How can U just leave me standing? ...in search of Prince Rogers Nelson.

INTRO 3mins - Childhood years, growing up and the effects of the Civil Rights movement 5mins - A 3-year old child fascinated by records spinning in a jukebox 6mins - Pete Seeger, Rock n Roll and the 'scratchy 45s'...and then soul music comes along. 7mins30s - James Brown! 'The composite of everything I'd liked in music...' 9mins - Career memoir coming out in November 2026... "It's got to be funky: my life in music" 10min30s - "Questlove calls me the Forrest Gump of the Funk..." 12mins - "Get the James Brown guy..." 14mins30s - Any particular qualities that kept Alan in the game when times got tough? 20mins - First exposure to James Brown the man, as opposed to the artist? 23mins - A (very) brief stint with Kool & The Gang...   29mins - JB meets the Black Panther Party...and continues to hold court. 31mins30s - Processed hair out - Afro in... 'hugely significant at that time'. 34mins - Harder working than even James Brown?? 'What makes you say that?' 35mins30s - When Prince wanted to record, he just went downstairs... 37mins - Was Prince's obsession with music unhealthy at a point? "There's got to be other things in his life that'll suffer...but who am I to say?" 40mins - Prince was the diametric opposite personality type to James Brown. 42mins30s - Alan joins Prince mid-way through the 1999 'Triple Threat' Tour...and all is not well. 47mins30s - Alan finds he's dressed like an accountant, or the tax man? 51mins30s - Every tour has 'one of those nights...this was one of those nights'. 54mins30s - Malfunctions on-stage, conspire to create a huge anti-climax on 'Baby I'm A Star'...! 58mins - Alan has to rally the troops, a storm is coming. 60mins - Alan is summoned to see Prince in his room for a de-brief...before sharing news the artist doesn't want to hear. 64mins - Prince and his team fly to Dallas to watch the Jacksons Victory Tour. 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRO 2mins - Prince's High School days and local Talent Shows with Cousin Chazz Smith 3mins30s - Mark Brown (aka BrownMark) discusses growing up in Minneapolis, the club scene and a 'sense of segregation'. 5mins30s - Author and Journalist Neal Karlen shares his memories of Minneapolis in the late 1970s, and Prince's childhood mischief. 9mins - Chazz and Prince go exploring in the local neighbourhoods on the lookout for musicians and band members...they meet future New Power Generation member Sonny Thompson along the way. 15mins - First Manager Owen Husney talk about the 'original Prince'. "He was just a kid, he was 18 when I met him...he took the bus to my house."   17mins30s - "I realised what had to be done for him. He was just a guy from North Minneapolis...as much as I admired his talent, I knew he was vulnerable." 19mins - "Controversy creates awareness...", Owen and Prince prepare to do anything to get attention, studying P.T. Barnum and Colonel Tom Parker along the way. 22mins - Understanding the magic required to be a star. "He could see down the tunnel, he knew how talented he was..." 23mins30s - Guitar tech and Luthier Dave Rusan talks about his experience trying out for a very early version of Prince's group... at Del's Tire Mart. 29mins30s - Meeting Prince for the first time, as a cook in a local Minneapolis restaurant, and cooking him pancakes. "He looked like a rock star." 31mins30s - Dr. Casci Ritchie on The Life and Legacy of Prince's Fashion. "It's one of my favourite eras of Prince to look at, because he's really messy...and there's a relatability to it." 35mins - "He is figuring out things. He was always borrowing people's clothes." Prince obsesses about borrowing keyboardist Gayle Chapman's boots. 37mins - Founding member of The Revolution Lisa Coleman discusses her teenage years, how she got the gig, and came to meet Prince. "It sounds a bit like Introverts anonymous!" 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

