Prince Of Monaco At first look, the seating arrangements and standard of dress left one wondering whether concertgoers would know they were about to get hit by the groove train, or if they would sit through it all as if in a chichi, Muzak-infused dining car/banquet hall. Thankfully everyone, even dressed to the nines, tens […]

We just got word that Prince has rehearsed the 3 players: John Blackwell, Rhonda Smith and Renato Neto for 2 weeks now and taught them new and old material alike as well as a few covers.  Sounds cool. Prince is using a smaller crew these days to allow space for the audience to properly hear […]

The Montreux Jazz Festival is going to be a little bit more funky this year as a musical genius is planning on taking the stage not once, but twice. The one and only Prince WILL be performing 2 shows at Montreux this year and he is  bringing a musically talented band with him. Playing with Prince at […]

Drfunkenberry.com Exclusive. Rhonda Smith At The AquaLounge. Photo: Seren Dipity This was sent in to us. While attending a club in Beverly Hills called the Aqua Lounge, she was surprised to see one of our favorite all-time bass players Rhonda Smith playing with a band. So out came the camera during all that funk and […]

MUSICIANS SLATED 2 PER4M WITH PRINCE 4 THE MONTH OF MARCH R AS FOLLOWS:   on Drums:                       MICHAEL BLAND  CC. DUNHAM  JOHN BLACKWELL on bass:    RHONDA SMITH  JOSHUA DUNHAM SONNY T.   keyboards:   RENATO NETO   MR. HAYES                 backing and co-lead vox:  SHELBY J.  LIV WARFIELD   ELISA FIORILLO    harmonica:  yONNET We just got this in from Prince’s camp. […]