Prince absolutely killed it on “Jimmy Fallon” Friday night, playing his new tune “Screwdriver” and the classic “Bambi.”
After Unleashing a blistering solo on Bambi he did a guitar virtuoso’s version of dropping the mic before walking off stage, throwing his guitar up into the air and letting it crash to the ground. Just one problem: the axe wasn’t his. The Gear Page points out the guitar was a gorgeous 1961 Epiphone Crestwood that belongs to Captian Kirk Douglas of Fallon’s house band The Roots. Apparently when Prince arrived for rehearsal he admired the guitar and asked to borrow it for the performance. Douglas agreed, and then Prince wrecked it at the end of “Bambi.” Douglas tweeted out this picture with the caption “Purple Pain”:
And then tweeted:
Maybe it’s because I’m a dad but I think framing the guitar is a little like rewarding bad behavior.
— Kirk Douglas (@CaptainKDouglas) March 2, 2013
The worst part? Douglas apparently asked Prince to sign it for him, and Prince said no. Watch the performance below.
[H/T: Aram Bajakian]
March 03, 2013 at 8:26 pm, Lorayne Busby said:
Prince is such a diva. Gotta dig the afro.
March 04, 2013 at 12:33 am, Erik LittleFin Schwartz said:
he is also a cunt for smashing someone else's guitar.
March 03, 2013 at 9:22 pm, Elizabeth Hale said:
Reminding you once again…you're just some guy and the Roots, and I'm Prince muthaf@$*%ah!
March 03, 2013 at 9:23 pm, John Gino Ferriera said:
Acting like an asshole. You don't fuck with someone else's property.
March 05, 2013 at 10:34 pm, Diamond Bodine-Fischer said:
I guess that is why he offered to pay for it when he found it belonged to somebody else. Here's the thing, guys like prince have multiple people hired to handle their gear, if they use something that belongs to somebody else, they don't necessarily know–and he tried to make it right.
March 05, 2013 at 11:44 pm, Sean Brazil said:
But he did know, according to the article. He specifically asked to use it.
March 06, 2013 at 1:19 am, Jim Ed Hodges said:
@Diamond Bodine-Fischer There are something's in life that money can't replace. A 1961 Epiphone Crestwood is one of them.
March 03, 2013 at 11:58 pm, Paul Nye said:
"There ought to be a law, with no bail,
Smash a guitar and you go to jail,
With no chance of early parole,
You don't get out until you GET SOME SOUL."
John Hiatt, "Smashing a Perfectly Good Guitar".
March 06, 2013 at 3:51 am, Tod Brilliant said:
Except Hiatt doesn't have a lick of soul next to Prince. .
March 06, 2013 at 4:15 am, Scott Knauer said:
Hiatt has plenty of soul- anyway you may define it..Prince is an amazing musician, but unfortunately he, like many talented superstars is also a jerk.
March 06, 2013 at 6:38 am, Michael Ward said:
I only say this 'cause I've had a drink or two this evening, but… I played lead guitar on said Hiatt track. I love Prince's music, but if the story here is correct, that sucks big time. Fuck that. You do not fuck with someone else's axe. Ever. Period. Fuck Prince. And I'm from MPLS too!
March 04, 2013 at 12:15 am, James Etheridge said:
I would not have an idiot like him even touch my guitar! He needs the neck of it stuck where the sun doesn't shine!
March 05, 2013 at 11:13 pm, Robert Jepson said:
Prince would love the neck of it stuck up where the sun don't shine
March 06, 2013 at 12:13 am, Christian Fontana said:
Shut up you Dicks!
March 06, 2013 at 1:43 am, Roger Victoriousaccordingly said:
Why should they? I think this is a very viable form of punishment for destroying someone else's irreplacable instrument…
March 06, 2013 at 5:50 am, David Battrick said:
Very mature Christian
March 04, 2013 at 1:09 am, Jus Joe Haines said:
douchebag
March 03, 2013 at 10:15 pm, Prince smashed someone else's 1961 Epiphone on 'Fallon' | Loan said:
[...] Prince smashed someone else's 1961 Epiphone on 'Fallon' Prince absolutely killed it on “Jimmy Fallon” Friday night, playing his new tune “Screwdriver” and the classic “Bambi.” After Unleashing a blistering solo on Bambi he did a guitar virtuoso's version of dropping the mic before walking off stage … Read more on Death and Taxes [...]
March 04, 2013 at 7:21 am, Regina Bartlett said:
I have lost respect for Prince because of this. I hate smashing guitars. No need for such stupidity.
March 04, 2013 at 7:32 am, Michael Keselman said:
what a piece of shit. I don't mean the instrument.
March 04, 2013 at 4:42 pm, Ofr Rocking said:
Destroying a '61 Epi would be tantamount to murder in my house. But, I probably have some pretty wacky priorities where guitars are concerned!
March 04, 2013 at 7:09 pm, Mike Green said:
that songs was terrible… lol
March 04, 2013 at 8:00 pm, Carlos Perez said:
Fucking asshole
March 04, 2013 at 11:48 pm, T Elle Robinson said:
Good Pub…
March 05, 2013 at 11:14 am, Sean McMorris said:
Best, and most appropriate, response yet. Kirk is getting more publicity that he would normally get, and of course, bratty Prince knows exactly what he's doing. Prince is such a massive influence on me, and I'm sure Kirk as well, that I'm not sure what I would do in his position. However if it was some other guitar player, I'd smack the snot out them.
March 05, 2013 at 3:41 pm, Keith Gamble said:
Smashing guitars & playing behind ur neck is SOOOOOOO OLD!!!
March 04, 2013 at 8:13 pm, Bradley Cooper Doesn’t Give a Shit About Awards Since Watching His Dad Die and More Links said:
[...] Death+Taxes: Prince smashed someone else’s 1961 Epiphone on ‘Fallon’ [...]
March 05, 2013 at 1:19 am, Scott Wood said:
Prince YOU ARE AN IDIOT! That guitar had more soul than you ever will
March 05, 2013 at 1:19 am, Ian Eagle Ashanti said:
Still one of the best guitar players in the world. Still one of my favorite musicians of all time. Still an asshole. Nothing can diminish the respect I have for his musical talents, but I cannot deny how much respect I have lost for him as a man over the years.
March 06, 2013 at 1:15 am, Jim Ed Hodges said:
If you think he's one of the best guitarists in the world, you've got a very limited knowledge base of music.
March 06, 2013 at 3:52 am, Tod Brilliant said:
Amen. This is well put. He's an asshole, but my god what a talent.
March 06, 2013 at 3:55 am, Thorsten Stier said:
Jim Ed Hodges :Why that!?He´s one of the best guitar player, I´ve heard Aftershow-Gigs where he showed his skills, and at least it´s a thing of personal Taste, isn´t it!?
March 06, 2013 at 1:32 pm, Jim Ed Hodges said:
@Thorsten Stier No, music isn't always about taste and it isn't as subjective as some would like it to be. There are "technically" things he is incapable of doing. If you don't hear all the mistakes he's making, it has nothing to do with taste; it just means you have bad ears. Invest in a half speed recorder and listen to his music again.
March 06, 2013 at 6:52 pm, Andres Velasco Coll said:
Jim, he's actually surprisingly legit as a guitarist. And he IS one of the better ones in the world. You don't need to have a limited knowledge base of music to realize that.
March 06, 2013 at 7:10 pm, Greg Phillips said:
Jim Ed Hodges Pretentious much?
March 05, 2013 at 1:23 am, Robin Bailey said:
Maybe Kirk should smash one of his Cloud guitars?
March 05, 2013 at 1:37 am, Corrin Huddleston said:
Oh man….That is beyond wrong! Extreme violence needs to visit his person….or an apology and a lot of money to buy another rare gtr. for the Roots Gtr. player(who is a great player beyond Prince).