Intro 2mins - Catching up with Mayte, an eruption of rescue dogs... and a strict pet policy in the UK. 5mins - Mayte's motivation for the recent TEDx Talk 'Love Without Words: from Prince's stage to animal rescue.' 7mins30s - The need for silence in a modern age, and the silent language. 9mins - What were the main lessons from Mum & Dad? "They were very supportive, as a dancer..." 11mins30s - Independence as a teenager, and fame as a child and as a young woman, with proud parents... "I had a cheque-book at 8!" 15mins - "Being Puerto Rican, they would always ask me, are you white or you black?" Belonging, and proving your worth growing up. 16mins - Being on Prince's payroll as an employee...and assuming it was only ever going to be one project. 'You're doing all the dancing.' 19mins - Funk Nights with The NPG... who would be the wildest? The brown bag tour. 22mins - Borrowing Mayte's mascara, clothing and pulling it off! 24mins - Prince's women and the secret codes... 25mins - Mayte considering another book... ' 27mins - Sam asks Mayte about The Prince Estate, 'not a lot of communication right now...', and her feelings on the vault recordings. 27mins30s - "My measurements were the code to the safe..." 29mins - Memories of Prince in the recording studio...Chaos & Disorder. 31mins30s - Prince's inability to stop. 'For me it was a shock...'. Having to leave Paisley Park, after being around Prince from aged 17 to aged 25. 32mins - Finding a new role after leaving Prince's Paisley Park world, as an actor. 37mins30s - Philanthropic work and the future? Live4Love charities. 43mins - Final thoughts on Prince - 'people don't realise how short life is...' 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRO2mins30s - Did Jason get to hear any of the tracks in advance (of the Diamonds & Pearls super deluxe)?4mins - Prince's punk period in the 90s, and creating a lot of interesting things...comic books, stage-shows and pressing his own CDS.5mins30secs - From a Gett Off vinyl DJ pressing to The Undertaker on VHS, an artist begins to rebel.7mins - Prince has to find other avenues to get his music out...8mins30s - Jeff Gold, and the hologram cover!11mins - Sam has a bit of fun with Jason Draper!! What are his favourite tracks? Jason talks New Jack Swing...13mins30s - Jason and Sam talk about the amazing Glam Slam live gig on D&P Deluxe14mins30s - The countdown clock...16mins - Sam's sympathy for sound engineers.17mins - Jason would love to work on more projects, related to his favourite artists - 'living the dream'20mins - The Piano & Microphone show, could that be released... 'the fact that we missed out on that, in the UK, still kills me to this day.'21mins - Sam talks about the morning tickets went on sale in the UK via Ticketmaster.22mins - ...the Love 4 One Another room, Celebration #1: Prince plays bass on America - video is played from the DJ booth24mins - Prince plays on Act II tour in Edinburgh: discussing track lists from 'live shows [which] are a gold mine'.26mins - Working in McDonald's in Plymouth, and missing Prince in Hammersmith on the One Nite Alone tour...  27mins - Getting close to Prince at the Koko show in Camden...memories of the show, and of Shepherd's Bush - 'he sent hot chocolate down the queue'!31mins - Tina Turner Private Dancer re-issue project - Jason's editorial role for Warners, and speaking to Holly Knight, co-writer of The Best and some of Private Dancer's songs.33mins - Tina has to change behind a shower curtain in the Rivoli Ballroom in South London, for the Private Dancer video.35mins - Jason's Instagram, and his work on David Bowie projects.38mins - "Hope I've done justice to Bowie's career...", across 2 magazines.40mins - What does the future hold for Jason? 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRO2mins30s - "What led you to have the career you've had?" 25 years ago, Jason tells a friend at University that no one is going to give him money to be a music journalist.4mins - "Finding a pathway to doing what I wanted to do..." Jason looks for work experience on Music monthlies, and picks up first freelance work at Record Collector.6mins - Parents musical taste - 'were they big music lovers?'7mins - Kids in Plymouth weren't listening to Kid Creole & The Coconuts...! Bowie, Beck and Prince being the Father, the Son & the Holy Ghost.9mins30s - Was Prince in your mind (as a subject to write about)? 'I was 8 when Diamonds & Pearls came out, and my Mum had the cassette in the car...'13mins - checking out Prince, making the connection to Beck, Sly Stone amd borrowing his friend's Dad's Sign O The Times VHS14mins30s - How did Jason get from being a Post-Graduate student to writing books on Prince?17mins - From the Record Collector to the Rough Guide to Prince (Pitching on 'Prince is going to turn 50 this year')18mins - Jason discusses the publication of his Prince books and their re-issues.21mins45secs - Favourite interviews in Prince world? Lives of the musicians... Covid-era interviews with Mayte, 3rd Eye Girl and others.26mins - Was Prince aware of the books you were writing? "He became aware after the fact..."29mins - How did Jason get to work on the D&P liner notes? "I think The Estate knew who I was at that point..."31mins - A different approach: Four to five writers discuss Diamonds & Pearls from their own perspective and angle.35mins - What is Jason's view of The Prince Estate, having worked for big record labels in the past?39mins - What's the biggest challenge to protect Prince's legacy? "The biggest challenge is to keep Prince's audience growing..." 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRO2mins30s - To what extent was Emancipation a high personal project for Prince and/or the album he was 'born to make'.3mins30s - A rare apology from Prince...5mins30s - Prince and the elders: Chaka Khan, Larry Graham & Maceo Parker. How did the dynamic change when his heroes were around?7mins - Nobody's touching that guitar!? But nobody's saying no to The Queen!12mins - Chaka clips Prince's wings on tour...but also wows Hans in the studio.15mins - What does Hans think Prince's legacy is...and what should it be?16mins - "Where are we going to put him in 50-60 years time?"19mins - Stuck between the rock star pop God and the later Guerrilla dude...20mins - Will there be as much interest in the late 90s period Prince cannon?21mins - Why did Hans part company with Prince? "I'm a big believer in, quit while you're ahead..."22mins30s - "At the end I kind of became cynical..."23mins30s - From great coffee to typing album lyrics...25mins - "Prince was like a combination between Mozart, Charlie Chaplin and Michael Corleone"26mins - Did Hans like The Rainbow Children?27mins - Good times in 2026 and the power to say no, as learned from 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRO2mins30s - Did Prince ever try to persuade Hans to join him on the road?4mins - Were you aware that you were working on Prince's first acoustic album 'The Truth' at the time?10mins - Any reason why Prince chose to do an acoustic album? Hans explains the Ani Di Franco influence.14mins - Prince, Boys II Men, and 90s RnB.16mins - The stuff that lit Hans' candle!18mins - Learning the art of the sequence from Prince...21mins - Working on the mythical 1990s version of the Crystal Ball project...and going down to the Vault, being watched by Security.25mins - Working on the Crystal Ball edits, and Hans honing his production skills.28mins - Working on the 3-disc Emancipation set, as five to six tracks don't make the cut. 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRO2mins30s - Hans' musical family background7mins - 'Made for immersive' music, and the ability to listen anywhere...on any headphones9mins - Rave 2000 5.1 mix!  11mins - Catching lightning in a bottle vs sound quality14mins - Prince's sound guys had it tough?18mins - Minneapolis radio, and the programming in New York20mins - How did Hans come to be on Prince's radar? Living and working in Minneapolis.21mins - Hans works in the studio where Nirvana In Utero was recorded, cleaning up after them...23mins - Did you reach out to Prince or did he reach out to you??25mins - Which engineer did you take over from at Paisley Park?27mins - Prince School!30mins - Were you nervous working for Prince initially?33mins - Memories of pleasing the boss...by fixing his console.37mins - Biggest life lesson from Prince?39mins30s - Any questions you wish someone had asked you about Prince?Join us in part 2 when we discuss acoustic album The Truth, Crystal Ball and Prince's three album set Emancipation.  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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRO2mins - Working on Andy Allo's material...and two horn sections in the mix!4mins - "Regular is not a word I would ever use about Prince...he was very mysterious and difficult to read. But he understood how to be a leader."8mins30s - Getting the group to be performance ready in Paisley Park.  11mins30s - Phil talks about Prince's former drummer Michael Bland.13mins - Sound engineers and Prince's unique approach to onstage monitors. "We all put ear-plugs in otherwise we were going to go deaf!!"17mins - Phil's luggage goes missing, the story of the White Suit at Montreux...22mins - Meeting his wife Josephine at a Prince gig in Curacao.24mins30s - Favourite live moment with Prince?30mins - Reflecting on the end of an amazing career...going down in history as a great musician and bandleader.33mins - Cassandra playing a leadership role in Prince's band, and the underrated nature of great musicians.35mins - Big City, an arrangement of Mutiny in the Vault and working with Nik West on Hair.36mins - When The Wooten Brothers played at Paisley Park...39mins30s - https://philthyfunk.com/ - PhilLassiter.com - https://www.instagram.com/philiplassitermusic/ 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRO2mins - Developing a sound and working with major artists3mins30s - A love of music that developed in childhood in a church background. 