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Minneapolis music vets Mambo s Combo return to stage with sadness and stress
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Mambo s Combo guitarist Billy Franze, who jammed with Prince and Jonny Lang, dies at 72 The veteran musician kept up his Bunkers gig for 32 years and was eager to return to the stage. April 28, 2021 6:09pm Text size Copy shortlink:
A few months into the pandemic last year, Billy Franze announced his retirement from Dr. Mambo s Combo, the weekly all-star jam session he co-helmed at Bunkers in Minneapolis for 32 years. After a few more months stuck at home, though, the guitarist already said he wanted back in. Playing music was too much in his blood for him to remain a homebody, Combo drummer Michael Bland said.
Best weekly jam in Minneapolis has endured 30 years (and much more) If they were good enough for Prince, the weekly Dr. Mambo s Combo gigs should be good enough to last a few more decades. October 12, 2017 11:56pm Text size Copy shortlink:
“I think we’ve entered a new era.”
Talking after Dr. Mambo’s Combo usual first-of-two weekly gigs last Sunday at Bunker’s Music Bar & Grill, Michael Bland wasn’t referring to any changes in music direction or venue. Those two facets of the most legendary jam session in Minneapolis remain remarkably unchanged over 30 years.
No, the mighty drummer and Prince alumnus was referencing the fact that a pair of young, neatly trimmed gentlemen showed up to their show wearing man rompers ultra-trendy jumpsuits cut above the knees, a reminder of at least one major change during the Combo’s tenure.
Debbie Duncan, Minnesota s first lady of song, dies at 69 after a series of strokes One of the busiest singers in town, the Detroit native sparkled onstage.
By Jon Bream Star Tribune December 18, 2020 3:51pm Text size Copy shortlink:
If she wasn t on stage, she might be sitting at the bar, or standing in the back of the room. Debbie Duncan was out in the clubs most every night, sporting some creative headwear and a look-at-me outfit. She loved to hang. She believed in supporting her fellow artists, said Andrew Walesch, a singer-pianist and music director of Crooners supper club in Fridley.
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