River Run Dry

If you are a fan of Prince, a REAL fan of Prince then you should know about this band known as The Family. It was one of those groups that Prince assembled back in the 80's, much like The Time. In fact, The Family was born from the breakup of The Time. Morris Day, the one time lead singer of The Time left along with Jesse Johnson and Prince appointed Paul Peterson as lead singer of The Family.

Unlike The Time though, The Family was one and done. They only released one album and then Peterson, feeling constrained under Prince soon left to pursue a solo career as well. That was too bad because The Family, released in 1985 was a pretty good album. Of course every song was penned by Prince except this song, River Run Dry. This song was written by Bobby Z, Prince's then drummer.

The Family was the first group to ever record and sing Nothing Compares 2 U, the classic song Sinead O'Connor made famous, though I like The Family's version better. This song is a blast from the past, when cassette tapes dominated, vinyl was being phased out, and Prince was King. Enjoy!