'I learned to read music in school, but I learned to play in Church.'6mins - Music programme at St Louis with wind ensembles, marching and jazz bands. 'That was really a big step for me...'7mins45s - Listening to Christian versions of what was on the radio. 'I was influenced by some good music...'8mins30s - New Orleans music 'was always there...'10mins - The battle between the sacred and the profance, God vs The Devil?10mins45s - Ultimately, where has Phil's love of music come from?12mins - The importance of music teachers, and their approach...13mins30s - What Phil's kids are listening to... 'funk'?16mins - Teaching and further studies20mins - Having an open-mindedness in music.22mins - Meeting extraordinary musicians in Texas including the 'cats' in the jazz clubs.25mins - Working on strings for Ariana Grande...and for Roberta Flack.29mins30s - What's the difference between a musician and an arranger?32mins - Making the connection to Prince via Gospel...in 2012.36mins - Working on purple projects behind the scenes, while struggling financially.38mins - Flying to Paisley...40mins - Crossing paths with Andy Allo... 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRO2mins30s - Working on two albums with Meshell NdegeOcello... 'I respected her greatly'4mins30s - Lisa talks about ambitions that remain for the rest of her career - 'I'm always trying things, because I have a limited technical ability'6mins - Working with Annie Lennox, and hoping to release an album soon!8mins - Feeling frustrated by politics, racism and the extreme brutality in the world...Lisa's social media presence and activism.11mins - What would Prince be doing, and what would he make of the times we're living in right now?15mins - '...he couldn't be that vulnerable, the older he got, the harder it was to change...'16mins - Carousel, and Power Fantastic...The Revolution 'were all in different rooms in the house...'18mins30s - Prince second guessing himself...? 'It should have gone on forever...'20mins - "Do you remember your last conversation with Prince?"21mins - The 21st April... and Sometimes It Snows In April...26mins - 'I've been blessed, this life has been great to me...'28mins - The Coleman and Melvoin family influence on Around The World In A Day....  30mins - "Keep sharing the pieces you do - sharing footage of your hands..."31mins30s - Finding old cassettes in the attic...Venus de Milo (long)33mins - "You just put a bit of magic out into the world...!34mins - Solo album, would you ever perform it... and will The Revolution go back out on the road again? 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRODUCTION - 2mins2mins30s - Bootleg tapes begin to circulate at High School3mins30s - Lisa remembers recording All My Dreams at Sunset Sounds...5mins - Steiner School Highland Hall recitals and morning prayers make it on to unreleased songs with Prince7mins - 'Sometimes we hurt each others feelings...and it meant a lot to me. There was always some kind of repair immediately afterwards.'  10mins - Rehearsals and cassette decks in the studio... 'I just found 4 boxes!'11mins30s - Purple Rain 'it got bigger than we thought... we didn't expect it to become the mainstream, it was our version of alternative...'16mins - The incredible well-spring of creativity taking place in 1985 with Prince, the Purple Rain tour, Around the World In a Day and Parade!18mins30s - Prince seeks sanctuary, in the confines of the recording studio with The Revolution...20mins30s - Any regrets looking back, about what could have been released? 'We were headed in this really interesting direction at that time...'23mins30s - Sam asks Lisa if it's true that Prince re-recorded all of the Around the World In a Day album close to release?25mins - Prince's bodyguards are drafted in to join the group as backing singers and dancers, as The Revolution band swells to double its original size.27mins - Swapping musical ideas with Prince, conversations about classical music with Lisa...and listening to Bolero.29mins30s - A shared love and appreciation of Joni Mitchell's music...'it turns out that he and Andre used to listen to Joni when they were kids.'31mins - 'Prince didn't listen to The Beatles at all...' Lisa explains why!32mins - After The Parade... 'I think we were both shell-shocked...'34mins - Getting back together briefly in the new millennium...'there was that high', and getting onstage at The Brit Awards. 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRO2mins - Waldorf Salad in the early 1970s3mins30s - Making music as a child with friends and neighbours5mins - Born into music while growing up in Los Angeles7mins - Early musical memories8mins - Dissonance / discordance in music10mins - Prince's Pop Life...'those chords...it's almost the wrong note every time!'12mins - 'He knew I had that weird ear.' and Sometimes it snows in April14mins - Learning Bach on the piano as a child, and 'unlocking something'17mins - Meeting Wendy Melvoin for the first time...20mins - 'Our steel mill was the recording studio...', and synthesisers in the 1970s.23mins - Hearing about Prince for the first time, and flying out to Minneapolis to meet him.25mins - Lisa on being really shy as a teenager...and feeling her way.28mins - The Dirty Mind era, and Head....'from Bach to this!'30mins - "Station Wagons and vans, with our amps in the back, it was down and dirty!"32mins - Living, and growing with, Prince...'there was a lot to adapt to.'35mins - Things started to change...38mins - "Prince is still with me, and I think of him every day. I loved that guy..." 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRO2mins - Prince's working methods, a remarkable ability to complete songs...but also dip into his vault of recordings4mins - Was Sign O The Times the last time that Prince didn't second guess himself artistically?6mins - Prince's talent for mentoring musicians and artists across the board vs Madonna and MJ working with established producers and stars.7mins30s - The mythology of The Crystal Ball project - did the world lost a masterpiece?9mins - Q: What would you change about the album Sign 'O' The Times?10mins - Unreleased tracks creating a huge amount of mystique...12mins - Quirky stories about Prince - some made the book, some didn't...13mins - Appreciation of the album as a format - Beyoncé & Taylor Swift.14mins - Not just mystery and myth - the most self actualised popstar of all time, and the ultimate editor.16mins30s - Michael Jackson's trucks readying themselves to roll into Paisley Park? Prince planning ballet lessons?18mins - Are there parallels between 1999 and Sign O The Times as Prince solo projects?21mins - Creative mountain tops...and a food fight between The Time and The Revolution.22mins30s - First concert at Birmingham NEC on the Nude Tour 1990, and going to MPLS and Paisley Park for a birthday present.23mins30s - Memories of great shows - 'treat him like a new artist...when you see him'.26mins - Who does John want to reach - ambitions for his book?29mins30s - Did Prince exist in a unique moment of time and circumstance? And staying rooted in Minneapolis.31mins30s - The importance of Oakland, California on Prince's sound.33mins - What is the legacy of Sign O The Times, album and concert film?34mins30s - Beverley Knight's favourite track...and SOTT being a singers record 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRO2mins - Just back from seeing the concert movie from 1987 in London, lovingly restored on IMAX screens3mins - "For me Sign O The Times is the high watermark..."5mins - Living out a dream at Smash Hits & Q Magazine, as editor...after starting out in music writing and journalism.7mins - How the book came to be written...John reflects on Prince saying goodbye to a successful band, relationships changing around him, and a triple album is scheduled.  9mins - "If I was Director General of the BBC I would have Sign O The Times on every Christmas!" And being jealous of people seeing the Sign O The Times concert movie for the first time.11mins30mins - Wanting to make a much broader book about Prince's career "I don't really know the guy that made this record..."15mins - Prince's competitiveness but also his love of sports, and turning the hurt of childhood into something positive, life fulfilling and an inspiration to millions.17mins - 'Sunset Sounds [recording studio] is like its own character in the book...', the cream of 1980s pop and rock play basketball with each other in the courtyard.20mins - Prince, before and after 1987...22mins - "Do you have a different feeling about Prince now? Having written the book..." And banning the word 'genius'.24mins - Viewing Prince with a critical eye...'are you a fan or are you a journalist?'26mins - Sam goes on a quest to find Prince...29mins - The artist not being self-critical... 'well, good for Prince...'30mins30s - Not playing the entertainment industry game. 'When everyone else zigged, he zagged...'Tune in for part 2 when we discuss John's favourite Prince stories in the book, the Crystal Ball project, Minneapolis, and the legacy of Sign O The Times, the album and movie... 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

