Wendy Melvoin
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Wendy Melvoin (born January 26, 1964) is an American rock guitarist and singer-songwriter best known for her work with Prince. Coming from a musical family, Wendy is sister to the late Smashing Pumpkins touring keyboardist Jonathan Melvoin and daughter to jazz pianist (and former NARAS president) Michael Melvoin in addition to being the twin sister of guitarist and composer Susannah Melvoin.
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One of Michael Melvoin's friends was session musician Gary Coleman; Coleman's daughter Lisa Coleman became friends with Wendy Melvoin when they were children. Coleman eventually became one of the backup musicians for Prince, and introduced Melvoin to Prince during the sessions for 1999. Melvoin would replace guitarist Dez Dickerson in 1983, and both Coleman and Melvoin became members of the newly designated band The Revolution. The band experienced the explosive popularity of Purple Rain, and recorded two additional albums with Prince, Around The World In a Day and Parade, the soundtrack to Prince's film Under The Cherry Moon.
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Shortly after the completion of the Parade project, Melvoin and Coleman left the Revolution, and started their own musical duo, Wendy and Lisa (also known as Girl Bros). The duo also collaborate on musical scores for motion picture and television. They currently score the music for the NBC shows Crossing Jordan and Heroes.
Melvoin has also worked as a producer and studio musician on her own, working with artists such as Nina Gordon, Sheryl Crow, Liz Phair, Scritti Politti, Neil Finn, k.d. lang, and Eric Clapton.
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