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André Cymone (born Andre Simon Anderson; June 27, 1958) is an American bassist, songwriter and record producer. He was a bass guitarist for Prince's touring band, pre-Revolution. In 1981, Cymone broke from Prince's band and began a solo career.
- Andre Simon Anderson
- Musician, singer, songwriter, record producer
- Bass, guitar, piano, drums, brass section, vocals
Apr 20, 2018 · In a revealing interview, Andre Cymone – Prince's former bassist and childhood best friend – tells Simon Price about his life with the Minneapolis genius, and his own current album 1969. It takes a special kind of zero-fucks bravado to walk onstage wearing see-through plastic trousers.
Jan 22, 2018 · André Cymone, recorded in the summer of 1979 and released that October, brought the nascent Minneapolis Sound to a national audience, with Cymone sounding more assured as a singer, songwriter, and performer.
Feb 26, 2018 · Back with a new album, 1969, former Prince sidekick Andre Cymone tells Simon Price about the bassists who shaped him, a youth spent stealing and smashing instruments, going guitar-shopping with the Purple One, and his essential kit...
Born Andre Simon Anderson, Cymone was a bass player in Prince’s touring band, from 1979 to 1981. Cymone’s stage name comes from a variation of his middle name, Simon; he added an accent on the "e" of his first name and turned it into "André", the french spelling of "Andre".
Nov 5, 2012 · Cymone departed from the band in 1981 to launch his own R&B career and successfully released three solo albums, peaking with the Prince-penned single “The Dance Electric” in 1985. For the more casual R&B fans, “The Dance Electric” is where Cymone’s story drops off.
In the early '80s Cymone broke away from Prince’s band to launch a solo career, releasing three well-received albums - Livin' in the New Wave, Survivin' in the '80s and AC - whose visionary new wave/funk fusion spawned half a dozen hit R&B singles.