March 05, 2013 at 2:42 am, Gerry Sanchez said:
That Sucks!
March 05, 2013 at 2:46 am, Russell Earl Marsland said:
Ok Let's kick Prince in the nuts!
Not acceptable
March 05, 2013 at 3:03 am, Raechel Tupman said:
I agree! Of all the arrogant, self-serving #$^*#$^ things to do! Just plain ignorant.
March 05, 2013 at 3:33 am, Aaron McCoy said:
Maybe he forgot it wasnt his guitar..
March 05, 2013 at 3:56 am, Presidents Rock said:
Prince is officially a DICK!
March 05, 2013 at 8:34 am, Lee Skilton said:
oh my god he is a dick I would smack him
March 06, 2013 at 3:52 am, Tod Brilliant said:
With your dick, right?
March 06, 2013 at 6:14 am, Tyler Sampson said:
Tod Brilliant He's short enough…
March 05, 2013 at 4:25 am, Jimmy Miller said:
Douche move. Way to go, Prince. Once a self-loving asshole, always a self-loving asshole.
March 05, 2013 at 11:36 pm, Sylvie Beausoleil said:
Exactly!!!!
March 05, 2013 at 4:27 am, Naim Williams El said:
not cool Prince. not cool at all.
March 05, 2013 at 4:51 am, Bill Roberts said:
Prince is a little Beaach who plays with an all female band so he does not have to buy his own makeup! What an A hole to wreck someone else's very expensive guitar after they were kind enough to lend it to them! DAMN!
March 05, 2013 at 5:09 am, Duane Collier said:
It was not cool but he paid for it and tried to make it right.
March 05, 2013 at 5:13 am, Duane Collier said:
He's a cocky little sob and I didn't like him much when I first met him which was years before he got known. What irritates me the most is that he is one talented SOB and backs up his being cocky with action.
March 05, 2013 at 5:42 am, Bjorn Eraker said:
Wow, amazing. I had no idea he's such an A-hole.
March 05, 2013 at 5:50 am, Don Keller said:
That sucks!!
March 05, 2013 at 5:26 am, Mike Holland said:
Hackneyed guitar-smashing antics aside, this is a terrible performance of what sounds like a Lenny Kravitz cover. Maybe he threw the guitar to distract attention from the more serious musical & performance concerns..
March 05, 2013 at 5:38 am, Tanya Sue Scott said:
Tosser
March 05, 2013 at 6:10 am, Power OfCounty said:
it's wood. willing to bet that piece was ready to break off soon anyway. you still shouldn't abuse others' collectables though. dick.
March 05, 2013 at 10:42 am, Russell Cottier said:
What a c;;;;
March 05, 2013 at 11:12 am, Bob Macon said:
Maybe hates just an ass hole , well no maybe . He is an asshole.
March 05, 2013 at 12:23 pm, Eddie Garcia said:
Dick move.
March 05, 2013 at 12:34 pm, Gerry Petit de Mange said:
Wow…..what an ass.
March 05, 2013 at 1:39 pm, Don Gorgon said:
what a prick… you gotta wonder if he can even comprehend how stupid & arrogant that is.
March 05, 2013 at 1:50 pm, Priest Burgos said:
Fuck prince
March 05, 2013 at 1:52 pm, Lisa Jane Pank said:
Great guitar player but a little man with a big mouth and bad manners!!!
March 05, 2013 at 1:56 pm, Greg LaPointe said:
Prince is a Hendrix want to be….but Jimi was beyond Princes ability…and oh yeah…people loved Jimi because he had a personality!
March 05, 2013 at 3:39 pm, Ryan Percival Hackworth Schilling said:
And am I not mistaken in that the career-defining moment in which Hendrix ignited his guitar it was in fact a borrowed instrument from Clapton?
Hmm. . . Oddest of coincidences.
March 05, 2013 at 2:00 pm, Thomas Bryner said:
jimmy should pay to have it repaired or buy him another, prince is an ass hole who is old news and should be taken out to pasture….
March 05, 2013 at 2:27 pm, Ryan Percival Hackworth Schilling said:
I agree- total shit move. One of my favorite artists and has contributed more in the last three decades than all there's advocating probably donate to the craft.
P.R.N. is on the autism spectrum, plays every instrument you hear on his recordings (typically tracking for other players to overdub later) and often handles stage monitor duties while on tour.
Eccentric? Yes. Brash and self centered? No contest. But this guy has faced down record company millionaire execs who were raping him with a contract and said "fuck you" to their face. Saying he has no depth means you're either an idiot or just flapping gums for your own 15 minutes to start.
And advocating violence over an object underscores the musical integrity of any gritty bar hero beyond measure- it's not the answer. Paying for it, repairing it, or replacing it- there are your three reasonable options.
Buck up. It's an axe. I jerked off into the coils of a '62 Gibson flying V this morning upon reading this, just to prove my cred.
Pfhhht. stop the princess act- this guy's already got you covered ~whiners.
March 05, 2013 at 2:44 pm, Stu Baggerly said:
Once a total douche bag…. always a total douche bag. He's been reading his own press releases so long he does believe he is god. NEWS FLASH: A load of eye liner, some blouses off the K-mart discount rack, and a fuzz pedal do NOT make you a rock star, no matter what a bunch of similarly clad idiots think.
March 05, 2013 at 2:53 pm, Ryan Percival Hackworth Schilling said:
I feel musical accomplishment speaks for itself, and he's not the only star who behaves in a manner unacceptable outside his preferred demesne.
What- you gonna tell me Kieth is a piece of shit 'cause he was on the horse and dropped plunge into his eye? Bitchy little funk players got rights, too. The Stones smashed more six strings in their antics than Prince might ever have owned.
C'mon man- rock stars/funk geniuses/any entertainment act ever always act like petulant shitheads.
Always guilty in the rock world leaves you debbie gibson and tiffany.
March 05, 2013 at 3:06 pm, Ryan Percival Hackworth Schilling said:
Now you can all buy stock in Kimberly Clark and get some kleenex.
The ONLY person I'm remotely willing to entertain are the person who smashed it and the person who owned it- everything else is whiny bitchin'.
>>>Methinks there's some genre hatin' here, too. So read this-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrument_destruction
I wanna hear who else the commentors on this entire thread are gonna beat, including but not limited to
Pete Townsend- evisceration
Jeff Beck- drawn, quartered
Ritchie Blackmore- Treatesd as suggested in their B-side colon smash hit "knocking at your back door"
He's paying homage to the greats, you guys. Damn.
March 05, 2013 at 9:00 pm, Eric McGinty said:
Was it YOUR '62 Gibson V? 'Cause that's the issue here.
You might think you can fix this with some good VFX but that's not the issue.
You don't know the sentimental value he had with that guitar.
Prince turned what I first thought was a bad-ass rock 'n' roll moment into a dick move. You don't fuck with someone else's axe, dude.
March 05, 2013 at 2:37 pm, Tien Linton said:
I have ultimate respect for princes' music.. I have ultimate respect for his guitar collection.. but there's no justification for damaging an instrument. I know he has a lot of guitars, so the significance of those instruments has probably altered his perspective about other people's instruments.
it's too bad that his self importance has given him the lack of clarity to believe that handling someone else's property in such a manner is in any way acceptable.
March 05, 2013 at 2:54 pm, Ryan Percival Hackworth Schilling said:
note that he was shitty enough to not sign it- methinks there were undercurrents here to which we're not privy. Shitty monitor engineer, producer fucking with prince's management- this seems a statement. File the suit, get the $, and move on.
This is not the first guitar player to bust someone elses' axe ever. Let us maintain our perspective.
