My Life in the Purple Kingdom - BrownMark

Questlove, BrownMark, Cynthia M. Uhrich

Category: Autobiography & Biographies

Tags: Autobiography & Biographies

From the young Black teenager who built a bass guitar in woodshop to the musician building a solo career with Motown RecordsPrinces bassist BrownMark on growing up in Minneapolis, joining Prince and The Revolution, and his life in the purple kingdom, In the summer of 1981, Mark Brown was a teenager working at a 7-11 store when he wasnt rehearsing with his high school band, Phantasy. Come fall, Brown, now called BrownMark, was onstage with Prince at the Los Angeles Coliseum, opening for the Rolling Stones in front of 90,000 people. My Life in the Purple Kingdom is BrownMarks memoir of coming of age in the musical orbit of one of the most visionary artists of his generation. Raw, wry, real, this book takes us from his musical awakening as a boy in Minneapolis to the cold call from Prince at nineteen, from touring the world with The Revolution and performing in Purple Rain to inking his own contract with Motown. BrownMarks story is that of a hometown kid, living for sunny days when his tr