PART 2

2mins30s - The Paisley Park studios summer music festival 'Celebration' in 2000

7mins - Prince having extraordinary vision, and being the hardest working person in the building.

10mins - Prince asks Steve very personal Qs, on naming his son and his spirituality...

13mins30s - A Jeep or a BMW??

14mins - A very magical moment with Prince...

18mins30s - Acoustic Prince

19mins45s - The recording of One Nite Alone, hearing the grand piano...and doves in the atrium...

22mins - Photographing Prince in the open air and countryside of Minneapolis

26mins - A moment of realisation, and a parting of the ways after 13 years...

34mins - The human toll of a long career... Steve's observations.

38mins - Celebration #1: family members stop by at a dance party at Paisley Park...?

39mins30s - Jellybean Johnson being supportive...and being inspired by a cousin's hairstyle...

42mins30s - Prince: ICON photo exhibition and book, how it all came together

48mins30s - What does Steve think Prince's lasting legacy will be?

50mins - Having a unique segment of time, that wasn't purely about 'the music'...and opportunities beyond your wildest dreams.

52mins - 'He believed in people and pushed you beyond what you thought you could do for yourself...'

53mins30s - Cancel culture and public figures. 'Having a perspective on someone's entire life is important...'

58mins - The Prince Estate - projects past and present...

How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!

The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.

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INTRO

2mins30secs - how do you get from being a teenager on the school bus with your friends, with dreams of rock stars, to actually being at Paisley Park working as Art Director for Prince?

7mins - Coming up with a set design in 3 hours! 

9mins30s - Coming full circle with Prince's best friend at High School, Andre Cymone...

11mins30s - Lovesexy t-shirt made in a hotel room - but how to get Prince's likeness...??

14mins - Three different Princes...? '...he could be tough with the musicians...'

17mins - "He expected so much more from himself..."

18mins - Being brought out to work on The Gold Experience, and 'being thrown right into the fire'

19mins - Working 120 hours a week...and being asked to move out to Minneapolis. Then saying no!

23mins - Coping mechanisms. 'I think everyone's relationship with him was different...'

25mins - ...how Prince motivated Steve, and swapping music with your idol.

33mins30s - Next assignment - being flown to Birmingham to paint Prince's eyes, having no passport in London and Graffiti Bridge...

38mins - Re-doing the artwork and Salvador Dali ideas... 

43mins - Support networks in Paisley Park...'it was like a big family...'

How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!

The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.

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In part 2 - we talk to Omar about the ownership of his work and masters, his many creative outlets, the resurgence of vinyl, being a vessel for music, spirituality and carrying the torch for a new generation.

2mins - Ownership of master tapes and adapting to the music industry as is now

5mins - Playing smaller venues, and keeping connected to communities... "where Prince was doing his after parties - that was where I was doing my gigs..."

7mins - Dabbling in acting, starring in BBC1s EastEnders and additional creative outlets

8mins30s - Writing for other people... Should've Known Better by Mica Paris

9mins - Collaborations with other artists - Leon Ware; Lamont Dozier; Syreeta Wright; Common; Erykah Badu; Kele Le Roc; Terri Walker; Angie Stone

9mins45s - Working with his brother Scratch Professor

11mins - Re-releasing earlier albums on vinyl?

13mins - Other things Omar wants to achieve, and live vs the studio

15mins30s - Favourite Stevie Wonder moments musically...Venue Fly Trap and The Bug

16mins30s - New album on limited vinyl - with monthly releases in 2025

18mins30s - Back in the US on tour for the first time in many years...but also seeing precious family members

20mins - Being a vessel for music...as a spiritual thing?

22mins - Testing songs out on the radio, Little Boy?

23mins - Re-recording an anthem...There's Nothing Like This...

26mins - Making parents proud and emerging talents on the scene...

28mins - Surviving the lockdown, earning money, and a new relationship with social media

29mins30s - Streaming live performances, and working on various projects

30mins30s - Passing the artistic baton on...

How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!

The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.

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INTRO

2mins - Learning his craft as a child, and a musical education, culminating at The Guildhall School of Music.

3mins - Always being comfortable with music as a craft...and having to choose over football.

4mins - First Omar composition...at 14?

5mins30s - Scholarship vs a record deal...

6mins - Music theory vs feel...

7mins - Things Omar's Dad taught him about music.