March 05, 2013 at 3:36 pm, Annie Dennisdóttir Wright said:
It's sad, though. Kirk seems like such a nice dude, it makes one wonder why Prince would specifically take out his inscrutable Prince beef on him.
March 05, 2013 at 2:56 pm, Hugh Briggs said:
Lawsuit. It's valuable, however playing with that band if stuff isn't insured I would sue.
March 05, 2013 at 3:16 pm, EL Copeland said:
Capt Kirk let it go Prince will do the right thing
March 05, 2013 at 4:03 pm, Tom Steele said:
EL Copeland…The right thing would have been not to smash someone else's guitar. Period.
March 05, 2013 at 9:57 am, philebrity.com » Blog Archive » The Roots Learned What Everyone Else Knows: Prince Is A Beautiful, Magical Butterfly, But He Is Also A Dick said:
[...] musicians: Don’t lend Prince your guitar. On Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on Friday night, the Purple One admired the 1961 Epiphone [...]
March 05, 2013 at 3:06 pm, Robert Smith said:
As a guitarist I'm appalled. I would never smash a guitar for any reason. It's just stupid. The work that went into building the instrument is one thing. The fact that every guitar has its own personality gives them life. Doing it to someone else's guitar… If it were mine, I would take every penny he had to his name and then I would castrate him with his own teeth.
March 05, 2013 at 3:45 pm, Ryan Percival Hackworth Schilling said:
Physics disagree with at least the end of your suggestive post.
I'll paraphrase. . . "As a testicle owner I'm appalled. I would never smash a testicle for any reason. It's just stupid. The work that went into building the sack is one thing. The fact that every testicle has its own personality gives them life. Doing it to someone else's balls… "
My God, man- think of the balls.
/trollbait off
March 05, 2013 at 3:10 pm, Wayne Moen said:
So? Its like Jimi Hendrix borrowed Eric Clapton's guitar and lit it up at the end of the show, guessing he's sleeping with it;-).
March 05, 2013 at 3:20 pm, Willy Magee said:
the punishment shall be death. by mambo mambo.
March 05, 2013 at 3:40 pm, Keith Gamble said:
That was TOTALLY f'd up that anyone would do that with a BORROWED instrument! And Kirk, if u KNOW a cat has a rep for smashing guitars, TELL HIM NO…just like he told u NO when u asked him to sign it! INSULT TO INJURY! U kick his ass on guitar ANYWAY!
March 05, 2013 at 4:18 pm, Terry Eaton said:
Prince is a douchebag.. If he did that to my guitar, I'd kick his midget ass around the building and then make him eat the fucking guitar when I was done kicking his teeth down his throat.
March 05, 2013 at 5:40 pm, Mike-Lisa McAllister said:
Seriously, can't be viewed in Canada? Wtf
March 05, 2013 at 6:01 pm, Lewis Cannon said:
Why is the video available only to US? Making the web a little less world wide. Anyway, prince is a prick.
March 05, 2013 at 6:04 pm, Blaise Zhiam said:
if he didn't smash the guitar nobody would've even mentioned his lame and unmemorable performance…also he was probably jealous of Kirk's fro.
March 05, 2013 at 6:23 pm, Summer Dawn Rector said:
I think prince has the money to get him a new one and I think it was a publicity stunt now he has a lawsuit I'm sure that's why prince didn't sign it knowing he would either a. sell it or b. sue him anyway its all about the Benjamin's or its to get air time best advertising you can get is in the news now a bunch of people have watched this video and want to go see what he does at his next concert think about it
March 05, 2013 at 7:36 pm, Robert DeMone said:
A Douche with no Respect. For anything.
March 05, 2013 at 7:41 pm, Rob Wade said:
He's be eating through his zipper, cause that's where I woulda knocked his teeth to!
March 06, 2013 at 1:43 pm, Jeff Gray said:
Wow….what a douche….
March 05, 2013 at 7:54 pm, Lalo Creme said:
What a C U Next Tuesday.
March 05, 2013 at 8:17 pm, Tony Kinder said:
Well, I'd get the guitar straight on ebay. Smashing a guitar is bad news, but depends who's smashing it as to whether it's a broken guitar or a piece of rock & rolll history.
March 05, 2013 at 8:31 pm, Adam Liebreich-Johnsen said:
Whoa, Prince, what a disk move.
March 05, 2013 at 8:32 pm, Adam Liebreich-Johnsen said:
Whoa, Prince, what a dick move.
March 05, 2013 at 9:35 pm, Kevin Dankone Burris said:
if he can't have it no one will…
March 05, 2013 at 9:43 pm, Derek Milhouse Gilger said:
y'all shouldn't oughta done that, Princeyface.
March 05, 2013 at 9:44 pm, Adam Charney said:
What a spoiled little brat. I never liked him anyway.
March 05, 2013 at 10:12 pm, Diamond Bodine-Fischer said:
Yeah hate to break everyone's "Prince is a dick" bubble but the way these events work is Prince's management sent a list of requirements, the Fallon team, rather than rent insured gear, which what ANY OTHER TV show (or any other promoter that is booking somebody of Prince's caliber) would have done, they asked to use Capt here's gear. Or maybe he wanted Prince to play his gear.
But, Prince (or any artist at that level) is under the impression the gear they are using is theirs to use and do with as they please. They are also under the impression that everything is insured and that their multiple techs will be able to repair any damages.
I'm not saying that shit is annoying to the crew left to pick up the pieces, but they get paid (generally REALLY well) to do just that. This is like saying the incontinent old lady that shits herself at a nursing home is a bitch because now the staff has to clean it up. It's just part of the job.
March 05, 2013 at 10:17 pm, Star Mott said:
Not very good behavior for a Jehovah's Witness.
March 05, 2013 at 10:30 pm, Anthony Papamichael said:
Prince is Wack and can barely play guitar..
March 06, 2013 at 10:31 pm, Rick 'Slipp' Hinkle said:
Thank you Anthony! When you grow up with Hendrix, Page, Jeff Beck, etc…. you aren't easily fooled!
March 05, 2013 at 10:41 pm, Mickey Thomas said:
What an ass, I hope Prince is replacing it. I'd sue him, or at the least, have him arrested for destroying private property
March 05, 2013 at 10:51 pm, Ron Thomas said:
I'd let him smash mine
March 05, 2013 at 10:52 pm, Ron Thomas said:
Was a dick move for him not to sign it though
March 05, 2013 at 10:45 pm, Keith Juceam said:
What a Dick! Howard Stern has got him pegged for years! Kirk I've met and spoke with he's like the coolest most down to earth guy I've met in the biz!
March 05, 2013 at 10:51 pm, Mary Ellen Francis said:
How rude!!!!!
March 05, 2013 at 10:58 pm, Rob Bradley said:
What a total asshole! Maybe somebody ought to bust up that shitty guitar he's so attached to.
March 05, 2013 at 11:08 pm, Douglas Marocco said:
I hate his tone
March 05, 2013 at 11:08 pm, Steve Kelly said:
the guitarist from the Roots guitar! I would fucking kill him!
March 07, 2013 at 9:10 pm, Damon Q. Hunter said:
That shitty Hohner and that terrible Tone completely changed the game in the 80's on up. You guys talk when you can sell out the LA Forum for 7 straight nights and the LA Staple Center another 4 nights 22 yrs later. Stop Judging….. It was planned. Kirk knew it was coming, his tweets were tongue-in-cheek.
Chill and smarten up guys.
Respect.
March 05, 2013 at 6:05 pm, Prince Is a Dick, Smashed Another Man’s Guitar | Dạy học guitar said:
[...] solo on Bambi, he threw his guitar into a atmosphere and let it pile-up to a ground. According to DeathandTaxes, a guitar was a 1961 Epiphone Crestwood. The guitar also wasn’t [...]