Intro2mins - French influences in '85/86 and Prince's love of Nice and Paris5mins - How much warning would you get before Prince arrived in Paris?6mins30s - Anna Fantastic comes to stay...9mins - Gathering photos of the Prince universe along the way...11mins - Why the relationship came to an end, Prince moves to Spain and Sophie has a child.13mins - Seeing Prince in concert in the late 90s, the last time Sophie talked to Prince.15mins - A special invite to a very special day...17mins30 - Sophie remembers where she was in her life when Prince passed away...20mins - Prince: ICON book23mins - A cat called Diva25mins - Nice to be back in London, meeting Paddy and Steve at the Iconic Images Gallery.27mins - Sophie's favourite Prince songs... 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

PART 2 - Sophie Roux talks to Sam BleazardINTRO2mins45secs - Were you nervous? Landing in Paris - just before Prince - to look after this apartment. 'I was a little nervous...but it was something special.'3mins30secs - Any initial instructions on arrival?6mins - Sophie tells us about her first interactions with Prince in Paris...7mins30secs - Sophie's main responsibilities in Paris, from Basketball courts to fashion shows to video shoots... and back again!11mins - Night-clubs, new places and Prince asks Sophie to dance... on many occasions!15mins30s - In a happy mood on the Lovesexy tour, and reviewing the footage...18mins - Sam asks Sophie about famous nights after hours at The New Morning (concert hall).21mins - Favourite concert moments...24mins - Taking a famous photo of Prince in 1988, which went on to be displayed in the Iconic Images Gallery in London recently.29mins - Preview to Part 3 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

Sophie Roux interview PART 1INTRO2mins - Where did Sophie's artistic journey begin...and how did she come to specialise in set and costume design?5mins - a first sighting of Prince in Nice 1985...6mins - Asking, and then getting to work on, Under The Cherry Moon...with local, and American crews11mins - Designing elements for the UTCM film, including the logo, and getting to know Prince's work better.15mins - Meeting Alan Leeds, Marie-France and other members of the band22mins - America video shoot! A hot night in the Theatre de Verdure...24mins - The journey to becoming Prince's personal assistant...26mins - Sophie's birthday at the Warehouse in February 1987 in MPLS...with ping pong and cake!28mins - Back to Paris France, via Phoenix, Arizona and Mexico...JOIN US IN PART 2 when we talk to Sophie about living in Prince's Parisien property for 10 years, and all of the many amazing experiences she had in that time... 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

PART 22mins30s - The Paisley Park studios summer music festival 'Celebration' in 20007mins - Prince having extraordinary vision, and being the hardest working person in the building.10mins - Prince asks Steve very personal Qs, on naming his son and his spirituality...13mins30s - A Jeep or a BMW??14mins - A very magical moment with Prince...18mins30s - Acoustic Prince19mins45s - The recording of One Nite Alone, hearing the grand piano...and doves in the atrium...22mins - Photographing Prince in the open air and countryside of Minneapolis26mins - A moment of realisation, and a parting of the ways after 13 years...34mins - The human toll of a long career... Steve's observations.38mins - Celebration #1: family members stop by at a dance party at Paisley Park...?39mins30s - Jellybean Johnson being supportive...and being inspired by a cousin's hairstyle...42mins30s - Prince: ICON photo exhibition and book, how it all came together48mins30s - What does Steve think Prince's lasting legacy will be?50mins - Having a unique segment of time, that wasn't purely about 'the music'...and opportunities beyond your wildest dreams.52mins - 'He believed in people and pushed you beyond what you thought you could do for yourself...'53mins30s - Cancel culture and public figures. 'Having a perspective on someone's entire life is important...'58mins - The Prince Estate - projects past and present... 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRO2mins30secs - how do you get from being a teenager on the school bus with your friends, with dreams of rock stars, to actually being at Paisley Park working as Art Director for Prince?7mins - Coming up with a set design in 3 hours! 9mins30s - Coming full circle with Prince's best friend at High School, Andre Cymone...11mins30s - Lovesexy t-shirt made in a hotel room - but how to get Prince's likeness...??14mins - Three different Princes...? '...he could be tough with the musicians...'17mins - "He expected so much more from himself..."18mins - Being brought out to work on The Gold Experience, and 'being thrown right into the fire'19mins - Working 120 hours a week...and being asked to move out to Minneapolis. Then saying no!23mins - Coping mechanisms. 'I think everyone's relationship with him was different...'25mins - ...how Prince motivated Steve, and swapping music with your idol.33mins30s - Next assignment - being flown to Birmingham to paint Prince's eyes, having no passport in London and Graffiti Bridge...38mins - Re-doing the artwork and Salvador Dali ideas... 43mins - Support networks in Paisley Park...'it was like a big family...' 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

