What does it mean if the best part of a tribute concert is the part the late honoree would have hated? AdvertisementGary Clark Jr. in performance at the Prince tribute concert at the Los Angeles Convention Center. But again you felt Prince’s influence in Martin’s eagerness to find his way into a song so thoroughly associated with women. In Staples and Earth, Wind & Fire, the show had two veterans who’d been for Prince what Prince was for the rest of the acts on the bill. Staples’ “Purple Rain” had a stateliness that made the song sound like it had been written for her.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 29, 2020 20:48 UTC