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Dearly Beloved, We Are Gathered Here Today...

...to get through this thing called life. 1987.  I'd just turned 13 years old and received a cassette tape for my birthday.  "Purple Rain" by Prince. This is a cassette tape!  It played music in the dark ages. Now, we won't go into what would compel otherwise solid parents to give a 13 year old this music, but they did.  And to put it mildly - it rocked my world. I listened to that tape relentlessly.  Every. Single. Day.  I knew all the words to every song - even Darling Nikki - though I really had no idea what he was talking about.  Still not sure I do at 42 - but that is another blog for another day. But I loved it.  Loved it.  I was blown away by the sound - but mostly by the man.  I'd never met anyone in real life ANYTHING like Prince.  Granted - I should preface this by saying I grew up in a very rural, very white area of Upstate New York.  So - my world view was a smidge limited - but that didn't dim the wonder in the least bit. Me in ou