U.K. Journalist Jammed With Prince in 2010

The Daily Mirror's Peter Willis was on drums, for a bit of Beatles business with the Purple One.

The shocking news of Prince’s death at age 57 has triggered an immediate wave of reporter recollections and article revisits. Among them, an interview conducted in 2010 at Paisley Park by Peter Willis for the Daily Mirror.

Journalists who managed to get an audience with Prince each have their own unique memories. But chances are not too many of those rival the one Willis relied upon to open his 2010 piece:

I’m trying to interview the rock legend but he’s more interested in an impromptu jam session on the stage of his private concert hall – with me on drums.

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