Bobby Z
2023 (2)
2023 June (2)
- "The good, the bad and the quotable at Prince Celebration 2023 at Paisley Park -- And some suggestions for next year's annual fan convention in Chanhassen."
- by Jon Bream
- in Minneapolis Star Tribune
- on 12 June 2023
- about 3rdEyeGirl, Alan Leeds, Alicia Keys, Bobby Z, Bruce Springsteen, Capri Theater (place), Celebration (event), Celebration 2023 (event), Chaka Khan, Charles Spicer, Charlie Murphy, Don't Play With Love (song), Doug E. Fresh, Erykah Badu, Gilbert Davison, H.E.R., Janelle Monae, Jimmy Jam, John L. Nelson, Lenny Kravitz, Mavis Staples, Michael Bland, Michael Pagnotta, Obama, Prince Estate, Prince Legacy LLC, Questlove, Sounds of Blackness, Spike Lee, Stokley, Terry Lewis, The Prince Estate, Tim Burton, Trevor Guy, Under the Cherry Moon (movie)
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- "Why did Prince decide to live in Chanhassen? -- The Minneapolis native's legacy will forever be linked to his state-of-the-art suburban playground, Paisley Park."
- by Jon Bream
- in Minneapolis Star Tribune
- on 9 June 2023
- about Aldrich Av. S. (place), André Cymone, Audubon Rd (place), Black Album (album), Bobby Z, Byerly's (place), California (place), Caribou (place), Central High, Central High School (place), Chanhassen (place), Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, Chanhassen Inn (place), Chanhassen Villager, Earth, Wind & Fire, Eden Prairie (place), Edina (place), Flying Cloud Drive (place), France Av. S. (place), France Avenue (place), Galpin Blvd. (place), Galpin Boulevard (place), Hwy. 5 (place), Julia Coleman, Kiowa Trail, Kris Mattson, Lake Ann (place), Lake Minnetonka (place), Lake Riley (place), Los Angeles (place), Manuela Testolini, Mayte, Mayte Garcia, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum (place), Morris Day, North Arm Drive (place), Orono (place), Paisley Park (place), Perry Jones, Piano and a Microphone 1983 (album), Prince Rogers Nelson Memorial Highway (place), Sign O' The Times (album), Solveig Huseth, St. Louis Park (place), Steve Fargnoli, The Complex (place), Tim Walz, Toronto (place), Twin Cities (place), Vanity 6, Viper, Warner Bros. Records, Washington Avenue (place)
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2022 (2)
2022 June (2)
- "Prince’s Night: The Revolution Remember the 1985 Syracuse Concert and the ‘Purple Rain’ Tour -- Biggest "
- by Jem Aswad
- in Variety
- on 7 June 2022
- about Bobby Z, Brown Mark, Carrier Dome (place), Lisa Coleman, Matt Fink, Prince and The Revolution, Prince and The Revolution: Live (album), Prince and The Revolution: Live (Blu-ray), Purple Rain (album), Purple Rain (song), Purple Rain (tour), Syracuse (place), The Revolution, Under the Cherry Moon (movie), Wendy Melvoin
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- "Restored Prince And The Revolution Concert From 1985 Released Amid Birthday Celebration"
- in WCCO - CBS Minnesota
- on 2 June 2022
- about Bobby Z, Bobby Z., Carrier Dome (place), mural, Prince and The Revolution, Purple Rain (tour), Syracuse (place), The Revolution, WCCO
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2021 (1)
2021 December (1)
- "Paisley Park Announces Performers & Special Guests Joining CELEBRATION 2019"
- in Associated Press News
- on 22 December 2021
- about Audubon Road (place), Bob Cavallo, Bobby Z, Celebration (event), Celebration 2019 (event), Chanhassen (place), DJ Kiss, Ida Nielsen, Ingrid Chavez, Jeff Katz, Jesse Johnson, Kirk Johnson, Lisa Coleman, Matt Fink, New Power Generation, Prince: In Concert On The Big Screen (event), Renato Neto, The Revolution, Wendy Melvoin
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2019 (2)
2019 October (1)
- "Purple Rain, 35 Years Later -- For the 35th anniversary of Prince's landmark film, the Twin Cities Film Festival held a screening with director Albert Magnoli."
