Prince N.E.W.S - this CD kicks A$$

[Steve LeBlanc]

haha...figured I'd make this thread more productive...if you dig jammin that covers a lot of different genres of music with great musicianship, you'll LOVE this.

[Jeff Klopmeyer]

Steve, I did, and sorry for no response as of yet. I kept starting to write something to you and then stuff kept happening. I hit "reply" and my kid decided to throw an open container of sour cream across the room. I hit "reply" and I got a phone call. I hit "reply" and a bright, shiny object came into my field of vision, causing an attention-deficit response.

 

I'll write back momentarily, but in short: it's all good.

 

- Jeff

[Steve LeBlanc]

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[Steve LeBlanc]

http://www.npgmusicclub.com/

 

er, Jeff you might want to edit your post too...just saving MP.com hard drive space...haha

[meccajay]

Originally posted by Stephen LeBlanc:

haha...figured I'd make this thread more productive...if you dig jammin that covers a lot of different genres of music with great musicianship, you'll LOVE this.

What the name of it?

 

Ive heard a few cuts on college radio but haven't heard much else. It does sound god though from what Ive heard.

[Steve LeBlanc]

It's called "N.E.W.S"

 

Not available in stores yet but you can download the tracks through MSN.com for $7...I think it will be available in stores at some point, I don't know for sure. You can buy the CD directly from http://www.npgmusicclub.com/ if you become a member of the club.

 

It's all instrumental, mostly improvised...very jamfree ...great musicianship...lots of different genres covered.

 

edit: apparently a lot of local stores do have this CD now...so check the wreckard stow!

[meccajay]

For those who havent heard, Check this out..

 

Drummer/singer Sheila E. is planning a benefit concert in Los Angeles featuring the alumni of Prince's many backing bands. Actress Carmen Electra, discovered and named by Prince in 1991, will host. "It's going to be all the Prince band members from all the bands, together, for one night only," says Sheila, who goes back twenty years with Prince. "It's never been done before." All proceeds from the concert -- to be held at either the Los Angeles Forum or the Universal Amphitheater on December 13th or 15th ("we have the time on hold right now," Sheila says) -- will go towards the creation of the Compassion Care Center in Los Angeles, a safe haven for abused or abandoned children that provides education, counseling and mentoring.

The members of the Revolution who've already signed on include guitarist Wendy Melvoin, keyboardist Lisa Coleman, keyboardist Matt Fink and drummer Bobby Z. "It's fabulous because they haven't played together as a band in twenty years," Sheila says. Onboard from the Family ("the band that Prince had that never really toured") are saxophonist Eric Leeds, singer Susannah Melvoin (Wendy's twin), percussionist Jerome Benton and singer/keyboardist Paul Peterson(St Paul). The one member who has not yet been invited is Prince himself. "There's no pressure on him, but we'd like for him to come," Shiela says. "He's why we're doing this, because he started all of it."

 

~I would love to see a DVD of this if they pull it off.. Imagine if they also had the entire Prince-world doing various songs with interchangable bandmembers...Rosie Gaines, Dez Dickerson, Cat, Sheena Easton, Jill Jones, Tevin Campbell, Apollonia/Vanity 6, Taja Seville, Mavis Staples, Larry Graham, Morris Day, Candy Dulfur, Susannah Hoffs, Brownmark, Andre Cymone etc.