Prairie Prince
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Prairie Prince | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Charles Lempriere Prince |
Born | Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. | May 7, 1950
Genres | Rock |
Occupation(s) | Drummer |
Years active | 1970s–present |
Member of | The Tubes[1] |
Formerly of | |
Website | prairieprince |
Charles Lempriere "Prairie" Prince (born May 7, 1950) is an American drummer and visual artist. He came to prominence in the 1970s as a member of the San Francisco–based rock group The Tubes, was a member of Jefferson Starship from 1992 to 2008 and has worked with a wide range of other performers as a session musician.
Career
Prince is a member of The Tubes and was a founding member of Journey along with Neal Schon and Gregg Rolie. However, he quit Journey after a few months before they made any records.
He has subsequently worked with Chris Isaak (on his first four albums), Todd Rundgren, Brian Eno, David Byrne, XTC, Tom Waits, Paul Kantner, George Harrison, Dick Dale, Glenn Frey, Richard Marx, Bill Spooner, Neil Hamburger, John Fogerty, Nicky Hopkins, Tommy Bolin, Phil Lesh, John Ferenzik, Singer at Large Johnny J. Blair, The Gilmour Project, Negativland and former Tubes and Grateful Dead keyboardist Vince Welnick.[8]
Prince collaborated with Ross Valory, bassist and founding member of Journey, on a line of patented[9] eco-friendly, US-made hoodie shirts called MouthMan, where graphic designs of jaws and teeth on the sleeves form a mouth when the wearer "hugs himself".
In 2006, he toured with The New Cars including Todd Rundgren, bassist Kasim Sulton (Rundgren's Utopia bandmate), and original The Cars guitarist Elliot Easton and keyboardist Greg Hawkes. He continues to play with The Tubes and Todd Rundgren.
He was an original member of the reformed
He is a sought-after session musician[citation needed] and played drums and percussion on all tracks of Chuck Prophet's 2012 release Temple Beautiful and seven of 12 tracks on Prophet's 2014's Night Surfer.
As an artist he designed the
Personal life
Prince lived with fellow Tubes member Re Styles from 1973 until the early 1990s. In a 2006 interview with Modern Drummer magazine's Billy Amendola, he referred to singer Diana Mangano as his wife, adding they were not formally married but had been together for a decade.[10]
See also
References
- ^ Drummer, Modern (May 1, 2006). "Prairie Prince: An Interview". Modern Drummer Magazine. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
- ^ Prairie Prince – Journey's Forgotten Founder, retrieved February 3, 2023
- ^ Bergman, Jeff (April 17, 2009), Prairie Prince, retrieved February 3, 2023
- ^ "Bio – Prairie Prince". Prairieprince.com. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
- ^ "English: Prairie Prince performs with The New Cars at the Nokia Theater in Dallas on May 14, 2006". Commons.wikimedia.org. May 14, 2006. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
- ^ "Neil Hamburger: Western Music and Variety". TVGuide.com. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
- ^ "Release "Richard Marx" by Richard Marx". Musicbrainz.org. Retrieved February 3, 2023.
- ^ Prairie Prince credits at AllMusic
- ^ "Novelty shirt". Patents.google.com. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
- ^ "Prairie Prince: An Interview". Moderndrummer.com. May 1, 2006. Retrieved May 2, 2023.