8mins30s - The Talkin' Loud Acid Jazz scene in London in the early 90s

10mins - Having longevity

11mins30s - Maintaining a unique sound...and a new album - Omar's 9th

14mins - Not feeling burdened by the musical prodigy tag

15mins - Influences, Ohio Players, family and the music that shaped Omar.  

15mins30s - learning Level 42 bass lines as a teenager

16mins - Collaborating with legends in the music business...

18mins - Hanging out with Stevie Wonder in London

20mins - Favourite Prince tracks

22mins - Best By Far?

23mins - Orchestral sounds, Philly Soul and peer respect

27mins - not courting the mainstream

How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!

The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.

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INTRO to Charles

1mins30s - Reflections on Lincoln Junior High School, with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis

2mins - Knocking on local doors in the neighbourhood just to listen

3mins - Hanging out in Sonny T's basement, and studying him

3mins30s - The MPLS drum beat: did Charles teach Prince? And influences...

4mins45s - MPLS fashions for young teens, dressing like Carlos Santana

5mins30s - Local schoolfriend Andre, starts out on saxophone, but is asked to play bass...

6mins30s - Having the same confidence of Prince

7mins - Getting the drum set in the bedroom

7mins45s - ...going to Seventh Day Adventist Church, but also Allstar Wrestling!

9mins - Going to the Sly & The Family show in MPLS

11mins - Prince's report cards and high school talent show notes!

13mins - The roots of the tree

13mins30s - Prince always wanted to be a 'badass musician'

14mins30s - Going to Prince's Dad's house - being immaculate and coming from a military background

15mins - everything matched, everything was hung up, everything was in order...

16mins-  Prince's Mum had fur on the floor...and he turned out just like her.

16mins30s - Military fathers, Prince's Dad and complicated music

17mins45s - You let John play... and  2 different versions of The Horse With No Name

19mins - Jerry Hubbard, the bass player in The Time (in Purple Rain)

20mins - Family gatherings in the late 1960s and early 1970s at Charles Aunt Mary's house, staring at the organ

22mins - Charles Facebook post: Prince's school report in 1967

23mins30s - Charles Grandmother tells him that Prince is going to do something really special

25mins - He was on my band, I was playing and singing on the Delphonics... high voiced singing. Masculinity and dignity...

26mins - Prince becoming famous worldwide, 'he was built for it'

28mins - "You be you"

30mins - "While you were runnin' around chasing women, Prince was recording..."

31mins - "I used to go to jam sessions and bury dudes! Because of Prince..."

How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!

The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.

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INTRO

2mins30secs - Tamar's chemistry with Prince

'It was like a student following a teacher...[but] you can't work with that kind of greatness and take mediocre...'

6mins30s - Prince going on tour with Tamar, playing guitar on her U.S. shows

7mins45s - Will we ever get to hear her album 'Milk & Honey'? Her collaborative project with Prince.

8mins30s - "I'm not gonna wait on The Estate..."

9mins30s - Why did Tamar stop working with Prince? "...you're taking my fans... he started to get competitive..."

11mins30s - Mum designing tour costumes, for Tamar and the Twins on Saturday Night Live and other shows. 'I helped choose the fabric!'

12mins30s - Sharing a faith with Prince...and why it was destiny to meet him in that era.

15mins - Keeping in contact, and communications with Prince after they stopped working together. 'We were still the best of friends...'

17mins45s - Ashley remembers where she was when she found out that Prince had passed away. 'I just pulled over, and I cried...'

20mins - New projects coming up in 2024, working with Stewart Copeland from The Police, and the importance of an artist maintaining mystery.

23mins - Hoping that Sting will one day hear her singing 'Every Breath You Take' with a 48-piece orchestra.

How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!

The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.

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INTRO - Just coming back in late from London, and Houston...

3mins - the elevator pitch on Tamar, '...how would you describe yourself?'

4mins30s - Finding your tribe online

5mins - Tamar's passion as an educator

7mins - Were your parents or your family musical? Where did you inherit your talent from?

8mins - The original line up for Destiny's Child...but guess how many members?

9mins - How did the group come together originally?

9min30s - Wrestling with contracts inside girl groups, who has the last say, and the lack of longevity...due to the focus on image.

10mins30s - Working with Prince after graduating from College in her early 20s...after being on tour with Lee Ritenour, Beyonce, Missy Elliot and Alicia Keys

12mins - Somewhere Over The Rainbow in the mid 90s: Morris Hayes listens to a demo...and Tamar is flown with her Mum to record at Paisley Park.

14mins - Reflections on being in the music and entertainment industries at such an early age...

