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Wendy Ann Melvoin (born January 26, 1964) is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Prince as part of his backing band the Revolution, and for her collaboration with Lisa Coleman as one half of the duo Wendy & Lisa .
Mar 6, 2017 · March 6, 2017. The Revolution's Wendy Melvoin looks back to the shock of Prince's death and ahead to the band's upcoming tour celebrating the late icon. Markus Akre for Rolling Stone. For years ...
As rear guard to one of the world’s most extroverted and absorbing performers, Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman were the indispensable co-architects of Prince’s most hallowed period. Joining his band at the age of 19 when making the Dirty Mind album, Coleman lent her melodic, atmospheric keyboard to Prince’s ever-growing musical tapestry.
Oct 2, 2017 · October 2, 2017. Prince plays his Hohner Tele and Wendy Melvoin rocks her signature purple Rickenbacker during the Purple Rain Tour in the mid ’80s. Melvoin names her mother and Mick Ronson as her biggest guitar influences. Prince’s former guitarist discusses the Revolution’s legacy and recent tour—and what it was like to write and ...
Apr 21, 2023 · At the time of the First Avenue gig, the drill sergeant’s platoon consisted of Matt ‘Doctor’ Fink on synth, Brown Mark on bass, Bobby ‘Z’ Rifkin on drums, Eric Leeds on sax, guitarist Wendy Melvoin and keyboardist Lisa Coleman. The band’s headquarters was a huge warehouse on Highway 7 in St. Louis Park, a suburb of Minneapolis.
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Jun 15, 2021 · Their work on “Cruel Summer” wrapped a mere two weeks prior to the finale — which airs June 15 on Freeform at 7 p.m. PT — and Melvoin and Coleman are already on their next project. Scoring ...
Jan 26, 2024 · Wendy Melvoin, who was a member of Prince’s band the Revolution, is 60. Melvoin was born on this date in Los Angeles in 1964, and grew up amid a musical family: her father Mike Melvoin was a member of the Wrecking Crew, her brother Jonathan Melvoin was a touring keyboardist with Smashing Pumpkins, and her twin sister, Susannah, was also a regular Prince collaborator.
