St. Paul & The Minneapolis Funk All Stars ” Feel The Rain”

Minneapolis Funk Royalty, St. Paul & The Minneapolis Funk All-Stars are celebrating the 40 Anniversary of Purple Rain with the “Feel The Rain” tour. Led by St. Paul Peterson, the band is appearing at City Winery, 1200 W. Randolph Street, Chicago, 60607 on April 8, 2024.

For tickets, click here: https://citywinery.com/chicago/events/the-minneapolis-sounds-tour-kyartu

The Minneapolis Funk All Stars features a lineup of talented players from the most successful Prince bands including The Revolution, The Time, The Family, The New Power Generation, and more. Three members of the Minneapolis Funk All Stars were in Purple Rain! This tour promises more than just a walk down memory lane; it’s set to be a night of pure funk curated by some of the architects of the Minneapolis Sound, including musicians who wrote, produced, performed, and sang on some of the biggest hits alongside Prince.

Scheduled to appear are, St. Paul Peterson (Purple Rain, The Time, The Family), Dr. Fink (Purple Rain, Prince and The Revolution), Elisa Fiorillo (Prince and the New Power Generation), Jellybean Johnson (The Time, The Family), Jason Peterson DeLaire (Paisley Park House Band/Carmen Electra) and Joey Finger (Sheena Easton/Batman Soundtrack).

“We can’t wait to celebrate the music of Purple Rain with those who were there when it happened” said St. Paul Peterson. “We’ll honor the great music from many of the bands and share some behind-the-scenes stories from our time working alongside the legend that brought it all to the forefront.”

 About St. Paul Peterson:
St. Paul Peterson came up in the 80s as the teenage keyboard player in the Purple Rain era line-up of The Time, appearing in the hit film and on the platinum-selling album “Ice Cream Castle” (“The Bird”, “Jungle Love”). Subsequently enlisted by Prince to front The Family, who would release an eponymously titled album on Paisley Park featuring the singles “Screams of Passion,” “High Fashion” and the original recording of “Nothing Compares 2 U’. As a solo artist, he scored Top 15 R&B and Top 40 Pop hits for MCA and Atlantic Records respectively. A multi-instrumentalist and platinum-selling songwriter, his resume includes names as varied as Mavis Staples. Paula Abdul, Brian Culbertson, and Victor Wooten through to rockers Beth Hart, Peter Frampton, Kenny Loggins, and Steve Miller Band. George Benson scored a Grammy nomination with the St. Paul Peterson penned ‘Song For My Brother’. In early 2019 St. Paul Peterson released his first new single in over two decades ‘You Got 2 Love’, which received a warm welcome back from BBC Radio, American Public Radio, and tens of thousands of streams from fans from around the world.