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We've collected some photos over the years and will continue to post more! If you have information about any of these images (who we should credit, or a story about the photo) please email us at [email protected]. Thanks!
Greg Helgeson photo ran in the Reader in 1978 when the Bees released their first LP. Willie and Maurice are posing in the vegetable garden outside the Walker Church.
Jim Kogl, Willie Murphy, Michael Velasquez, Barb Brynstad, Max Ray, Scott Snyder. Lees Liquor Lounge, August 2017
A Big Night at Famous Daves · front row, l to r: Curt Obeda, Willie, Hubert Sumlin, Rob Stupka, Curtiss A, Paul Metsa
Willie Murphy as "S.B." in the jail scene from Spider John Koerner's 1970 cult film The Secret of Sleep. A DVD of the Koerner-co-directed film, coupled with a CD of his 1972-released "Music is Just a Bunch of Notes" (backed by Willie & the Bees), plus a 16-page booklet, is available from Treehouse Records, [email protected]
Willie and the Bumblebees with Dave Ray & Tony Glover sitting in. L to R: John Beach, Maurice Jacox, Jerome Broughten, Gene Hoffman, Voyle Harris, Howard Merriwether, Dave Ray, Willie Murphy, Tony Glover. Photo: Fred Case, probably late '70's, behind the DANCe Warehouse. Photo courtesy davesnakerray.com
1996 · Bees Reunions at Sue Mclean’s Mill City Music Fest (Mpls Warehouse District). The festival lasted four years (1996-99). In 1996 Willie was declared the first Mayor of Mill City, an honor created by festival organizers. In 1997, Willie and the Angel-Headed Hipsters played the same festival, supporting their critically acclaimed Monkey in the Zoo album. Photo by Carla Tollefsrud