The Family

The Family was a R&B band signed to Prince's record label Paisley Park Records. The band consisted of remaining members of The Time (Jellybean Johnson, Jer

The Family was a R&B band signed to Prince's record label Paisley Park Records. The band consisted of remaining members of The Time (Jellybean Johnson, Jerome Benton and St. Paul Peterson), Eric Leeds (brother of Prince's tour manager Alan Leeds) and Susannah Melvoin, the twin sister of Wendy Melvoin, who was Prince's guitarist in his band The Revolution. Susannah was also Prince's love interest at the time.

The band's material was composed entirely by Prince, with the exception of "River Run Dry", which was written by Bobby "Z" Rivkin. Prince wrote and performed all the other tracks and simply overdubbed Paul and Susannah's vocals and added saxophone by Leeds.