Flyte Tyme (band)

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The band known as Flyte Tyme began life as a Minneapolis funk unit, taking its name from the Donald Byrd song. The group featured Alexander O'Neal on vocals, Jellybean Johnson on drums, Tony Johnson on lead guitar, Jimmy "Jam" Harris and Monte Moir on keyboards, and Terry Lewis on bass. When Prince decided to form a side project, he recruited guitarist Jesse Johnson and childhood friend Morris Day as lead vocalist (Day and Johnson had both come from another local band called "Enterprise"). Flyte Tyme as a band ceased to exist, as Prince had settled on a new name for the unit: The Time.