While Listening to the Welcome 2 America podcasts last year, I thought that Shelby, Elisa and Liv should form a super vocal group because they sounded like they were having so much fun together. But what if it went further? Who would you choose to form a Prince alumni super group? But this time, I'd rather hear their own original music.

My choices would be:

Wendy and Lisa

Michael B

Sonny T

Shelby, Elisa and Liv

Rosie Gaines

The Hornheadz including Eric Leeds

[Edited 1/26/22 13:26pm]

Why?

It will not help reincarnate or reimagine Prince.

udo said:

Why?

It will not help reincarnate or reimagine Prince.

And we've done this before. Some posters have even laid out "okay, one drummer, one percussionist, two background singers, two guitarists, two keyboardists, one bass player," to try and keep it uber specific.

Besides, with all the alumni playing together in different ways, there are versions of a super group out there anyway. Prince even put W&L into his band with psycho-Sheila at the Brit Awards, and had Matt, Bobby, and Mark play with his band at the 2000 celebration.

Sonny, and Michael B were on 3121 with his band. Sheila was on that album.

Also, Eric Leeds was with him off and on for years.

All that cross pollenation and super-band wannabe stuff has been done to large extents.

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EmmaMcG said:

Guitar - Jesse Johnson Rhythm Guitar - Mike Scott Bass - Andre Cymone Keyboards - Renato Neto Drums - Michael B Sax - Maceo Parker & Candy Dulfer Vocals - Jesse Johnson & Andre Cymone I would not allow Rosie Gaines or Shelby J anywhere near it.

But you need a female voice. Jill Jones.
Neither Jesse nor Andre have Prince's vocal range.

laytonian said:

EmmaMcG said:

Guitar - Jesse Johnson Rhythm Guitar - Mike Scott Bass - Andre Cymone Keyboards - Renato Neto Drums - Michael B Sax - Maceo Parker & Candy Dulfer Vocals - Jesse Johnson & Andre Cymone I would not allow Rosie Gaines or Shelby J anywhere near it.

But you need a female voice. Jill Jones.
Neither Jesse nor Andre have Prince's vocal range.

Well the point was for this to be a band doing their own original material. They're artists too after all. I hadn't thought of Jill Jones but I like it.

laytonian said:

EmmaMcG said:

laytonian said:

But you need a female voice. Jill Jones.
Neither Jesse nor Andre have Prince's vocal range.

I don't want a female voice though. But if one was required for backing vocals or whatever then I'd want someone who can do just that. Blend into the background. And besides, Jesse Johnson has a fantastic voice that, while it may not cover the entirety of Prince's range, is great in its own right. Just check out his song Sheila Rae from his Verbal Penetration album. Brilliant. And a damn sight better than anything Prince was doing during that time period.

It probably would make more sense to have a female voice because Prince preferred working with female singers more than male singers. I didn't add a blazing guitar player to my list and so I guess that would have to be Jesse Johnson. I can't speak to his vocals though. I have Shockdelica at home; maybe I'll give it a spin this evening.

Milty2 said:

EmmaMcG said:

laytonian said:

But you need a female voice. Jill Jones.
Neither Jesse nor Andre have Prince's vocal range.

I don't want a female voice though. But if one was required for backing vocals or whatever then I'd want someone who can do just that. Blend into the background. And besides, Jesse Johnson has a fantastic voice that, while it may not cover the entirety of Prince's range, is great in its own right. Just check out his song Sheila Rae from his Verbal Penetration album. Brilliant. And a damn sight better than anything Prince was doing during that time period.

Sounds good. But like it's old school. Curtis Mayfield-esque. Loved Prince ballads around 2009-2010, so can't agree with you there. The brilliant Born 2 Die from P is also similar, and that was recorded in 2010.

Drums - Michael B

Bass - Sonny T

Keys - Tommy Barbarella

Guitar - Jesse Johnson

Sax - Eric Leeds

Horns - Hornheadz

Vocals would be the hardest part, because Prince didnt have exactly a male singer/frontman in his bands. Maybe Morris Day? And a female singer wouldnt cover his male vocals too. I would go with Mackenzie. He did a great job in the NPG tributes. Rosie would be great too, with Shelby, Elisa and Liv.

