At the start of the song The Undertaker, Prince says, "Scottie, shake something."

I'd always assumed he was talking to front-of-the-house engineer Scottie Baldwin . . . and I'd assumed Scottie was there, rather than a studio engineer, because Prince, Micheal and Sonny were recording it live-to-tape . . . and by "shake something", Prince was asking Scottie to turn up a fader.

Howver, I just noticed PrinceVault lists Scottie Baldwin as contributing percussion on that song. That surpsied me.

Obviously it makes sense to tell a percussionist to "shake something" (so it totally fits), but I didn't realize Scottie performed on any songs. I've heard a few interview with him and don't recall him every bringing up the fact that he'd contributed musically to a recording. Also, the percussion is pretty sparse on that song, so I'd assumed it was all Micheal.

lurker316 said:

At the start of the song The Undertaker, Prince says, "Scottie, shake something."

I'd always assumed he was talking to front-of-the-house engineer Scottie Baldwin . . . and I'd assumed Scottie was there, rather than a studio engineer, because Prince, Micheal and Sonny were recording it live-to-tape . . . and by "shake something", Prince was asking Scottie to turn up a fader.

Howver, I just noticed PrinceVault lists Scottie Baldwin as contributing percussion on that song. That surpsied me.

Obviously it makes sense to tell a percussionist to "shake something" (so it totally fits), but I didn't realize Scottie performed on any songs. I've heard a few interview with him and don't recall him every bringing up the fact that he'd contributed musically to a recording. Also, the percussion is pretty sparse on that song, so I'd assumed it was all Micheal.

Scottie was at the boards, Prince told Scottie to shake one of the shakers/maracas that were there.

I believe Scottie told the story during one of his interviews.

TrcikyChristopher said:

lurker316 said:

At the start of the song The Undertaker, Prince says, "Scottie, shake something."

I'd always assumed he was talking to front-of-the-house engineer Scottie Baldwin . . . and I'd assumed Scottie was there, rather than a studio engineer, because Prince, Micheal and Sonny were recording it live-to-tape . . . and by "shake something", Prince was asking Scottie to turn up a fader.

Howver, I just noticed PrinceVault lists Scottie Baldwin as contributing percussion on that song. That surpsied me.

Obviously it makes sense to tell a percussionist to "shake something" (so it totally fits), but I didn't realize Scottie performed on any songs. I've heard a few interview with him and don't recall him every bringing up the fact that he'd contributed musically to a recording. Also, the percussion is pretty sparse on that song, so I'd assumed it was all Micheal.

Scottie was at the boards, Prince told Scottie to shake one of the shakers/maracas that were there.

I believe Scottie told the story during one of his interviews.

Yes.