Jim Irsay, owner of the Indianapolis Colts, collects famous guitars. Last week, he paid $137,500 in an auction to buy a guitar that at least looks a lot like the yellow version of Prince's "Cloud" guitar.
Thanks to Jim Irsay, I can pretend that this is a column about sports. But it’s really about one of the greatest athletes and performers ever produced by Minneapolis — Prince — and the master luthier who built the guitar that Prince made famous enough for an NFL owner to want.