Prince, Capri Theater, 1979

Greg Helgeson: "It was his first professional concert. I sat in the fifth row. I didn't know at first that all his relatives were sitting next to me. I didn't shoot a lot. I was blown away by his appearance. He was just as unusual then. I got a call a few days later, and Prince wanted prints of all my photos. I went over there, and he wrote me a check and didn't say a word. Two years later, I ran into him at the Minnesota Music Awards at the Prom Center and asked him if he remembered me and my photographs. He said: 'I don't like photographs.'"
Greg Helgeson
Published July 21, 2005
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