How can U just leave me standing? ...in search of Prince Rogers Nelson.
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We talk to Steve Parke, who for 13 years was Prince's Art Director at Paisley Park. Fulfilling all of his boyhood dreams required tenacity, imagination and always thinking on his feet.
How can U just leave me standing? ...in search of Prince Rogers Nelson.
12/14/24 • 47 min
INTRO
2mins30secs - how do you get from being a teenager on the school bus with your friends, with dreams of rock stars, to actually being at Paisley Park working as Art Director for Prince?
7mins - Coming up with a set design in 3 hours!
9mins30s - Coming full circle with Prince's best friend at High School, Andre Cymone...
11mins30s - Lovesexy t-shirt made in a hotel room - but how to get Prince's likeness...??
14mins - Three different Princes...? '...he could be tough with the musicians...'
17mins - "He expected so much more from himself..."
18mins - Being brought out to work on The Gold Experience, and 'being thrown right into the fire'
19mins - Working 120 hours a week...and being asked to move out to Minneapolis. Then saying no!
23mins - Coping mechanisms. 'I think everyone's relationship with him was different...'
25mins - ...how Prince motivated Steve, and swapping music with your idol.
33mins30s - Next assignment - being flown to Birmingham to paint Prince's eyes, having no passport in London and Graffiti Bridge...
38mins - Re-doing the artwork and Salvador Dali ideas...
43mins - Support networks in Paisley Park...'it was like a big family...'
How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!
The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.
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There's nothing like talking to Omar about Prince and his idol Stevie Wonder. In part 1 we discuss being hailed as a musical prodigy, influences, collaborators and the creative process. Not to be missed.
How can U just leave me standing? ...in search of Prince Rogers Nelson.
11/19/24 • 29 min
INTRO
2mins - Learning his craft as a child, and a musical education, culminating at The Guildhall School of Music.
3mins - Always being comfortable with music as a craft...and having to choose over football.
4mins - First Omar composition...at 14?
5mins30s - Scholarship vs a record deal...
6mins - Music theory vs feel...
7mins - Things Omar's Dad taught him about music.
8mins30s - The Talkin' Loud Acid Jazz scene in London in the early 90s
10mins - Having longevity
11mins30s - Maintaining a unique sound...and a new album - Omar's 9th
14mins - Not feeling burdened by the musical prodigy tag
15mins - Influences, Ohio Players, family and the music that shaped Omar.
15mins30s - learning Level 42 bass lines as a teenager
16mins - Collaborating with legends in the music business...
18mins - Hanging out with Stevie Wonder in London
20mins - Favourite Prince tracks
22mins - Best By Far?
23mins - Orchestral sounds, Philly Soul and peer respect
27mins - not courting the mainstream
How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!
The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.
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Charles 'Chazz' Smith shares memories of High School years in Minneapolis, band battles, talent shows, parental advice and the influence of his cousin Prince growing up.
How can U just leave me standing? ...in search of Prince Rogers Nelson.
10/23/24 • 33 min
INTRO to Charles
1mins30s - Reflections on Lincoln Junior High School, with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
2mins - Knocking on local doors in the neighbourhood just to listen
3mins - Hanging out in Sonny T's basement, and studying him
3mins30s - The MPLS drum beat: did Charles teach Prince? And influences...
4mins45s - MPLS fashions for young teens, dressing like Carlos Santana
5mins30s - Local schoolfriend Andre, starts out on saxophone, but is asked to play bass...
6mins30s - Having the same confidence of Prince
7mins - Getting the drum set in the bedroom
7mins45s - ...going to Seventh Day Adventist Church, but also Allstar Wrestling!
9mins - Going to the Sly & The Family show in MPLS
11mins - Prince's report cards and high school talent show notes!
13mins - The roots of the tree
13mins30s - Prince always wanted to be a 'badass musician'
14mins30s - Going to Prince's Dad's house - being immaculate and coming from a military background
15mins - everything matched, everything was hung up, everything was in order...
16mins- Prince's Mum had fur on the floor...and he turned out just like her.
16mins30s - Military fathers, Prince's Dad and complicated music
17mins45s - You let John play... and 2 different versions of The Horse With No Name
19mins - Jerry Hubbard, the bass player in The Time (in Purple Rain)
20mins - Family gatherings in the late 1960s and early 1970s at Charles Aunt Mary's house, staring at the organ
22mins - Charles Facebook post: Prince's school report in 1967
23mins30s - Charles Grandmother tells him that Prince is going to do something really special
25mins - He was on my band, I was playing and singing on the Delphonics... high voiced singing. Masculinity and dignity...
26mins - Prince becoming famous worldwide, 'he was built for it'
28mins - "You be you"
30mins - "While you were runnin' around chasing women, Prince was recording..."
31mins - "I used to go to jam sessions and bury dudes! Because of Prince..."
How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!
The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.
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Episode 4: Oscar winning multi-instrumentalist Jon Batiste - talks about growing up in Louisiana, recent achievements including his involvement in the Disney Pixar film Soul, and the inspiration he drew from Prince early in his career.
