Monday, August 20, 2012

D'Angelo and Jesse


I was reading the Jesse Johnson (The Time) article in a recent issue of  Wax Poetics magazine at the weekend - their issue #50 has a ton of great Prince and Prince-related stories.

From Wax Poetics: "Guitarist Jesse Johnson was an instrumental part of the Time, crafting some of their most well-known songs before departing on a solo career. While continuing to collaborate with idols like Sly Stone or jam with protégés like D’Angelo, Johnson charts new territory while staking a claim to the Minneapolis funk-rock sound that Prince and his affiliates created."

Today there's been a bunch of folk on Twitter raving about some live show D'Angelo is playing right now Stateside. I remember seeing Jesse Johnson playing with D'Angleo at an awards show recently, and a mate sent me this video (cheers, Jubt), of Jesse and D'Angelo blazing away on the guitars. Dude can shred.



Promotional mix by FA celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Wax Poetics!

Track list
Prince and the Revolution “Erotic City (Make Love Not War Erotic City Come Alive)” (Warner Bros.)
The Time “777-9311 (propsEdit)”
Blood Orange “Champagne Coast (Krystal Klear Remix)” (Domino)
Jesse Johnson “Be Your Man (Specially Remixed Version)” (A&M)
Andre Cymone “Kelly’s Eyes” (CBS)
Larry Graham “There’s Something About You” (Warner Bros.)
94 East “If You Feel Like Dancin’” (Hot Pink)
Toro y Moi “Saturday Love” (Carpark)
Madhouse “Fifteen” (Warner Bros.)
The Family “Screams of Passion (Extended Version)” (Warner Bros.)
DJ Quik “Do Today (featuring Jon B. and BlaKKazz K.K.)” (Mad Science)
?uestlove, The Foreign Exchange, Zo!, and Carlitta Durand “Purple Flip”
Prince “Wouldn’t You Love to Love Me”
Frank Ocean “Songs for Women”
Prince and the Revolution “I Would Die 4 U/Baby I’m A Star (Live, Landover, MD, 1984)”
Frank Ocean “Voodoo”

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