Rosie Gaines was the youngest of a family of 10 children. The first band she joined was a family funk soul group called Unity, where she played organ, while her brother Carl played bass, her cousin Lacy guitar, sister-in-law Dianne did background vocals and her sister Mal was a drummer. Rosie also played in the bands of The Oasis and A Touch of Class, before joining The Curtis Ohlson Band. Levi Seacer phoned Rosie one day and asked her to come to Minneapolis to sing a demo of a song for The Pointer Sisters. While she was doing the demo, Prince came in the studio and asked her to join his band The New Power Generation. Rosie was introduced to the public in 1990 as the new vocalist and keyboard player on Prince's Nude tour. The first time we heard her on a Prince album, was on 'Graffiti Bridge'. She was also a member of the cast for The New Power Generation movie and she performed and wrote on Prince's 'Diamonds and pearls' album. In 1992, after the tour, Rosie decided it was time for her to go solo again. She left The New Power Generation in 1993 and started recording her debut solo album. Unfortunately the album, set for release on Paisley Park, was hopelessly entangled in the legal battle between Prince and Warner Bros. With her own record label, Dredlix Records, multi-instrumentalist, producer/song writer Rosie Gaines is striving to bring her music directly to music lovers via the Internet. Her 3rd album 'Arrival' is available exclusively through her web site. 2004 saw the release of her self produced new album, 'You gave me freedom', on Dome records. (Includes fragments from Ms. Gaines' bio on the official site at www.rosiegaines.com).

---

D i s c o g r a p h y

Skool-ology (ain't no strain)	1985	Epic
Caring	1985	Epic
No sweeter love	1987	Expansion
Closer than close	1995	Motown
I surrender	1997	Big Bang
You gave me freedom	2004	Dome