he had a larry graham performing with him.g with him because he understood in order to be excellent, you have to surround yourself with excellence. i think that's a lesson that a lot of the younger artists would take a page from his book. it's important to know, to understand what it takes to really know your craft, to really build a career, to build a legacy. i think that he was able to do all of that even if 57 years, which is such a short time. >> it's a short time. for a whole generation of us, it does feel like an era has passed. these artists that are so great, it's a bit frightening to see that going away. >> it is. because, again, it's an anomaly to be that type of artist today. when you look at the whitney's and michael and what they brought to music, we went on a journey with them. it wasn't just about their music, it was about everything around them. the orbit of influence around them. my favorite prince story is when i represented ananda lewis, when that show went away, he called, the founder bob johnson and said i

. >> bay area bass guitar legend larry graham joined sheila e.utside of paisley park neither minneapolis to hand out purple memorabelia boxes. hundreds of fans with have been waiting got them, graham was one of many close friends who attend add protest memorial for prince on saturday. >> as a musician he pushed us and made us better him deeply. all the coroner said autopsy result could take a month. a musical celebration is in the works. >> dozen of stanford students and faculty will rally in support of bay area janitors as the contract negotiations en. thousands of workers including some who work at the university organized the event. this is video from a previous wage rally. john tores want more than what they have been offered a 10 cent an hour raise and health insurance cut becomes. the event starts at noon at stanford campus. >> you look at the right time you may have seen this solar powered plain, the solar impulse landed at moffett field after flying in from hawaii. it could be worth the wait. >> sky 7, captured the amazing sight, the firs

. >> at the joe hoffa witness hall that prince attended friend and musician larry graham who introduced him to the faith was emotional. elder jim lundstrom said the iconic rock star was an active member of the faith even going door to door handing out pam flets. >> he was a brother, a spirit all brother, sov course it's sadness. >> reporter: prince's remains were cremated on friday and his family and close friends including sheila e held a private funeral at his paisley park home saturday night it was a weekend of remembrance for prince rogers nelson. >> in brooklyn last night, show by playing purple rain. >> times have changed, styles have come and gone but to matter what prince is never not been cool. >> nbc's saturday night live aired a special tribute show. the show included a never-before seen video of prince performing at the show's 40th anniversary after party. a m.c. movie theaters across the country are playing prince's movie "purple rain." in eric clapton's facebook tribute he wrote the movie helped him write his song holy mother and called prince a light in the darkness. ther

. >> reporter: at the jehovah's witness hall that prince attended, friend and musician larry graham whoduced him to the faith was emotional. elder jim lundstrom said the iconic rock star was an active member of the faith even going door to door handing out pamphlets. >> he was a brother, a spiritual brother, of course it's sadness. >> reporter: prince's remains were cremated on friday and his family and close friends including sheila e held a private funeral at his paisley park home saturday night it was nweekend of remembrance for prince rogers nelson. >> ♪ purple rain, purple rain. >> reporter: in brooklyn last night, bruce springsteen opened his show by playing purple rain. >> times have changed, styles have come and gone but no matter what prince is never not been cool. >> reporter: nbc's "saturday night live" aired a special tribute show. the show included a never-before seen video of prince performing at the show's 40th anniversary after party. a.m.c. movie theaters across the country are playing prince's movie "purple rain." in eric clapton's facebook tribute he wrote the movie h

friend and musician, larry graham who introduced him to the faith was emotional.undstrom says the rock star was an active member of faith even going door to door handing out pamphlets. >> he was a brother. spiritual brother. of course there is sadness. >> reporter: prince's remains ince r friday.mind friend, shei, held a pte funeral at his paisley park home saturday night. tof el.vor.sh).andrs.er.hes)ere it! women. shes. shes.shes. vohes.ng)hes.es.es.hes.hes....s. on.is.ck.re.it.ck.at?do.is.is! avece,ico.lph.do.uck. ng) >>> we close tonight with the story of a teenage migrant whose journey we have been following since last summer. he he never thought he would be making apple pancakes in a german high school. but in his short 16 years of life he didn't think he would have to flee the war in syria either. now, one in ten students here is a migrant. almost all were young men traveling on their own. >> i miss my family. you know, it's been about four months since i have seen my parents. i think about like when will this be over. >> reporter: the war. >> yeah. >> repor

