Recently marking four decades as a creative partnership, Prince’s chief collaborators Wendy and Lisa reminisce about crafting many a timeless track, and celebrating the legacy of one of music’s most towering figures.
Freshly spruced up from the original source audio, Prince’s exhilarating 1985 Syracuse show is now available to savour with refined sonic detail. Capturing the Purple One at his most triumphant.
Prince handled a guitar like few others dared. A master of the devastating solo and electrifying riff, the Artist was also a considerable talent when it came to vigorous funk and elegant chord-craft.
From lights and rockets to flamethrowers and er… other stuff, these tricked out guitars would raise the bar for rock ‘n’ roll excess, and ensure that live shows would never be the same.
We catch up with Dave Rusan, who built the iconic guitar that Prince would play in Purple Rain, to find out the story behind one of the Purple One's most unique instruments.
Prince’s 1984 triumph decimated genre barriers with a diverse mixture of instrumental flavours, it would also verify its creator’s position among the most gifted guitar soloists of all time.
