From ‘The Ladder’ to ‘The Cross,’ Prince’s Legacy Endures Through His Friends and Music at a Town Hall Tribute
The first time I saw Prince perform live, it was Christmas Eve 1984 at the St. Paul Civic Center in St. Paul, Minn. It was his Purple Rain tour and I was already a rabid fan at age 9, albeit mildly scandalized watching my icon dry hump one of the many massive amps on stage (before leaping off of it and landing in a…