his only sister tyka, musician sheila e., and larry graham were all there.e's remains have been created. their final resting place will not be revealed to the public. >> the national museum of american history is putting one of prince's guitars on display starting tomorrow. the custom guitar was by the singer in 1989. the guitar will remain on display through labor day. >> that is kwool. that looks great. >>> a different sort of view in the chesapeake and there's video of it. still to come, we're going to hear from a boat captain who spotted a whale in the bay. >> why would security guards order a group of middle schoolers to stop singing the national anthem. that story coming up. in annapolis, she battled republicans congress... yes! and the nra to pass the toughest gun safety legislation in theountry. i'll take on the tough fights to expand social security and keep the doors open to planned parenthood. my mom is so tough she's willing to fight anyone who's going to pay him more than us for doing the same job. i'm joseline peña-melnyk, and i approve this me

. >> bass guitar legend larry graham joined sheila e. the estate in suburban minneapolis, to hand out purple memorabelia boxes. grahams with one of the many close freeway whose attend add private memorial on saturday. >> as a musician better. we miss him deeply. >> the core for said that the autopsy results could take a month. a musical celebration foreigns is in the works. >> happening today, four north carolina democrats will file a repeal to house bill two that prevents transgender people from using the bathroom of the gender they identify with and democrats want law repealed. >> president obama will announce he is sending 250 additional military personnel to syria to help the local forces. 50 united states special operations forces have been doing the work in syria for self months and officials say the troops are not expected to engage in combat operations but will be armed to defend themselves. they willry support to those forces including medical and logistic personnel. >> we can necessity more of what is kept secret about the 9/11

of sly and the family stone, of larry graham, all of the greats who had come before him.forever that he got his music back. >> you have to be strong and fearless. >> oh, yeah. >> and even lose your name. i lost his name at one point and got it back as van said. >> well, it's the ultimate story of betting on yourself, and van is right. i've been talking to a lot of celebrities today that i'm good friends with, and like van said, if you bragged about being friends with prince you weren't going to be friends with him the next day. people that i'm very close to, talking to them today, finding out the relationships they had with prince that i didn't even know about and how close they were with him, and talking about and van was mentioning this, yes, he was a gentleman but just funny, and he was a man, and he was a homeboy, and he was all of these things that a lot of people didn't know. just didn't know. but the private prince, he was a brother, he was a brother to so many people, and i think that's fantastic, and it hurts to have to talk about this now. but i think it's wonde

friend and musician, larry graham who introduced him to the faith was emotional. going door to door handing out pamphlets. >> he was a brother. spiritual brother. of course there is sadness. >> reporter: prince's remains were cremated friday. family and friends, sheila e, held a private funeral at his paisley park home saturday night. week of remembrance for prince rogers nelson. in brooklyn last night. bruce springsteen opened his show by playing purple rain. >> times have changed. styles have come and gone. no matter what prince is never not been cool. nbc "saturday night live" aired a special tribute show. the show included a never before seen video of prince performing at the show's 40th anniversary after party. amc movie theaters across the country are playing prince's movie purple rain. eric clapton's facebook tribute he wrote the movie helped him write his song "holy mother" and called prince a light in the darkness. there was fear there would not be a public memorial. the family says there is one in the works. fans are paying tribute by buying his music. j

