MUSICIANS REVEAL WITH JOE KELLEY
Featured on Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Prince’s official website in 2004. On the air since 1982. Joe Kelley interviews musicians from all genres.
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PRINCE Drummer John Blackwell Remembers His Time with Prince
John Blackwell was an American contemporary R&B, funk, jazz, fusion, and pop drummer. After working with Cameo and Patti LaBelle, John Blackwell was recruited by Prince and took over Kirk Johnson’s position as drummer of The NPG in September 2000. He was the first...
Prince and the NPG Keyboardist CHANCE HOWARD and the Minneapolis Sound
Minneapolis vocalist/keyboardist/producer Chance Howard has been a member of Prince and the NPG, Morris Day and The Time and Candy Dulfer’s band. He has written songs and collaborated with Jellybean Johnson, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Alexander O’Neal and many more. ________________ Rock and Roll Hall...
Guitarist Cheryl Cooley of Klymaxx Talks Funk
Guitarist Cheryl Cooley is a founding member of the funk band Klymaxx. The talented musician also leads her band Unruley Cooley. In this episode, she talks with Joe Kelley about Klymaxx’s history and funk and guitar. ______________ Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Prince...
Funk Legend Bernie Worrell (Parliament-Funkadelic, Talking Heads) Interview
Bernie Worrell first came to prominence as a founding member and Musical Director of Parliament/Funkadelic. While this massively influential supergroup was radically altering the course of music, Bernie was radically charting the course of emerging keyboard technology during the golden age of analog synthesis....
Funk Vocalist Dawn Silva (Brides of Funkenstein)
Dawn Silvais an Americanfunkvocalist. Silva started her career as a background vocalist forSly and The Family Stone. She joinedP-Funkin 1977. She was the only originalBrides of Funkensteinmember to continue through the Brides’ entire career. In 1978, withLynn Mabry, she released the successfulFunk Or Walk....
Prince Website Designer Sam Jennings Interview
Sam Jennings stopped by shortly after Prince’s passing to discuss his working relationship with him and also his numerous accomplishments during his website design career. Sam Jennings Bio Went to college at theSchool of the Art Institute of Chicago Worked for the musicianPrincefor about...