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Misspellings and Dudes Yelling : Coming This January
1. Lewis Connection - Midwest funk with a loose clutch, brothers and St. Paul natives Pierre and Andre Lewis captured the “Minneapolis Sound” in its infancy (1979) with this engaging LP. Rumor has it,...
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Extra! Extra! Lewis Connection in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Pierre Lewis is best known in the Numero universe as one of the fearless co-pilots of the Lewis Connection’s self-titled LP, recently reissued on our Junior imprint. But around the Twin Cities,...
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Why does every new LP at a record store cost $30? (Syl Johnson’s first two...
In the years preceding our issue of Complete Mythology, the only way you could purchase a new Syl Johnson album on vinyl was via shoddy bootleg. The packaging was terrible and the mastering was...
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City Pages Talks Lewis Connection
We stop by Hymie’s Vintage Records in Minneapolis each and every time we visit the Twin Cities, and were thrilled to learn that owner and proprietor Dave Hoenack had been solicited by the City Pages...
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Pierre Lewis On Four Chairs
While assembling Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound, we sorted through binders, boxes, and drawers of photos belonging to dozens of Twin Cities entities. Although we’ve been poring over...
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The Many Phases of Moonsound
Chris Moon secured his place in Prince’s royal court as co-writer of the suggestive single “Soft and Wet,” featured on the artist’s 1978 debut For You. Having cut a set of keys for the 17-year-old...
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Weekend Warriors: 48 Hours in the Twin Cities
If you know nothing about the Numero process, it typically involves finding a spot on Earth where important music was made, and then boring down into the ground until lava starts bubbling up. After two...
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The Lewis Connection – Still Doing It
With Pierre in the Twin Cities and Andre outside of Nashville, the Lewis Connection rarely connects. So when the beloved brothers posted this picture (sans Numero logo) on Facebook, the comments...
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Pierre Lewis Is In The Commodores
Lewis Connection alum and Purple Snow honoree Pierre Lewis has held down many piano benches in his day. But it is his gig with the Commodores that has been putting the most mileage on his passport...
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The Numero Groups Says Goodbye To Prince
The Numero Group is no stranger to loss. Having built a record label around the back-when accomplishments of retirement-age artists, death is an inevitability. Having spent the better part of three...
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