. >> reporter: larry graham would move his religious curiosity to a defined faith.ptized in 2003 and then he said his religion brought him peace. >> it's going to help with every aspect of your life. once you can clean out the cob webs so to speak and you're going to see everything a bit more clearly. >> reporter: in 2006, his mentor started attending the lewis hall congregation and prince followed. this is the first service since prince's death. >> we want to remain loyal to him. >> reporter: they shared a deep bond with elder james lindstrom. >> he would go door to door, knocking on doors just like you're familiar with what our ministry is. and a woman in early 40s, in the middle she says excuse me, but has anybody ever told you you look a lot like prince and he said it's been said but going back to my ministry here. >> he went by brother nelson, dutfully knocking on doors monthly. working as hard as his religion as he did on hits music career. he was here at the kingdom hall, looked fine, talked fine. >> reporter: last seen at his atlantic concert walking with a

i grew up getting a wide array of music, i grew up with santana, larry graham, fleetwood mac, all kindsgs, you know. so that was very cool. >> good place to grow up? >> yes, sir. >> you had a rough childhood, didn't you? >> in some respects. >> did that effect your music? >> i don't think so. it probably helped me to look inside to know that i had to do for self. i've always known that god was my creator and that without him, boy, nothing works. it works to a point, then it kind of deteriorates, atrophy takes place. >> when bad things have happened to you, you blame him? >> absolutely not, no. >> how do you explain, how do you resolve that in yourself. >> i learn from it and i don't wallow in it, i don't spend time in a place. i let myself move on, you know. >> prince on larry king. he released his first album when he was 19 years old. owen husband knee was his first manager. he joins us. i'm sorry we are speaking under these circumstances, you were in minneapolis, said they had the next big thing, happened to be an 18-year-old prince. what did it sound like, did you know this guy has i

he saw the struggles of the jimi hendrix, of a little richard, of sly and the family stone, of larry grahamll of them the industry beat them, and he emerged victorious before he died. and i give thanks and honor and praise to faydra ellis lampkin and i will take that to my dying die day to see prince get his music back. >> in order to do that, you have tore strong, you have to be fearless. even lose your name. he lost his name at one point and got it back, as van said. >> it's the ultimate story of betting on yourself. i've been talking to a lot of celebrities today that i'm good friends with and, like van said, if you bragged about being friends with prince, you weren't going to be friends with him the next day. people i'm very close to finding out these relationships they had with prince that i didn't even know about and how close they were with him and talking about -- van was mentioning this but, yes, he was a gentleman but just funny and he was a man and he was a home boy and he was all of these things that a lot of people didn't know. didn't know. but the private prince was just -- he

." >> larry graham joined sheila e.h the prince family to suburban minneapolis and gave out purple boxes, filled with t-shirts and other memorabelia from prince. graham was a close friend who attended a private memorial for prince on saturday. >> very spiritual man can as a musician he pushed us and made us better. we miss him deeply. all the coroner said the autopsy result could take a month. a celebration is in the works. >> dozens of students and faculty will rally in support of bay area janitors with the contract negotiations ending. throughs of workers including some what work at the university organized the event, this is video from a previous wage rally. janitors weapon more than what they have been offered a ten cent an hour raise and hen cut beens starting at noon on the campus. >> you could see a pioneer airplane with winds as wide as a 74 weighing only as much as an s.u.v., but the pilots are waiting for the winds to die down for the away the world flight. the solar-powered plane flew above the bay area on sa

and bassist larry graham, along with prince's sister and brother-in-law all came out to hand out purple boxes with memorabilia to fans gathered outside his paisley park home. new footage from his final performance in atlanta addressing his recent illness. >> once again, i have to apologize for the cancellation. i was a little under the weather. purple rain purple rain >> reporter: fans lining up to remember the purple one. pouring into target station field in minneapolis. as the celebration of the life and music of prince continues. >> i think prince probably touched everybody in the galaxy. you don't have to be beautiful to turn me on >> reporter: and more celebs honoring the "kiss" singer overnight. eric clapton posting on facebook prince's impact on him. he said seeing purple rain helped him emerge from it gave me hope. he was like a light in the darkness. and his most famous impersonator, and david chapelle echoing the sentiments of so many overnight. i tell you what, i didn't know him well, but i knew him well. "saturday night live" honoring prince sharing new, never-before-seen vi

