Prince - Who Knows (Jimi Hendrix)

[@samlewis7878]

No question Prince is B A D A S S ----- here. I never knew he was such hot stuff--- Jimi would be proud of him !!!!

[@MarkusHuber-y5o]

I always thought of a film based losely on the live Jimi (called guitar Jimi). Prince was my first and only choice. The feud between Prince and Michael. Michael should jam with him (sorry they are both jaming in heaven.)

[@lefthandedgorilla5763]

😂😂❤😂​@@MarkusHuber-y5o

[@gwenrobinson7433]

Oh, yes, a REAL BAD ASS!!

[@morpeli-s2z]

If you haven't watched it yet. Watch his solo on While My Guitar Gently Weeps. He was the GOAT! kzbin.info/www/bejne/moi1dKKle7CeacU

[@danielmarshall3102]

It is no surprise Prince had an obsession with Hendrix. Love the style stamp he put on this song. It is also one of my favourite Hendrix songs from the Band of Gypsies album featuring Buddy Miles on drums. If you haven't heard it the Hendrix version it is well worth a listen to blow your mind too.

[@morphinlounge101]

Prince is a hero of its own. The first time I heard him playing he was my first pick of being Jimi in a movie called "Purple Rain II the story of guitar Jimmy"

[@youreatoilet]

Buddy Miles and lets not forget Billy Cox on bass, the only surviving band member to have played with Jimi! Noel, Mitch and Buddy and of course Jimi himself have all passed now 😪

[@dianep1999]

Omg!!! I am just now hearing this. For once in my life I'm speechless. Magnificent!!!!!!

[@edwardmoney8118]

Can you just imagine Jimi Hendrix Prince Rodger Nelson Eddie Hazel in heaven jamming together wow bar none Prince is the best guitarist for the past 30 years or more Hendrix passed away and Prince came on the scene took over

[@billparker442]

that would be something to see. I will buy a ticket.

[@johnpower5294]

i think hendrix passed and srv came n took over not prince

[@keisi1574]

@@johnpower5294 Pay attention.

[@kamikani08]

?????

[@druscillalee2183]

Totally but of course with a spiritual twist on it ❤

[@pel666]

I think Jimi would dig this ...

[@jupitermoongauge4055]

No, its too boring for that

[@funkaholicsanonymous9216]

@@jupitermoongauge4055 you are boring...fooh bruh bey

[@jupitermoongauge4055]

@@funkaholicsanonymous9216 you can't spell and you have zero taste

[@funkaholicsanonymous9216]

@@jupitermoongauge4055 coming from a chick named jupiter moonGAYge that's a compliment. Thanks

[@jupitermoongauge4055]

@@funkaholicsanonymous9216 ooh, you're so funny, for a moron. You managed to think up a homophobic slur in what, less than 48 hours ? congratulations ! Your only problem is that insinuating someone is gay and a girl when you're attempting to defend a talentless fuckwit Jehovah's witness who spent most of his lame, overrated career wearing makeup, high heals and squeaking away in an effeminate voice, only makes you look like an even bigger cretin than your previous dimwitted comment. Fucking idiot, what else you got ?

[@kountzer]

9/27/19 12:40am. Wow. I did not know until now that Prince had a rendition of Hendrix' Who Knows? Cool. I knew he was influenced by Hendrix, but still, this is nice.

[@TheMasabaa]

He played this song a lot in 2002. He has some blistering versions.

[@chiko1354]

Sh!!!! 9-28-2019 this is bad as hell... One day bfore my birthday I come home to hear this!!!.love u Rogers Nelson.this reminds me of Bambi

[@dr.manhattan6278]

Influenced by Hendrix? Dude he was a Hendrix disciple. From the way he played guitar to the way he dressed

[@Ghern20]

@@dr.manhattan6278 Not arguing, just a little trivia tidbit: Prince has always contended that he was far more influenced by Carlos Santana than by Hendrix.

[@dr.manhattan6278]

@@Ghern20 That's simply because he was constantly being compared to Hendrix.

[@thilletjules9555]

Damn, I'm crying so it's beautiful .... BIG RESPECT to these two geniuses of the guitar

[@justinpiper8026]

Look up prince while my guitar gently weeps if you haven't heard yet

[@denism6489]

Sorry for me you can't. Prince was great as a prince if you want, but nothing to do with being a genius with guitar. I think.

