Should Pr!nce colab with George Benson because they are both musical

They could make the Ultimate JW-Watchtower-Awake- New world tripped out nation- jam e jam.

WOW. What a concept. I actually like that idea. Their guitar styles would mesh very well together, I think.

But it would have to be an album filled with instrumentals only though. Since, you know, Prince don't like male vocalists.

They played a track together during an aftershow at London's Astoria in 95.

George Benson recorded Thats Right his 1996 album with

Prince's npg (Sonny T,mIchael B ,Tommy Barbarela) even Ricky Peterson and Paul were involved.

It was recorded at Paisley Park I

bet Prince is there uncredited also

amazing album

i, for one, would love that...Mr. Benson is another one of my heroes. i do sometimes wish Prince would do more collaborative works with people more on his level as a musician. Helping others get there is fine too, but i'd really love to hear him stretch with more higher caliber artists.

^More on his level?

As a guitarist, Prince is nowhere near Benson. As far as armonic knowledge is involved Prince, is in absolute diapers compared to Benson.

They would have to call the album "Snooze"....

That ship has sailed........and sunk.

SquirrelMeat said:

They would have to call the album "Snooze"....

I see what you did there

vitriol said:

They played a track together during an aftershow at London's Astoria in 95.

4real???

thebanishedone said:

George Benson recorded Thats Right his 1996 album with

Prince's npg (Sonny T,mIchael B ,Tommy Barbarela) even Ricky Peterson and Paul were involved.

It was recorded at Paisley Park I

bet Prince is there uncredited also

amazing album

I didn't know that...

Thanks.

Now I have to go pick that up.

No.

vitriol said:

^More on his level?

As a guitarist, Prince is nowhere near Benson. As far as armonic knowledge is involved Prince, is in absolute diapers compared to Benson.

I know what you're saying in regards to an advanced Jazz guitarist with deep harmonic knowledge and endless improv skills compared to what's essentially a pentatonic based Rock player.... But, I think the "more on his level" comment may have been meant towards name recognition and other highly regarded musicianship. I too would like to see Prince get together more often with some other ALREADY establshed musical heavy weights...just for fun.

He sure wasted a lot of talnt on this project:

Album Notes
Personnel: George Benson (vocals, guitar); Eric Leeds (saxophone); Ricky Peterson (electric piano, organ, keyboards, synthesizer, programming); Paul Peterson (keyboards, guitar, bass); Joe Mardin (keyboards, drums, programming); Robbie Buchanan (keyboards, programming); Curtis Williams (keyboards); Michael Bland (drums); Ralph MacDonald (congas); Paulinho DaCosta (cowbell); Nicki Richards (background vocals).
Producers: Tommy LiPuma, Ricky Peterson, Joe Mardin, J.P. "Bluey" Maunick.
Engineers include: Tom Tucker, Bill Schnee, John Gallen.
Recorded at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, Minnesota; Soundtrack Studios, Greene Street Recording Studios and Broadway Productions, New York, New York; Whitfield Street Studio, London, England.
"Song For My Brother" was nominated for a 1998 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.
Personnel: George Benson (vocals, guitar); Eric Leeds (saxophone); Ricky Peterson (electric piano, organ, keyboards, guitar synthesizer, drum programming); Joe Mardin (keyboards, programming); Curtis "Fitz" Williams, Paul Peterson (keyboards); Michael Bland (drums); Ralph MacDonald (congas); Paulinho Da Costa (cowbells); Robbie Buchanan (keyboard programming); Nicki Richards (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Joe Mardin; John Gallen; Rod Hui; Simon Cotsworth; Bill Schnee.
Recording information: Broadway Productions, N.Y.C., NY; Greene Street Recording Studios, N.Y.C., NY; Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN; Soundtrack Studios, N.Y.C, NY; Whitfield Street Studios, London, England.
Photographer: Andy Earl.
Arrangers: Gary Brown ; Curtis "Fitz" Williams; Joe Mardin; Paul Peterson; Ricky Peterson; Robbie Buchanan.

NevermindAlexzander said:

vitriol said:

They played a track together during an aftershow at London's Astoria in 95.

4real???

From the good old Databank.org:

Astoria, The

vitriol said:

^More on his level?

As a guitarist, Prince is nowhere near Benson. As far as armonic knowledge is involved Prince, is in absolute diapers compared to Benson.

I think that person was saying that is why a collab with Benson would be a good idea.

I think they meant previous collabs have not been at Prince's level

gemari77 said:

vitriol said:

^More on his level?

As a guitarist, Prince is nowhere near Benson. As far as armonic knowledge is involved Prince, is in absolute diapers compared to Benson.

I know what you're saying in regards to an advanced Jazz guitarist with deep harmonic knowledge and endless improv skills compared to what's essentially a pentatonic based Rock player.... But, I think the "more on his level" comment may have been meant towards name recognition and other highly regarded musicianship. I too would like to see Prince get together more often with some other ALREADY establshed musical heavy weights...just for fun.

Spot on. That's EXACTLY what I meant.

Regarding the possibility of the 'level' comment referring to another establishment star, I think it's highly improbable unless the likes of Chaka, Clinton, Sister Larry, etc... need some kind of boost.

When Prince collaborates with somebody he makes sure it's not a well established star so that he can hold all the reins and even pull the plug when he gets tired of the project halfway through.

If a big name being involved means being tantamount to Prince then it just WON'T happen.

[Edited 4/4/11 12:12pm]

NevermindAlexzander said:

thebanishedone said:

George Benson recorded Thats Right his 1996 album with

Prince's npg (Sonny T,mIchael B ,Tommy Barbarela) even Ricky Peterson and Paul were involved.

It was recorded at Paisley Park I

bet Prince is there uncredited also

amazing album

I didn't know that...

Thanks.

Now I have to go pick that up.

You are welcome,it's my favorite Benson album

a great collection of very nice songs and great guitar playing,George rips it on that album

every song is great and Npg is supplying the funk

and Michael Bland sounds very different then on Prince's albums

gemari77 said:

vitriol said:

^More on his level?

As a guitarist, Prince is nowhere near Benson. As far as armonic knowledge is involved Prince, is in absolute diapers compared to Benson.

I know what you're saying in regards to an advanced Jazz guitarist with deep harmonic knowledge and endless improv skills compared to what's essentially a pentatonic based Rock player.... But, I think the "more on his level" comment may have been meant towards name recognition and other highly regarded musicianship. I too would like to see Prince get together more often with some other ALREADY establshed musical heavy weights...just for fun.