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Steve Stevens on Prince: Jeb: Let’s talk about the clothes. You have worn some pretty wild stuff.
Steve: Don’t remind me. I wanted to be a rock ‘n roll star instead of a banker or a plumber. My guitar hero was Jimi Hendrix, who always looked amazing. In the 80’s, to be honest, I was a big Prince fan. Man, that motherfucker could dress. The first time I saw Prince was on the Dirty Mind tour. It was scary and it was shocking. It was really obvious that things were about to change because this motherfucker was coming. I dug him; I thought he was the shit. I guess I really dug him because he was short – Prince is my short hero! "The first time I saw the cover of Dirty Mind in the early 80s I thought, 'Is this some drag queen ripping on Freddie Prinze?'" - Some guy on The Gear Page | |
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Neil Schon on Larry Graham:
Jeb: I have put some questions together that kind of highlight your career with Journey. The last time we talked we spoke about when you were with Santana and how you auditioned with Derek & The Dominoes so this time I am wondering how you got involved with Journey? Neal: The Santana thing was over. Gregg quite and I quit. For about a year after that I was hanging out with Greg Errico the drummer with Sly & The Family Stone and was playing with Larry Graham, the bass player from Sly & The Family Stone. We were going to do a power trio. It sounded very interesting and very cool. At the last minute, Larry actually got cold feet about it. It was something that had not really been done at that point. It actually sounded like Mothers Finest before Mothers Finest came out. He started Graham Central Station. Gregg and I played with him. I was enjoying it because I was learning some new things about guitar playing. I was hanging out over in Oakland and Freddie Stone was giving me rhythm guitar lessons. I was learning how to play funk, which I really didn’t know a lot about. It was all great fun until we played a few shows and it was time for me to take a solo. I would start blowing and people in the audience were starting to get off and Larry would cut me off like, “Four bars is enough.” I was like, “What are you doing? This is live man, let the shit fly.” He was like, “No, we are not doing that here” so it was pretty much over for me. That was clearly not what I wanted to do. I didn’t want to be confined to a four-measure solo. I was a free man and I didn’t know what I wanted to do. Herbie Herbert approached me about letting him manage me and building a band based around my guitar playing --that was the beginning of Journey. "The first time I saw the cover of Dirty Mind in the early 80s I thought, 'Is this some drag queen ripping on Freddie Prinze?'" - Some guy on The Gear Page | |
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carlcranshaw said: Jeb: Let’s talk about the clothes. You have worn some pretty wild stuff.
Steve: Don’t remind me. I wanted to be a rock ‘n roll star instead of a banker or a plumber. My guitar hero was Jimi Hendrix, who always looked amazing. In the 80’s, to be honest, I was a big Prince fan. Man, that motherfucker could dress. The first time I saw Prince was on the Dirty Mind tour. It was scary and it was shocking. It was really obvious that things were about to change because this motherfucker was coming. I dug him; I thought he was the shit. I guess I really dug him because he was short – Prince is my short hero! This is cool, but why do people always have to ruin a good compliment by mentioning his height  . | |
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nurse said: carlcranshaw said: Jeb: Let’s talk about the clothes. You have worn some pretty wild stuff.
Steve: Don’t remind me. I wanted to be a rock ‘n roll star instead of a banker or a plumber. My guitar hero was Jimi Hendrix, who always looked amazing. In the 80’s, to be honest, I was a big Prince fan. Man, that motherfucker could dress. The first time I saw Prince was on the Dirty Mind tour. It was scary and it was shocking. It was really obvious that things were about to change because this motherfucker was coming. I dug him; I thought he was the shit. I guess I really dug him because he was short – Prince is my short hero! This is cool, but why do people always have to ruin a good compliment by mentioning his height .Steve is short also. So I think he thought it was kewl to see another short guy rocking the house. "The first time I saw the cover of Dirty Mind in the early 80s I thought, 'Is this some drag queen ripping on Freddie Prinze?'" - Some guy on The Gear Page | |
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Larry was a wittle bitch. All you others say Hell Yea!!  | |
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carlcranshaw said: Neil Schon on Larry Graham:
Herbie Herbert approached me about letting him manage me and building a band based around my guitar playing --that was the beginning of Journey. I wonder how many times Neil told Steve Perry "this band was built around my guitar playing. Without me there IS no Journey!!"  | |
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Thank you for that Carl. That interview with Neal was interesting. I know Neal played with Larry & Gregg on Betty Davis' 1st LP. Prince said that Larry and Gregg were offered to play with Hendrix and turned him down (!) | |
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Did you know Steve Perry auditioned for Tower Of Power?
Here's P and Lenny. http://www.youtube.com/wa...nce%20live "The first time I saw the cover of Dirty Mind in the early 80s I thought, 'Is this some drag queen ripping on Freddie Prinze?'" - Some guy on The Gear Page | |
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Good read. I love Journey. Prince, in you I found a kindred spirit...Rest In Paradise. | |
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Prince said that Larry and Gregg were offered to play with Hendrix and turned him down (!)
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nurse said: carlcranshaw said: Jeb: Let’s talk about the clothes. You have worn some pretty wild stuff.
Steve: Don’t remind me. I wanted to be a rock ‘n roll star instead of a banker or a plumber. My guitar hero was Jimi Hendrix, who always looked amazing. In the 80’s, to be honest, I was a big Prince fan. Man, that motherfucker could dress. The first time I saw Prince was on the Dirty Mind tour. It was scary and it was shocking. It was really obvious that things were about to change because this motherfucker was coming. I dug him; I thought he was the shit. I guess I really dug him because he was short – Prince is my short hero! This is cool, but why do people always have to ruin a good compliment by mentioning his height .I think the height comment was meant as a compliment. Being short is not a bad thing. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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Thanks Carl. Lenny is the luckiest dude on the planet.
Yes I did read online a while ago that Steve Perry tried out for T.O.P. I didn't know back then he was into weed and blow. | |
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SPYZFAN1 said: Thanks Carl. Lenny is the luckiest dude on the planet.
Yes I did read online a while ago that Steve Perry tried out for T.O.P. I didn't know back then he was into weed and blow. From some stuff I read from Herbie Herbert Steve was getting his Machiavelli on. "The first time I saw the cover of Dirty Mind in the early 80s I thought, 'Is this some drag queen ripping on Freddie Prinze?'" - Some guy on The Gear Page | |
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nikkhendrix said: Prince said that Larry and Gregg were offered to play with Hendrix and turned him down (!)
cus Noel Redding played shit bass, Jimi had to re cut alot of his bass parts. | |
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Oh yes that's true (lol). Steve Perry seemed like a real laid back cat in those interviews huh? Never knew he was...umm, wild? (lol) | |
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