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ISBN-10: 1517902584
ISBN-13: 9781517902582
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Publish Date: 01/24/2017
Dimensions: 7.90" L, 4.90" W, 0.70" H

Gold Experience: Following Prince in the ’90s

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Overview

Throughout the 1990s, Prince feuded with his record label, Warner Bros., over his rights as an independent recording artist–and made some of the most brilliant music of his career. During that time, Jim Walsh covered Prince for the St. Paul Pioneer Press and wrote about him passionately, thoughtfully, exhaustively. Here, in real time, is that coverage: a clip-by-clip look back at Prince in the ’90s. Walsh’s newly unearthed interviews, essays, columns, and reviews make Gold Experience an essential slice of history for fans, scholars, and latecomers to the Minneapolis-born musical genius Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958-April 21, 2016).

Join Walsh at the 1994 NBA All-Star game after party and release bash for the single “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World.” Accompany him to the after-hours clubs Erotic City, Glam Slam, and, of course, Paisley Park. Meet Prince’s wife and bandmate Mayte (and while you’re at it, take in the wedding and reception). Enjoy a two-hour sit-down interview with Prince. Explore Prince’s veganism, talk to fans in line for a Target Center show, preview the “Jam of the Year” concert and check in at the after party. The passions and influences, from Mozart to funk godfather Larry Graham; the gigs and the Paisley Park garage sale; Walsh’s open letter to the artist and his reflections on religion and spirituality. This is Prince as few have seen him, reported as only Jim Walsh can: a portrait of the artist from a dizzying array of angles, captured in living color for all time.

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Reviews

"Jim Walsh was front and center for one of the most prolific and controversial eras in Prince's career, and Gold Experience offers an intimate, real-time account of this critical chapter in the evolution of a generation's greatest musician."–Alan Light, music journalist and author of Let's Go Crazy: Prince and the Making of Purple Rain

"A revealing look at Prince and his relentless quest for self-realization and truth during his most fascinating and misunderstood era."–Kevin Cole, Chief Content Officer, Host of the Afternoon Show KEXP

"During a controversial era of Prince's career that left most in the industry cynically scratching their heads and rolling their eyes, Jim Walsh kept a steady hand and a wide-open heart, covering the purple beat with passion, curiosity, and something sorely lacking in most newspaper reports: love. Walsh's words don't just sing and dance, they do the splits. It's easy to envision Prince himself cracking a smile and leaping up to sing along."–Andrea Swensson, host at 89.3 The Current and author of Got to Be Something Here: The Origins of Minneapolis Sound

"There was a time when Prince asked Jim, 'Why are you my only friend in the media?' You can feel his answer in this collection: Here is the most important artist in Minnesota's history, regularly playing in the middle of the night for 300 people or less, and here's the only reporter open hearted enough–everybody else was referring to TAFKAP as 'Symbolina' or worse–to serve as the Boswell of Paisley Park."–Steve Marsh, senior writer, Mpls.St.Paul Magazine

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Details

ISBN-10: 1517902584
ISBN-13: 9781517902582
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Publish Date: 01/24/2017
Dimensions: 7.90" L, 4.90" W, 0.70" H
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