The enthusiasm was so infectious that we wanted to bring creativity to the table every day as well. Does that carry over in your work today?ĭoctor Fink: It does, but he was so dedicated to his craft that he really did make it fun. I wanted to ask you: He was famously demanding as a taskmaster. I couldn't get enough of it, and still drinking it to this day. I saw it immediately, I had a lot of struggles hanging on, but I drank gallons of the Kool-Aid. Melvoin: I think to speak to your initial question – did we know that there was something special going on? Yeah.
I was 19, he was 17, and he was just working on his demo. And then I was just like, "Hey, what's going on?" And then Chris Moon walked in and went, 'You can't talk to Prince!" It's like, "what do you mean I can't talk to Prince?" We were very unfamous together. And you don't get a head turn with Prince, you get the eyes. And I heard on the dance floor, I heard a song and I ran up to the DJ and said, "Who's that girl?" And he looked at me and he went, "What girl?" I said, "The song you're playing right now!" and he said, "That's a guy, his name is Prince, the song is 'Soft and Wet.' " And I, from that moment on, was completely taken by him.īobby Z.: Well, it started with walking by Studio A at Chris Moon's studio and hearing this glorious vocal sound, of his stacked harmonies, and seeing the Afro. I was 13 years old, I was in a club in Los Angeles as an underage delinquent. Wendy Melvoin: I was the last to join the fold and, I think, the final stitch in what he was trying to accomplish in terms of creating the perfect quilt. What got you into it? And did you sense at the time that this was going to be something that would change your lives? You were either all in your teens or just out of your teens, including Prince. So I want to go back to when you all got together. Michel Martin: Thank you all so much for coming in, especially when you're on this demanding tour.
Hear their conversation at the audio link, and read an edited transcript below. and keyboard player Matt "Doctor Fink" Fink joined NPR's Michel Martin during The Revolution's stop in Washington, D.C., to talk about the band's history, working through their grief with tour audiences and the unreleased music that remains in Prince's vault at Paisley Park. Guitarist Wendy Melvoin, drummer Bobby Z.
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