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The Twin Cities has had a vibrant music scene since the 1960's. My first friend in life was Scott Sansby, who played drums in several of the local bands of the era. Minnesota Hall of Fame guitarist Bobby Schnitzer played in each of the local bands with Scottie. I followed them all. Scottie made it out to Los Angeles and played with Leon Russell's first wife, Mary McCreary, in the
A personal note on Walter Mondale Former Vice President Walter Mondale died on Monday at the age of 93. His death brought back a flood of memories to me. I want to offer these personal notes on the occasion of his death. I talked my way into an internship in then Minnesota Senator Mondale’s Washington office in the summer of 1969, just after I graduated from high school in St. Paul. I had gone to hear Mondale speak at an event that spring and tracked him down outside the building afterwards. I told Mondale that Syd Berde, his former chief deputy when he served as Minnesota Attorney General,...