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fortuneandserendipity said:

My supergroup would be the new New Power trio I saw in 2007.

I am unsure about the vocalist/guitarist...

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This could give a sound pure as Jimi's and bring us Prince stuff.

I saw The Revolution here in Detroit in 2018, they had Stokley as their lead singer and a guest guitarist (not sure who, but looked a lot like Dr. Cornell West).

They were amazing. The music was top-notch, and Stokley was an energetic frontman with some very strong vocal abilities.

As amazing as they were . . . they're not Prince And The Revolution. As amazing as a PRN supergroup would be, they're not Prince & The NPG or Prince and 3EG. They will always feel like a tribute or cover band.

Prince was the center of it all, the spark, the appeal, the magic.

Se7en said:

I saw The Revolution here in Detroit in 2018, they had Stokley as their lead singer and a guest guitarist (not sure who, but looked a lot like Dr. Cornell West).

They were amazing. The music was top-notch, and Stokley was an energetic frontman with some very strong vocal abilities.

As amazing as they were . . . they're not Prince And The Revolution. As amazing as a PRN supergroup would be, they're not Prince & The NPG or Prince and 3EG. They will always feel like a tribute or cover band.

Prince was the center of it all, the spark, the appeal, the magic.

I dont expect any band to compare to Prince, after all, that's not the point. The point of this thread was to create a group that would stand on its own and be an original band that writes their own material and not be a Prince tribute band. For example, like I said before, after listening to the W2A podcasts, I thought the Shelby, Liv and Elisa would make a great vocalist group. It seemed they had great energy working together. Far as I'm concerned, Prince doesn't enter the equation except to say that this wouild be part of his legacy.

udo said:

PJMcGee said:

PJMcGee said:

udo said:

My supergroup would be the new New Power trio I saw in 2007.

I am unsure about the vocalist/guitarist...

.

This could give a sound pure as Jimi's and bring us Prince stuff.

Who was in the trio?

.

See princevault.

At least I believe it was this date.

Milty2 said:

Se7en said:

I saw The Revolution here in Detroit in 2018, they had Stokley as their lead singer and a guest guitarist (not sure who, but looked a lot like Dr. Cornell West).

They were amazing. The music was top-notch, and Stokley was an energetic frontman with some very strong vocal abilities.

As amazing as they were . . . they're not Prince And The Revolution. As amazing as a PRN supergroup would be, they're not Prince & The NPG or Prince and 3EG. They will always feel like a tribute or cover band.

Prince was the center of it all, the spark, the appeal, the magic.

I dont expect any band to compare to Prince, after all, that's not the point. The point of this thread was to create a group that would stand on its own and be an original band that writes their own material and not be a Prince tribute band. For example, like I said before, after listening to the W2A podcasts, I thought the Shelby, Liv and Elisa would make a great vocalist group. It seemed they had great energy working together. Far as I'm concerned, Prince doesn't enter the equation except to say that this wouild be part of his legacy.

Well, to use a few other post-Prince examples (The Original Seven, Fdeluxe, Sheila E.), they do end up trying to sound like the stuff that Prince wrote and don't always hit the mark.

Not sure most of those associated artists have writing chops.

Se7en said:

Milty2 said:

I dont expect any band to compare to Prince, after all, that's not the point. The point of this thread was to create a group that would stand on its own and be an original band that writes their own material and not be a Prince tribute band. For example, like I said before, after listening to the W2A podcasts, I thought the Shelby, Liv and Elisa would make a great vocalist group. It seemed they had great energy working together. Far as I'm concerned, Prince doesn't enter the equation except to say that this wouild be part of his legacy.

Well, to use a few other post-Prince examples (The Original Seven, Fdeluxe, Sheila E.), they do end up trying to sound like the stuff that Prince wrote and don't always hit the mark.

Not sure most of those associated artists have writing chops.

If anyone worked with Prince as long as The Original Seven, Fdeluxe, Sheila E. did, I would imagine it would be difficult to avoid any Prince-isms in their own music. As for writing chops, I'm sure these other artists have writing chops.