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 ...

PLATTSBURGH – Mambo Combo will swing through its repertoire of jazz classics, driving Latin tunes, and bottomless funk at Saturday’s 7:30 p.m. drive-in concert at Plattsburgh’s Curbside by Harborside ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- The local music community is mourning after a well-known Twin Cities guitarist, Billy Franze of Dr. Mambo's Combo, died unexpectedly. From guitar, to bass, to vocals, Franze was ...

Mambo's Combo guitarist Billy Franze dies, 72, jammed with Prince and Jonny Lang The veteran musician kept up his Bunker's gig for 32 years and was eager to return to the stage.