“Purple Rain“ - Fingerstyle Guitar - Adam Rafferty (Prince)

Here’s my fingerstyle guitar version of the Prince classic - “Purple Rain.“ ► Start learning my solo arrangements and get personal guitar coaching - FREE 14 day trial: ► Get more cool FREE lessons here: Tuning is dropped D D A D G B E Capo 1st Fret I just heard this on the radio, and realized once again how amazing Prince was! This is meets Hendrix meets rock anthem. Great music. read some interesting facts about “Purple Rain“ on Wikipedia: 1. This was originally meant to be a country song. 2. Prince wanted Stevie Nicks from Fleetwood Mac to be in on the collaboration but the pressure was too much for her. 3. Upon completion, Prince sent “Purple Rain“ over to the band Journey to get their blessing on releasing it becase he felt was so similar to the Journey song “Faithfully.“ They gave him the green light! 4. I also had no idea what the lyric “Purple Rain“ meant - it’s about Judgement Day, in the final hours being wi