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L.A. duo Jekill and Jive. Jekill has released later work on Beni B's ABB label as 13. Hip-hop artist named Kevin Hicks also goes by 13 that had Joey Chavez hook him up with some nice beats was born in Detroit then moving to Hollywood, Los Angeles vicinity at age 5 to then eventually further his passion in music. Kev who goes by a sling of aliases, K-Hix, K-Hicks, Hollywood Kev, Jeckill which is the name he went under in the mid-90s as one half of hip-hop act group Mannish which started it all and dropped there disc "Audio Sedative."He...

THE MANNISH BOYS The Band "...an infectious revival of both '40s jump and '50s to '60s Chess-like styles from a band that lives inside the music..." - Wall Street Journal "No band makes the old new again better than The Mannish Boys." - Blues Revue Magazine "It is both refreshing and encouraging to see a song selection that favors a broad range of little-known gems respectfully presented by a deep stable of talent." - Living Blues Magazine Few blues acts have perfected the tricky maneuver of honoring the storied history of the Blues, while at the same time keeping the...

The The Mannish Boys is a loose coupling of great blues talent. The band changes without losing the blues thread that brought them together. Their ability to integrate new and different talent makes the blues real each time. Finis Tasby, Johnny Dyer, David "Kid" Ramos, Frank "Paris Slim" Goldwasser, Leon Blue, Tom Leavey, and Richard Innes have all played, and played well, building on each other's strengths. Randy Chortkoff is the guy who sings, plays the harmonica, and leads the blues revue. .