Paul Peterson will be the April 14 program speaker
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Rotarian Paul Peterson will be the program speaker at the Thursday, April 14, Rotary Club of Edina meeting. He has been a member of our club since 2012. He will speak about "The Power of Music, the Business of Music." Peterson, a member of "Minnesota's First Family of Music," will begin touring nationally with Peter Frampton in May. Some biography info from Peterson's website: Prince discovered Peterson, aka “St Paul,” at the age of 17. Prince enlisted him as a keyboard player in The Time for the movie “Purple Rain.”
Peterson took the lead vocalist spot in the Prince-produced group “The Family,” before becoming a solo artist and scoring hits for MCA and Atlantic Records.
He has recorded, toured or written with Steve Miller, Prince, George Benson, Oleta Adams, The Corrs, Kenny Loggins, and Morris Day and The Time to name a few.
His band, fDeluxe (formerly The Family) is celebrating the 30th anniversary of their Prince-produced record with a few select shows around the country.
When Peterson isn’t recording, he runs Peterson Music and Events, a music and event consulting service originally started by his father Willie Peterson back in the 1940s. He also has a 16-piece orchestra that plays at many of the top galas in the Minneapolis/St Paul area, appropriately titled the Paul Peterson Orchestra.
Also at the Rotary meeting, Libby Schmit will give her classification talk.
The Rotary Club of Edina meets at 12:15 p.m. Thursdays at the Edina Country Club. All are welcome. Cost for lunch and the program is $19 for adults and $12 for students.