Minneapolis Supergroup The Truth
To Record Live CD at The Fine Line
Minneapolis All-Star Supergroup The Truth will be performing two shows on Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 at the Kinetic Playground, 1113 W. Lawrence. Doors will open at 6:00 PM and the first show will begin at 8:00 PM. Doors for the second show will open at 10:00 PM and the music will begin at 11:00 PM. Tickets are $16.00 in advance and $19.00 at the doors and are available at and the Kinetic Playground Box Office. For more information please contact the Kinetic Playground at (773) 769-5483.
Consisting of former and current members of Prince & the Revolution, Prince’s NPG, The Time, The Family, Madhouse and Mint Condition, The Truth is truly an assembly of Minneapolis musical royalty.
The Truth consists of St. Paul Peterson (The Time, The Family) on bass, vocals, guitar and keyboards, Jellybean Johnson (The Time, The Family) on guitar, Odell (Mint Condition) on guitar and vocals, Jerry Hubbard (The Time, Jesse Johnson) on bass, keyboards, guitar and vocals, Chance Howard (Prince, The Time) on bass guitar, bass synth and vocals, Kirk Johnson (Prince) on drums and vocals, Eric Leeds (Prince) on saxophones, keyboards and vocals and Donnie La Marca (Jonny Lang, Bobby Caldwell) on keyboards.
The Truth will combine classic “old school” funk by Cameo, The Ohio Players and Funkadelic with Minneapolis classics by The Time, The Family, Mint Condition and Prince for a very special “Minneapolis Music” evening that is sure to keep the dance floor packed all night long!
For more information or to schedule an Artist interview please contact Jeff Taube at (952) 948-0050.
Monster alert, monster alert, this is not a drill. A true Dr. Funkenstein-type creation, an all-star ensemble called The Truth is a brand new band comprised of some of the baddest musicians imaginable, each a heavyweight in his own right. Everybody here has a bulletproof rep and has gigged with or is a member of one high-power entity or another.
Here’s the lineup: St. Paul Peterson (The Time, The Family): bass, vocals, keyboards, guitar; Kip Blackshire (Prince): vocals, keys, guitar; Chance Howard (Prince): keys, vocals; Odell (Mint Condition): guitar, vocals; Jellybean Johnson (The Time, The Family): guitar; Jerry Hubbard (The Time, Jesse Johnson): bass, keyboards, guitar, vocals; Eric Leeds (Prince, The Family): saxophone; Donnie LaMarca (St. Paul, Giorgia, Ann Nesby, Jonny Lang): keys, vocals; and Kirk Johnson (Prince): drums, vocals. And then there’s the repertoire.
Covers of classic funk (James Brown, Ohio Players, Parliament Funkadelic and such) mixed with jams by the bands these guys came from. Industry know-it-alls told agent-manager Jeff Taube of MidAmerica Talent he’d never even get all these cats together in one room long enough for rehearsal, let alone to sign on as a band. But the determined Taube pulled it off. He explained to me the name they decided on. “When somebody’s playing is great, guys say it’s ‘the truth.’” Who’s going to argue that description doesn’t fit this crew?
Hiya Friends and fans of Funk, Soul, Rare Groove and RnB, We made it ... at www. NewFunkRadio. com we start our Show Season this year with a Friday Doublepack incl. CD giveaways!
Pro Show we raffle 1 CD in the Chat, this time on my Show:
D Train - Best of...
and the Herford Posse:
Love Train - The Best Of The O'Jays
We would be more than happy if you could join us in the chat and (of course) on Air!
Hi there The Truth first of all we'd like to say thanks for being our myspace pal. We wanted to make sure you knew the reason incase we suddenly vanish off of your friends list. The movement we've started for indie artists has grown significantly and consumes all of our time these days. We seldom sign into our myspace account and this is making several people believe that we are ignoring them. We are not ignoring anyone, we wanted everyone to know that. What we're doing has become so busy we just don't have the time for myspace any longer, so in all honesty we are probably going to just close our myspace account.
Many people wanted to use us in the future so if you were one of those people make sure you bookmark the link below so that in the event that we do close our myspace account you won't lose contact with us. I wish you the best of luck in your music career. Thanks again for being our myspace pal.
We have also built a pretty big music community which you are welcome to join if you want to meet new artists like yourself!
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Just wanted to drop a note of thanks. I really had a fun time groovin' in Chi-town last night and you guys were FUNKtabulous! I enjoyed visiting with you and my big brother O'Dell (muah, hey sweet pea!).
ok fellas!I see that you are in Chicago but you're not in Nashville yet!Come on!Toss a sista a biscuit!lol Play at maybe BB King's Or Rocketown?uh huh :)Hope ya'll are doin fab!muah!
Wish I could make it to Chitown on Saturday...how about you all come down to the Dallas area and give us some FUNK!!! Have a great set and hope to be able to experience you real soon.
