Recent content by dspiffy

And I agree, I would have loved to have heard Sonny as the original bass player for that material. Mark played everything exactly as Prince would have played it.

He definitely asked him. Sonny was prepping and preparing for the tour until he was told that Prince had changed his mind and hired Mark. I've never actually heard anyone say why, but Terry Lewis alluded to it in the lecture I linked above. Prince was still intimidated by Sonny. Actually, my...

Just ordered one of these. I'm a guitar player who occasionally needs to play bass, and I convinced myself I needed a decent bass of my own. I've had great luck with the Harley Benton guitars I've bought.

I know this is an old thread, but there's so little information on the web about Sonny Thompson, and there should be more. He was Prince's bass, guitar, and falsetto (voice) teacher, as well as Terry Lewis's bass teacher. I dont mean in any formal way, at least that I know of he never gave...