Desmond D'andrea Dickerson (born August 7, 1955) is an American guitarist and singer who was a member of Prince's band, the Revolution.
A veteran of numerous Minneapolis rock bands, Dickerson answered Prince's call for a touring musician in the Twin Cities Reader, a local entertainment paper, in 1979.
He contributed songs for Prince's side projects, writing "He's So Dull" for Vanity 6, and co-writing "Wild and Loose", "After Hi School", and "Cool" for the Time.
A solo recording deal failed to materialize, and in 1987 Dickerson relocated to Nashville to back singer Judson Spence.
In 2005, Dickerson released a double CD retrospective collection of his work from 1982 to 1987, including the complete version of the "classic" Modernaire.
Taken from the film Purple Rain and featuring Prince on guitars, keyboards and backing vocals, this track was released on vinyl in 2008 by the UK label, Citinite.