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.

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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

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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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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.

#prince4ever #love4oneanother