• We talk to Steve Parke, who for 13 years was Prince's Art Director at Paisley Park. Fulfilling all of his boyhood dreams required tenacity, imagination and always thinking on his feet.

  • Dec 14 2024
  • Length: 48 mins
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We talk to Steve Parke, who for 13 years was Prince's Art Director at Paisley Park. Fulfilling all of his boyhood dreams required tenacity, imagination and always thinking on his feet.

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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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