TrivialPursuit said:

nelcp777 said:

Does anyone know if he had kept that guitar?

I don't remember, off hand, seeing it in the police photos of Paisley Park. But that doesn't mean it wasn't somewhere else.

I don't think it's in the Paisley Park Guitar book either.

Milty2 said:

TrivialPursuit said:

I don't remember, off hand, seeing it in the police photos of Paisley Park. But that doesn't mean it wasn't somewhere else.

I don't think it's in the Paisley Park Guitar book either.

Thanks to each of you for your input. That would be a nice item to put on display at PP.

Milty2 said:

TrivialPursuit said:

I don't remember, off hand, seeing it in the police photos of Paisley Park. But that doesn't mean it wasn't somewhere else.

I don't think it's in the Paisley Park Guitar book either.

I think Andre said in interviews of the last couple of years that he still has that VOX guitar (it was kind of like a joint owned/shared thing)

KeithyT said:

Milty2 said:

I don't think it's in the Paisley Park Guitar book either.

I think Andre said in interviews of the last couple of years that he still has that VOX guitar (it was kind of like a joint owned/shared thing)

Makes sense. I imagine this was when he was living with Andre and the sister on the keys.

This is not acurrate to the statement (in Reflection) that they'd "compare whose afro was the roundest" cuz our boy Skipper would get beat like a drum in these photos.

AZStreet said:

Footage from the event: https://collections.mnhs....n=10536910 You can kinda see the band from 0:23-0:34. Anybody know the song they are playing? Does this make it the earliest known footage of Prince?

Awesome find. Well done!

Milty2 said:

AZStreet said:

Footage from the event: https://collections.mnhs....n=10536910 You can kinda see the band from 0:23-0:34. Anybody know the song they are playing? Does this make it the earliest known footage of Prince?

Awesome find. Well done!

Right it is! He is 16 here.

Just wow. Lovely to hear his voice even for a few seconds.

That's amazing to find footage of such a random, early event in his life.

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AZStreet said:

coldcoffeeandcocacola said:

He kept his shape a long time, I'd know that back sillhuette anywhere.

Ahem, he's only 15 or 16 there.

The pics and video are amazing!!! Thank you to everyone involved in digging these up and sharing them here.

I can't help but wonder if there is more footage of this performance out there somewhere...

Cinny said:

coldcoffeeandcocacola said:

He kept his shape a long time, I'd know that back sillhuette anywhere.

Ahem, he's only 15 or 16 there.

And in a mere decade, he'd be the biggest fucking star on the planet, arguably bigger than Michael Jackson at that moment.

It's mind blowing to see this. His voice just isn't much different near the end of his life than it is in this video.

I know it is just a small view into that era but I really like that the photos show an area that is not splattered with adverts and corporate signs.

TrivialPursuit said:

Cinny said:

Ahem, he's only 15 or 16 there.

And in a mere decade, he'd be the biggest fucking star on the planet, arguably bigger than Michael Jackson at that moment.

It's mind blowing to see this. His voice just isn't much different near the end of his life than it is in this video.

Terry Jackson on FB said he believes it was his voice, not Prince's, in this video

laytonian said:

Bernadette Anderson was on the board of the Ruth Hawkins YWCA at that time so when there was to be a demolition ceremony with the mayr and uppy-ups, she enlisted her son and his bandmates to perform.
For years, these photos were "lost" because the band was identified only as "The Ruth Hawkins Band" (from the name of the YWCA building). Big kudos to whomever unearthed them.

I haven't been able to determine the exact date of this event but it was obviously summer in Minneapolis, so Prince was either 15 or 16.
I've been wondering who the woman is who seems to be talking to P. It's not Linda Anderson (sitting at the keyboard) and it's obviously not Bernadette. Since Morris is at the drumgs, is it possible we're seeing Morris Day's mother here? She did some management of Grand Central for awhile and was described as a hottie.

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laytonian said:

Bernadette Anderson was on the board of the Ruth Hawkins YWCA at that time so when there was to be a demolition ceremony with the mayr and uppy-ups, she enlisted her son and his bandmates to perform.
For years, these photos were "lost" because the band was identified only as "The Ruth Hawkins Band" (from the name of the YWCA building). Big kudos to whomever unearthed them.

I haven't been able to determine the exact date of this event but it was obviously summer in Minneapolis, so Prince was either 15 or 16.
I've been wondering who the woman is who seems to be talking to P. It's not Linda Anderson (sitting at the keyboard) and it's obviously not Bernadette. Since Morris is at the drumgs, is it possible we're seeing Morris Day's mother here? She did some management of Grand Central for awhile and was described as a hottie.

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That Amp P is using! Pre-Historic and Obsolete!

What a great find!!! Indeed this is probably the earliest footage of Prince performing!

Milty2 said:

If you look closely at the crowd photo, there is a film camera just on the edge of the photo. Film possibly does exist of this.

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Puhlease contact me if you have this video.

AZStreet said:

Footage from the event: https://collections.mnhs....n=10536910 You can kinda see the band from 0:23-0:34. Anybody know the song they are playing? Does this make it the earliest known footage of Prince?

.

Thanks!
This thread makes me anxious for more info on these pfics, video, etc.

udo said:

Milty2 said:

If you look closely at the crowd photo, there is a film camera just on the edge of the photo. Film possibly does exist of this.

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Puhlease contact me if you have this video.

True That. Right On!