![]() ![]() In recounting the decision to include keyboardist Gayle Chap-man in Prince’s 1978 lineup, Dave Hill noted in his book Prince: A Pop Life that "women musicians were still relatively rare in all forms of pop. From the start, the women also served a visual pur-pose within the context of Prince’s complex racial and sexual facade. Two keyboard players – Fink and a succes-sion of women who double on vocals. Though most of Prince's albums have been essentially one-person jobs, with Prince covering all the instrumental parts himself, he has always surrounded himself with musicians who can take those parts and deliver them with body-punch intensity onstage.But, for a change, luck was with us: Matt Fink and Rosie Gaines, the latest keyboard duo in Prince's band, made themselves available to discuss music – theirs and his – from the keyboard point of view. At least, we haven't been able to bounce them off of Prince. Unfortunately, we still haven’t been able to ask them.While Rolling Stone kept us up to date on "the secret life of America's sexiest one-man band," we watched from afar, itching to ask about those big-blast synth hits on "1999," those new wave wheezes on "When U Were Mine," that Tom Dolbyish seasick modulation on "Automatic." In fact, practically every Prince cut suggests reams of questions about his rhythm and textural arrangement techniques. ![]() And so it's gone, Since Keyboard sent its first inquiries to Paisley Park, Prince's studio/office/Fortress of Solitude in Minneapolis, more than a decade ago.That's the rule." Slam, clank, no trespassing, go away. Nobody – except for Rolling Stone, of course – interviews. "I'm sorry," these friendly but firm folks tell us, "but there's no point in even asking.We've even resorted to talking with public relations people, whose assignments apparently are to relate as little as possible with the public. We've sent notes into their inner sanctum via a tour photographer we had befriended. We've camped out in the lobby of the hotel where the Revolution was quartered. IF YOU CLICK ON THE LINK, IT'S ALOT EASIER TO READ WITH PICTURES AND HIGHLIGHTS.Ĭourt keyboardists Rosie Gaines & Matt Fink Speak for Themselves ![]()
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