[@denism6489]

@@justinpiper8026 i will search it right now i am interesting, by the way, do you know the track by jeff healey ?

[@Kickinthescience]

@@denism6489 so what did you think of the solo Prince did on guitar gently weeps?

[@denism6489]

@@Kickinthescience Sorry again i just didn't hear it, i am going on right now and i tell you

[@esquibelle]

Prince was the greatest musician who ever lived ~ Right up w Mozart ~ Jimi had outrageous gifts in not only guitar & composition ~ feel so lucky I saw Jimi & Prince live many times ~ Somehow I missed Mozart :)

[@brachelleon8333]

Me too, Maybe Prince was a reincarnation of Mozart.

[@PhukIT1865]

you're joking

[@jackwillson8099]

Well I think you been smoking some good shit he's good but not the best lol

[@jasonsphinx8461]

Greetings time traveller.

[@axis2946]

Back in the 2000's, Prince was asked who is the Greatest, he said quote, " Jimi is still the Man ". You should trust that Prince "knows", pun intended, what he's talking about!!👍🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👍

[@gregwilliams9737]

Prince is such a musical badass

[@edparker3549]

Just heard this. P doing H proud! Love ya brother RIP 😪

[@TheCenist]

A genius playing a genius!

[@ethanthomas68]

Simply brilliant! I wish they could have played together......maybe in the next world

[@caidenflint5906]

Gone far far away, somewhere where we could start to think of

[@youreatoilet]

"I'll meet you in the next one and don't be late"

[@marilynnmcnair3994]

prince...simply the greatest musician who ever lived. and this is just him on guitar! nobody compares to him....his talent, work ethic, simply the most prolific artist to grace this earth. every style, he was and is music.

[@torinowens6103]

marilynn mcnair. AMEN SISTAH SIMPLY THE G.O.A.T. PERIOD! peace &. be wild! 1love

[@endamccallion1073]

marilynn mcnair This genius played 29 instruments with the same proficiency. His first album is produced by him. He plays drums. Bass, lead guitar, keyboards, saxophone and vocals. Ridiculous.

[@esquibelle]

Marilyn McNair Hope U got 2 hear him live ~ there will never B another one like Prince

[@frabber321]

Wish prince did more Hendrix covers, man could play the stars in the heavens.

[@dreamquesttv]

He did a live version of Red House on his PPV special years back. Shit was amazing!

[@Tarantulisimo]

he did them often live in concert -- but he got tired of hendrix comparisons after purple rain.

[@p6x2]

He usually played cover songs in his after-shows. Led Zeppelin covers such as Whole Lotta Love but not only. Every time he was in Paris, he used to go with his gang to one of the usual so called Jazz Clubs. He would often come to listen to live bands but took the stage too. He would play but laid back, not trying to steal the show. He was known to favor the "New Morning". Each time he came for a concert in Paris, a lot of people would go there hoping to see him come. As I knew someone part of the New Morning staff, I would get the hint since his entourage would warn the club he would drop by, to keep tables available. Search for Paris after-show in KZbin. Also, he was known for staying at the Hôtel Le Meurice and always had a piano in his suite. This was a standing request. I think he had an apartment in Paris where he never stayed. But he liked the city. I remember the day when he visited the modern art exposition at the Grand Palais and decided on the fly to have a concert there. The tickets for the two nights were sold in less than one hour.....

[@integratedboxingsystem8827]

you should check out Prince's cover of Spanish Castle Magic and Machine Gun

[@Saturday288]

Amazing Cover. I MISS PRINCE

[@thomaskeefer5723]

What a great guitarist.

[@torinowens6103]

Damn P playing that freaking guitar! somewhere jimi Hendrix is smiling. peace &. be wild! 1love

[@dancroitoru736]

I guess JIMI is amazed....

[@viniciomicheletti4571]

Bravo prince ad eseguire questo pezzo di hendrix alla chitarra🎶🎸👍

[@rodentcafeteria]

I wish there was a video of this performance. Awesome cover!

[@Sami-ArtAus]

Jesus this is incredible. Should have millions of views. Thanks ❤️ 🇦🇺

[@orgillmathew]

He got great sound out of that simple Telecaster

[@orgillmathew]

greenmean1 I just scratch my head. Lol I don’t want to be mean.

[@bignoyz4111]

Great sounds coming from the trusty tele.

[@markhedin6764]

That Tele-shaped ax is a Hofner, I think …

[@vanl2154]

EXTRAORDINARY UNBELIEVABLE…..

[@patrickkincaide6005]

That was Amazing ! He surely had Jimi's outstanding soul brought out into that song Mmmm wow! 🤗

[@flycorvus]

God.. I've never heard about this. Prince was a great fan of Hendrix. I'm shocked.

[@neillbaxter9613]

He really was the coolest man

[@bilalaleemmuhammad2254]

I'm a Big Band of Gypsy fan and Hearing Prince play his Guitar is bringing back Hendrix to the forefront.

[@jaysarratt1979]

Amazing version of my fav Hendrix Band of Gypsys grove. "Who knows? Do you know? They don't know.. Prince knows!!!" Listen to Prince's version of Machine Gun... Out of this world!!! "I pick up my axe and fight like a farmer.."

[@gregwilliams9737]

This is awesome, thankx 4 sharing

[@GhettoGirlTravels]

Shut the front door 🚪 Oh, Hell, Yes!

[@kierancooney5663]

And I'll get me coat😂

[@zeus-mt7wx]

Prince was a Genius. Period.

[@esquibelle]

Thanks so much 4 posting ~ This rendition of B o G [Jimi, Billy Cox, Buddy Miles} is insane

[@sully3900]

What also makes this amazing is he produces his own records, sings, writes how own music, plays bass and drums with reckless abandon and is a hot as shit piano player. Very few like him.

[@congressofaborigione]

That's why they killed him.. he owned all of his material & royalties! He has even more unpublished material! Thet gave him a shot on the plane.

[@Einnor084]

im yo huckle berry YUPPERZ!!!

[@lforte3657]

NO BODY

[@ImagixStudionewengland]

@@congressofaborigione that was a frightenly quick cremation in my estimation :p

[@charlesstevens9009]

@@congressofaborigione Where's the proof "they" killed him! Conspiracy!!!

[@ronaldross3739]

In 1972 when I got out of high school before I went to Air Force thi song was the shit but it disappeared bring me back to that tume Im 67 now

[@cf6479]

Long live Buddy Miles.

[@trinabickford61]

What a badass!!

[@williamjackson6705]

Watching this on 50th anniversary of Jimi`s death. Jimi would have loved this.

[@sarawyatt606]

This is awesome. If the Prince Estate is smart, they would put out a Prince album with live masterpieces like this instead of the garbage that they’ve been putting out to date.

[@Whistler4u]

Which ones exactly? I think they're pretty solid.

[@michaeldennistooley4271]

I hear you and some would agree however there's no question there's more money to be made in what they've been putting out than covers of this. Most people ain't like our brother money runs the show ☮️🕊️

[@Sami-ArtAus]

Absolutely. That's why I stick to you tube.

[@Parseenfroo]

I could do with more of this, I love it.

[@sandrasmith7501]

Thank you for upload!

[@cato451]

Wow. Just wow.

[@taurushamilton2739]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🤦🏾‍♂️💪🏾👊🏾❤️👌🏾👌🏾🙅🏾‍♂️🙅🏾‍♂️🎸🎸🤯👍🏾🙏🏾💪🏾✊🏾👍🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾😭Rest in motha fuking Purple gott dammit!👊🏾🤘🏾👌🏾👍🏾🙅🏾‍♂️🙅🏾‍♂️🎸

[@spartako52]

The fusión of the Purple.

[@steevieel]

Great Version !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Loved It !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@roberthawkins583]

Awesome👍

[@ferromiami]

Awesome 👏

[@wolfgangwagner4484]

very good only prince can do it

[@Bluenblack17]

🙏🏼 Amen

[@gaspard3121]

what’s the matter in who covers who... the matter is who plays what!

[@198306Ms]

Maybe this is a sample of what may have been for hendrix. Miles Davis wanted to work with Jimi. Prince.....?

[@KiddSkunkadelic]

Buddy did work with Hendrix on Band Of Gypsies!!

[@brachelleon8333]

After show in Denmark, Prince.

[@victorbrown3570]

I've always felt Jimi dad han effect on Prince but it's only in the last year or so that I've found Prince covers of Hendrix' Red House, Villanova Junction and now Who Knows. That should tell us something. That said, Jimi's still my favorite musican for over 50 years.

[@SteHampson]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4CUqHufh9iGY6M

[@brachelleon8333]

MayB Prince is a reincarnation of Hendrix? Took other instruments as well. He did it all. A better musician was created. YES. It is the best musician and entertainer ever, 4 Me.

[@nicholaschacon6503]

Yeah I think Jimi would too.Remember he played a Beatles song to the Beatles ,and said it was ok as long as you don't fuck it up !

[@wilbertkendal2524]

LOL!......Beatles. G.T.F.O.H. Jimi didn't give a rats a$$ about the Beatles

[@dr.manhattan6278]

Prince Eric gales Jessie Johnson Ernie isley Eddie hazel Gary Clark Jr. They are all good guitarists, but they will forever stay trapped in the Jupiter size shadow that is *Jimi Hendrix.* In all honesty, most guitarists are caught in his shadow. But because these men are black, they immediately get put in that box. Jimi Hendrix is the greatest guitarist of all time. If you don't want to be compared to him, then find another career ✌🏿

[@dawudabdullaah6977]

You only listen to only rock, If you listened to jazz you'd know better. With a guitar in your hands, it's MUCH more difficult to figure out and play what Wes Montgomery or Pat Metheny played, than Hendrix. In fact Hendrix is a lot easier to figure.

[@karydickens7957]

The bass is incredible!

[@canaanjones1787]

Bro is there any footage of this? I mean the saxophone?! The keyboard?!?! Brilliant!!! Where is footage?!

[@robertnieten7259]

Imagine Prince and Jimi jammin' together ???

[@artfull334]

This is Great💜

[@cosmo1578]

The best.

[@RahaRo11]

Amazing. Thanks

[@glamlodge9286]

Damn this is cool.

[@johnb4024]

Add Buddy Miles and it would be perfect

[@josemarcelo666]

Gênio tocando Gênio

[@tootfromwroot]

I love all these loons who say prince wasnt this or that! As soon as someone says prince needed nobody, they all go quiet, argument lost. Haha

[@kennethhagans3585]

WoW 2 the second power or there any other covers? I know of red house and Voodo child,and cover of hendrix by Prince have 2B awesome a plesaure 2 listen 2

[@BenStrings]

The Goat 🐐

[@dogdriver70]

more!

[@integratedboxingsystem8827]

you should check out Prince's cover of Spanish Castle Magic and Machine Gun

[@島崎陽大]

unbelievable very similar sound with Jimi

[@lmurphymarie]

Fire!

[@kjetiljensen2472]

Dope

[@ThePlayboyLen]

🔥🔥🔥✌

[@DeeDee-dp9fs]

WOW 😯😯😲

[@jorgeandre5135]

😍

[@murraykane2507]

A bit like Mahogany Rush i.e. hot, clean. But Hendrix's Who Knows - another world, a much greater world than this. Greater battles, different musical palette, oceans rolling, nine gears. This is second gear, third at most. It's not about who was better, it's reality: does the sun burn hotter than the moon? The moon is lovely. I do not judge it for not burning like the sun.

[@DanC-go9lc]

Not exactly sure Mahogany Rush belongs in a conversation with Jimi Hendrix and Prince. But maybe that's the version you are most familiar with.

[@youngfly6632]

prince will always be the 2nd best guitar player in my book only beaten by Jimi Hendrix

[@VilleMaunu]

so you dont know very much about guitarists.. princes guitar playing is NOT amazing.. no style..

[@willthomas2310]

I personally have him over Hendrix imo

[@SeriousGamingNetwork]

Look up Jimmy Page, Eddie Van Halen, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Dave Gilmour or Yingwe Malmsteen

[@gaddyify]

You should Hear lead guitarist Jesse Johnson, who played with Morris Day and the Time, he's better than Prince.

[@Comanchi007]

Prince has a level of sophistication to his playing. Not all over the place and knows, more styles in my opinion. Plays more than just the guitar 😉

[@eddierobinson5082]

He did Vodoo child & he killed it..but can't find it anywhere

[@JOUA1400]

When did P perform this?

[@gaspard3121]

Antwerp - Oct 18, 2002 - soundcheck

[@AutumnExplore]

Anything Prince played live must've been worked out in advance; there's some studio versions of a lot more songs...

[@guy-gf2oe]

Fuck

[@juliusrobinson8263]

Anyone know what Album/CD this is from?

[@olivierpiegai8736]

jimihendrix.fandom.com/wiki/Who_Knows prince has no release of this song only bootlegs

[@juliusrobinson8263]

@@olivierpiegai8736 thank you!

[@louisciffer3268]

bootleg recording : Prince & The NPG 2002-10-26 - Aftershow - Copenhagen, Club Vega. Best regards from Southwestern France

[@juliusrobinson8263]

@@louisciffer3268 thank you very much for replying, stay healthy and virus free!

[@zacharypotter1991]

What concert was this from? Does anyone know?

[@brachelleon8333]

After show in Denmark

[@louisciffer3268]

@@brachelleon8333 Prince & The NPG 2002-10-26 - Aftershow - Copenhagen, Club Vega. Best regards from Southwestern France

[@brachelleon8333]

@@louisciffer3268 Yeah, got most of his bootlegs, cd releases and vinyl. Thanks man.

[@melodkeyelash]

🤯🎵🎶🤩🎵🎶

[@bluessax5089]

Marcus Anderson? Candy D? What dat on sax?

[@aGus7Yn]

esta usando una telecaster?

[@jasonsphinx8461]

An ancient spirit might be impressed. Always want to be @ concerto de Principito... Y'know, hot for TEACHER~

[@olorin4317]

3:57

[@ronaldross3739]

Mrr Dennis I dont know how old u. r but 1 day u gonna learn it all about money its about your health and people u love health money dont mean nothing ii u got terminal cancer live long enough and u see

[@wallacesimpson6478]

Give me the money true story

[@annettemigalefisher8641]

Prince went mia why????

[@echoflower5435]

With Hendrix, it's not really worth even listening to this after the original. Even with Prince or SRV.

[@hikeanrobinson3960]

ERNIE ISLEY.....ERNIE ISLEY......ERNIE ISLEY.....

[@Annye888]

Roberto ne ha fatte altre di cover che tu sappia su Hendrix?

[@gaspard3121]

Si, diverse... così a memoria: VooDoo Chile, Red House, Spanish Castle Magic, Machine Gun, probabilmente anche altre...

[@Annye888]

@@gaspard3121 grazie e sai se ne ha fatte su zappa anche ?

[@gaspard3121]

@@Annye888 da appassionato di entrambi posso tranquillamente affermare (anche se mi piacerebbe essere smentito...) che Prince non ha mai suonato brani di Zappa.

[@Annye888]

@@gaspard3121 peccato anche se piacerebbe anche a me che tu fossi ubriaco e stessi sparando stronzate 😅

[@ilbruttocheffo9953]

Ma in che concerto è?

[@kikineism]

2002 26 october in copenhaguen

[@asmallman6201]

イングヴェイといいプリンスといい直接的に影響を受けた人物を隠したがるよね。彼らのプレイにモロに表れてるのに笑

[@jeanmarc4278]

The name of this show?

[@gaspard3121]

Antwerp (B) October 18, 2002 (soundcheck)

[@jeanmarc4278]

thanx

[@louisciffer3268]

bootleg recording : Prince & The NPG 2002-10-26 - Aftershow - Copenhagen, Club Vega.

[@teresapuppo1388]

OLTRE

[@stanvanderlugt8271]

I hate the reeds in this song

[@paulcooper5748]

Prince copied hendrix constantly from dress sense the whole purple thing i saw that the first time i saw prince in the 80s.

[@purpleflowers699]

💜 Prince's look change contently from the very moment he arrived on the scene in 1977 to his untimely death. A lot of rock and funk stars dressed like that in the late 60s though out the 70s. And purple was a very popular color word use before Hendrix.💜🎸💜

[@dr.manhattan6278]

@@purpleflowers699 please don't try and separate prince from his master. Prince was a jimi Hendrix disciple. From the way he dressed to the way he played guitar.