In part 2 - we talk to Omar about the ownership of his work and masters, his many creative outlets, the resurgence of vinyl, being a vessel for music, spirituality and carrying the torch for a new generation.2mins - Ownership of master tapes and adapting to the music industry as is now5mins - Playing smaller venues, and keeping connected to communities... "where Prince was doing his after parties - that was where I was doing my gigs..."7mins - Dabbling in acting, starring in BBC1s EastEnders and additional creative outlets8mins30s - Writing for other people... Should've Known Better by Mica Paris9mins - Collaborations with other artists - Leon Ware; Lamont Dozier; Syreeta Wright; Common; Erykah Badu; Kele Le Roc; Terri Walker; Angie Stone9mins45s - Working with his brother Scratch Professor11mins - Re-releasing earlier albums on vinyl?13mins - Other things Omar wants to achieve, and live vs the studio15mins30s - Favourite Stevie Wonder moments musically...Venue Fly Trap and The Bug16mins30s - New album on limited vinyl - with monthly releases in 202518mins30s - Back in the US on tour for the first time in many years...but also seeing precious family members20mins - Being a vessel for music...as a spiritual thing?22mins - Testing songs out on the radio, Little Boy?23mins - Re-recording an anthem...There's Nothing Like This...26mins - Making parents proud and emerging talents on the scene...28mins - Surviving the lockdown, earning money, and a new relationship with social media29mins30s - Streaming live performances, and working on various projects30mins30s - Passing the artistic baton on... 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRO2mins - Learning his craft as a child, and a musical education, culminating at The Guildhall School of Music.3mins - Always being comfortable with music as a craft...and having to choose over football.4mins - First Omar composition...at 14?5mins30s - Scholarship vs a record deal...6mins - Music theory vs feel...7mins - Things Omar's Dad taught him about music.8mins30s - The Talkin' Loud Acid Jazz scene in London in the early 90s10mins - Having longevity11mins30s - Maintaining a unique sound...and a new album - Omar's 9th14mins - Not feeling burdened by the musical prodigy tag15mins - Influences, Ohio Players, family and the music that shaped Omar.  15mins30s - learning Level 42 bass lines as a teenager16mins - Collaborating with legends in the music business...18mins - Hanging out with Stevie Wonder in London20mins - Favourite Prince tracks22mins - Best By Far?23mins - Orchestral sounds, Philly Soul and peer respect27mins - not courting the mainstream 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRO to Charles1mins30s - Reflections on Lincoln Junior High School, with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis2mins - Knocking on local doors in the neighbourhood just to listen3mins - Hanging out in Sonny T's basement, and studying him3mins30s - The MPLS drum beat: did Charles teach Prince? And influences...4mins45s - MPLS fashions for young teens, dressing like Carlos Santana5mins30s - Local schoolfriend Andre, starts out on saxophone, but is asked to play bass...6mins30s - Having the same confidence of Prince7mins - Getting the drum set in the bedroom7mins45s - ...going to Seventh Day Adventist Church, but also Allstar Wrestling!9mins - Going to the Sly & The Family show in MPLS11mins - Prince's report cards and high school talent show notes!13mins - The roots of the tree13mins30s - Prince always wanted to be a 'badass musician'14mins30s - Going to Prince's Dad's house - being immaculate and coming from a military background15mins - 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 music17mins45s - You let John play... and  2 different versions of The Horse With No Name19mins - 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 organ22mins - Charles Facebook post: Prince's school report in 196723mins30s - Charles Grandmother tells him that Prince is going to do something really special25mins - 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRO2mins30secs - 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. shows7mins45s - 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

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 online5mins - Tamar's passion as an educator7mins - 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 Keys12mins - 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 Awards22mins - "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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRO2mins - 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRO2mins20s - 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 You29mins - 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRO2mins - The Dirty Mind era, the Prince persona begins to form, riding the New Wave...and that Trench Coat!3mins - The 1979 period and working with costume designers...7mins30s - The second punk period: Slave and the 1990s10mins - Veils and Masking - the Exodus Has Begun...11mins30s - Count The Days, style signifiers and finely tuned 'unconventional tailoring' in the new millennium15mins30s - Art Official Age, moving away from tailored garments with age...and softer fabrics, kinder to the body18mins - Memories of Lovesexy posters in Virgin Megastore in Edinburgh20mins - Casci's sartorial take Lovesexy...and Prince's working wardrobe department at Paisley Park21mins30s - "Prince in Polka Dots is just perfection..."23mins - Working with very well known designers?25mins - First concert costing £31.21 pence... getting the Mega Bus down from Galashiels to the O2 and 'getting my first tattoo in Camden'31mins - Legacy as a fashion icon, 'his influence is all encompassing', and Prince's passing...crying with Mum and blaring his music on the double-decker bus.33mins - Prince's influence on other artists and fans around the world.34mins - Thank You  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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRO2mins - First memories of Prince, and standing next to the TV...feeling the static from Gett Off! Listening to Prince's Hits cassette in the Green Mondeo.4mins - Born in the year of Lovesexy!5mins - When did you realise that Prince's work could become a lifetime pursuit? "First and foremost I'm a fan...". Obsessed with John Waters, Pee Wee Herman and Bette Davis too. 'Eccentric, creative and fabulous people'.6mins - Seeing Purple Rain at 14 and getting into fashion. "Prince was always on my mood board."7mins30s - Studying Prince for years as an independent researcher alongside work...'when you do a PhD it's just the beginning of your research.'9mins30s - 'The idea of Prince & Fashion, with a focus on the labour aspect and fan culture as well...'11mins30s - What's going on with the Prince of the late 1970s? Casci unpacks the different sartorial elements. 'Very typical of a young adult finding themselves...through dress.'14mins - Prince's experiments in fashion, thrift stores, borrowing, wearing women's clothing...17mins - 'Becoming Prince': The Beautiful Ones book, and understanding elements of Prince's early imagination and dress-sense. The influence of his parents, musicians in North Minneapolis...and getting dressed to the 9s in the 1970s.22mins - Heroes and influences...23mins - Make Up.26mins - World Building...'in a world called Fantasy'30mins - Prince's female kinship. 'He surrounded himself with incredible women...and loved female energy.' Sly Stone's fashion, and James Brown's performances...expressing sexuality and sensuality. 'He liked the way particular fabrics felt on his body...' 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

