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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.
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Jan 22, 2018 · While his live show grew increasingly raunchy, Cymone’s second studio album aimed directly for the charts. 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.
Apr 23, 2016 · Eventually this bedroom genius sought out a band, Grand Central, which consisted of Prince, his cousin Charles Smith and neighbor Andre Anderson (who would later rename himself Andre Cymone...
Feb 26, 2018 · published 26 February 2018. Growing up, ego and karmic basses. 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...
Nov 5, 2012 · Andre Cymone reflects on growing up with Prince and releasing his first solo material in two decades. by Andrea Swensson. November 05, 2012. Of all of the people who could write a book about the history of the Minneapolis Sound, bassist and singer André Cymone’s stories could blow everyone else's out of the water.
André Cymone is an American bass player, songwriter and record producer. 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 ...
