Eventually, my mom saw how serious I was, so she bought me a Sears-catalog bass, and then the band chipped in and I got a Fender Jazz. 'A kid in our neighborhood put bass strings on an old Teisco Del Rey guitar, and he would let me use it for band practice. We decided to start a band, and we called ourselves Grand Central. 'We didn’t know it when we first met, but our fathers had played together - his dad played keyboards and my dad played bass. Prince told me he played keyboard, and we hit it off, so he took me to his house, where we started jamming. I played saxophone, but I also knew how to play bass. Aaron / Getty)Īndré Cymone (worked with Prince from 1979– 81): 'I met him on my first day of high school. Jill Jones - additional vocals (as 'J.J.Prince performing with André Cymone (left) and Dez Dickerson, on the Dirty Mind Tour, USA, 1981 (Image credit: Richard E.Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted.The song’s music is very similar to the 1981 recorded Rearrange, almost as if Lady Cab Driver was a reinterpretation of that song. Lady Cab Driver is the ninth track on Prince’s fifth album 1999, and, in 1983, was included as a b-side on some versions of the single Little Red Corvette, the album’s second single.īasic tracking took place on 7 July 1982 (the day after Moonbeam Levels, the day before Baby, You’re A Trip) at Sunset Sound in Hollywood, California.

1986, 2007 (clip only), 2012 (instrumental, during public soundcheck).23 October 2012: (Behind) El Capitan Theatre Hollywood, CA, USA (instrumental, during public soundcheck).11 November 1982: Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium, Chattanooga, TN, USA.1999 Deluxe Edition and Super Deluxe Edition

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