March 05, 2013 at 11:07 pm, Kenny Bob Davis said:
Kirk should smash his broken guitar into Prince's chicken shit no class face..and then throw the little prick in the air after doing a finger picking solo on his mouth..as a guitarist, I am sickened by this…You are not Peter Townsend, you little bitch..Yes Little Bitch! Shame on you..I would also sue the prick..whew…rant over..I feel better thanks..
March 06, 2013 at 12:05 am, Rick Woodul said:
What an asshole.
March 06, 2013 at 1:53 am, Wayne Gire said:
The gentleman who loaned his guitar to the less than royal asshole should stick what's left of the Epiphone up the prince's ass.
March 07, 2013 at 8:27 pm, Damon Q. Hunter said:
Wow….. What the Hell is wrong with you people? You're so full of Anger and Hate. You people cuss out and want to actually inflict violence on someone that had a PLANNED OUT performance. You don't know the whole story but you've anointed yourselves as Judge and Jury. I've been a fan of Prince for over 30 years and a Roots fan since the 90's. And trust me when I say that everything that's done is planned and rehearsed. These guys are perfectionists and things just don't "Happen". Prince has done this before and other musicians know it, mostly because he's too shy to comfortably socialize on tv after he plays. Fallon, Questlove, Kirk and many others knew what was coming and the tweets afterwards was all tongue-in-cheek. They're all laughing at you people. Have you ever heard of, "There is no such thing as Bad publicity?" Oh and Kenny you're right, Prince is not Pete Townsend….. Get back to me when Pete MASTERS not only the guitar and writing but, writing, the guitar, bass, keys, drums, arrangement, producing and a 47 note vocal range. Along with releasing albums that run the gammut from Jazz to Rock with critical and listener praise. That "Little Bitch" would make Pete and anybody else you throw up Bow Down, with the exception of maybe Stevie Wonder. Now you guys go and blow off some steam by maybe picking up an instrument and learning how to play one. Haters!
March 08, 2013 at 5:14 am, Gary Lee Connor said:
Jackass!
While "A" 1961 Epiphone Crestwood can be found for less then $10,000 this is Kirk's Main Axe!! It is the one you always see in his hands when he is working.
He,Myself or any other professional Guitar player will tell you..You can place a Hundred 1961 Epiphone Crestwoods all made in the same Year,in the same place by the same people in the mans hands and EACH ON WILL PLAY AND FEEL DIFFERENT!!!!!
Even when you repair the same Guitar it may feel different.
You can go through Thousands of Guitars of Different Years,Makes and Models until you find "THE ONE"..A Guitar players Best Playing and career depends on that One guitar..Do you Get it self proclaimed Prince Fan?
There is NO F'n way Kirk knew this was going to happen nor is sitting back and laughing about it..!!!!!
What makes Prince so dispicable in all of this is He knows this as well…
March 05, 2013 at 11:12 pm, Tim Berne said:
Kick his ass
March 06, 2013 at 12:14 am, Eric Ross said:
I know a guy that can fix it, email me
March 06, 2013 at 5:46 am, Peter Matthews said:
Gotta say: pretty awesome how it landed right on the beat
March 05, 2013 at 11:16 pm, Tron Snail said:
prince and the barbies… sounds recycled… not that interesting… pretty boring really…
March 05, 2013 at 11:22 pm, Richard Warren said:
Its easy… Just boycott Prince. Who needs his old "has-been" music anyway..
March 05, 2013 at 11:25 pm, Duncan Woodbury said:
People are certainly very passionate about this.
March 05, 2013 at 11:51 pm, Paul Bethers said:
I love my guitar. If Prince did this to it, I would seek to physically harm him.
March 05, 2013 at 11:32 pm, Sylvie Beausoleil said:
Asshole as usual but damn does he make good music. No respect whatsoever for nothing and no one.
March 05, 2013 at 11:39 pm, Helen Jenner said:
there is no excuse for a musician to wreck another musician's instrument ever.
March 05, 2013 at 11:53 pm, Jariot Paul said:
How did he think this would go over? mission accomplish your a dick!
March 06, 2013 at 12:12 am, Jason Darr said:
Dude can smash my guitar any time he wants…
March 06, 2013 at 12:34 am, Jariot Paul said:
Groupie
March 05, 2013 at 11:58 pm, Conor Dowling said:
Prince Jumps Shark…film at 11
March 06, 2013 at 12:00 am, Conor Dowling said:
That "ugly midget" (to quote John Waters) may have gone too far this time.
March 06, 2013 at 3:43 am, Aric Rubin said:
what a moron
March 06, 2013 at 4:17 pm, Arthur Garrão said:
Hey, I'm 5' 5" (if I keep my back straight!), but I don't smash not even my guitars.
I used to have a nice spanish guitar that was smashed by a guy who is as stuck-up as the Ugly Midget. My sympathies to Captain Kirk Douglas. What a sob!
March 06, 2013 at 12:05 am, Roger Knight said:
Great performance. He rules as a guitarist, always has. Throws guitars ALL THE TIME. Usually wireless and has someone catch em, but still. I'm sure he'll buy the dude a new one and/or pay for repairs, Prince and the Roots are friends. Rock and Roll.
March 06, 2013 at 12:08 am, Rob Creighton said:
To add insult to injury, not signing an autograph, is a jagoff move. He is Ok and good at best. I tend to think he is a little over-rated. I bought Lotus Flower with the 3 cd's. One disk sucked, the girl sucked and the other disk had about 3 good songs.
March 06, 2013 at 12:51 am, FullBluntal Sacrifice said:
insecure asshole….
March 06, 2013 at 1:13 am, Jim Ed Hodges said:
What a dickhead.
March 06, 2013 at 1:26 am, Tod Brilliant said:
It's just a guitar, folks. And one that will be paid for. So the owner can fix it or buy one of THOUSANDS JUST LIKE IT. Amazing that y'all get this bent over this when the world is, literally burning around us. Priorities, folks. Fix what ails before crying over the loss of a common item owned by a wealthy man.
March 06, 2013 at 1:28 am, Christopher Behrens said:
For me the sadness is in the destruction of a piece of art, not some rich person's possession…
March 06, 2013 at 1:31 am, Jeff Lee said:
And what was prince preaching…
certainly nothing very important.
March 06, 2013 at 1:58 am, John Helela said:
Whats the point in caring about anything if thats the attitude?
Just shitty to see some selfish rock-star attitudes.
March 06, 2013 at 2:21 am, Tod Brilliant said:
now we're calling craft art? Oh Christopher…..
I'm not denying it's a fine craft to make a guitar, but art? Ah… that' slike calling a chef an artist. No way.
March 06, 2013 at 2:22 am, Tod Brilliant said:
John Helela Yes, but read the comments. People SO HEATED. Same people who blithely consume the world into oblivion. I guess I just laugh at this the same way I laugh at sports fans who scream at each other. But Prince IS a dick for this.
March 06, 2013 at 2:23 am, Tod Brilliant said:
Jeff Lee Exactly. He's a Jehovah's. Jesus fucking christ. But a mean guitar player. Put on some weight, too.
March 06, 2013 at 3:24 am, Matt McLimans said:
I wish I owned a guitar made well enough for Prince to destroy.
March 06, 2013 at 5:32 am, Christian Salcedo said:
Thousands just like it? A '61 Epiphone Crestwood? Thousands? Really? A common item? Really?
March 08, 2013 at 12:28 am, Justin Sallee said:
its not one of thousands. very few 1961 white epiphone crestwoods were made. try to find one. even if fixed, it will never be the same. value and collectibility gone. i like prince, but he should have respected this mans irreplacable vintage guitar.he killed a peice of history. all of these are tucked away in collections.
March 08, 2013 at 6:03 am, Gary Lee Connor said:
Easy to see you are NOT so "Brilliant" when it comes to Guitars… Lol
How about Violins? How do you feel about dropping One Del Gesu after another in a Bonfire for effect?
