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First review; Getwild! Thank u. 2nd review; j7

Getwild

Wow...just got back from a Cinco De Mayo surprise at the 300-capacity
"Platinum Live" supper club in Studio City, Calif. Pete Escovedo,
father of
Sheila E., held an "all-star celebrity jam" to raise money for their
church,
the Namaste Interfaith Center/Community Outreach program of Los
Angeles.

Lots of celebrity entertainers, including Peggi Blu (former Star
Search
Winner), actor Michael De Lorenzo, Najee, Verdine White of Earth Wind
and
Fire, Jimmy Smits, comedian Tommy Davidson, Raphael Saadiq of Toni
Tony Tone
all performed, as, of course, did the Escovedo family, but the big
surprise
of the night was special guest star Prince who jammed with the
Escovedos at
the end of the show.

Sheila E., who performed a couple of Latin jazz songs with her dad's
orchestra, which also featured her brothers Juan and Peter Michael,
which
was the reason I went to the show. Their part was brief, since there
were
so many others waiting to perform in the 3 1/2 hour show.

Immediately after Sheila's set, comedian Tommy Davidson, who appeared
on "In
Living Color," had mentioned that Prince was in the audience, and
incorporated the music to "Sign of the times" when he joked on how
Prince
ordered food from Mc Donalds. We thought he was joking that Prince
was
there, but sure enough, we saw Prince's bodyguards standing in a dark
corner
of the room, and we knew he was indeed there.

After a couple of other acts, Sheila E took the stage again, with her
dad's
band, Verdine White on bass, Raphael Saadiq on guitar, and Kat Dyson,
formerly of the NPG, on bass, and Lynn Mabry on vocals with Sheila,
and
Sheila invited "her brother" Prince to come up and jam with them, but
Prince
didn't. Sheila played A Love Bizarre, which became a long medley of
funk
classics such as One Nation Under a Groove, Thank You Falletin me Be
Mice
Elf Again and several others, and then Prince finally grabbed a
guitar and
jammed with the band for about 10 minutes. Most noticibly different
about
Prince was his "new 'do"--a mini Lenny Kravitz-esque afro. He was
wearing a
white turtleneck and white slacks. The jam was entirely
instrumental, and
reminded me of the appearance he made with James Brown and Michael
Jackson...totally improvised, and a really funky guitar riff, similar
to
"Talking Loud and Saying Nothing" or "The Jam."

After about 10 minutes, the show was over and that was that. An
unexpected
surprise, and, as usual, an awesome performance by Sheila E and her
family.

After the show, Prince was overheard saying to Sheila, "you should do
that
more often," and he left the club shortly thereafter.

Tune in next hit.
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Thank you Get wild.

here is j7's review

Well, went 2 the Escovedo Charity concert 2night and our fav funky
brother not only showed up but brought down the house for a good 15-
20 minutes!

On stage was a new rapper (no not Tony M.s Cousin and so far no
relation 2 a Prince protegee) Raphael Saiidiq (formerly of Tony Tone
Toni), Najee for a bit, Sheila E, Kat Dyson and several Escovedo
family members.

For the ladies; Prince was sportin a new doo, (I guess his afro is
the roundest in the song "Reflection") a short lil fro going on. Gone
are the long burns. He was wearin all white (turtleneck sweater and
long dress pants covering up the heels)as well as very cool blue
shades and a gold medalion.

Prince played a black guitar and could not have been more than 60
people in there at the time. Place went nuts. He keps his back to the
auidence most of the time til he warmed up to us and saw no one was
gonna bum rush the stage. Yes, me made those funky ass guitar faces
that got every women in the place 2 have wet chonies. Also a few guys
had some as well.

This performance was a suprise and quite random even though he did
attend her show at the House of Blues on Saturday night.

Frankie (Prince's baby's momma, hehe) had 2 point out that this was
the BEST CINCO DE MAYO EVER! Couldn't agree more cuz everyone was
smiling ear 2 ear.

B wild y'll. Thanks again 2 getwild. Pics 2 follow soon along with
Paradise7's review.

j7

I wanna see the fro'!!

Thanks

(Did he perform for 10 minutes, as in the first review, or for 15 - 20 minutes, as in the second review?)

rinz2cool said:

Yeah, where are those pictures?!

jseven said:

Just so you know, Tommy Davidson has been doing that SOTT/McDonalds joke for YEARS



I LOVE IT!!! I GOTTA SEE MY BABY IN A FRO!!!

What's so "Lenny Kravitz-esque" about a fro?? I will DIE if I hear folks saying he's just trying to emulate the youngsters - let's not start that off

Wow! I wish I could have seen this show!

YYEAHH..i said something like he should do the fro some time ago and some ppl laughed at it...it seems that here it is...where r the pics?

langebleu said:

Music Club News section now says 'a good 15 minutes'.
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[This message was edited Tue May 6 2:48:21 PDT 2003 by langebleu]

big up with the Cool!!!

Okay, I'm hearing there was no fro at all Somebody's eyes were trippin

Thanks for putting up this review Jseven. Lucky You!!!

No pics so far. Some were taken..but will they see the light of day til P is ready to show it off?

CalhounSq said:

Yea I know! Getwild wrote that review. First time he heard it. He did not curse in this version tho. LOL. It was still funny.

how long ago was this show ???

j7,

can U give some details of the show like a complete set list, etc ... ?

did u C some in the audience with camera ?
or anybody record the show ?

thanx Get Wild and j7 4 Ur reports

still waiting for those pics...

don't leave me hanging now...

Fuck!! I could have been there!

PhilG said:

ME 2!!!

I wanna see the fro too...I love the fro on the
"For You" album...is it that big??

pejman said:

Ironically, I was watching the Sheila E video "Romance 1600" live where Prince shows up at the end and does "Love Bizarre" last nite. Shit and double damn!!

PhilG said:

Thanks J7 wonderful review