{"id":803595,"date":"2020-01-29T10:56:19","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T17:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=944767"},"modified":"2020-01-29T10:56:19","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T17:56:19","slug":"at-princes-grammy-tribute-concert-old-friends-meet-rock-and-soul-superstars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/at-princes-grammy-tribute-concert-old-friends-meet-rock-and-soul-superstars\/","title":{"rendered":"At Prince\u2019s Grammy Tribute Concert, Old Friends Meet Rock and Soul Superstars"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prince<\/a>\u2019s death in 2016 spurred a global outpouring of sobering grief coupled with an attempt to celebrate his legacy via musical tributes. Four years later, fans and musicians continue to look for ways to properly send off the legendary musician. On Tuesday night at the Los Angeles Convention Center, modern guitar heroes and the Hall of Famer\u2019s past collaborators coalesced for Let\u2019s Go Crazy: The Grammy<\/a> Salute to Prince<\/em>, an all-star memorial featuring H.E.R., Chris Martin, Foo Fighters<\/a>, Earth, Wind & Fire and John Legend<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Befitting for one of the greatest guitarists and showmen of all time, Prince\u2019s tribute show was filled with guitar heroics. Gary Clark Jr. and St. Vincent shredded and grooved over Prince\u2019s iconic lines, while the Revolution guitarist Wendy Melvoin\u2019 performed her \u201cPurple Rain\u201d solo that evoked the same spine-chilling reaction that Prince himself caused in 1984. But like one would expect for a proper Prince tribute, exemplary guitar work was just one portion of the show, matched equally by light falsetto vocal tones, showman-caliber dance moves and vibrant shades of purple orange and blue across the whole venue throughout the concert.<\/p>\n

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The musician is the latest tribute in the Grammy Salute series, which has previously honored other musical icons such as the Beatles, Elton John and Stevie Wonder. (The show is slated to air in April near the four-year anniversary of Prince\u2019s death.) Longtime Prince percussionist Sheila E. served as the evening\u2019s musical director, with the event showcasing her singing and dancing skills alongside her chops behind the drum kit. Prince\u2019s band the Revolution acted as the house band for the evening.<\/p>\n

Fans had already gotten a polarizing taste of the tribute during the 62nd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday evening, when Usher went through a medley of \u201cLittle Red Corvette,\u201d \u201cWhen Doves Cry\u201d and \u201cKiss\u201d alongside FKA Twigs, who danced onstage but didn\u2019t sing.  (Twigs tweeted later that evening<\/a> that she hadn\u2019t been asked to sing but would\u2019ve liked to, while Shelia E. told USA Today <\/em><\/a>that Twigs was approached about singing but didn\u2019t want to.)<\/p>\n

Maya Rudolph hosted the star-studded tribute and performed as one half of Princess, the Prince cover band she started with singer-songwriter Gretchen Lieberum. \u201cWhen it came to performing, Prince still had everyone beat,\u201d Rudolph said to kick off the show. \u201cPrince is music. To love Prince is to love music.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clark Jr. and H.E.R. traded blistering solos to start the night with an electric rendition of \u201cLet\u2019s Go Crazy,\u201d while a blue suit-jacketed, shirtless John Legend crooned on \u201cNothing Compares to You.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dave Grohl belted out heavy metal whelps as part of Foo Fighters\u2019 cover of \u201cDarling Nikki.\u201d Before performing, Grohl reminisced with the crowd of his chance to jam with Prince years ago \u201cin an empty arena playing \u2018Whole Lotta Love,\u201d a moment Grohl said was one of his greatest musical memories in his life.<\/p>\n

Martin played a dainty piano alongside Bangles frontwoman Susanna Hoffs to sing a duet of \u201cManic Monday,\u201d and Beck very aptly performed Prince\u2019s trance-y hit \u201cRaspberry Beret,\u201d with his White Gibson Dove strapped in his brownish tan getup that looked straight out of the renaissance. The video\u2019s famous animations played in the background, transitioning into a trippy sky by the end of Beck\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n

Miguel, Common, Juanes and Mavis Staples \u2013 the latter releasing two albums under Prince\u2019s Paisley Park Records \u2013 also performed, with Staples singing a moving, yet reserved, \u201cPurple Rain\u201d with the Revolution.<\/p>\n

As expected, the venue\u2019s set design screamed Prince. Many songs were performed in front of a digital Minneapolis skyline, and the whole stage was decked out in purple. The lights on the convention center walls were made out to look like stars, and when the lights dimmed for showtime, the audience was in outer space.<\/p>\n

The tribute was as much a TV show taping as it was a concert, causing the inevitable fits and starts as artists gamely tried to keep the momentum going to varying degrees of success. But as a fitting tribute to one of music\u2019s most iconic artists, the show celebrated Prince and let some of his closest collaborators have another chance to remember him. Sheila E. became emotional as she capped off the night, noting this was the first time in a while that the Revolution played together. \u201cThis is family,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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