March 08, 2013 at 6:05 am, Gary Lee Connor said:
Justin Sallee Amen Justin!!! SPOT ON!!!!
March 06, 2013 at 1:27 am, Laura Gonzales said:
Wow. What a disappointment.
March 06, 2013 at 3:07 am, Allen Lane said:
I don't think I have to tell you what would happen if that little squirt did that with a guitar I loaned him, Gonzo. I'm sure he wrote Kirk a check.
March 06, 2013 at 7:06 am, Laura Gonzales said:
I am really disappointed, I love his music. Glad the boys didn't see this. I am not going to shoe them either. Their father does stuff like that. Ugh. I hope he paid for it afterward and signed it, and apologized, and bought him a steak, and signed a copy of Purple Rain. Lol!!!!!!
March 06, 2013 at 1:42 am, Glenn Walker said:
Never really cared too much for prince now I think he is just a plain old dickhead. That mans guitar should be personally replaced by prince with one that is identical. I just hope the guitar didn't have any kind of sentimental value.
March 06, 2013 at 1:53 am, Jerry Watts Jr. said:
that double bass drum sh*t is slowing down…
March 06, 2013 at 2:31 am, James Lownes said:
jerk
March 06, 2013 at 2:07 am, Josh Michael said:
What a douche
March 06, 2013 at 2:08 am, Johnny Lewis said:
what a bitchhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
March 06, 2013 at 2:41 am, Jonathan Mankuta said:
No more a Prince fan…if I were Kirk, I'd have broken all his teeth by smashing the guitar into his face…
March 06, 2013 at 4:22 am, Pete Sorbi said:
mega arse…
March 06, 2013 at 9:18 pm, Matt Dorado said:
Of the 124 comments I see yours. LOL
May 01, 2013 at 5:23 pm, Richard Lindsey said:
Hey Jon!!! Hope you are well, DAMN Prince is such a TURD… Simple rule: Break my guitar I break your hand.
March 06, 2013 at 3:02 am, Ashleigh Landis said:
I used to love dude…but I've come to realize – years ago – he's a class A prick.
March 06, 2013 at 3:33 am, Jay A Turner said:
Lost respect.
March 06, 2013 at 3:48 am, Charles Martin said:
I've always heard that "Prince" ain't too cool. Another example……………
March 06, 2013 at 3:55 am, Timmy Fodeefive said:
Not surprised; Prince has ALWAYS acted like a little bitch, in my opinion.
March 06, 2013 at 4:16 am, Jim Furnish said:
wonder how much his purpleness will pay off for it?
March 06, 2013 at 4:19 am, Regi Amos said:
That's just cause for a legal old fashioned ass whip. Or, as the Roget's Thesaurus would say! A gluteus maximus pugilistic spectacle.
March 08, 2013 at 2:07 am, Michael T. Delvison Sr. said:
You've been studying that to huh? LOL
March 06, 2013 at 5:08 am, Bob Boyce said:
No voice and I can find garage bands that can put this to shame. So he watches lots of old Hendrix videos and with his money buys a band and apes the shit. Commercial TV and the Epi takes the hit. Call animal control now.
March 06, 2013 at 5:12 am, Vickie Pruitt said:
Beyond arrogance
March 06, 2013 at 6:24 am, Kim Bullard said:
that is a real douche-bag move.
March 06, 2013 at 6:31 am, Steven Monkarsh said:
totally ..
March 06, 2013 at 6:31 am, Steven Monkarsh said:
but great solo…
March 06, 2013 at 6:31 am, Steven Monkarsh said:
and then not to sign it = double douche
March 06, 2013 at 6:37 am, Andrew Rios said:
And what's with the hair?
March 06, 2013 at 6:42 am, Rupert Reid said:
poor form. is this prince's lenny kravitz phase?
March 06, 2013 at 6:45 am, Michael Ward said:
Not great.
March 06, 2013 at 7:08 am, Evan Slamka said:
Hubris
March 06, 2013 at 7:33 am, Lili Ruiz said:
Pendejo.
March 29, 2013 at 4:03 am, Randy Kiunke said:
I would not call that a great solo by any stretch of anyones imagination…
March 06, 2013 at 6:54 am, Jerry Dugger said:
Prince is a dick, leave John Hiatt out of it.
March 06, 2013 at 1:35 pm, Frank Mirra said:
I would have kicked his skinny little ass.
March 06, 2013 at 10:30 pm, Pietro Scorsone said:
I was there… It was a dick move. When we were talking to Questlove he didn't seem too pleased either.
March 06, 2013 at 6:56 am, Brian Watson said:
Nice clean break at least…Prince should sign the glue line and call it good.
March 06, 2013 at 7:50 am, Alex Niedt said:
Total dick move, not to mention an awful performance. His singing was horrendous, and that drummer was terrible.
March 06, 2013 at 8:03 am, Terry R. Kirby said:
What an utter asshole. This just proves that being a great musician does not make you a good person, just like being rich does not make you smart… What a self-aggrandizing shit!
March 06, 2013 at 9:48 am, Augustus Phd said:
Very cunty…
March 06, 2013 at 10:44 am, Bobby Mink said:
there's a reason why everyone knows who prince is, but doesn't know about this captain kirk fool. difference: prince gives exactly 0 fucks. kirk: bitches about it on twitter. Prince-1 what's-his-name-0.
March 06, 2013 at 11:18 am, Royce Lerwick said:
Skippy needs his ass kicked.
March 06, 2013 at 12:09 pm, Donald Bérubé said:
So, why hasn't a criminal complaint been filed against the jackass formally known as "Prince"? He should be held liable to paying the actual vintage market value and replacement costs.
March 06, 2013 at 1:47 pm, Jesper Nørskov Kristensen said:
What a fucking douche !! On top of that it sounded fucking terrible !!!
March 06, 2013 at 1:53 pm, Gregory Scott Norris said:
Lawsuit, is the only way to deal with clowns like Prince. He doesn't care, he will just throw money at the problem. The guy is a fool, for not at least making Prince pay for the guitar.
March 06, 2013 at 2:18 pm, Brandon Drew said:
What a asshole . Being a guitar player a I would fuck him up.
March 06, 2013 at 2:30 pm, Wolfgang Otto said:
If it was mine the headline would have been more like "Fallon Guitarist Breaks Princes Nose and Jaw, With One Punch". What an Asshole.
March 06, 2013 at 3:03 pm, Lyn McMeen said:
He has just entered the realm of douche. Nothing short of a personally delivered consolatory gift of a BETTER guitar AND personal autographed guitar AND a very sincere apology will get him out.
March 06, 2013 at 3:10 pm, Jason Rueckert said:
Prince is a turd. You can't polish a turd, just roll it in glitter.
March 06, 2013 at 4:16 pm, Ray Gomez said:
Prince is nowhere near one of the best guitarists in the world..
March 06, 2013 at 4:21 pm, Ray Gomez said:
People are tripping with fame!
March 06, 2013 at 4:28 pm, Steve Booke said:
That was painful to read. I keep my 71' Les Paul in the studio only now. Can't imagined if it was smashed like that. Ouch!!!
March 06, 2013 at 4:34 pm, Ray Gomez said:
What a condescending move!..if you see prince,hide your axe!
March 06, 2013 at 4:49 pm, Joke Hamminga said:
I can't find words for this…I think if you have a real heart for music you can't treat instruments like that.
March 06, 2013 at 4:54 pm, Ray Gomez said:
Smashing your axe is rock and roll..smashing one body else's axe is despicable..unless it was authorized..this cat is sick!
March 06, 2013 at 5:12 pm, Ray Gomez said:
Oh yeah..don't even THINK of the "you're just jealous" spin..a total miss..not gonna make it..