How can U just leave me standing? ...in search of Prince Rogers Nelson.
05/26/21 • 9 min
In part 2 we talk chemistry and spiritual connection, touring the US with Prince as her guitar player. Lost album Milk & Honey, an enduring friendship and exciting plans for 2024 and beyond. "I'm not gonna wait on The Estate..." she tells us.
How can U just leave me standing? ...in search of Prince Rogers Nelson.
05/05/24 • 23 min
INTRO
2mins30secs - Tamar's chemistry with Prince
'It was like a student following a teacher...[but] you can't work with that kind of greatness and take mediocre...'
6mins30s - Prince going on tour with Tamar, playing guitar on her U.S. shows
7mins45s - Will we ever get to hear her album 'Milk & Honey'? Her collaborative project with Prince.
8mins30s - "I'm not gonna wait on The Estate..."
9mins30s - Why did Tamar stop working with Prince? "...you're taking my fans... he started to get competitive..."
11mins30s - Mum designing tour costumes, for Tamar and the Twins on Saturday Night Live and other shows. 'I helped choose the fabric!'
12mins30s - Sharing a faith with Prince...and why it was destiny to meet him in that era.
15mins - Keeping in contact, and communications with Prince after they stopped working together. 'We were still the best of friends...'
17mins45s - Ashley remembers where she was when she found out that Prince had passed away. 'I just pulled over, and I cried...'
20mins - New projects coming up in 2024, working with Stewart Copeland from The Police, and the importance of an artist maintaining mystery.
23mins - Hoping that Sting will one day hear her singing 'Every Breath You Take' with a 48-piece orchestra.
How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!
The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.
LINKS
Please follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.
Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.
#prince4ever #love4oneanother
As his first Manager, Owen Husney remembers Prince Rogers Nelson. "This was 1976. He was just a guy from North Minneapolis...he took the bus to my house, that's the Prince I loved."
How can U just leave me standing? ...in search of Prince Rogers Nelson.
03/16/24 • 33 min
INTRO
2mins20s - Life experiences, in preparation for meeting Prince, working with stars and the need to avoid being a fan.
8mins - Is there anything you couldn't protect Prince from? No entourage, before the layers of fame and celebrity. 'He took the bus to my house...that's the Prince I loved.'
11mins - 'He was just a guy from North Minneapolis....I knew he was vulnerable.'
13mins - Courting controversy early on, and being able to deliver the goods.
14mins - PT Barnum, Colonel Tom Parker...and The Beatles on Ed Sullivan. 'Prince understood that...'
17mins30s - Did Prince have a neurodivergent condition?
20mins - "I saw that fire in his eyes..."
22mins30s - What moments did you like in Prince's later career? "For me it began with Dirty Mind, because he was taking chances..."
25mins30s - Owen's honest assessment of Prince's first album For You
29mins - Absorbing information from everyone around him.
How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!
The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.
LINKS
Please follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.
Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.
#prince4ever #love4oneanother
In part 2 of our interview with PhD candidate Casci Ritchie we discuss that Trench, punk periods, Prince becoming Prince, Lovesexy and a purple fashion legacy. Don't miss it.
How can U just leave me standing? ...in search of Prince Rogers Nelson.
03/03/24 • 36 min
INTRO
2mins - The Dirty Mind era, the Prince persona begins to form, riding the New Wave...and that Trench Coat!
3mins - The 1979 period and working with costume designers...
7mins30s - The second punk period: Slave and the 1990s
10mins - Veils and Masking - the Exodus Has Begun...
11mins30s - Count The Days, style signifiers and finely tuned 'unconventional tailoring' in the new millennium
15mins30s - Art Official Age, moving away from tailored garments with age...and softer fabrics, kinder to the body
18mins - Memories of Lovesexy posters in Virgin Megastore in Edinburgh
20mins - Casci's sartorial take Lovesexy...and Prince's working wardrobe department at Paisley Park
21mins30s - "Prince in Polka Dots is just perfection..."
23mins - Working with very well known designers?
25mins - First concert costing £31.21 pence... getting the Mega Bus down from Galashiels to the O2 and 'getting my first tattoo in Camden'
31mins - Legacy as a fashion icon, 'his influence is all encompassing', and Prince's passing...crying with Mum and blaring his music on the double-decker bus.
33mins - Prince's influence on other artists and fans around the world.
34mins - Thank You
How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!
The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.
LINKS
Please follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.
Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.
#prince4ever #love4oneanother
Ashley Tamar Davis is a Grammy nominated Singer, Songwriter, Actress, Educator, Mentor and Entrepreneur. And her life was forever changed by Prince. This is her story.
How can U just leave me standing? ...in search of Prince Rogers Nelson.
04/12/24 • 24 min
INTRO - Just coming back in late from London, and Houston...
3mins - the elevator pitch on Tamar, '...how would you describe yourself?'
4mins30s - Finding your tribe online
5mins - Tamar's passion as an educator
7mins - Were your parents or your family musical? Where did you inherit your talent from?
