Please answer the following question: Facts: - instrument: guitar , bass guitar - years active: 1991 -- present - birth name: sonny thompson - genre: funk , r & b , pop rock - notable instruments: gibson les paul - name: sonny t. - background: non_vocal_instrumentalist - label: hollywood - associated acts: new power generation , nick jonas & the administration - occupation: vocalist , musician Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of sonny t. .
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sonny t. -lrb- born sonny thompson -rrb- is an american bass player .he was a member of the new power generation , prince 's recording and stage band , from 1991 -- 1996 .in 2010 , sonny t. became a member of nick jonas and the administration -lrb- a project created nick jonas of the jonas brothers -rrb- along with other former members of the new power generation , drummer michael bland and keyboardist tommy barbarella , as well as bassist and producer john fields , who was also the producer of the jonas brothers music .