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Feel my big guitar : Prince and the sound he helped create / edited by Judson L. Jeffries, Shannon M. Cochran, and Molly Reinhoudt.

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Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2023]

Prince -- Criticism and interpretation.

9781496845269 (trade paperback) :

1496845269 (trade paperback)

American made music series.

x, 190 pages : music ; 24 cm.

Introduction / Judson L. Jeffries, Shannon M. Cochran, and Molly Reinhoudt -- Section I. Influences and Rivalries (Real or Imagined). Chapter 1. Fire it up! Prince, Rick James, Rivalry, Race, Punk Funk, and the Minneapolis Sound / H. Zahra Caldwell -- Chapter 2. Haze and Rain : Exploring the Influence of Jimi Hendrix on Prince / Ignatius Calabria -- Chapter 3. Zoot Suits and New Jack Swing: Morris Day's Dandyism / Karen Turman -- Chapter 4. Clouds, Colors, and the Wonder of U: The Influence of Joni MItchell on Prince / Fred Mark Shaheen -- Chapter 5. Before the Revolution: A Conversation with Gayle Chapman / Judson L. Jeffries -- Chapter 6. From the Early Days of Rock and Roll to the Minneapolis Sound and Beyond : Pepé Willie Talks about His Life in the Business / Tony Kiene -- Section II. Musicology and Instrumental Eroticism. Chapter 7. "The Ways He Could Live Different Lives": Performatice Multiplicity, Identity Play, and Studio Autonomy in Prince's 1980s Recordings / Will Fulton -- Chapter 8. Erotic Cities : Instrumental Anthropomorphism / Brian Jude de Lima -- Chapter 9. Sign o' the Times in D(Construction) Minor : Variations on an S Theme / Sabatino DiBernardo -- Chapter 10. My Pop Life :One Man's Journey to the Dawn / Antonio Garfias -- Conclusion / Judson L. Jeffries. Molly Reinhoudt, and Shannon M. Cochran -- About the Contributors -- Index.

With his signature blend of genres and lyrics that touch on myriad societal issues, the artist Prince (1958-2016) has challenged and captivated the minds and hearts of countless listeners. Feel My Big Guitar: Prince and the Sound He Helped Create is a wide-ranging collection that seeks to place Prince at the center of contemporary musical scholarship, putting him in proper cultural and political context. This edited volume includes a mix of essays and reflections by scholars and fans, as well as interviews with people who worked with and knew Prince personally. Employing a blend of methodologies, contributors offer a body of fresh, intriguing, thought-provoking, and mind-bending work about Prince -- an artist whose music exemplified those very characteristics. The volume examines Prince's musical influences, his rivalries (both real and imagined), and instrumental eroticism. It includes enlightening interviews with early mentor Ppe Willie and Gayle Chapman, Prince's first female bandmate. These personal reflections and interviews grant readers a unique lens through which to view Prince, enriching our overall understanding of the man. Ultimately, Feel My Big Guitar serves as a space for sharing musicological analysis and memories about an artist whose work has touched and inspired so many. Years in the making, this is the first book in an ongoing scholarly project, PrincEnlighteNmenT: A Study of Society through Music, intended to investigate and reveal the full spectrum of Prince's life and work.

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