As I continue to work on my next proper post, I’m happy to share another collaborative effort I had the opportunity to participate in with popular YouTubers Prince’s Friend, Nightchild-Ethereal, and Mr. Ant. We discussed the eight main drummers Prince worked with during his career–Bobby Z, Sheila E, Michael B, Kirk Johnson, Cora Coleman-Dunham, John Blackwell, and Hannah Welton–and ranked them based on our performances. I hope you enjoy it, even if for some reason I was not looking at the camera in the first clip! Thanks to Prince’s Friend for the opportunity, and to Darling Nisi for recommending me.
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Prince’s Friend: Who was Prince’s Best Drummer – Judge’s Panel
- Post author By Zach
- Post date July 24, 2018
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By Zach
Recovering academic. Music writing at Slant, Spectrum Culture, and elsewhere. Arguably best known as the author of Dance / Music / Sex / Romance, a song-by-song chronological blog about the music of Prince.
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10 replies on “Prince’s Friend: Who was Prince’s Best Drummer – Judge’s Panel”
John Blackwell, hands down! John and Prince were tuned in together! John is the GOAT!
I love your blog! Please keep them coming!!!!👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
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you just shared the Cloreen Baconskin post… his best drummer was Morris Day. With the possible exception of mr Blackwell, the others just did not come close. 🙂
I completely agree, he should have been in the running!
I completely agree, he should have been in the running!
Listen, Morris is a beast on Cloreen but I just love Blackwell’s style!
I LOVED JOHN BLACKWELL & WATCHING HIM PLAY. I COULD SEE & FEEL HIS PASSION! 💜 HIS SOLO’S 👌🏽👍🏽👏🏽👏🏽 SADLY HE IS GONE. I WILL NEVER FORGET. HE PASSED ON MY BIRHDAY, JULY 4th. Rest in Purple Paradise John…..🙏🏽🙏🏽☝🏽💜
I do feel you❤️❤️❤️
I do feel you❤️❤️❤️
1. The is no such thing as best.
2. They all did stellar work in their time with Prince.
3. Michael Bland is a badass!! #1