NUNO BETTENCOURT Pays Tribute To PRINCE At Generation Axe Show In Orlando - "You Taught Me To Be A Musician, An Individual"
April 25, 2016, 8 years ago
Extreme guitarist Nuno Bettencourt, who is currently on the Generation Axe tour with Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, Zakk Wylde and Tosin Abasi, posted the following message on April 22nd:
"Tonight was supposed to be a night of guitars, so I have to thank you Orlando for giving me just a few minutes of your time and your voices and your hearts, to help me heal... and allow me to shed a few tears. I really needed that.
And I know he heard you.
Prince... the joy you have given me throughout my life, the way you made me move. You taught me to learn all instruments, not just to be a guitarist, but a musician, an individual. That the priority wasn't the skill, but the emotion behind it. And the songs, the way you'd make my pain go away when I couldn't bear it. The songs, you have given all of us to play for the ones we adore when we couldn't find something deeper to say than just. I love you.
You truly are and will always be an actual Prince...
Love You."
Legendary musician Prince was found unresponsive on the morning of Thursday, April 21st at his home at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, a Minneapolis suburb, and later declared dead. The Grammy/Oscar/Golden Globe winning artist was 57.
Prince's publicist, Yvette Noel-Schure, issued the following statement: “It is with profound sadness that I am confirming that the legendary, iconic performer, Prince Rogers Nelson, has died at his Paisley Park residence this morning at the age of 57.”