PART 2: Talking Prince....INTRO - Can you remember the first track of Prince that you heard...?3mins - Rhonda Smith, and inspiration from female bass players7mins - Nik West's Favourite Prince bass line?8mins30s - Alphabet Street & This Is Not Music, This Is A Trip...11mins - Daisy Chain: Prince and Larry Graham14mins - Paisley Park, practicing in the hotel room and jamming with Prince15mins30s - Talking solo careers with Prince17mins30s - Recording with Prince and unfinished projects19mins30s - In what ways was Prince not like you expected?22mins - Going back to his musical origins and Prince taking inspiration from younger musicians...27mins - Advice to young girls in the world of social media?30mins - Where does Nik draw her style influences from?32mins - Nik's feeling on Prince's legacy...35mins - Nothing Compares to Prince shows in Australia with St Paul Peterson38mins - What's next for Nik? She shares exclusive news on a new project! 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRO2mins - Nik talks about her Cotton Candy World Tour and playing at The Jazz Cafe in London4mins - Shredding with lead guitarist Joey and why chemistry is so important to the band dynamic5mins30s - learning guitar from her Dad at an early age6mins45s - Playing gospel music by the Clark Sisters9mins30s - Use of bright colours, a distinct visual style and being everything that you are...'the class clown'11mins - is there a separation between superhero bass player Nik West, and Nik West offstage as a mum and an everyday person?13mins - How did Nik come to meet (and work with) bass hero - and inventor of slap bass - Larry Graham14mins30s - Recording with Larry Graham20mins - Career and playing advice from Larry: valuing space in music, being yourself and letting your tribe find you...24mins - Supporting George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic!29mins - Creating a career your way and being very independent in the music industry.30mins - Black Beauty, working with Dave Stewart from the Eurythmics and auditioning in the music industry. 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRO2min - Do you have a most cherished Prince related possession (from the 9 years you worked together)? "I joke with my friends that I only buy vinyl with my name on it!"4mins - Biggest 'pinch-me' moments working with Prince...? 3121 era, cherished memories.6mins30s - Which kind of people engaged Prince best behind the scenes?7mins30s - Prince and his heroes...and a fierce competitive streak.8mins - Memories of the Musicology tour, Sam's favourite shows.10mins - When did you last speak to Prince?11mins - Where were you, when you heard...14mins - View of The Prince Estate and posthumous releases overall17mins - What was it like getting tapes in the post from Prince??17mins30s - Any tracks that you personally heard for the first time that blew you away?19mins - Studio version of Prince & The Band22mins - What's the piece of work that you're proudest of?23mins - The creative process of working with Prince26mins - NPG Ahdio Shows31mins30s - DJing on Twitch: how does it work?33mins - Prince album battles! Lovesexy vs The Black Album...Cindy C vs Alphabet Street??36mins30s - Legacy 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRO2mins30s - Growing up in Chicago Illinois4mins - Pursuing a career in the Web back in the mid 90s..."it was an interesting time, it was kind of like the Wild West"5mins30s - Nona Gaye & The Beautiful Experience6mins30s - Finding all of the other Prince fans on the internet via online communities...and organising parties at the Berlin club in Chicago9mins - When did Sam first have contact with Prince? Fans coming together on a 'community project'...and AOL chat rooms.11mins - How long did you think it would last?13mins - Confidentiality and Prince...14mins - Love4OneAnother.com in 1999 and Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic16mins - Prince's legacy in the digital world - one of the first to have his own internet business and music distributing artist17mins - Releasing a 'ton of music in 2001'...'a tremendous explosion of activity for him...' and The Prince Museum online.19mins - If Prince had lived and you had to design a digital presence for him now, what would that be?21mins30s - What was the Prince music you first became aware of, early memories and favourite unreleased recordings...27mins30s - Meeting Prince in person for the first time...30mins - Maintaining professionalism as a fan...32mins - How difficult was it to challenge Prince? Fan websites 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

Intro1mins30s - Wishing he could have spoken to Prince during the making of his Cloud guitar, the instrument specs, and making something great instinctually.3mins30s - Guitar specific questions for Dave on the Cloud guitar and how it was made - how much was stock, and what was bespoke?5mins - Prince and his heavy strings, and Takumi the guitar tech.6mins20s - One month and a half to come up with a world famous guitar!  9mins30s - Wendy Melvoin's clear body guitar...and the story behind it.12mins - Sam asks Dave how he felt when he first saw Prince play the guitar in the movie...and also when he first saw Prince playing the cloud guitar live.13mins - sitting in on the Purple Rain rehearsals with Prince 'every day was exciting'15mins - going to Paisley Park, and taking part in 'the Celebrations'18mins - How did Dave feel when Prince passed away? "I couldn't say anything, I was just speechless..."21mins - The Prince Estate asking Dave to give up the trademark on his guitar design.25mins - Which Minneapolis musicians did you get to know along the way?26mins30s - Still making the signature White Cloud guitar, and taking orders from around the world.30mins - Meeting other Prince guitar makers, and knowing a network of musicians.33mins - What happened to the original cloud guitars that Dave made? 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

Intro2mins - Growing up in Minneapolis and musical background3mins15s - The Beatles, and early influences4mins20s - First song Dave learned on the guitar, and favourite music5mins30s - Father-son relationship and parental support for guitar playing and passions7mins -  Working in the local music store in MPLS, learning about the guitar as an instrument...and a 'sideline for voilin repair-men'11mins - Starting out as a Luthier, working from home...and supporting local bands12mins - Bumping into Prince at the Knut-Kupee music store...'we knew about him for a couple of years before the first album...'13mins - Minneapolis in the late 1970s, black and white musicians playing in different parts of town14mins45s - Auditioning for Prince's early band, Dave shares his memories...trying out at Dell's Tyre Mart19mins - What were musicians wearing in the late 1970? 'A lot of spandex was occuring!' MPLS music scene memories...21mins - An amazing achievement for someone who created an entire scene and became famous throughout the world - Prince putting Minneapolis on the map.24mins - Working in London in his early 20s and working with famous musicians early on in his career (1981-83)26mins - Working with Gary Moore, and a guitar inherited from Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac29mins30s - How did going to London influence your part in Prince's story?31mins - Coming back to MPLS and Prince is achieving a level of fame...and the initial approach from his people. "He wants a guitar, and you're going to make it..."33mins30s - "I was exhilarated rather than nervous..." - making Prince's most iconic guitar having never made one before!36mins - Did you know if the guitar was actually going to be part of the Purple Rain movie?? 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