15mins - "Everything is negotiable...", how Tamar feels now about the 'business mind'.

16mins - Learning from Prince - '...everything that's happening now, he taught me...'

19mins30s - What were the first projects you worked on with Prince? And how did it come about?

20mins30s - Walking into Burbank Studios, with Sheila E...'a big test' while rehearsing for the NAACP Image Awards

22mins - "I just never had time to recognise it...but one of the biggest legends of all time saw something in me..."

How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!

The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.

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INTRO

2mins - Fan Questions: what happened at the Rio in Las Vegas?

3mins30s - Early, and unreasonable demands from Prince. Mentors and moving on without malice...

6mins30s - What was it like managing other artists vs managing Prince? Working with Andre Cymone and Jesse Johnson.

9mins30s - Working with the Prince Estate on a potential 'For You' Deluxe edition, Owen shares his view.

10mins30s - Keeping a diary and creating an archive since his earliest experiences in the music industry.

11mins30s - Tapes Prince cut at Owen's house in the late 1970s.

12mins - Getting Prince's music out to young people now, the importance of sharing with a new generation who weren't born during Prince's heyday.

15mins30s - The transformational effect Prince is still having on current fans of his music, reflections from Owen's recent book tour.

18mins - How did Prince lay down tracks in the early days? And an early test for Prince with Warner Bros, to see 'if he could really do it'.

21mins - Prince rejects the chance to work with Maurice White of Earth, Wind & Fire (on his first album). "I'm attempting to do something new..."

22mins30s - Jamming with Prince (briefly) in an LA basement back in the day...

24mins30s - "Just pay attention to the energy coming out of the socket..."

26mins - How Owen felt at Prince's passing and his view on the success of Prince's life. "I did not want him to become isolated..." "I think Prince turned himself inside out to give us his gift. A lot of artists do it..."

30mins30s - Getting blown away by Prince in concert at the LA Forum. "He had gone from a guy in a band, to a frontman, he had completely transformed into something beyond what I thought he could be."

32mins - "Selfishly speaking....I kind of said to myself, yeah your instincts were right Owen..!"

33mins30s - The unexplainable magic of Prince, and A Sly Stone story...

How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!

The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.

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INTRO

2mins20s - Life experiences, in preparation for meeting Prince, working with stars and the need to avoid being a fan.

8mins - Is there anything you couldn't protect Prince from? No entourage, before the layers of fame and celebrity. 'He took the bus to my house...that's the Prince I loved.'

11mins - 'He was just a guy from North Minneapolis....I knew he was vulnerable.'

13mins - Courting controversy early on, and being able to deliver the goods.

14mins - PT Barnum, Colonel Tom Parker...and The Beatles on Ed Sullivan. 'Prince understood that...'

17mins30s - Did Prince have a neurodivergent condition?

20mins - "I saw that fire in his eyes..."

22mins30s - What moments did you like in Prince's later career? "For me it began with Dirty Mind, because he was taking chances..."

25mins30s - Owen's honest assessment of Prince's first album For You

29mins - Absorbing information from everyone around him.

How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!

The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.

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INTRO

2mins - The Dirty Mind era, the Prince persona begins to form, riding the New Wave...and that Trench Coat!

3mins - The 1979 period and working with costume designers...

7mins30s - The second punk period: Slave and the 1990s

10mins - Veils and Masking - the Exodus Has Begun...

11mins30s - Count The Days, style signifiers and finely tuned 'unconventional tailoring' in the new millennium

15mins30s - Art Official Age, moving away from tailored garments with age...and softer fabrics, kinder to the body

18mins - Memories of Lovesexy posters in Virgin Megastore in Edinburgh

20mins - Casci's sartorial take Lovesexy...and Prince's working wardrobe department at Paisley Park

21mins30s - "Prince in Polka Dots is just perfection..."

23mins - Working with very well known designers?

25mins - First concert costing £31.21 pence... getting the Mega Bus down from Galashiels to the O2 and 'getting my first tattoo in Camden'

31mins - Legacy as a fashion icon, 'his influence is all encompassing', and Prince's passing...crying with Mum and blaring his music on the double-decker bus.

33mins - Prince's influence on other artists and fans around the world.

34mins - Thank You 

How Can U Just Leave Me Standing? In Search of Prince... is produced and arranged by Sam J. Bleazard - but couldn't exist without the fabulous contribution from all of our guests!

The show also features significant original music compositions from Gavin Calder.

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