. >> reporter: in 2006, larry graham started to attend the congregation and prince soon followed.d members at the first service since prince's death. >> you want to be wise, make -- >> he shared a deep bond. >> tell me about prince as a witness. >> he would go door to door, knocking on doors like you're familiar with what our ministry is. in the middle of it, woman says excuse me, has anybody told you you look a lot like prince? put going back to the ministry here. >> prince asked to go by brother nelson, his legal last name. dutifully knocking on doors, studying his bible, marking with post it notes, working as hard at religion as he did on his music career. >> did you see any ill health? >> saw him recently at the kingdom hall, talked fine. >> last seen two weeks ago at his concert with a cane required hip surgery. they're forbidden to receive blood transfusions say that had nothing to do with his death. >> nobody said he couldn't get surgery, absolutely not. we're not anti-medicine. in fact, we go out of our way to try to find the best medical care that we can. >> reporter: cal

larry graham was a presence in his life. just funk.. >> yeah. >> would you know who was prince listening to? who was prince -- you know, present day. >> i can -- i never sat down and listened to music for him. i know for a fact i just two weeks ago i photographed an artist and i think she played with him and i heard he was into her music, candace spring. he was into janel monet. these are not things he personally told me but he tweeted about or people around me said, oh yeah, he is into this person. you know? but yeah. that's as far as -- >> as far as you know. let's play a little bit more. this is invaluable to prince in his own words with larry king. back in 1999. here's more of that interview. >> a lot of people telling me people, boy, you will have the artist on for an hour. he's hard to talk to. you're not hard to talk to. where did this reputation begin? you're not hearing it here for the first time. >> probably where all reputations begin. i think the media playing a big part in one's perception of me. until one sits down and ac

these friends include sheila e, and larry graham.ast week at paisley park in minneapolis. an autopsy was done friday but authorities have not released the cause of the death and said results could take weeks. >>> ♪ me and mrs. jones >> and music world mourning the death of another singer, philadelphia's own billy paul died at his home after a serious medical condition, born in north philadelphia, he won a grammy for the 70's single me and mrs. jones. he was 81 years old. >>> 4:57. the shots fired at a local church killing one person and a person is in custody but has in the been charged, the reason, coming up next. >>> shots fired at a local church killing one person why police have yet to charge anyone for the crime. >>> a political fire storm this morning, two of the presidential candidates, teaming up to stop trump. the plan that ted cruz and john kasich, just announced. >>> plus, a fight for the finish, flyers rallied back and made it a six game series against the capitals but it just was not enough, why many fans are still sayin

without any real spiritual mentors other than artists, whose records i admires, larry graham being oneithout real spiritual mentoring, too much freedom can lead to the soul's decay. and a word to the young artists, a real friend or mentor is not on your payroll. a real friend and mentor -- a real friend and mentor cares for your soul as much as they do their own. this world and its wicked system will become harder and harder to deal with without a real friend and a mentor. i wish all of you the best on this fascinating journey. it ain't over. peace. >> you can see more from the rock & roll hall of fame live on itunes. then prince took the stage with a super group including tom petty, jeff len and steve winwood, all paying tribute to george harrison with the song "while my guitar gently weeps". with all that talent on the stage it was prince who blew everyone away. ♪ ♪ while my guitar gently weeps ♪ >>> how does the joke begin? three men in a bar, but it's not a bar. imagine the bronx. a corner bodega, maybe a luncheonette, a diner. three men strictly by coincidence find themselves at t

