Have Rick James and Stevie Wonder ever met each other ? Did they ever work on anything together ? I have not seen a picture of Rick James and Stevie Wonder .

Covered in October.

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JamFanHot said:

Covered in October.

http://prince.org/msg/8/345390

Don ' t care . I ' m asking again because there were not that many answers . You don ' t have to answer if you don ' t want . Instead of leaving dumb answers like you did .

kjw709 said:

JamFanHot said:

Covered in October.

http://prince.org/msg/8/345390

Don ' t care . I ' m asking again because there were not that many answers . You don ' t have to answer if you don ' t want . Instead of leaving dumb answers like you did .

No disrespect intended...really. Just seemed like maybe it was a mistake. Good on ya.

JamFanHot said:

kjw709 said:

Don ' t care . I ' m asking again because there were not that many answers . You don ' t have to answer if you don ' t want . Instead of leaving dumb answers like you did .

No disrespect intended...really. Just seemed like maybe it was a mistake. Good on ya.

Okay , my bad .

Well, just for grins...I DID go & look. I didn't find any pictures either.

BUT....we do know they played together (the session for Street Songs with Stevie on harmonica).

And as was noted in the Oct thread....Stevie did play a musical tribute at Rick's funeral.....here's a bit more on that...

Before singing the gospel song, ``I Won't Complain,'' Wonder told the assembled crowd, ``As much as we want Rick with us today in the physical, God wanted him more.''

Also, this lil factoid from Rick's book........

According to Rick, "When I got to New York, I ran into Stevie Wonder's brother Calvin. He had just come down from the South where Stevie had a bad car accident. Calvin pulled him out of a burning car in the nick of time. He was shook up so I gave him a bunch of coke to calm him down and we talked about old times."

Source: "Memoirs Of A Super Freak," by Rick James

Rick was also said to have met Teena Marie while she sat in Stevie's office @ Motown.

Just seems "likely" they "knew each other" in some meaningful capacity. Still, seems odd that NOBODY ever snapped a pic of them together. Might exist someplace....hasn't been put up online that I can see though.

http://www.youtube.com/wa...4MiL7GVjPE

The comment from Rick to Stevie is at about 1:26. The joke revolves around the context/setting they are in, and that Rick would crack it there, not so much about the actual content. The delivery was lacking a little bit. But, yeah most of the major acts on Motown were at least friendly, if not more, throughout Motown's first and second generations. If they weren't playing softball together and cutting records, they might have been playin the 9s and cutting lines. I don't think that Rick was the first person who wanted to yell at Stevie in a studio, may have been the first to actually do it though.

JamFanHot said:

Well, just for grins...I DID go & look. I didn't find any pictures either.

BUT....we do know they played together (the session for Street Songs with Stevie on harmonica).

And as was noted in the Oct thread....Stevie did play a musical tribute at Rick's funeral.....here's a bit more on that...

Before singing the gospel song, ``I Won't Complain,'' Wonder told the assembled crowd, ``As much as we want Rick with us today in the physical, God wanted him more.''

Also, this lil factoid from Rick's book........

According to Rick, "When I got to New York, I ran into Stevie Wonder's brother Calvin. He had just come down from the South where Stevie had a bad car accident. Calvin pulled him out of a burning car in the nick of time. He was shook up so I gave him a bunch of coke to calm him down and we talked about old times."

Source: "Memoirs Of A Super Freak," by Rick James

Rick was also said to have met Teena Marie while she sat in Stevie's office @ Motown.

Just seems "likely" they "knew each other" in some meaningful capacity. Still, seems odd that NOBODY ever snapped a pic of them together. Might exist someplace....hasn't been put up online that I can see though.

Oh okay . Thanks for that . That 's interesting . I didn ' t even know that . yes , I wish there was a photo of them together as well because they both are my 2 favorite artists . Along with James Brown and Michael Jackson .

kjw709 said:

JamFanHot said:

Covered in October.

http://prince.org/msg/8/345390

Don ' t care . I ' m asking again because there were not that many answers . You don ' t have to answer if you don ' t want . Instead of leaving dumb answers like you did .

Great job kjw709, standing your ground and staying true to yourself, remaining sweet without being particularly offensive. I am inspired move forward following your lead.

kjw709 said:

JamFanHot said:

Well, just for grins...I DID go & look. I didn't find any pictures either.

BUT....we do know they played together (the session for Street Songs with Stevie on harmonica).

And as was noted in the Oct thread....Stevie did play a musical tribute at Rick's funeral.....here's a bit more on that...

Before singing the gospel song, ``I Won't Complain,'' Wonder told the assembled crowd, ``As much as we want Rick with us today in the physical, God wanted him more.''

Also, this lil factoid from Rick's book........

According to Rick, "When I got to New York, I ran into Stevie Wonder's brother Calvin. He had just come down from the South where Stevie had a bad car accident. Calvin pulled him out of a burning car in the nick of time. He was shook up so I gave him a bunch of coke to calm him down and we talked about old times."

Source: "Memoirs Of A Super Freak," by Rick James

Rick was also said to have met Teena Marie while she sat in Stevie's office @ Motown.

Just seems "likely" they "knew each other" in some meaningful capacity. Still, seems odd that NOBODY ever snapped a pic of them together. Might exist someplace....hasn't been put up online that I can see though.

Oh okay . Thanks for that . That 's interesting . I didn ' t even know that . yes , I wish there was a photo of them together as well because they both are my 2 favorite artists . Along with James Brown and Michael Jackson .

Speaking of those 2...can't BELIEVE that THIS actually happened.....(1983)

http://www.youtube.com/wa...re=related