Author | Message |
Starr Cullars (Parliament/Funkadelic) tells the story of how she auditioned for Prince https://www.himalaya.com/...d-97682936 . This must take place at the end of 1987 or in early 1988, not in 1989 as she claims. . The Prince anecdote starts around the 14th minute. © Bart Van Hemelen
This posting is provided AS IS with no warranties, and confers no rights. It is not authorized by Prince or the NPG Music Club. You assume all risk for your use. All rights reserved. | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Interesting...she outed Sheila. | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Great story. Is it safe to say that Miles Davis was around PP more than we thought or told?
| |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking. | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Starr was in the Funkadelic Camp...Sheila has been friends and biz partner with Bride of Funkenstein Lynn Mabry for years. Im sure Cullars has some insider info. Of course it's not definitive and its Sheila's business only, but I was suprised Starr went there. | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Sorry, it's the Hodgkin's talking. | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Listed as 100 Female Best Bass Players of all time...hhhmmm Have to check out more of her tunes she has played on | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
[Edited 3/14/21 0:51am] | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Wonder if that experience planted the seeds for 3rd Eye. | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
She is a trip. I never heard of her. I need 2 check out her music. FOOLS multiply when WISE Men & Women are silent. | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
- Waw. Thank you Bart. I just love these stories. But, Sheila being gay ?! Likely impossible tbh. Otherwise Wendy or Lisa would've mentioned that somewhere... No ? Everything we know could be wrong though. -
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972) | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
TrivialPursuit said:
Oh , yes it does. Starr knows what’s up. | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Starr is married to P-Funk bassist Lige Curry...They've been together for years. She's not at the "Bootsy/Skeets" level of playing bass, but she is good. She usually plays in Lige's side project bands. | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
WHAT AN AMAZING STORY! and the way she tells it, too..
| |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
thank you.. this is priceless
| |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
- Did you listen to the podcast ? -
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972) | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
So 1987 1988 band member told me there was no sign ever of Sheila and Prince romance and that Sheila like girls.An apparent eye witness had seen Sheila in 1989 with asian lookin girl in Sheilas lap at some night club.But Prince bios are stating that Wendy and Lisa were uptight with Sheila cause she was fooling around with Prince behind Wendys sister back.So if Prince banged Sheila it got to be around her first album. | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
- Well, that's some heavy good gossip shit - if it is true. Who is this bandmember ? - "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972) | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Vannormal said:
- Well, that's some heavy good gossip shit - if it is true. Who is this bandmember ? - | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Pro'bly Wally. He's on record sayin' it was just 4 the Sex of It. If U wanna know where he said it, go look 4 it. It's not that hard 2 find. But apart from ev'rything, who gives a rat's ass whether she's gay or not? I don't remember it being against the law... and even if it were.....
| |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Not news. A member of The Uptown Dames did that on here about 15 years ago without realising that Sheila wasn't out. | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
Why are folks acting like this is news? FOOLS multiply when WISE Men & Women are silent. | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
the stories about Sheila E being bisexual are decades old and have been told and hinted at too many times by too many people to count ... im amazed that so many hardcore Prince fans are suprised or in denial about it [Edited 4/3/21 7:51am] | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
What RJOrion said. | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
im kinda surprised Starr Cullars never became a bigger name in music...her talent and beauty are/were elite | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |
- That's not what one needs to become a ''bigger name in music''. It's ''ambition'' what every one needsin the first place. Nothing else even is needed. (besides ambition, all the rest might be of some help too.) -
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972) | |
- E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator |