Neal Schon pays tribute to Prince
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2019 9:33 pmNeal Schon pays tribute to Prince
by Paul Cashmere on June 11, 2019
Neal Schon has chosen Prince’s 61st birthday to unveil his tribute ‘Purple Rain’ off his upcoming Universe album.
http://www.noise11.com/news/neal-schon- ... e-20190611
Schon’s album was produced by Narada Michael Walden and will be released in August.
The full version of ‘Purple Rain’ is available now.
Neal Schon | Honoring and Remembering PRINCE ön his Birthday. See article below by Rick Barron
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... ILuGU16bg8
Honoring and Remembering PRINCE ön his Birthday with my guitar soaring high to heaven and carrying his spirit and music on . His music lives forever..Download this the 1st track PURPLE RAIN from UNIVERSE as my gift to all of You.
"Prince, pancakes and Journey guitar riffs at 4 am.... late eighties and I am sitting with Prince on the floor in his apartment at Paisley Park. We’ve listened to Joni Mitchell, Peter Gabriel and I notice a worn Journey Escape record in his collection. Surprised I turned to him and said “Never took you for a Journey fan”. He gave me that doe eyed look that always made me uncomfortable and said: “Neal Schon is one of my favorite guitarists on the planet, he is a genius.”
I thought it only fitting that Neal would return the respect by playing a fiery, inspired version of “Purple Rain”. Having worked for Prince for the last few years of his life Neal’s beautiful interpretation makes the loss of the colossal talent of “P” a little less sad. They are each prodigy’s that have woven themselves into the fabric of our lives and our lives are richer as a result"
Rick Barron
by Paul Cashmere on June 11, 2019
Neal Schon has chosen Prince’s 61st birthday to unveil his tribute ‘Purple Rain’ off his upcoming Universe album.
http://www.noise11.com/news/neal-schon- ... e-20190611
Schon’s album was produced by Narada Michael Walden and will be released in August.
The full version of ‘Purple Rain’ is available now.
Neal Schon | Honoring and Remembering PRINCE ön his Birthday. See article below by Rick Barron
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... ILuGU16bg8
Honoring and Remembering PRINCE ön his Birthday with my guitar soaring high to heaven and carrying his spirit and music on . His music lives forever..Download this the 1st track PURPLE RAIN from UNIVERSE as my gift to all of You.
"Prince, pancakes and Journey guitar riffs at 4 am.... late eighties and I am sitting with Prince on the floor in his apartment at Paisley Park. We’ve listened to Joni Mitchell, Peter Gabriel and I notice a worn Journey Escape record in his collection. Surprised I turned to him and said “Never took you for a Journey fan”. He gave me that doe eyed look that always made me uncomfortable and said: “Neal Schon is one of my favorite guitarists on the planet, he is a genius.”
I thought it only fitting that Neal would return the respect by playing a fiery, inspired version of “Purple Rain”. Having worked for Prince for the last few years of his life Neal’s beautiful interpretation makes the loss of the colossal talent of “P” a little less sad. They are each prodigy’s that have woven themselves into the fabric of our lives and our lives are richer as a result"
Rick Barron