1mins30s - Prince's music in the 90s, albums Jim liked, plus bootleg tapes from '93/'94 - The Beautiful Experience and stripped back versions of Come and Endorphinemachine after hours in London.3mins15s - Emancipation was a major artistic statement, but was it a seminal work? Plus liner notes for The Gold Experience (and not getting paid for it).5mins - "Fighting for the freedom he knew technology offered...". And Chance The Rapper winning multiple Grammys from a self-produced tape...missing Prince6mins - Hit n Run part 1: 'A Creative Approach'.7mins30s - Getting commissioned to write the liner notes for The Gold Experience.9mins - A rebirth in the 90s & 'Bud Lite on guitar!' on NBA All Star weekend.13mins - Getting up, then staying up late, to watch Prince play aftershows...17mins - Prince & Madonna on the same stage...and still seeing some of the NPG and The Revolution around town18mins - In admiration of Morris Hayes19mins30s - Going back to Paisley Park...how do you feel about it?21mins - Opinions on the music after 2002...remaining 'an avid listener'. The Current radio show in MPLS.22mins30s - memories of the last show, a Piano & Microphone performance24mins - When Prince passed away...an energy change in Minneapolis: writing an obit 'through the tears'26mins30s - 'I would never write that now...' an open letter to Prince in the media28mins - Playing with local musicians on the night Prince died29mins30s - Jim's view on the music coming out retrospectively & Welcome 2 America32mins30s - 'Context is everything with Prince...', so stay open33mins30s - Favourite live show of the 1980s, and which live DVD should be released? 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

Jim Walsh - journalist and author of Gold Experience: Following Prince in the '90sIntro2mins - Were the 1990s Prince's 'punk period'?5mins - Challenging Prince to be more vital!8mins30s - the mad scientist out in Chanhassen, the feeling of greatness nearby10mins - Going back to Paisley as a museum? Being in the building together...11mins - the 90s, the forerunner to everyone having their own radio station...and preserving the legacy13mins - Thoughts on The Rainbow Children, a transitional album and critically renowned live shows15mins - seeing Prince over the years, often until 6am17mins - living your life to the fullest creativity18mins - seeing Prince for the first time in the early 1980s at First Avenue - "they were just badass, oh my God!"21mins - Allen Beaulieu photographer, studio was just up the street from First Avenue...where Target Center is now. Pictures eventually adorned all of Prince's early album covers.22mins30s - What kind of person was Prince? "Really warm and loving...he was know-able, that was my experience."25mins - Playing different styles of music every night at Paisley Park27mins - Jam of the Year tour memories from 1997, followed by an all-night performance... 'it was so good!'29mins - Middle-aged bad-assery at The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame and The Superbowl30mins30s - Best guitar solos ever? 'Feathery blues at Glam Slam...'32mins - Carlos Santana, Larry Graham & Prince at the Northrop Auditorium34mins - Larry Graham's influence on Prince: Jim Walsh's view36mins - A fleeting sight of Prince in 2014, 'a deeply spiritual God-loving man'. 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

Author Neal Karlen, in conversation with Sam Bleazard.Introduction - New York Times, Rolling Stone magazine, author...friend?1-3mins: "Please don't let my scoop go away!" - Memories from another lifetime...and the BBC Omnibus documentary4mins ...time to stop writing - and talking about - Prince, wanting to be a fan again and not a critic...7mins - MPLS, segregation and the 'Minneapolis Sound'9mins30s - Prince as an 11-year-old kid, and a story from one of his substitute teachers11mins30s - Was Prince's life a sad story or a triumphant story of success?13mins30s - 'This Thing Called Life' - were you worried that by being so candid it would create a backlash on the book?17mins - the audiobook, the showman and Prince off the record in the 1980s19mins - small aspects of the real guy being revealed: showing the imperfect human being behind the star.20mins30s - "I Love U..."? And how it feels...22mins30s - Humour in the book and 'The Crusher'!24mins30s - The dilemma of releasing tapes of Prince speaking from the 1980s...'the most compartmentalised person I've ever met'27mins - "Prince who?" - "The real Prince!"29mins - The only person still awake at 4am and happy to shoot the breeze...30mins30s - Different personalities and the blurring between friendship and employment33mins - Not deifying Prince...and his relationship with his mother and father49mins - the last conversation with Prince (3 weeks before his passing)50mins - any things you wished you'd put in the book? 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTROWith pianist Greg Kane1min - "Prince is the teacher", and why the 1980s needs more respect. Funk as social commentary.3min - Covering Sign 'O' The Times,  audiophiles, working with jazz musicians and having no fear.5mins30s - Seeing Prince after hours at the Garage in Glasgow.7mins - Near misses with Wendy and Lisa, Bobby McFerrin and Paisley Park.With vocalist Pat Kane10mins - Musical background, jazz heritage, hearing Prince for the first time and the ambition of 1999.13mins30s - the 80s as the era of 'half-punk, half synthesizer'. 15mins - the influence of 1986 album Parade on the band, and its 'majestic landscapes'.17mins - The Family album, Prince's side projects and Eric Leeds ('the best funk saxophonist ever').18mins45s - Sign O The Times: 'his sense of taste, and his choices are incredible'. Prince's phrasing and genius.23mins - Horn riffs and discord in Prince's music, Alphabet street and arrangements in jazz, pop and soul.26mins - the musical work and career of Clare Fischer and Rufusized by Chaka Khan.28mins30s - Prince's solo piano and microphone work, Pat's favourite eras of Prince and reflection on his late career. 32mins30s - Acoustic album The Truth and solo piano album One Nite Alone.33mins30s - Money Don't Matter 2Nite and Diamonds & Pearls (big band version on Bandzilla).35mins - Music as protest, social commentary and rebellion in Prince's music.36mins30s - Prince as the 'link' in African American roots music.37mins30s - Gett Off: "Jazz is the preacher, but funk is the teacher" and the Pharaoh Saunders mode.38mins - Funk like an elephants foot, George Clinton and musical theories.39mins - Creating a zone of freedom for black artists, and The Work.41mins30s - Creating tracks and new songs forming organically at jam sessions.43mins - Memories of musical celebrations at Paisley Park with Prince.45mins - Hoping to work with Quincy Jones at the height of their fame in the 1980s (and recording at Paisley Park).47mins - Jamming with Stevie Wonder and D'Angelo.49mins - Pat asks a Prince fan for thoughts on his untimely death.56mins - Funk revivals, snap bass and Pop Life.58mins - A Prince cover the band are ashamed of! And 80s nights at Butlins.60mins - What question would Pat ask Prince if he were still alive today? 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

