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  • 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.

    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.
    May 5 2024

    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.

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    24 m
  • 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.

    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.
    Apr 12 2024

    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

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    Email me at: bleazas@hotmail.com if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.

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    25 m
  • 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.

    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.
    Mar 29 2024

    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: bleazas@hotmail.com if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.

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    38 m
  • 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."

    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."
    Mar 16 2024

    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: bleazas@hotmail.com if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.

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    33 m
  • 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.

    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.
    Mar 3 2024

    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: bleazas@hotmail.com if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.

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    37 m
  • Casci Ritchie is a PhD candidate and associate lecturer studying Prince, fashion, and fandom at Northumbria University. So how did this come to be a life's work? Join us to find out more...just don't ask about the Chocolate Box inside Paisley Park.

    Casci Ritchie is a PhD candidate and associate lecturer studying Prince, fashion, and fandom at Northumbria University. So how did this come to be a life's work? Join us to find out more...just don't ask about the Chocolate Box inside Paisley Park.
    Feb 18 2024

    INTRO

    2mins - First memories of Prince, and standing next to the TV...feeling the static from Gett Off! Listening to Prince's Hits cassette in the Green Mondeo.

    4mins - Born in the year of Lovesexy!

    5mins - When did you realise that Prince's work could become a lifetime pursuit? "First and foremost I'm a fan...". Obsessed with John Waters, Pee Wee Herman and Bette Davis too. 'Eccentric, creative and fabulous people'.

    6mins - Seeing Purple Rain at 14 and getting into fashion. "Prince was always on my mood board."

    7mins30s - Studying Prince for years as an independent researcher alongside work...'when you do a PhD it's just the beginning of your research.'

    9mins30s - 'The idea of Prince & Fashion, with a focus on the labour aspect and fan culture as well...'

    11mins30s - What's going on with the Prince of the late 1970s? Casci unpacks the different sartorial elements. 'Very typical of a young adult finding themselves...through dress.'

    14mins - Prince's experiments in fashion, thrift stores, borrowing, wearing women's clothing...

    17mins - 'Becoming Prince': The Beautiful Ones book, and understanding elements of Prince's early imagination and dress-sense. The influence of his parents, musicians in North Minneapolis...and getting dressed to the 9s in the 1970s.

    22mins - Heroes and influences...

    23mins - Make Up.

    26mins - World Building...'in a world called Fantasy'

    30mins - Prince's female kinship. 'He surrounded himself with incredible women...and loved female energy.' Sly Stone's fashion, and James Brown's performances...expressing sexuality and sensuality. 'He liked the way particular fabrics felt on his body...'

    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: bleazas@hotmail.com if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. 

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    34 m
  • Nik West visited Prince at Paisley Park to work with him, before his untimely passing in 2016. She tells us what she thought of the purple one and discusses his legacy.

    Nik West visited Prince at Paisley Park to work with him, before his untimely passing in 2016. She tells us what she thought of the purple one and discusses his legacy.
    Oct 21 2023

    PART 2: Talking Prince....

    INTRO - Can you remember the first track of Prince that you heard...?

    3mins - Rhonda Smith, and inspiration from female bass players

    7mins - Nik West's Favourite Prince bass line?

    8mins30s - Alphabet Street & This Is Not Music, This Is A Trip...

    11mins - Daisy Chain: Prince and Larry Graham

    14mins - Paisley Park, practicing in the hotel room and jamming with Prince

    15mins30s - Talking solo careers with Prince

    17mins30s - Recording with Prince and unfinished projects

    19mins30s - In what ways was Prince not like you expected?

    22mins - Going back to his musical origins and Prince taking inspiration from younger musicians...

    27mins - Advice to young girls in the world of social media?

    30mins - Where does Nik draw her style influences from?

    32mins - Nik's feeling on Prince's legacy...

    35mins - Nothing Compares to Prince shows in Australia with St Paul Peterson

    38mins - What's next for Nik? She shares exclusive news on a new project!

    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: bleazas@hotmail.com if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. 

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    39 m
  • Raised on the Gospel music of the Clark Sisters, Nik West played the class clown at school, but discovered Prince, and became Rolling Stone magazine's Queen of bassists. Listen in to her Purple, and Cotton Candy, reflections with us.

    Raised on the Gospel music of the Clark Sisters, Nik West played the class clown at school, but discovered Prince, and became Rolling Stone magazine's Queen of bassists. Listen in to her Purple, and Cotton Candy, reflections with us.
    Oct 6 2023

    INTRO

    2mins - Nik talks about her Cotton Candy World Tour and playing at The Jazz Cafe in London

    4mins - Shredding with lead guitarist Joey and why chemistry is so important to the band dynamic

    5mins30s - learning guitar from her Dad at an early age

    6mins45s - Playing gospel music by the Clark Sisters

    9mins30s - Use of bright colours, a distinct visual style and being everything that you are...'the class clown'

    11mins - is there a separation between superhero bass player Nik West, and Nik West offstage as a mum and an everyday person?

    13mins - How did Nik come to meet (and work with) bass hero - and inventor of slap bass - Larry Graham

    14mins30s - Recording with Larry Graham

    20mins - Career and playing advice from Larry: valuing space in music, being yourself and letting your tribe find you...

    24mins - Supporting George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic!

    29mins - Creating a career your way and being very independent in the music industry.

    30mins - Black Beauty, working with Dave Stewart from the Eurythmics and auditioning in the music industry.

    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: bleazas@hotmail.com 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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    35 m