Dez Dickerson
Also Known As: Desmond D'andrea Dickerson
Biography: Dez Dickerson is a musician, composer, and actor. He is best known as Prince's first rhythm guitar player from his first tour until the 1999 album and tour. Dickerson appeared in Prince's movie Purple Rain, leading a competing band at the First Avenue club. Retiring from rock music soon after for religious reasons, Dickerson now composes and performs movie soundtracks.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: August 07, 1955
Age: 69 years old
Gender: Male
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Prince - Dirty Mind New York '81
Overview: Prince live at The Ritz, New York, NY March 22nd 1981.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-22
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Prince: A Purple Reign
Overview: Part of BBC Four's Black Music Legends of the 1980s, this documentary explores how Prince - showman, artist, enigma - revolutionized the perception of black music in the 1980s with worldwide hits such as "1999," "Kiss," "Raspberry Beret" and "Alphabet Street." He became a global sensation with the release of the Oscar-winning, semi-autobiographical movie "Purple Rain" in 1984, embarking on an incredible journey of musical self-discovery that continues to this day.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-25
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Prince and the Revolution: The Homecoming
Overview: After 4 months of touring, Prince and his band return to Minneapolis.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-03-15
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Prince: Capitol Theatre
Overview: Prince performs in Passaic, NJ during his Controversy Tour on January 30th 1982. Even in black and white, the Minneapolis-born funkateer exudes purple-ness. Watch him whip this Capitol Theatre audience into a frenzy.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-30
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Prince: The Hits Collection
Overview: The Hits Collection is a collection of music videos released in 1993 to accompany the Prince's greatest hits collection, The Hits/The B-Sides. Being a single VHS cassette/DVD, the collection is only an hour long and excludes many tracks from the audio release
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-12-14
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Prince: 1999 Live In Houston 12/29/82
Overview: Prince and the Revolution perform live at the Summit in Houston, TX on 12/29/1982
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-29
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Prince - Dirty Mind Paris '81
Overview: On June 4, 1981 Prince staged a concert at Théâtre Le Palace in the City Of Lights. The show featured seven of the eight songs that appeared on the 1980 LP Dirty Mind as well as a few off his 1979 self-titled LP. The lineup in Paris included André Cymone on bass, Dez Dickerson on guitar, Bobby Z on drums and Doctor Fink and Lisa Coleman on keyboards, as well as Prince, in various stages of undress, playing guitar and handling lead vocals.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-06-04
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Prince - The Glory Years
Overview: A documentary film that reviews and recaptures this golden decade and, with the aid of his friends, colleagues, fellow musicians and other notable contributors, helps discover why Prince Rogers Nelson simply stole the 80s as far as music was concerned. Includes classic Prince performances reassessed by a team of esteemed experts, with live and studio footage, brand new interviews with Prince's closest confidantes, and rare photographs.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-04-08
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