The Gold Experience: Jim Walsh got to know Prince in the 1990s, to the point where he was able to challenge the artist in open print. This is his story...

"Middle-aged bad-assery!" is how Jim Walsh described what he saw from Minneapolis' favourite son Prince in the 1990s. While the world had moved on from his 1980s heyday, a few discerning music loving souls - locally based journalist Jim being one of them - continued to follow the Purple One's myriad musical twists and turns...many of which - in the studio, and onstage - continued to be touches of genius. So, while everyone else slept, some attempted to keep up...these are his reflections on an often-neglected period of Prince's incredible career.