Prince co-write on Stand Back?

[saintbernard]

This reminds me a little of the situation with Rick Vito and Bob Seger with "Like a Rock". Seger wrote the song and has sole writing credits whenever I see them listed anywhere. However, the part of the song that it is probably most known for, that amazing slide guitar solo that you heard on all the Chevy commercials was written and performed by Rick Vito.

Several years ago, Rick gave an interview for a magazine where he talked about the recording sessions for Like a Rock. They worked on the song for a long time trying to get it just right but something was always missing from each of the takes. Bob asked Rick if there was anything he could think of that could help. Rick took his guitar over into the corner and played around for about five minutes. When he came back, they tried it again and Rick played what he worked up over in the corner in one take. Bob knew the minute he heard it that the solo was perfect and exactly what the song needed. The rest is history. chiliD could probably name the exact interview and date of it better than I can. I want to say it was an interview for Gibson online but I'm not positive of that and I don't have the interview anymore.

Just like with Prince and Stand Back, Rick doesn't get writing credits on Like a Rock with Bob Seger even though he is the one who came up with that solo. He played it and he wrote it but he was just one of Bob's session players at the time. While it didn't earn him co-writing credits, and royalties, that solo did earn him a place on the Like a Rock tour that year and on every Seger album since as well as padding his reputation as a guitar player.

And, come on, we're talking about Prince here. If he wanted a co-writing credit in the liner notes of Stevie's various releases, he would most assuredly have it.

Agreed. We're talking about someone here who has actually sued his own fans over fan sites. I think if there was a major beef between Prince and Stevie over Stand Back/Little Red Corvette it would have been solved the way he wanted it solved. We most certainly would have heard about it, I think.