for me didn't ask me to come and play bass and be my favorite bass player or larry graham.sked me to be who i am. he was always trying to make sure that i passed the torch. whenever you make it, make sure you reach out and help those that are under you. you know, help them. that's what he did to me. that's what he did to so many other musicians and so many other people that were really close to him. >> it's sort of interesting. he was such a big star. 40 years, so hard to stay on top for so long and be as successful as he was. why was he able to be a success so long? a lot of people come and go. he maintained it. >> i think just from our conversations and everything, prince was the type of person. he never wanted to copy anyone else. he wanted to be himself. and that's why he was such an advocate of doing that he told me the story of where there are five great bands back in the day. ohio players, earth, wind, and fire. he said i had to do something that made me kind of stand out so i could break out be completely different. that's what he continue to do do year after year.

they include sheila e, base player larry graham. prince died at paisley park in minneapolis.mplete on friday. authorities have not released a cause of death just yet and said those results could take days. >> they wanted to make sure there was no foul play, toxicology reports will take a while. >>> over weekend fellow musicians honored prince. bruce springsteen and his e street band delivered a stirring performance in brooklyn. >> ♪ >> it is not the first time boss has done a tribute. he performed, earlier this year and delivered versions of rebel, rebel after the death of david bowie, and glenn fry. >>> and, it was good. this was back in 2014, for howard stern's birthday bash. howard stern show released footage of his performance as a way to honor prince. >> saturday night live, of course had a special prince tribute though over the weekend. >> tonight she host jimmy fallon happened to be the host and talk about what prince meant to him. >> times have changed, sound have come and gone but no matter what, prince is just so cool. for my generation and our generation, he was, i

told me he pretty much talked to larry graham on the phone for an hour, talking scriptures. >> reallys, all the same person. >> verdean, prince, often said earth, wind and fire was his influence. what does that mean to you that he would refer to earth, wind and fire so often as a great influence on his music? >> you know, what a lot of people don't know, we shared the same management back in the day, with his manager and our manager. paisley park, he had the prototype from my late brother maurice's studio, the complex, in los angeles, which was similar to paisley park. the influence was there, and it was a great honor that prince would still mention us and what not. he ran into philip bailey few years ago, wonderful talk. so you know, it was -- we all knew each other well. >> cary gordy, worked for him, knew him well, part of the team that was so influential, give a sense of the impact on american culture, on music around the world. >> first of all, before i speak to that i want to say that verdean, prince was in awe of your bass playing. he thought you were truly amazing, and of cour

. >> it was said he was brought into the jehovah's witnesses by larry graham, influential basis of sly and the family stone. a real transition. later years so maybe that was the result of his newfound faith. >> okay, chris, deborah, kate, thank you all very much. >>> you can see much more about the life and legacy on a special edition of "20/20," prince, the legend, the mystery tonight at 10:00. outside to rob. >> look at this crowd we got out here. texas, louisiana, mississippi, and this grandma is fabulous at 6 65. can't agree more. >>> what's going on in >> oh, there is nothing like the iron throne of the seven kingdoms celebrating the "game of thrones." amy, i know you have a special interview later in the show. >> oh, yes, a little jamie lannister coming up. i know rob is a big fan, as well. >>> we move on to the royal family, the obamas arriving in london just moments ago to dine with queen elizabeth as she opens up in a new interview sharing home videos from the royal vault. in a new bbc documentary called abc's terry moran is in london with all the details. good morning, terry.

among those in attendance were his sister, sheila e, they they did so many songs, larry graham and after the ceremony, purple and white flowers were handed out to the fans who gathered outside the complex. prince's publicist announced that the super star's remains were cremated and the remains will at any private >>> the ben franklin parkway was lit up in special purple to honor prince. the delaware port authority ceo says the lighting is just a small way to memorialize and honor prince's amazing talent. many iconic buildings and structures around the world are celebrating his legacy with similar tributes. >> saturday night live had a special tribute. the host jimmy fallon was behind the show and talked about what prince meant to him skshg times changed, styles come and gone, no matter what. prince has never not been cool. from my generation and our generation, he, he was prince and ma done in, michael jackson, there's no the elvis and beatles, the maryland monroe, they were icons. bigger, larger than life, fashion. music. every single thing. you couldn't take your eyes off of them. >> s