8mins - The original line up for Destiny's Child...but guess how many members?
9mins - How did the group come together originally?
9min30s - Wrestling with contracts inside girl groups, who has the last say, and the lack of longevity...due to the focus on image.
10mins30s - Working with Prince after graduating from College in her early 20s...after being on tour with Lee Ritenour, Beyonce, Missy Elliot and Alicia Keys
12mins - Somewhere Over The Rainbow in the mid 90s: Morris Hayes listens to a demo...and Tamar is flown with her Mum to record at Paisley Park.
14mins - Reflections on being in the music and entertainment industries at such an early age...
15mins - "Everything is negotiable...", how Tamar feels now about the 'business mind'.
16mins - Learning from Prince - '...everything that's happening now, he taught me...'
19mins30s - What were the first projects you worked on with Prince? And how did it come about?
20mins30s - Walking into Burbank Studios, with Sheila E...'a big test' while rehearsing for the NAACP Image Awards
22mins - "I just never had time to recognise it...but one of the biggest legends of all time saw something in me..."
How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!
The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.
LINKS
Please follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.
Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.
#prince4ever #love4oneanother
In part 2 we field fan Qs to Owen, he reflects on Prince's demands in the early days, and working with other MPLS artists. Meeting fans on his recent book tour and his feeling on the Purple One's incredible legacy. Essential listening.
How can U just leave me standing? ...in search of Prince Rogers Nelson.
03/29/24 • 37 min
INTRO
2mins - Fan Questions: what happened at the Rio in Las Vegas?
3mins30s - Early, and unreasonable demands from Prince. Mentors and moving on without malice...
6mins30s - What was it like managing other artists vs managing Prince? Working with Andre Cymone and Jesse Johnson.
9mins30s - Working with the Prince Estate on a potential 'For You' Deluxe edition, Owen shares his view.
10mins30s - Keeping a diary and creating an archive since his earliest experiences in the music industry.
11mins30s - Tapes Prince cut at Owen's house in the late 1970s.
12mins - Getting Prince's music out to young people now, the importance of sharing with a new generation who weren't born during Prince's heyday.
15mins30s - The transformational effect Prince is still having on current fans of his music, reflections from Owen's recent book tour.
18mins - How did Prince lay down tracks in the early days? And an early test for Prince with Warner Bros, to see 'if he could really do it'.
21mins - Prince rejects the chance to work with Maurice White of Earth, Wind & Fire (on his first album). "I'm attempting to do something new..."
22mins30s - Jamming with Prince (briefly) in an LA basement back in the day...
24mins30s - "Just pay attention to the energy coming out of the socket..."
26mins - How Owen felt at Prince's passing and his view on the success of Prince's life. "I did not want him to become isolated..." "I think Prince turned himself inside out to give us his gift. A lot of artists do it..."
30mins30s - Getting blown away by Prince in concert at the LA Forum. "He had gone from a guy in a band, to a frontman, he had completely transformed into something beyond what I thought he could be."
32mins - "Selfishly speaking....I kind of said to myself, yeah your instincts were right Owen..!"
33mins30s - The unexplainable magic of Prince, and A Sly Stone story...
How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!
The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.
LINKS
Please follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.
Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.
#prince4ever #love4oneanother
In part 2 of our interview with former Art Director Steve Parke, we discuss the first Paisley Park Celebration in 2000, magic moments and opportunities beyond his wildest dreams, but also a parting of the ways after 13 years. Essential listening.
How can U just leave me standing? ...in search of Prince Rogers Nelson.
12/22/24 • 59 min
PART 2
2mins30s - The Paisley Park studios summer music festival 'Celebration' in 2000
7mins - Prince having extraordinary vision, and being the hardest working person in the building.
10mins - Prince asks Steve very personal Qs, on naming his son and his spirituality...
13mins30s - A Jeep or a BMW??
14mins - A very magical moment with Prince...
18mins30s - Acoustic Prince
19mins45s - The recording of One Nite Alone, hearing the grand piano...and doves in the atrium...
22mins - Photographing Prince in the open air and countryside of Minneapolis
26mins - A moment of realisation, and a parting of the ways after 13 years...
34mins - The human toll of a long career... Steve's observations.
38mins - Celebration #1: family members stop by at a dance party at Paisley Park...?
39mins30s - Jellybean Johnson being supportive...and being inspired by a cousin's hairstyle...
42mins30s - Prince: ICON photo exhibition and book, how it all came together
48mins30s - What does Steve think Prince's lasting legacy will be?
50mins - Having a unique segment of time, that wasn't purely about 'the music'...and opportunities beyond your wildest dreams.
52mins - 'He believed in people and pushed you beyond what you thought you could do for yourself...'
53mins30s - Cancel culture and public figures. 'Having a perspective on someone's entire life is important...'
58mins - The Prince Estate - projects past and present...
How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!
The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.
LINKS
Please follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.
Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.
#prince4ever #love4oneanother
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