I don't know much about her, but I was looking forward to seeing her up close and live to become better acquainted.

Not to diss any of the current members of the NPG but RAD brought some MUCH-needed how do you say...FLAIR to the program, n'est-ce pas?

That whole mess just comes off shady.

Oh well, it was spun from both sides as water under the bridge, so I guess whatev.

I would love to know the real reason for her departure instead of the usual purple smoke and mirrors.

I mean listen to her from the Paisley Chat:

"since everyone keeps asking about the 3 keyboardist; Renato takes care of a lot of the orchestral layers and is a true keyboard wiz, who has great jazz chops, Chance is a keyboard bass player and lays a lot of funky phatness and is a great singer. You could liken me to Rosie Stone in Sly & the family Stone, I hit the organ a lot and add some soul!"


She actually fucking SPEAKS, and makes sense, and sounds like a chick it'd be a blast to hang out with.

And check out this cool pic she had up on her site:



Maybe she made fun of the cover of Musicology.

People who double post are fucking idjits.
[This message was edited Fri Mar 26 13:46:13 2004 by theblueangel]

Naah, somehow I'm not gonna miss that woman one bit.

I don't understand all this concern over Rad No disrespect to her or anyone that will miss her but I just don't get how someone who was in the band for 2 seconds & leaves is a anything to miss. THREE people on keys?? Oh my... but I'm no musician, maybe I just don't understand...

I think they bumped her for a guitarist.

CalhounSq said:

If you know her records and her history of who she played with etc. you could easily see how some of us had really high hopes for a future involving her. She was by far the person with the greatest potential in the band and not just another musician for hire. And easier on the eye than Renato

in2it said:

Thanks for explaining. I have no idea who this chick is, her background is a mystery to me.

Did anyone actually see her play with Prince? I caught a total of 8 times and I didn't see what she really brought to the mix...She never really seemed comfortable when the spotlight was on her...She might be a really good musician but to be in Prince's band U have to bring more than just that...The duet between her and Prince where she would sing "Fallin'" wasn't impressive at all...Even watching her play, she seemed forced to actually move her body when she played...Chance and Renato can easily the duties required by Prince...If he's looking for a female voice to offset his than RAD def. was not the one...

PumponmyFunk said:

she probably wasn't comfortable being controlled by him. Chance and Renato? - Musicians for hire.... to me it's an opportunity lost

in2it said:

I think that's probably it exactly. It's a shame too, because he makes the same music when has people in his life that don't tell him everything is The Best Thing Ever across the board, every single time.

She obiously got fired, why is that sucha big deal. Anyone that has been following prince and his career knows that he is an extreme perfectionist when it comes to his live shows. It won't be the first time nor will it be the last time that he fires a member of the band. She was only with him for a couple of months , What's the big deal? I wish that he would have brought cat back for this tour. The original Cat not that cat glover. The original cat was truely the bomb.Down with Rad in with CAT.