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."
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.
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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
Previous Episode
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.
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
Next Episode
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.
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
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