. >> it was said he was brought into the jehovah's witnesses by larry graham, influential basis of slyte songs whose titles i can't say on morning television now asking his ex-manager not to swear. so it was different. but people say, a kinder, gentler prince in his later years, so maybe that was the result of his newfound faith. >> okay, chris, deborah, kate, thank you all very much. you can see much more about the life and legacy of prince on a special edition of "20/20," "prince, the legend, the mystery" tonight at 10:00. now let's go outside to rob. >> look at this crowd we got out here. texas, louisiana, mississippi, and this grandma is fabulous at 65. i couldn't agree more. happy birthday. >> thank you. >> thanks for joining us. i want to show you what's going on in texas, more flooding southwest of houston. town of warton, that's on the colorado river which refuses to go down and evacuations that happened yesterday. seeing some of those neighborhoods flooded. good news, dry weather in store for texas but the rivers will continue to flood here and rain coming into what's an area

to celebrate his life a small private service that included sheila e, larry graham, he died last weekpolis. an autopsy was completed friday but we have not learn the cause of the death just yet and toxicology report could take a few days, or weeks. >> one of our favorite song there you you are the most beautiful girl in the world what a great video too. >> over weekend fellow musicians honored prince. our bill anderson i saw your tribute on instagram on saturday mornings, you walk in. >> i got to go to the prince concert. as a kiddy saw prince, morris day and sheila a e. >> nice. >> yes. >> and everybody is coming around, continuing to mourn the passing of prince. the those tributes started with the boss, bruce springsteen and e street band delivered a stirring performance of prince iconic purple rain in brooklyn over the weekend. >> ♪ the purple rain, purple rain ♪ >> ,. >> it isn't the first tribute boss has performed on his river tour because earlier this year he delivered versions of rebel, rebel after the death of david bowie and take it easy following the death of the eagles gle

. >> it was said he was brought into the jehovah's witnesses by larry graham, influential basis of slyssue, you know, this was a guy -- this was a guy who wrote songs whose titles i can't say on morning television now asking his manager not to swear. different. a kinder, gentler prince in his later years so maybe that was the result of his newfound faith. >> okay, chris, deborah, kate, thank you all very much. >>> you can see much more about the life and legacy on a special edition of "20/20," prince, the legend, the mystery tonight at 10:00. outside to rob. >> look at this crowd we got out here. texas, louisiana, mississippi, and this grandma is fabulous at 65. can't agree more. >> thank you. >>> texas more flooding southwest of houston, warton on the colorado river. dry weather in store for texas. the rivers continue to flood here. and rain coming into an area where we could use rain 80 degrees across new york. that's a check of the national outlook. this is what's going on locally. >> reporter: excitement in time square, and nothing on the radar. we have sunshine mixing with clouds

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larry: mr. president, i've had call-waiting since the '80s. >> wow, get a load of alexander graham bell! ter ] well, how about this? my new phone also has a feature called star 69. [ laughter ] it lets me call back anyone who called me. it's space-aged. >> larry: mr. president, this outdated phone system is emblematic of what's wrong with washington. don't you think? listen, i actually need to get back to the show. but it was really nice talking to you. >> oh, okay. bye. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> larry: probably should have hung up. it was very nice of him. he's very excited about his phone so that's good. so have you people heard about this panama papers story? it's amazing. it's the biggest data leak in history. a number of foreign leaders had billions they took from their people, which they kept in offshore accounts -- [ phone rings ] hold on. hello? >> larry, it's president barack obama. [ laughter ] we spoke on the phone earlier. >> larry: yeah, yeah, yeah i know. >> i'm calling you from the truman balcony! >> larry: oh, great, great. no, you don't understand. this plac