March 06, 2013 at 5:29 pm, Joke Hamminga said:
Well, to me it feels like as if a woman/man opens the door after a night of real passion with an unconditional loving friend, and tells him/her to F*** Off….
March 06, 2013 at 5:47 pm, Ray Gomez said:
Anyhow,I am taking this down..not worth keeping it!
March 07, 2013 at 7:06 pm, Jimi Tunnell said:
Wow … What an asshole….I'm kind of sorry I did those records for Blue Note now
March 07, 2013 at 8:42 pm, Damon Q. Hunter said:
It was planned and authorized, trust me. I have been a huge fan of Prince since "79. I have been to several private shows and I know for a fact that Everything is planned. Everyone in The Roots, from Questlove to Kirk, along with Fallon knew what was coming. I worked at the LA Sports Arena during Prince's LoveSexy tour and I personally heard and saw Prince do a 4 hour soundcheck where every move was coordinated. Sooo……Chill people. You don't have the right to be Judge and Jury off of a 10 second television event. You look Stupid. They're all laughing at you. Kirk's tweets were tongue-in-cheek. Oh and as far as what makes a guitarist great does not come down to tricks and speed. It comes down to taste.
March 06, 2013 at 4:33 pm, Ray Gomez said:
Smash your own axe,,how condescending!
March 06, 2013 at 4:36 pm, Vince Lanza said:
Big time!
March 06, 2013 at 5:08 pm, Andy Argondizza said:
loser…
March 06, 2013 at 5:03 pm, Andy Argondizza said:
I cannot stand arrogant people, especially musicians..& by the way, "prince", your not jimi…not even close…
March 06, 2013 at 5:26 pm, Luke Steele said:
After hearing his new song, I'd throw away my guitar too.
March 06, 2013 at 5:40 pm, Larée Cisco said:
I think it was Wendy & Lisa's job to catch guitars when he them up in the air. He probably forgot they weren't there anymore.
March 06, 2013 at 5:55 pm, George Vangelakos said:
I would've kicked his prissy little ass
March 06, 2013 at 6:43 pm, Kelly Basden said:
I am missing why anyone would give a crap about this.
March 06, 2013 at 6:52 pm, Peter Hughes said:
Something about this story screams "staged".
March 06, 2013 at 7:22 pm, Dave Ashworth said:
If this is a publicity stunt, which it probably is, to get media attention – he's always been about shock value – then you've given him the reaction he wanted. :/ Fail.
x
March 06, 2013 at 7:22 pm, Christine Northern said:
I'm sure in a matter of days, we'll hear about the classy ass way Prince made amends. Fingers crossed!
March 06, 2013 at 2:26 pm, Really Prince? Really? | The Badlands and Everything After said:
[...] Prince smashed someone else’s 1961 Epiphone on ‘Fallon’ | Death and Taxes. [...]
March 06, 2013 at 7:26 pm, Michael Sullivan said:
Total dickhead. And that whore is playing drums for him.
March 06, 2013 at 7:57 pm, Jennifer Babin-Miller said:
What a jack ass!
March 06, 2013 at 8:16 pm, Lindsay Young said:
I would kick his arrogant little ass.
March 06, 2013 at 8:16 pm, Rus Archer said:
how does jehovah feel about this?
March 06, 2013 at 8:17 pm, Alan Shorter said:
I would have punched the jumped up pretentious little p*&$k out, thrown him in the air and let him fall to the ground.
March 06, 2013 at 8:25 pm, Al Marks said:
If he broke my guitar I would kick his ass…Prince or NOT…What an asshole…
March 07, 2013 at 12:57 am, Alan David said:
I had that model Epiphone too…it sucked! Maybe it neded smashing mine did.
March 06, 2013 at 8:26 pm, Kevin Fields said:
How very rude and disrespectful. I hope he feels ashamed for himself after the public is through dissing him.
March 06, 2013 at 8:26 pm, Ken Carver said:
Prince is a great musician…but he's a douche whistle in person.
March 06, 2013 at 8:29 pm, Robyn Stump said:
Still a good artist that just made a dumb ass decision. I will be a fan for life, he's human too.
March 06, 2013 at 8:36 pm, Doug Thompson said:
Prince is a great guitarist. One of the best, maybe, maybe not. But there is no excuse for destroying someone else personal property. Doesn't matter who he is or how talented he may or may not be.
March 06, 2013 at 8:37 pm, Justin Bender said:
This bores me is anyone up for a game of basketball
March 06, 2013 at 8:38 pm, Chip Lang said:
prince is a pompus as, and to do that to someone elses axe he should be bitch slapped.
March 06, 2013 at 8:53 pm, Robert Winger said:
Sue the bastard. Don't get me wrong. I think he's been a great musician both in his composing and singing career. But this is ridiculous behavior.
March 07, 2013 at 12:45 am, Angela Young said:
I think Prince is the SHIZZ…….BUT I will check this out!
March 07, 2013 at 5:18 am, Angela Young said:
OK..He was so out of line…….BUT I still think he's amazing!
March 06, 2013 at 9:11 pm, Tom Tobin said:
Sue his skinny little ass!
March 06, 2013 at 9:38 pm, George MacDonald said:
Prince has always prescribed to "any publicity is good publicity". If you were trying to be a dick Prince, well, mission accomplished.
March 06, 2013 at 4:50 pm, Prince Smashed Someone Else’s Guitar On Late Night with Jimmy Fallon [VIDEO] | The Urban Daily said:
[...] belonged to Captain Kirk Douglas of The Roots, who is also Fallon’s house band. According to Death and Taxes Mag, the Purple One asked to borrow the instrument after he rehearsed for his performance. *Steve Urkel [...]
March 06, 2013 at 9:50 pm, Michael Dean Damron said:
Prince and only Prince can smash whatever the fuck he wants of mine….
March 06, 2013 at 9:54 pm, Melodie Zapata said:
Yeah, but he should have at least signed it, especially considering he didn't ask permission, just went ahead and did it without consent. That's kind of rapey.
March 06, 2013 at 9:54 pm, Gabe Martin said:
"Nice game … bitches."
March 06, 2013 at 10:03 pm, Gabe Martin said:
Have you seen Purple Rain? He smacks Appollonia in the face, abuses his band, is enemies with Morris Day (who gives Appollonia a job and wines and dines here rather gentleman-ly like) and is the "good guy".
March 06, 2013 at 10:13 pm, Mark Lemhouse said:
Man that's ballsy of Prince. BUT if that was my guitar, I woulda beaten Prince's ass – and I wouldn't ask permission either.
March 06, 2013 at 9:57 pm, Michael Dean Damron said:
Agreed Mel.
March 06, 2013 at 10:18 pm, Joe Plante said:
I lost a lot of respect. If that were my guitar it wiuld be so far up Prince's gaping ass.
March 06, 2013 at 10:19 pm, Kevin Montgomery said:
What a little reprobate. A very talented one, but a jerk. Very disrespectful. Guitars are special.
March 06, 2013 at 10:26 pm, Louise 'Loopi' Cocker said:
omg what an arsehole, no respect what so ever!!!!
March 06, 2013 at 10:35 pm, Kevin Montgomery said:
he'd have to party like it was 1999, because that is the year his little butt would get kicked back to………ha ha.
March 06, 2013 at 11:14 pm, Roger Schinagel said:
You have to be some kind of special A-hole to smash some one else's guitar!!!
March 06, 2013 at 11:21 pm, David Vitagliano said:
No room in my world for anyone who 1) has blantant disrespect for someone else's property and 2) Damages any guitar, especially a classic on purpose, fuck him, asshole.
March 06, 2013 at 5:33 pm, Why Is Prince Such A Diva? [VIDEO] | Hot 107.5 said:
[...] belonged to Captain Kirk Douglas of The Roots, who is also Fallon’s house band. According to Death and Taxes Mag, the Purple One asked to borrow the instrument after he rehearsed for his performance. *Steve Urkel [...]
