After fifty years in music, Prairie's first solo album, “Colours and Passions,” presents yet another side of this relentlessly creative soul, drawn from some of his earliest inspirations and rendered with the full skill of a journeyman recording artist, a tour de force by a mature master musician. Taking off from the 1967 album “Colors” by spoken word artist Ken Nordine, Prairie fashioned his own evocation of Nordine’s landmark work. For the last ten years, in between touring with various bands such as Jefferson Starship, the New Cars, and others, and artwork commissions, Prairie has been sneaking into the recording studio with various friends and associates to work on the tracks that became the album. Along with able assistance from the masterful Chris von Sneidern, Prairie enlisted friends and associates from such far-flung corners of his world of music as Ross Valory from Journey or Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys. Gonzo guitarist Buckethead plays on one track.