Prince to get lifetime achievement Grammy. Here’s what his Canadian guitarist says working with him was like [Video]

Prince’s musical legacy is an inspiration to many. The iconic artist, known for hits like Purple Rain, Kiss and Little Red Corvette, is remembered as a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist, as well as a mysterious and unconventional pop culture figure.

To Canadian guitarist Donna Grantis, he was also a bandmate and friend. 

Almost nine years after his death, Prince is being honoured on Grammy weekend with a lifetime achievement award. In anticipation of the event, Grantis sat down with The National’s Ian Hanomansing to discuss what it was like to work with the idiosyncratic rock star.

A dream come true 

In 2012, Grantis was working as a solo artist and session musician in Toronto, when Prince came across a couple of videos of her on YouTube.

According to Grantis, there were two videos that caught his attention. One was the performance of an original tune called Elektra at a PRS Guitars event in Stevensville, Md.

The other was a …