March 06, 2013 at 5:33 pm, Why Is Prince Such A Diva? [VIDEO] | Hot 96.3 said:
[...] belonged to Captain Kirk Douglas of The Roots, who is also Fallon’s house band. According to Death and Taxes Mag, the Purple One asked to borrow the instrument after he rehearsed for his performance. *Steve Urkel [...]
March 06, 2013 at 10:44 pm, Chris Stallaert said:
I can fix that…easy.
March 06, 2013 at 10:49 pm, Christopher Heath said:
Captain Kirkwood was blessed to have his guitar smashed by Prince. That's rock'n'roll chicky babies!
March 06, 2013 at 10:50 pm, Mark Wendle said:
Sorry Brother! Year I Was Born! Prince Better Man-Up & Get You an Even Sweeter Axe!! Cheers!!
March 06, 2013 at 11:01 pm, Cole Shockley said:
Dam prince sounds like shit.needs to drop that sissy ass voice and learn to really sing.
March 06, 2013 at 11:49 pm, Sam Stevens said:
Prince was just pissed cos someone shouted out ' my god its Oprah..' When he took his sunglasses off … Well .. I've never seen them in the same room … Lmao
March 07, 2013 at 12:01 am, Łukasz Mirosław said:
Killing 50 years old guitar just sucks, no matter if she belonged to him or anybody else. He's a Star. With a big S. He can afford this, so he does what he likes. Go smash your head. Or cut Mona Lisa. Who cares? You're the Artist.
March 07, 2013 at 12:19 am, Christopher Heath said:
Leave it to Prince to make a statemnt…a big F.U. to the entertainment industry. The fact that Captain Kirkwood was an unsuspecting victim, is simply icing on the cake.
March 07, 2013 at 12:24 am, Christopher Heath said:
C'mon, you give Prince your guitar to play live on stage, you know you only have a 30% chance of getting that axe back intact. Capt. Kirkwood needs to start shampooing with Johnson's and Johnson's, because I'm tired of seeing all his tears. It's his fault for allowing His Purple Badness to play it in the first place, so suck it up and move on. Lesson learned.
March 09, 2013 at 9:37 pm, Tom Heath said:
It's worth being your friend just for the entertainment value…
March 10, 2013 at 12:14 am, Christopher Heath said:
Thanks, that's very sweet of you to say.
March 07, 2013 at 12:22 am, Michael Ventimiglia said:
Prince or not if he threw my guitar it would have been on and I would have beat the brakes off that asshole for real! destroy your own shit!
March 07, 2013 at 12:37 am, David Purple Hayes said:
….agree 100% , that sucks , dude ask to borrow it , refused to autograph it ,then throws it to the ground like a piece of garbage !…..
March 07, 2013 at 12:40 am, Page Keith Veazey said:
If he pulled that stunt with my stuff, I'd beat him until it made his whole family sore.
March 07, 2013 at 12:40 am, Tracie Leigh Gross said:
I met him long ago when I was stationed with Sheila Es first cousin. Remind me to tell you! It doesn't shock me at all. He's not normal, and he's not on drugs….if he were, that might help his dysfunction. If we discovered aliens really existed, my money is on him! Purple Rain at the Philly Spectrum was my first back stage VIP sticker. I did get to hear Purple Rain for real, but the reason Trey plays it has nothing at all to do with him. There's a much more sentimental reason for that.
March 07, 2013 at 12:26 am, MrBobby Hisler said:
Awesome..
March 07, 2013 at 3:40 pm, John FS said:
I would have slapped that little b****. You don't do that.
March 07, 2013 at 12:36 am, Andy Spradlin said:
Sue his worthless ass. Request a Jury trial. Make him explain his actions before a Judge. Refuse to settle out of court. Let him try to do his silent act in front of the court. At $3,995 it worth the trouble. Ask Jimmy for Five minutes on the next show to talk about it on National TV. Humiliate Him on national TV. Who cares how talented a person is when they are an asshat to everyone around them? I was a fan. Not anymore.
March 07, 2013 at 12:38 am, Jay Fitzhugh said:
What a tool.
March 06, 2013 at 8:00 pm, Prince Smashed Someone Else’s Guitar On Late Night with Jimmy Fallon [VIDEO] | iPower 92.1 said:
[...] belonged to Captain Kirk Douglas of The Roots, who is also Fallon’s house band. According to Death and Taxes Mag, the Purple One asked to borrow the instrument after he rehearsed for his performance. *Steve Urkel [...]
March 07, 2013 at 1:01 am, Lewis L Jefferson said:
Ebay,Ebay,everyone saw what happened so no autograph needed…lol
March 07, 2013 at 1:01 am, John Martin said:
They all have matching t-shirts. That is just adorable. Never let anyone touch your guitar. He should have known that by now.
March 07, 2013 at 1:15 am, Curtis Clark said:
And the song sucked too. His sound and playing were awesome but the song….nope.
March 07, 2013 at 1:20 am, Mark Thomas said:
I like Prince, but there is no excuse for this. What a jackass!
March 07, 2013 at 1:26 am, Sherry Hall said:
And he didn't even sign it afterwards….
March 07, 2013 at 1:27 am, Mark Thomas said:
should have smacked him on the back of the head with it.
March 07, 2013 at 1:20 am, Angels, apparitions, ghosts, Deja Vu and premonitions. said:
I would have knocked him on his half pint little ass if that were my guitar…
March 07, 2013 at 1:26 am, David Gold said:
Via Kirk Douglas' Twitter:
@CaptainKDouglas
@vurnt22 for the record, Prince did apologize. His people reached out and made arrangements to take care of damages. Guitar's in the shop.
March 06, 2013 at 8:40 pm, Why Is Prince Such A Diva? [VIDEO] | K97.5 said:
[...] belonged to Captain Kirk Douglas of The Roots, who is also Fallon’s house band. According to Death and Taxes Mag, the Purple One asked to borrow the instrument after he rehearsed for his performance. *Steve Urkel [...]
March 07, 2013 at 1:52 am, Robert Grover said:
What a douche.
March 07, 2013 at 2:09 am, Christopher Heath said:
I like how a bunch of people posting on this thread can't stick to the fact that Prince simply acted in the wrong, and instead they have to attack his music and his skills. Prince is one weird cat, granted, but he's a musical icon, and a guitar playing legend that has earned his place in music history–you aren't.
March 07, 2013 at 4:13 am, Hector Barrera said:
Okay, Prince is mere Hendrix wannabe. Let me play on a political statement, "I knew Jimi Hendrix. And Prince, you are no Jimi Hendrix." End of subject. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of guitarists who are much better than Prince.
March 13, 2013 at 3:00 am, Shannon Burns said:
I remember when he got booed off the stage at the Rolling Stones concert here!
March 07, 2013 at 4:13 am, Stani Veselinovic said:
That's it! I'm burning all my Prince records…………coming to think of it I don't have any. he he he.
March 07, 2013 at 4:19 am, Charles McGarry said:
With any luck, Captain Kirk might make a small fortune auctioning the broken guitar as memorabilia. I just hope it wasn't a sentimental favorite; he didn't seem to act like it was.
March 07, 2013 at 5:19 am, Walter Sigona said:
He would have got the crap kicked out of him if it was my guitar.
March 07, 2013 at 6:14 am, Kevin W Dailey said:
Somebody going to get hurt real Bad.That's just not cool Over Rated little man..
March 07, 2013 at 6:26 am, In Dick Move, Prince Smashes Other Guy’s Guitar on ‘Fallon’ | Dạy học guitar said:
[...] to Death and Taxes, a ax was a loaner from residence rope guitarist Captain Kirk Douglas. After eyeing it during [...]
