playing guitar at the ripe age of 6, under direction of his Grandmother,who Pastored a Church, and wanted an electric Gospel sound, as the sound canvas.After many years of Practice and hard work, his playing caught the ears of the late great, "Don Cornelius", Pioneer of the hit Dance Show, "Soul Train". Don taught Levi, many things about the Music Business, which lead him,and prepared him, for artists like Sheila E. While playing with Sheila E.,he was tapped by Prince to form a new touring band after the demise of "The Revolution" in 1986, called "The New Power Generation". Levi became the band's bassist as well as a backing vocalist.He later, upon Prince's request, switched to his main instrument guitar.The only Prince member to have played multiple instruments. Later, he began collaborating with Prince as a Songwriter and Co-Producer on his projects, as well as other Major Artists. During his years with Prince, Levi worked with many Gold and Platinum Artists, such as,The Time, Earth Wind & Fire The Pointer Sisters, Carmen Elektra, Tevin Campbell, Salt and Pepa, Johnny Lang, George Clinton,Gerald Austin, and Mavis Staples to name a few. After leaving the Prince camp in 1993, He worked as a Producer,Performer, Touring Musician, and Session Musician with various Artists, most notably Multi Grammy winning Artists Raphael Saadiq,Tony Toni Tone', El Debarge, Jody Watley, Tower of Power and the 3x Grammy winning ensemble Sounds of Blackness, former artists of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Levi has also been voted as one of the thousand greatest