The Musicology tour was the only time I saw Prince live. It was easily among the best musical performances I have ever seen (and likely ever will see). Maceo and Candy were both with him that night. He also did an amazing mini-set in the middle of the show where he just cranked through a medley of his hits on solo guitar. Unbelievable!
I went to the show with a bunch of my bandmates from Doctorfunk. We all got copies of the Musicology CD with our tickets. I didn’t think much of it at the time, but I understand now that by bundling the CD with the ticket sales, Prince was able to game the system into making the album top the charts. Genius!
Dear Mr. Man isn’t my favorite track on the album, that honor goes to the title track. But this has a great Maceo solo in it. Unfortunately it’s the only one on the whole album. It’s short (only eight bars), but fits in the pocket over the slow, funky groove.
I know I’ve been posting a bunch of short solos lately, but I’ll make it up to you next week 🙂
Maceo Parker - Dear Mr Man
- Artist: Maceo Parker
- Album: Prince – Musicology (2004)
- Track: Dear Mr. Man
- Instrument: Alto Sax
Enjoy!
@SDartSax
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