- by Rob Perez
- in Mpls.St.Paul Magazine
- on 24 October 2019
- about Academy Award, Albert Magnoli, Bobby Z, Bobby Z., Darling Nikki (song), Lake Minnetonka (place), Morris Day, motorcycle, Purple Rain (movie), The Revolution, Twin Cities (place), When Doves Cry (song)
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2019 February (1)
- "The Prince Estate in Partnership with Legacy Recordings Announce Next Wave of Physical Titles in Definitive Catalog Rerelease Project with Prince’s Ultimate Rave on Friday, April 26, 2019"
- in Legacy Recordings
- on 22 February 2019
- about Ani DiFranco, Baby Knows (song), Bobby Z, BrownMark, Celebration 2019 (event), George Clinton, Gwen Stefani, Jesse Johnson, Larry Graham, Legacy Recordings, Lenny Kravitz, Let’s Go Crazy (song), Lisa Coleman, Liv Warfield, Maceo Parker, Matt Fink, Miami (place), Minnesota Timberwolves, Morris Day, Morris Day & The Time, Nothing Compares 2 U (song), NPG Music Club (website), Paisley Park (place), Prince Estate, Prince In Concert: Rave Un2 the Year 2000 (video), Raspberry Beret (song), Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic (album), Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic (album), Rave Un2 the Year 2000 (video), She’s Always In My Hair (song), Sheryl Crow, Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, Sounds of Blackness, Target Center (place), The Greatest Romance Ever Sold (song), The Prince Estate, Timberwolves, U Got the Look (song), Ultimate Rave (album), Wendy Melvoin
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2018 (3)
2018 December (1)
- "Driving to Utopia in a ’74 Pinto: Reflecting on Prince with The Revolution’s Bobby Z"
- in Ovrld
- on 28 December 2018
- about 1999 (album), 1999 (song), Austin (place), Bay Area (place), Bobby Z, Controversy (album), Controversy (song), Fleetwood Mac, James Brown, Linn LM-1, Little Red Corvette (song), London (place), My Purple Heart, O2 (place), Our Destiny (song), Owen Husney, Paisley Park (place), Paradiso (place), Purple Rain (movie), Purple Rain (song), River Run Dry (song), Rolling Stones, Simmons, Steve Fargnoli, Texas (place), The Coliseum (place), The Revolution
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2018 June (2)
- "Prince the Prankster, Part 2: Phone Gags, a Stuffed Penguin, and Sharing a Bathroom With Justin Timberlake"
- by Jem Aswad
- in Variety
- on 7 June 2018
- about 777-9311 (song), Bobby Z, Dez Dickerson, Justin Timberlake, Lionel Richie, Morris Hayes, NBC, Prince and The Revolution, Raphael Saadiq, Rebekah Alperin, Romance 1600 (album), Sheila E., Sunset Sound (place), Susan Rogers, The Revolution
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- "Prince the Prankster: Marc Anthony, Bobby Z and More Remember His Humor (and an Epic Food Fight)"
- by Jem Aswad
- in Variety
- on 7 June 2018
- about Bobby Z, Chaka Khan, Dez Dickerson, Fred Armisen, Jerome Benton, Jesse Johnson, Jimmy Jam, Matt Fink, Morris Day, Questlove, Raphael Saadiq, Rebekah Alperin, Saturday Night Live (TV show), Steve Fargnoli, Ted Cohen, Terry Lewis, Vanity 6
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2017 (5)
2017 June (1)
2017 May (2)
- "Backspin: The Revolution talk Prince's 'Purple Rain' -- (Yahoo)"
- in YouTube
- on 4 May 2017
- about Bobby Z, Bobby Z., BrownMark, Darling Nikki (song), Lisa Coleman, The Revolution, Tipper Gore, Wendy Melvoin
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- "Backspin: The Revolution's early memories of Prince -- (Yahoo)"
- in YouTube
- on 4 May 2017
- about Bobby Z, Bobby Z., BrownMark, Lisa Coleman, The Revolution, Wendy Melvoin
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2017 April (1)
- "Prince death spurs his 1980s band The Revolution to reunite for tour -- (AP Archive)"
- in YouTube
- on 25 April 2017
- about Bobby Z, Bobby Z., BrownMark, Chanhassen (place), First Avenue (place), Lisa Coleman, Matt Fink, The Revolution, Wendy Melvoin
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2017 March (1)
- "Members of the Revolution Share Their 5 Favorite Prince Stories"
- by David Marchese
- in Vulture
- on 20 March 2017
- about A Case of You (song), André Cymone, Bobby Z, Bobby Z., Brown Mark, Chanhassen (place), Joni Mitchell, Lisa Coleman, Matt Fink, Miles Davis, Rick James, Saturday Night Live (TV show), The Revolution, Wendy Melvoin
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2016 (4)
2016 April (4)
- "‘I’m Going to Personify Sex in Every Way’: Prince’s Defining ‘Dirty Mind’ Album -- A refusal to be labeled R&B, a rivalry with Rick James and a very dirty song called 'Head': the groundbreaking arrival of 1980's 'Dirty Mind.'"
