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I've described his performance persona that way ever since I saw him for the first time, but almost every reaction I received was along the lines of, "Really? I don't see it." The thing is, if he was consciously trying to copy either Mr. Hendrix or Mr. Brown, it wasn't obvious; it seemed to simply be the way the music came out of him.As a working musician and songwriter (people pay me to play so I guess that makes me one of the fraternity) Prince's death hit me especially hard. He was in my mind the basterd son of Jimi Hendrix and James Brown...
My wife and I saw Prince twice on the same tour back in 19wheneveritwas because our seats for the first show were behind the stage and not great. To his credit, several times during the show he came to the back of the stage and performed just for those of us in the cheap seats. I can't really say I've ever been a huge fan, but I recognize he was extremely talented and fearless when it came to experimenting with different sounds.