[@purpleflowers699]

@@dr.manhattan6278 💖 I'm sorry but you're talking to a Prince historian here. I got to witness both Jimi Hendrix and Prince. Prince obviously for far longer than I did Hendrix, but as much as a lot of people focused on their superficial similarities, their differences are great. The man who discovered Prince, Chris Moon was the one who told Prince that the color purple should be associated with him, because purple is the color of royalty and his first name is Prince👑. We're not even 100% sure that purple is Prince's favorite color. Prince never actually said what his favorite color was. People just assume it because of the title of his movie Purple Rain☔. His sister said she believed his favorite color was orange🍊. Prince didn't even want to use his first name, because he was teased as a child. All the other kids used to call him Princess.👸 Prince was asked in the 80s who his favorite guitarist was, he said Carlos Santana. Prince loved Carlo's more delicate technique to playing the guitar compared to Jimi's over the top way of doing it. Prince found a way to combine those two techniques to the highest level, which is one of the many reasons I consider him to be the greatest guitarists of all time. Because of his variety of skill and technique. I know that I'm eventually going to get someone challenging that opinion, but I stand by it 1000%. Prince preferring Carlos over Jimi doesn't mean he didn't like Jimi. I like Jimi. He was an innovator who took the guitar into new directions that had never been taken before and no one can ever take that away from Jimi Hendrix, he was the first. But Prince took it even further. Maybe if Jimi had live longer that would had been him to do that, but he died way to young, like Prince eventually did. The only master Prince ever had was God. He always followed his own path, so he was not a disciple to any human being. But he did admire and study other musicians. He loved instruments, all instruments that's how he became an expert in not only the guitar, but the bass, keyboards and drums as well. Prince was always trying to out do himself, no one else.The only person who could compete with Prince...was Prince.💖🎸💖🌟💖🎤💖👑💖🎹💖

[@dr.manhattan6278]

@@purpleflowers699 And your talking to Hendrix historian. Prince realized early in his career that he was being compared to Hendrix. And like most guitarists he would deflect and say that he was more into someone else style because he didn't like being compared. But for some odd reason he was always emulating Jimi 's Style of dress, especially in the beginning and towards the end. and guitar playing style. Not Carlos Santana. I get it. You prince fanboys and girls, like to think he's a pioneer, but he's not. Since you're such a "And as far as his guitar playing goes, just ask Jessie Johnson and jellybean where his influence lies. You're not a historian, you're just a loyal fanboy.

[@purpleflowers699]