- in Billboard
- on 28 April 2016
- about American Bandstand, André Cymone, Andy Warhol, Bobby Z, Denver (place), Detroit (place), Dez Dickerson, Dick Clark, Dirty Mind (album), Dirty Mind (tour), Gayle Chapman, Head (song), I Wanna Be Your Lover (song), Ken Tucker, Lake Minnetonka (place), Lenny Waronker, Lisa Coleman, Los Angeles (place), memoir, Mo Ostin, Rick James, Rolling Stone (magazine), Roxy (place), Russ Thyret, Sam’s (place), Steve Fargnoli, Stevie Wonder, Ted Cohen, The Rainbow (place), The Ritz (place), The Village Voice (magazine), Twin Cities (place), Wayzata (place)
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- "Prince Remembered by Childhood Best Friend and Bandmate André Cymone : 'There Was a Lot More to Him Than What People Saw'"
- in Billboard
- on 28 April 2016
- about 3rdEyeGirl, André Cymone, Bobby Z, Earth, Wind & Fire, Flyte Tyme, Housequake (song), Jimmy Jam, Michael Jackson, Morris Day, Terry Lewis, The Dance Electric (song)
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- "Prince’s Purple Rain – the inside story -- The full tale of the greatest triumph of one of rock’s true superstars"
- by David Cavanagh
- in Uncut
- on 22 April 2016
- about Alan Leeds, Albert Magnoli, Apollonia, Apollonia Kotero, Baby I’m a Star (song), Bob Cavallo, Bobby Z, David Leonard, Dez Dickerson, Eddie Murphy, First Avenue (place), Golden Raspberry Awards, I Would Die 4 U (song), Jerome Benton, Let’s Go Crazy (song), Lionel Richie, Lisa Coleman, Little Red Corvette (song), Mann’s Chinese Theatre (place), Matt Fink, Michael Jackson, Mo Ostin, Morris Day, Purple Rain (album), Purple Rain (movie), Purple Rain (song), Steve Fargnoli, Stevie Wonder, Terry Semel, The Revolution, The Time, Under the Cherry Moon (movie), Vanity, Vanity 6, Wendy Melvoin, When Doves Cry (song), William Blinn, Worst Actor (award), Worst Director (award), Worst Film (award), ZZ Top
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- "PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION: BEHIND THE PURPLE ROPE -- Having established his heavyweight status as James Brown’s tour manager, Alan Leeds was brought on midway through Prince’s 1999 tour as a freelance replacement. After finding his niche within the sometimes peculiar Prince entourage, Alan and his wife Gwen moved to Minneapolis to work for the artist full time. Little did they know, they were about to witness some of the greatest years in the history of popular music, as Prince and the Revolution busted out with the groundbreaking album and film Purple Rain."
- in Wax Poetics
- on 19 April 2016
- about Alan Leeds, Bobby Z, Chanhassen (place), Chick Huntsberry, Darling Nikki (song), Detroit (place), First Avenue (place), Gwen Leeds, James Brown, Jerome Benton, Jill Jones, Jimmy Jam, John Nelson, Let’s Go Crazy (song), Lisa Coleman, Morris Day, New Orleans (place), Paisley Park Records, Prince and The Revolution, Steve Fargnoli, Superdome (place), Terry Lewis, The Revolution, Wendy Melvoin
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2012 (1)
2012 February (1)
- "See the Revolutionary clip of Prince raising "Purple Rain" at First Ave"
- by Chris Riemenschneider
- in Minneapolis Star Tribune
- on 17 February 2012
- about Aug. 3, 1983 (event), Bobby Z, David Brewster, First Avenue (place), Minnesota Dance Theatre, Purple Rain (song), The Revolution
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2011 (1)
2011 June (1)
- "Prince before the Revolution -- An inside look at the artist formerly known as Prince before the Revolution and before he was pop royalty and had delivered the albums that brought him to worldwide acclaim."
- in blog.discmakers.com
- on 6 June 2011
- about American Bandstand, André Cymone, Backbeat Books, Black Album (album), Bobby Z, Capri Theater (place), Cavallo, Ruffalo & Fargnoli, Chaka Khan, Chris Moon, Dez Dickerson, Earth, Wind & Fire, Edina (place), France Avenue (place), Hal Leonard, I Feel For You (song), I Wanna Be Your Lover (song), Jason Draper, Los Angeles (place), Matt Fink, Miami (place), Moonsound Studios (place), Nile Rodgers, Owen Husney, Pepé Willie, Prince: Chaos, Disorder, and Revolution (book), St. Paul (place), Steve Fargnoli, Stevie Wonder, Super Bowl, The Revolution
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