Prince is the only recording artist since the Beatles to have a number-one song, movie, and single at the same time. In his three-decade-long career, he has had nearly thrity albums hit the Billboard Top 100. His trajectory — from a teenage unknown in late-1970s Minneapolis, to Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, to his turns as starmaker — has established him as one of the most important musicians alive. This books gives proper treatment to a thirty-year career of epic proprtions.
Ronin Ro, the celebrated music author of Have Gun Will Travel, tells the story of how Prince achieved his own brand of mega-success bu bucking industry trends and refusing to play by anyone's rules but his own. Ro examines his innovative sound, and how his prodigous talents as a singer, guitarist, producer, and entertainer helped define a musical era.
Along the way, Prince confronted recording labels and their executives, fostered other young talents, and took ownership of his music, making a profound mark on the entertainment industry as a whole.
In Prince, Ro shows how one man's influence — on music, on style, on popular culture — continues to be felt.
