Five years ago today, Prince boarded the Mothership. Yesterday, he sprinkled some Purple Dust on Minnesota. (Chauvin verdict)
Live music is returning to Chicago! Less than four miles from my house,
https://northshorecenter.org/event/fareed-haque/
Fareed Haque has collaborated with Billy Cobham who is the favorite drummer of my son’s long-time (age 5-16ish) drum instructor.
The warmup band, The Meters, bring Da Funk. I’M THERE!
Plus, I still have two tix to George Clinton’s outdoor concert in Evanston that got canceled last summer due to COVID. Tentatively, the concert will happen this summer. The Funkateer is 79 y/o. He recorded Hey Man, Smell My Finger on Prince’s Paisley Park label. ‘Tis awesome. Released 18 years ago, it includes a song called Paint the White House Black.
V103 FM is playing Prince only, all day, today. Purple Pride. I just phone the dj to request he play “Horny Toad.”