INTRO2mins - 'going to concerts all the time' in my teenage years6mins - growing up in a family listening to a diverse and eclectic mix of music9mins - going to the Coliseum to see USC football games10mins30s - memories of the show and lasting impression of Prince that day. 'He blew me away...and definitely captured my imagination'.11mins - a concert that started to 'get a little scary'12mins30s - negative energy as things start being thrown onto the stage14mins - '...the way he was dressed was just too much for The Rolling Stones fans...they weren't ready for it.'16mins - lasting impressions on Prince that evening. 'So dynamic...there was a confidence and stage presence there.'18mins - Prince feeling vital again with 3rd Eye Girl and the Piano & Microphone tour.20mins - Book of Prince fan memories: The Day I Was There. Ricci recalls the Purple Rain tour in 1985 - 'wear something Purple!'25mins - Andre Cymone and the influence of Adam Ant and the New Romantics.26mins - The euphoria of the LA Forum in '85 - 'it was so inspiring, the whole visual of it.'29mins30s - The 1980s - an era of separations, divorces and broken homes...the role Purple Rain the movie played in the teenage psyche.31mins30s - 'A.U.T.O-matic' - Ricci's rock memorabilia story35mins - Furthest lengths / greatest expense to see a show...37mins30s - Feelings on posthumous releases from Prince's vault.38mins30s - any things you'd like to hear in future?40mins - Reflections on the Prince community, and what it all means ultimately. Love 4 One Another... 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

Part 3 of this interview features music from the Beverley Knight album Affirmation (released in June 2004), including short excerpts from Supasonic, Tea & Sympathy and No One Ever Loves In Vain. Music used by permission. Additional music - Signs - was written, arranged and produced by Gavin Calder. Queen of British Soul Beverley Knight, has been one of the UK's most consistent artists for over two decades. She has had gold and platinum-selling albums, 14 Top 40 hits, sold-out tours, 3 MOBO Awards, Brit Award and Mercury Music Prize nominations - plus an Olivier Award nomination for musical theatre. She's also a massive Prince fan...tune in to parts 1 & 2 of this exclusive interview to hear more memories of Prince, and the influence he had on her career. 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

Part 2 features music from the Beverley Knight album Affirmation (released in June 2004), including short excerpts from Come As You Are, Supasonic and Keep This Fire Burning. Music used by permission. Additional music - Signs - was written, arranged and produced by Gavin Calder.  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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

Listen in to our latest podcast to hear more about the career path of one of the UKs most loved artists and performers, Queen of UK Soul, Beverley Knight.  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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

Duane Tudahl has spent his career working on TV series, but also producing numerous documentaries and music videos.  He is a writer and researcher, who has contributed many articles for Uptown magazine – the key Prince fanzine – for 12 years, from 1991 to 2003.  In recent years he received praise for his books documenting Prince’s studio sessions in the 1980s, which are extensive in their research and provide an in-depth insight into the period.Thank you to all of our listeners around the world who've been tuning in and downloading the show from Europe to the USA, South America, India and Australia, your support is much appreciate.And our thanks to Gavin Calder for the music on today's show, which features the original album mix of True Funk Soldier, from the album Deep Field, by Balveda. Go to the Bandcamp website to hear more.  Please keep clicking on subscribe, leave your reviews and spread the word, whether you're listening on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon music, Gaana or Jiosaavn.Chapters & themes- Did Prince have any regrets from the mid 80s period? 'Prince was a control freak - he was a decider...after Purple Rain who's going to tell you what to do?'- Duane discusses the We Are The World? recording and the aftermath of the Purple Rain tour.- Prince goes to the beach and Duane's favourite stories - 'the ones that humanise him in some way'.- We discuss Prince's legacy and the threat to his legacy from potential revisionist history in the future.- The questions Duane would most liked to have asked Prince.- Future projects - what's next for Duane? 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

Duane Tudahl has spent his career working on TV series, but also producing numerous documentaries and music videos.  He is a writer and researcher, who has contributed many articles for Uptown magazine – the key Prince fanzine – for 12 years, from 1991 to 2003.  In recent years he received praise for his books documenting Prince’s studio sessions in the 1980s, which are extensive in their research, and give further insight into one of the most fascinating periods in popular music.A big thank you to all of our listeners around the world who've been tuning in and downloading the show from Paris, to Detroit, from Bombay to Brazil, we really appreciate your support.And our thanks to Gavin Calder for the music on today's show, which features a Quiet Storm remix of True Funk Soldier, from the album Deep Field, by Balveda. Go to the Bandcamp website to hear more.  Please keep clicking on subscribe, leave your reviews and spread the word, whether you're listening on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon music, Gaana or Jiosaavn. 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

Tune in to hear Sam Bleazard discussing early life, musical inspirations and movies, with recent Oscar winner Jon Batiste. Jon talks about New Orleans, representing New Orleans in the TV show Treme, collaborators on his latest album We Are, and the inspiration he drew from Prince early on in his career. 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: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show.  #prince4ever #love4oneanother

Summary: chapters and themes.PART 31min - Going back to a normal life and the 9-5...and why it was a good thing.4mins30s - My favourite memories of Prince...'he was a whole different person when we played basketball...and he was such a fun person outside of the music'.7mins - The lessons  that Prince taught me, for life in general and for my career.9mins45s - Contact with Prince in later years, and concerns.13mins - Remembering the final conversation, over a meal at Paisley Park.17mins - The Revolution reunions planned over the years and celebrating with fans in Minneapolis.19mins30s - Looking to the future. BrownMark on YouTube.22mins - A place in music history and continuing on the legacy.26mins - Bye for now...and see you in Europe!    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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

Summary, themes and chapters1mins - Memories of First Avenue and the debut performances of Purple Rain.5mins - Choreographing Prince & The Revolution and the changing face of the band.8mins - Movie premieres, wardrobe disagreements, concerts and 'craziness'.11mins - Prince and poducer bands: Mazarati; The Time; Vanity 6 and The Family.13mins30s - 'Too much too young is not a good thing' - the pressures of stardom on tour.18mins - The full story of how one of Prince's most famous songs was recorded.24mins15s - Being fined for missing notes, and working for one of music's most demanding bandleaders.27mins - Meeting the expected standards, and the parting of the ways. 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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother

Chapters1min - Meeting Prince for the first time.2mins45s - Minneapolis clubs in the late 1970s.5mins - Sharing the limelight with Prince and being a new face with a fanbase.8mins - Roller skating at the lake with Prince and Vanity.10mins45s - Prince's bass playing and musical influences.15mins30 - Debut gig supporting The Rolling Stones, and Prince regroups.22mins - Life in the Purple Kingdom, the world of fandom and entertaining the people.26mins - Staying up late and burning the creative candle at both ends.  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.LINKSPlease follow me on Instagram and Facebook if you'd like to interact with the show on social media.Email me at: [email protected] if you have any ideas for future episodes, or if you'd like to share any feedback on the show. #prince4ever #love4oneanother