INTRO to Charles

1mins30s - Reflections on Lincoln Junior High School, with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis

2mins - Knocking on local doors in the neighbourhood just to listen

3mins - Hanging out in Sonny T's basement, and studying him

3mins30s - The MPLS drum beat: did Charles teach Prince? And influences...

4mins45s - MPLS fashions for young teens, dressing like Carlos Santana

5mins30s - Local schoolfriend Andre, starts out on saxophone, but is asked to play bass...

6mins30s - Having the same confidence of Prince

7mins - Getting the drum set in the bedroom

7mins45s - ...going to Seventh Day Adventist Church, but also Allstar Wrestling!

9mins - Going to the Sly & The Family show in MPLS

11mins - Prince's report cards and high school talent show notes!

13mins - The roots of the tree

13mins30s - Prince always wanted to be a 'badass musician'

14mins30s - Going to Prince's Dad's house - being immaculate and coming from a military background

15mins - everything matched, everything was hung up, everything was in order...

16mins- Prince's Mum had fur on the floor...and he turned out just like her.

16mins30s - Military fathers, Prince's Dad and complicated music

17mins45s - You let John play... and 2 different versions of The Horse With No Name

19mins - Jerry Hubbard, the bass player in The Time (in Purple Rain)

20mins - Family gatherings in the late 1960s and early 1970s at Charles Aunt Mary's house, staring at the organ

22mins - Charles Facebook post: Prince's school report in 1967

23mins30s - Charles Grandmother tells him that Prince is going to do something really special

25mins - He was on my band, I was playing and singing on the Delphonics... high voiced singing. Masculinity and dignity...

26mins - Prince becoming famous worldwide, 'he was built for it'

28mins - "You be you"

30mins - "While you were runnin' around chasing women, Prince was recording..."

31mins - "I used to go to jam sessions and bury dudes! Because of Prince..."

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

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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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

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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