Remembering Prince & Celebrating "Cornbread" Harris With Jimmy Jam & Andrea Swensson

About this episode

The episode features Jimmy Jam and Andrea Swensson discussing Prince and celebrating Cornbread Harris's life and legacy.

This week, we are joined by two guests -- Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Jimmy Jam and the insightful music journalist, author and podcaster Andrea Swensson as we share stories about Jimmy's legendary friend and mentor Prince, who passed ten years ago on April 21st, 2016, and also celebrate the remarkable and enduring story of James Samuel "Cornbread" Harris, Jimmy's father and a beloved musician in his own right in the history of music from Minneapolis, Minnesota who will turn 99 on April 23rd. It's a powerful story about fathers & sons now told in the book, "Deeper Blues: The Life, Songs & Salvation of Cornbread Harris" by Andrea Swensson with an Afterword by Jimmy. For more on "Deeper Blues" -- now available as an audio book narrated by Andrea -- Cornbread & Jimmy, as well as Andrea's other books about Prince & other subjects including her upcoming look at "Rumours" by Fleetwood Mac, go to https://www.andreaswensson.com.To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Guests: Jimmy Jam, Andrea Swensson

Topics covered

• music
• Prince
• father-son relationships
• Minneapolis music history
• Cornbread Harris
• celebration of life

Keywords

• Prince
• Jimmy Jam
• Cornbread Harris
• music history
• father-son stories
• Deeper Blues
• Andrea Swensson

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Phil Rosenthal World, Straw Hut Media

Books & works: Deeper Blues: The Life, Songs & Salvation of Cornbread Harris

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