Prince Remembered

My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James reflects on his memories of seeing Prince perform at Coachella in 2008, SXSW in 2013 and the impact 'Sign O' the Times' had on his own songwriting.

People who collaborated with Prince and worked for him talked less about Prince the superstar -- and more about how they will remember him as a musician. First, producer Jimmy Jam, who was in the band The Time, which opened for Prince in his early years of touring.

Adam Scher, senior curator at the Minnesota Historical Society, joined Current Morning Show hosts Jill Riley and Brian Oake to talk Prince memorabilia -- including Prince's suit from the 1984 movie 'Purple Rain.' The Minnesota History Center in St. Paul put the suit on display the same day the news broke that Prince had died.

Garrison Keillor reflected on the loss of Minnesota's own Prince at A Prairie Home Companion's April 23, 2016 show at the Bass Concert Hall in Austin, TX.

A new Prince mural on the side of a building in Minneapolis' Uptown neighborhood was painted this weekend as "a nice present to the city of Minneapolis," says Bloomington-based artist Rock "Cyfi" Martinez. The mural, just over a story high, is located at 26th St. and Hennepin Ave.

Atom Robinson is a bassist and backing vocalist who has long admired Prince and spent a few years during the 1990s touring with a Prince tribute band called Shockadelica. He spoke with MPR News host Tom Weber and Current music reporter Andrea Swensson about his life's intersections with Prince.