@@dr.manhattan6278 💖 Actually I worked in the entertainment industry from the mid-70s to the mid-90s. My family who had much higher level careers in the industry then I had, started in the 60s and there are still a few working in movies and sports now, so I'm far more then a fan like yourself. If Prince's interest was to deflect from someone else then why did he name Carlos Santana? He would have done what so many newcomers do and not name anyone. He didn't say that he wasn't a fan of Hendrix, he just named the person he liked the most. But I get you and what you're trying to say. When Prince was just starting it shouldn't come as a surprise that he wouldn't want to be compare with someone else. But...and this is an extremely important but. Prince had long since established himself in the music world long before he died at the age of 57. At 57 with all the recognition he has received, conveying that Jimi Hendrix was the #1 influence on him would have been something that he would have done if it was all that relevant to him or true. Since you're NOT a Prince historian I wouldn't expect you to know that Prince met Carlos before he even became well known to the public. By the time Prince became well known to the public he was already the talk of the town on the west coast by other musicians. I at times worked around Prince and some of his ex-employees from the mid-70s to the mid-90s. I'm not saying I was friends with him, but I like the two men you mentioned above are ex-employees of his. And both men are known for not being completely truthful with the circumstances back then. I heard jellybean complain about how little money Prince paid them back then a million times. Prince was not the one paying their salaries, that was Warner Bros records. Unless you're signed to a 3 or 7 year contract you are paid scale, which is the industry's form of minimum wage. The only person who was signed to a 7-year contract at the beginning was Prince. There are so many factors that are easy to sweep under the rug especially now that Prince is gone, but also because he never responded to anything that anyone said. Prince was the one who payed out of his own pocket for the things that they needed. Prince would also have to pay the record company back for all the things he needed for recording and touring. For himself as well as for the two additional bands. He never asked them to repay him for their expenses. If he had with the cost of transportation, motel accommodation, costumes and especially studio time they would of been in debt for a very very long time. They like to say he was a jerk because he was staying in hotels and riding in limousines while they were staying at cheap motels and had to take cabs. Well he could afford it and at that time and later they were at different levels in the industry. Also at that time he didn't have the money that he would have after Purple Rain. Employees later on would be able to stay in hotels. It's just sour grapes🍇 for Jessie. He's even so full of himself that he believes that Prince tried to stand in the way of him becoming successful. If that's what Prince was about then why didn't he do that to Jam and Lewis? And also didn't Jessie get a record contact when he went solo. Obviously Prince didn't stand in the way of that. Jessie didn't become successful that's on him just like the others. One of the best things to happen for Prince was for all of them to go out on their own. Prince actually made it to easy for them and because of that they automatically assumed from the moment they enter the industry that they should be at the top level that Prince was. Prince at the beginning had to stay in cheap motels and travel in a broken down car. He even had to share his motel room with his than manager and his wife. It was completely understandable why Prince had very little contact with those people throughout the years. Some people make it, some people don't that's just the way it is. I told you before that I was around to see Jimi Hendrix. The clothes you're describing him wearing was popular back then. Groups, bands, hippies just about everybody was dressing like that, lol. Jimi didn't invent that look! Maybe the headband but nothing else and Prince as far as I can remember never even wore a headband. And do you have any idea how many songs back then had the word purple in it. That was the look of the late 60s and early to mid 70s. I think the first time I saw celebrities dressing in that fashion, it was The Beatles. Prince was always changing his look. Which is evident by his album covers though the years. And him returning to the style of the afro in the last years of his life was not done so he could look like Jimi Hendrix. The afro has always been a part of our culture long before Jimi Hendrix or Prince were born. The only thing that really changed was how big could you get it in the 70s. Prince was just starting to write his biography when he passed on. In reality he never intended to write a biography. He only did it because of all the misinformation that was being put out there, so we will never know the truth about the majority of things in Prince's life. From the time he was a child to the day he died he was an extremely private person, so I was really surprised when I heard he decided to write the bio THE BEAUTIFUL ONES. I don't expect you to be educated on any true information on Prince. This is Insider information from the past. Not to mention you describe yourself as a Jimi Hendrix historian. Therefore I shouldn't expect you to know much about Prince and his musical history. Your information seems to be coming from disgruntled ex-employees, gossip, hearsay, half-truths, tabloid magazines and so-called tell-all books. You're opinion is that Prince wasn't a pioneer and you're completely entitled to your uneducated opinion, but there is a whole music industry out there that knows better. They're the ones who are educated on everything that Prince did. Not only the things in plain sight for you the public, but the contributions he's made behind the scenes that change touring and music forever. You refer to me as being a loyal Prince fan, well that's one of the highest compliments you can pay someone who is a fan of great musicianship and originality, so thank you for the compliment.💖🎸💖🎤💖🎹💖

[@rafiqueyk]

pappu yaar

[@brittlyle3523]

Nice, but even the Great Prince can't touch Jimi....

[@brachelleon8333]

4 me not thru, Prince is the master, Jimi was the teacher.

[@leo78915]

他跟jimi味道差太多了!沒有人彈得出jimi hendrix!SRV都勉強只有60分像而已!其實SRV solo比較像Albert King!其實說真的SRV味道還是蠻不像Albert king!SRV是個雜家，他從BLUES樂手學一點，又從JAZZ樂手如wes montgomery . kenny burell. chalie chrstian .Barney Kessel 等人身上抄襲一些絕活!他只是湊個大拼盤而已!

[@mykmmc]

they don't know what my baby is throwing down... prince should have listen to the song before this jam great playing they just don't know the song or forgot the riff and lyrics, to chicago players this is average

[@ethanthomas68]

mykmmc to hell with Chicago, this is Seattle meets Minneapolis son

[@wallacesimpson6478]

In the music life some days are good and some are not so great and every musician will know this as a matter of fact

[@Growinggolfing]

Prince was a way better musician than Jimi.

[@nolslifegren]

Grow up

[@Growinggolfing]

@@nolslifegren well, I just don’t prescribe to the notion that just because a dude dies young from drugs that his art becomes better. Not with music anyway. The fact is Jimi couldn’t play real well and wasn’t a good singer. Wrote some cool shit though. he should be remembered as a great songwriter. You can’t really argue that.

[@wallacesimpson6478]

@@Growinggolfing 2 different time zones point blank prince had much more technology to work with

[@brachelleon8333]

Yesss he was. 4 sure.

[@brachelleon8333]

@@wallacesimpson6478 Yess, tru. But still.