As a former union member, I know firsthand how the labor movement changed Minnesota for the better.
Let’s keep building a Minnesota that lives up to the work of those who came before us.
The distance between fams and the this Estate is so vast i don't believe they'll ever bridge the gap again
Shame as were were quickly becoming the envy of every other legacy artist out there
My only thoughts on "Calabama" right now is for over 20 years, I would say when people brought up "Prince & The Band" and a version played at a bay area party along with him performing it through the years, it was titled "Calabama" not "Prince & The Band" which is a different song & they would be like but he doesn't say "Calabama" at all during the song and then still call it "Prince & The Band".
People can be mad at me cause I have only time for my things rn and despite it being brought up in the past, it should be brought up now. @Baron3121 knows for sure all about that. 🙃💜😎
Hopefully my posts & the work i dud & do are not a monumental waste of time because others feel I should do things the way they want....even at this time. 💜
Yes. There is at least 2 versions; a 2002 version & a 2006 version along with a remix that @DJRASHIDA would play before the aftershows at the o2 Arena in 2007.
Calabama basically "samples" lyrics from "Prince & The Band"...
Im glad I forced him to be on here & on socials. @KIKITkiran in 2011 said Prince wanted me to run all his socials. I opened up accounts for him & by 2013, right before the Montreux Jazz Festival we had it out where he told me, "I don't tweet." My response was only "Well you should". After Montreux he started another Twitter account n was tweeting. Then came Princestagram from a Jimmy Fallin skit.
He listened to U guys through me & i am sure a few select others. & the vault discussions we had & so much more. I feel i let him down because I thought he was going to be here longer. The way things played out is how it had to. I am not dead yet. My energy for now has to be on other things. I do not plan on going anywhere.
Back to him & socials. It was huge along with the livestream.
Fans are in an uproar at @prince’s Estate for altering music on new album, Timeless, that does “the impossible: make Prince seem boring.” Read about the latest controversy in @StarTribune. https://t.co/gJHIgY0XTP
R.I.P to Cassandra Wilson who passed away today September 2nd. @reallycassandra was overjoyed of this photo of her performing with @prince in 2011 at the @thekiaforum. Photo courtesy @drfunkenberry NPG Records 2011.
Sept. 1, 1975 was my first day on staff as music critic for @StarTribune. It was Labor Day. Here we are 10,000 concerts, 5,000 interviews and countless complaints from readers (and artists) later. Still doing it. No exit plan. I'll celebrate by going to @mnstatefair tonight.
multiple studio versions of THIS SONG exist
it has been my most wanted jam since HE played it at CELEBRATION 2002
the TIMELESS version starts with 2 minutes of an upbeat positive song b4 switching 2 the LYRICS we R familiar with 4 the final 1:30
CALABAMA
#PRINCE#PRINCE4EVER
An update on the cancer spreading to the liver, fissures & other chemotherapy side effects & upcoming surgeries.
I don't know if anyone here looks forward to these updates. I don't look forward to writing them that's for sure. I can understand the fatigue as this goes on, for both of us, desperately wanting to report good news to U and for all of this to be behind me already. I can't explain why my journey has been this hard.. Yet I remain positive for myself and for U because that is how I choose to be.
The colon cancer spread to my liver & I restarted chemotherapy in May & it has taken its toll on me from the usual side effects to quite painful ones including fissures in the most painful place that were so painful it felt glass coming out of U know where for hours & hours for a few weeks. I had an...exam on Monday & they are healing, Told it could have taken longer to heal.
Sometimes I have 7 appointments a day including wound care for the hole in my foot where the screw came out from surgery in January. It's taxing but I am never going to give up.
I had an appointment with a surgeon to discuss an upcoming surgery since I was not a candidate for a procedure to install a device for the liver. I am dealing with NINE cancerous tumors to be removed. I was told 3 originally yet those were the big ones and did not include the small ones which he showed me over the CT scans.
I am still here and I am going nowhere. I remind myself all the time this is only temporary it is not....timeless. See what I did there?��
I truly appreciate your support and donations through this process and your positive energy and sharing my journey within your community. Much Love & thanks funk cancer & all it has taken from us. -Jeremiah/Drfunkenberry
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