Guitarist Billy Franze dueled with Prince onstage, and so much more, in his 72 years
WORTH KNOWING: A fixture in the Twin Cities music scene for more than four decades, Franze's eager, workman approach to performing and his all-out omnipresence in local venues that many friends remember. Franze died April 27 at age 72.
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Chris Riemenschneider / Star Tribune |
10:00 am, May 10, 2021
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Billy Franze blazed through another Dr. Mambo's Combo gig at Bunkers in Minneapolis in 2017. (Carlos Gonzalez/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS)
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