The Family (band)

The Family was a R&B band signed to Prince's record label Paisley Park Records. The band consisted of remaining members of The Time (Jellybean Johnson, Jerome Benton and St. Paul Peterson), Eric Leeds (brother of Prince's tour manager Alan Leeds) and Susannah Melvoin, the twin sister of Wendy Melvoin, who was Prince's guitarist in his band The Revolution. Susannah was also Prince's love interest at the time.

Related Topics:
R&B - Prince - Paisley Park Records - The Time - Wendy Melvoin - The Revolution

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The band's material was composed entirely by Prince, with the exception of "River Run Dry", which was written by Bobby "Z" Rivkin. Prince wrote and performed all the other tracks and simply overdubbed Paul and Sussanah's vocals and added saxophone by Leeds.

Related Topics:
Bobby "Z" Rivkin - Overdub - Saxophone

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The project turned out to be short-lived. Peterson opted to pursue his own career and Prince absorbed most of the remaining members into The Revolution (with the exception of Johnson). The band did, however perform a single concert and released a self-titled album. The album contains of 8 tracks consisting of funk-jazz with 2 instrumentals and 3 ballads. A single was released for "The Screams Of Passion", a modest hit which was re-released in 1996 on the Girl 6 soundtrack. The album's crowning achievement, however was "Nothing Compares 2 U", an emotional ballad covered 5 years later by Sinéad O'Connor and essentially jump-starting her career.

Related Topics:
Concert - Album - Funk - Jazz - Instrumentals - Ballad - 1996 - Girl 6 - Soundtrack - Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinéad O'Connor

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