March 07, 2013 at 1:32 pm, Craig Johnson said:
Hmm. I wonder if he forgot he had someone else's guitar. He throws his own stuff all the time and usually someone catches it. Not that it was cool.
March 07, 2013 at 9:19 am, Prince Smashed Someone Else’s Guitar On Late Night with Jimmy Fallon [VIDEO] | 100.3 WRNB said:
[...] belonged to Captain Kirk Douglas of The Roots, who is also Fallon’s house band. According to Death and Taxes Mag, the Purple One asked to borrow the instrument after he rehearsed for his performance. *Steve Urkel [...]
March 07, 2013 at 2:31 pm, Justin Morse said:
What a piece of shit prince is
March 07, 2013 at 3:02 pm, Danny Vlaspoel said:
Smash your own gear okay but someone else his guitar? Asshole!
March 07, 2013 at 10:21 am, Prince Smashed Someone Else’s Guitar On Late Night with Jimmy Fallon [VIDEO] | RadioNOW 100.9 said:
[...] belonged to Captain Kirk Douglas of The Roots, who is also Fallon’s house band. According to Death and Taxes Mag, the Purple One asked to borrow the instrument after he rehearsed for his performance. *Steve Urkel [...]
March 07, 2013 at 10:42 am, Prince Smashed Someone Else’s Guitar On Late Night with Jimmy Fallon [VIDEO] | 93.9 WKYS said:
[...] belonged to Captain Kirk Douglas of The Roots, who is also Fallon’s house band. According to Death and Taxes Mag, the Purple One asked to borrow the instrument after he rehearsed for his performance. *Steve Urkel [...]
March 07, 2013 at 4:21 pm, Harvey Reams said:
what a asshole.
March 07, 2013 at 3:22 pm, Prince Smashed Someone Else’s Guitar On Late Night with Jimmy Fallon [VIDEO] | Indy Music Television said:
[...] belonged to Captain Kirk Douglas of The Roots, who is also Fallon’s house band. According to Death and Taxes Mag, the Purple One asked to borrow the instrument after he rehearsed for his performance. *Steve Urkel [...]
March 07, 2013 at 8:23 pm, MrBobby Hisler said:
Nobody woulda played that thing like that again. Plus, its worth at least $50k after Prince smashed it. Or more then 10 times what it was worth before that.
March 07, 2013 at 11:15 pm, Adam Luck said:
I heard that after the show prince said "its just a stupid guitar and said damn if hes that worried about it I'll give him a signed copy of Purple Rain maybe that kirk bitch will quit whining then".
March 08, 2013 at 2:30 am, Thom Beebe said:
That's wrong…. what an arrogant prick…………I used to have respect but no more… he's not that good a player either in my book!
March 08, 2013 at 3:03 am, Mike Leslie said:
had that been my guitar, the world would have one less short mofo walkin around.
March 08, 2013 at 5:01 am, The Tapes: March 8 | TVFury said:
[...] Prince went on Fallon and destroyed a 1961 Epiphone that didn’t belong to him. Cue the Dave Chappelle basketball [...]
March 08, 2013 at 6:49 am, Prince Smashed Someone Else’s Guitar On Late Night with Jimmy Fallon [VIDEO] | Old School 94.5 said:
[...] belonged to Captain Kirk Douglas of The Roots, who is also Fallon’s house band. According to Death and Taxes Mag, the Purple One asked to borrow the instrument after he rehearsed for his performance. *Steve Urkel [...]
March 08, 2013 at 12:57 pm, Prince Smashed Someone Else’s Guitar On Late Night with Jimmy Fallon [VIDEO] | Old School 95.5 said:
[...] belonged to Captain Kirk Douglas of The Roots, who is also Fallon’s house band. According to Death and Taxes Mag, the Purple One asked to borrow the instrument after he rehearsed for his performance. *Steve Urkel [...]
March 08, 2013 at 8:12 pm, Bil Z'bUb said:
seriously a dick move… I'm really bummed that someone of his level pulled this. this true? super lame
March 09, 2013 at 12:21 am, Kyle Davis said:
He could've at least offered to pay him for it. Wow.
March 09, 2013 at 12:24 am, Kyle Davis said:
Great stuff!!
March 09, 2013 at 6:34 am, Damon Jones said:
freak Show…what a dick.
March 09, 2013 at 12:56 pm, Tim W Bullock said:
Captain Kirk Douglas of Jimmy Fallon's House Band "tweeted" Prince's "people" reached out to him after Prince broke his Vintage 1961 guitar by throwing it up in the air after asking to play it on The Jimmy Fallon Show and repairs are being made. He is a better man than me, If Prince had INTENTIONALLY thrown one of my VINTAGE guitars or guitars period "His people" would be srugically removing it from his ass! Total loss of respect for a VERY talented musician…….what an arrogant little dumbass SMDH.
March 09, 2013 at 12:58 pm, Anne Hanson said:
douche move Prince. Talent doesn't carry your ass THAT far. Shame on you.
March 09, 2013 at 8:25 pm, Joe Gonzalez said:
It was an epiphone for god's sake. Price is King!
March 09, 2013 at 10:00 pm, Kevin St Pierre said:
Prince one of the best , Not so much if you include all the girly boy moments.Who cares about the guitar.There's enough people supporting him to play to pay for the show , Enjoy!
March 10, 2013 at 1:30 am, Marshall Ray said:
I have a feeling that Prince could throw Damon Q. Hunter's mom up in the air and let her drop violently to the floor, and he'd find a way to be ok with it.
March 10, 2013 at 2:28 pm, Natasha Gilbert said:
what a dbag…. quit being a diva bitch, prince.
March 10, 2013 at 8:41 pm, Martin Schaefer said:
this asshole has talent but NO STYLE. This behaviour must not be accepted….
March 12, 2013 at 8:30 am, Scott Svare said:
Never mention Prince in any sentence with Jimi Hendrix. PERIOD………..
March 12, 2013 at 10:14 pm, Laura Palmer Edwards said:
I knew he was a dick back in 79 when I interviewed him for Record World Magazine.
March 13, 2013 at 1:45 am, Randy Kiunke said:
That was a "Blistering solo"?
Evidently the writer doesn't know what a "blistering solo" sounds like.
Prince is a douche and he is WAY overrated as a guitar player hell my kid could whip up a solo that good and he's 11 and barely plays his guitar.
March 13, 2013 at 9:47 pm, Eric Martin said:
This is a FAKED news article. Black dude is good friends with Princey pooh. It's the black family. they talk. All done to get ratings.
March 16, 2013 at 9:16 pm, John Rodge said:
Don't care who you are or how great you may think you are, you don't do that to someone else's precious instrument. What an arrogant ass-hole
March 16, 2013 at 10:21 pm, David Steven Knowles said:
Hi John…just watched the vid!…what a complete arrogant twat he is!!!
March 17, 2013 at 12:24 am, Gary Beard said:
Hear, hear.
March 22, 2013 at 5:05 pm, Greg Greenlee said:
His band, solo and behavior all sucked. Was he trying to reinvigorate his career by getting internet buzz! He is crazy talented. In my experience, when someone asks to borrow a guitar, you just say NO! It took a busted 1980 Les Paul Custom to learn that lesson!
March 29, 2013 at 3:11 am, Lauren Champagnie said:
No RESPECT No LOVE
March 31, 2013 at 2:55 am, Charlz Wilson said:
The guitar mustv'e been a piece of crap and needed to be destroyed before anyone else is tortured by the way that garbage guitar feels… Have you ever played a garbage guitar?
April 30, 2013 at 11:22 am, Ibanez CherryIce said:
I would break his fingers and smash his face in if he did that to my guitar. Who the frick does this freak think he is? a god? what a total looser.