know who played what on America)

Eric Leeds sax solos on the Family & Madhouse music:brb gotta pull up a few

the Revolution on Power Fantastic... Eric Leeds on Flute Lisa on Piano etc

Lisa played a lot of piano/synth/orchastra chords throught the 1999-Dream Factory music, but don't know who is who

I agree with Eric on Power Fantastic

that song get's me everytime. Prince in a corner singing. Susan Rogers recording. Bobby Z Brownmark, Lisa, Matt, Eric, Wendy & Atlanta Bliss 1 take nailed it

XNY said:

This is live, not on a record per se, but Miko's guitar solo on "Do Me Baby" from Tokyo 1990. I still think Miko played the closest to Prince's sound.

Beautiful intro!

Eric on Escape.

Wendy on Computer Blue

The violin solo in Hallucination Rain, stunning.

Can't remember his name but unfortunately the guy died not long ago

I have to go with Fink on Head.

I think this is the one solo out of all the above mentioned that Prince couldn't have cut himself - apart from the horns and woodwind stuff of course.

Cat's Rap solo on Alphabet Street

Sheila E's drumming and percussion in Beautiful night and Transmississippirap.

Did Sonny T. play the bass on Rock & Roll is Alive? It shows him on the love41another video but I don't know if it was actually him.

If so, I'll throw that one in.

Most recently its Renata Neto

Somewhere Here On Earth

Extraordinary

nursev said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Jesse Johnson on Jungle Love (guitar)

Wendy's guitar screeching opening Computer Blue

Eddie M's sax on Temptation (made the song)

(I don't know who played what on America)

Eric Leeds sax solos on the Family & Madhouse music:brb gotta pull up a few

the Revolution on Power Fantastic... Eric Leeds on Flute Lisa on Piano etc

Lisa played a lot of piano/synth/orchastra chords throught the 1999-Dream Factory music, but don't know who is who

I agree with Eric on Power Fantastic

I agree with Eric on everything.

Little Red Corvette by Dez Dickerson and Sexy MF by Levi Seacer spring to mind.

There's also some nice piano stuff at the end of "Sex In The Summer" by Ricky Peterson. It's technically more advanced than what I've heard Prince play on the piano himself.

The winner is probably Dez with LRC.

funkyhead said:

don't forget that LRC was a cut and paste P did of 3 Dez solos chopped and put together [?]

Right - so what?

did wendy play guitar solo on KISS ?

TrevorAyer said:

did wendy play guitar solo on KISS ?

I really do wonder what Wendy actually played on the records...

I'll go with Eric's solo on the original (unreleased) version of "Crucial".

Fink on "Head" is up there, too.